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More than 500 military servicemen of motorized rifle units of the Southern Military District took part in the exercises to destroy a conditional illegal armed formation (IAF), the republic's Military Commander's Office has reported.

The land around the tower located near the village of Ansalta belongs to Chechnya, Gaidarbeg Gaidarbegov, the head of the village, and Magomed Patkhulaev, the head of the Botlikh District of Dagestan, have confirmed. Such towers were built in Chechnya to protect trade routes and villages as signalling constructions and residential buildings, historians said.

Authorities have resolved the domestic problems of the 80-year-old Khamid Lorsanov, who receives no help from his children, the "Grozny" TV Channel has reported. However, local residents suggest that the authorities have used the difficulties of an elderly man for self-promotion.

The Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", the Committee against Torture (CaT) and the "Novaya Gazeta" have presented testimonies of witnesses of detentions and disappearances in the period from December 2016 to January 2017 of residents of Chechnya from the so-called "execution list".

Ramzan Kadyrov wounded Imran Dasaev, who was arrested on suspicion of murdering a policeman and taken to the residence of the head of Chechnya, in his leg, the "Novaya Gazeta" has reported.

A resident of Chechnya and her father apologized on the air of the "Grozny" TV Channel for the girl's arrangements in social networks to raise money for medical treatment of a non-existent child. Local residents believe the father should not have brought any apologies for the actions of his adult daughter.

A story prepared by the state-run "Grozny" TV and Radio Company about the problems of a resident of the village of Staraya Sunzha, who did not receive help from his children, provoked a resonance among residents of the republic.

In Dagestan, Ingushetia, Chechnya and Kabardino-Balkaria, the main quotas for the Hajj are fully consumed; in North Ossetia and Karachay-Cherkessia – by half or less. Sending pilgrims to Muslim shrines has been simplified after the introduction of electronic visas by Saudi Arabia, Hajj organizers report.

The anti-magic campaign in Chechnya continued with the public repentance of a woman detained for witchcraft.

Ramzan Kadyrov addressed new threats to rights defenders, stating that they are "worse than terrorists." Residents of Chechnya have noted the increasing frequency of attacks on rights defenders undertaken by republic's authorities. Oleg Orlov and Svetlana Gannushkina assert that Kadyrov's words are an open threat to the lives of rights defenders in different regions of Russia.

The Supreme Court (SC) of Russia can transfer to another region the case of eight Dagestanis, who, according to law enforcers, had prepared a terror act and were killed in a shootout in Chechnya. This case is unique for Northern Caucasus, Pavel Chikov, a rights defender, believes.

The Speaker of the Chechen Parliament criticized the version of Dagestani historian Zurab Gadjiev who stated that the Chechen watchtower near the village of Ansalt was built in the territory of Dagestan. Magomed Daudov accused Zurab Gadjiev of an attempt to incite "ethnic hatred."

Residents of the village of Gagatli in the Botlikh District believe that the conflict on the pasture rented on the territory of Chechnya arose in connection with the demarcation processes at the border.