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Ramzan Kadyrov has commented on the situation with the demolition of the road sign in the outskirt of Kizlyar. He called on residents of Chechnya and Dagestan "not to succumb to provocations," and promised "to break fingers and tear out tongues" of those who write offensive comments.

From 10 to 15 people were taken to the police station from a people's gathering held in the outskirt of Kizlyar, where local residents opposed the installation of Chechen road signs.

The dismantling of the Chechen sign near Kizlyar was a result of the policy of Dagestani authorities, who have ignored the tension surrounding the border issue, the journalists and the blogger, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", have stated.

Residents of Dagestan have gathered for a rally near one of the signs of Chechnya installed in the outskirt of Kizlyar, demanding to dismantle such signs.

He is a native of Chechnya, who is trying to get refugee status in Germany. In September 2017, he became the first native of the republic to confess to his homosexuality.

The reason of the attack on the Chechen emigrant, Movsar Eskerkhanov, in Germany was a conflict over the money debt, residents of Chechnya believe. The Chechen Diaspora has negative attitude to LGBT people; and this could give confidence to the attacker, human rights defenders assert.

Movsar Eskerkhanov, who had apologized to Chechen authorities, was attacked in Germany.

The installation by Chechnya of the road signs, which have caused discontent among residents of the Kizlyar District, has nothing to do with territorial disputes; the conflict is artificially fuelled, Vladimir Vasiliev, the head of Dagestan, has stated. The authorities of Chechnya should have warned about the installation of signs on the border, said Vladimir Ivanov, the head of Vasiliev's administration.

On June 10, in Makhachkala, activists of three human rights organizations received the people who complained about kidnappings of their relatives, security forces and doctors' errors. Unjustified accusations of drug dealing and weapon possession are characteristic of law enforcers in Northern Caucasus, human rights defenders report.

Residents of the Kizlyar District have dismantled road signs on the border with Chechnya due to negligence of local authorities, Magomed Daudov, Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, has stated and assured residents of the district that they could only dismantle the remaining road signs only "over his dead body." A large number of camouflaged vehicles were sent to the border of the two republics.

The road signs defining the border of the Shelkovskoy District of Chechnya and the Kizlyar District of Dagestan were demolished by residents of the neighbouring republic arbitrarily, Magomed Daudov, Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, ha stated.

There is no free discussion about sexual relations and marital life in Northern Caucasus, while publicly declared conservative attitudes in this area seriously differ from the practice, Irina Kosterina, the author of the study "What is the attitude to sex, virginity and marriage in Northern Caucasus?", and the journalists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", believe.

The colony administration and the Prosecutor's Office (PO) did not object to the release of Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny branch of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", under the conditional early relief (CER); there are no grounds to appeal against this decision, his colleagues and the advocate have stated.