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The statement of the head of the region about his intention not to repay the credit to the bank is unprecedented and resembles a feudal state, in which not the obligations, but the status, decided everything, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

After the announcement of the verdict of the Russian Constitutional Court (CC), which declared the referendum on the border issue with Chechnya senseless, the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of Ingushetia has denied the initiators of the referendum.

Today, the Supreme Court of Ingushetia has annulled the fine imposed on Akhmet-Bashir Aushev, the deputy chairman of the Council of Republic's Teips (Clans), who took part in a protest rally against the agreement on the border with Chechnya.

The decision of the Russian Constitutional Court, which has legitimized today the change of the Ingush-Chechen border, was made "for the sake of bureaucrats," the opponents of the agreement have stated, threatening the authorities with new protests and appeals to international structures.

Today, the "Legal Initiative" has published its report "Killed by Gossip. Honour Killings of Women in Northern Caucasus". It contains real stories of women who fell victim to honour killings in Northern Caucasus in 2008-2017.

After the death of a woman and a child in a road accident in Grozny, residents of Chechnya have demanded from the republic's leader to take appropriate measures regarding Turpal-Ali Ibragimov, his cousin and the head of the Shali District who could be involved in the accident.

The agreement on the Ingush-Chechen border has been found as conforming to the Constitution, and shall enter into force immediately, Valery Zorkin, the Chairman of the Russian Constitutional Court, has announced today.

The departure of the victim from the country cannot be the reason for refusal to initiate a criminal case, as suggested Tatiana Moskalkova, the Russian Ombudsperson, the lawyers of the Committee against Torture assert.

The "Legal Initiative" has drafted a report on women, who in 2013-2017 fell victim to the so-called "honour killings". The report, which is scheduled to be published on December 6, is based on the studies conducted in the three republics of Northern Caucasus – Chechnya, Ingushetia and Dagestan.

The European Court of Human Rights has issued its decision on cases of 16 residents of Chechnya and one resident of Ingushetia, who were detained by militaries in 2002-2004 and then disappeared. The Russian authorities should pay compensations to their relatives amounting more than one million euros.

On December 3, the "Islamic State", a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court, posted an expanded version of a video with threats pronounced by the teenagers who attacked law enforcers in Chechnya on August 20 this year.

Officials are collecting personal data on family members of activists who have set up an initiative group to hold a referendum in Ingushetia on the border agreement with Chechnya, said Magomed Mutsolgov, a human rights defender, in his appeal to the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).