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The authorities of Chechnya prepare a gathering in Shali to arrange public condemnation and expel from the republic family members of the teenagers who attacked law enforcers, local residents reported. According to them, the detained relatives of the killed teenagers have not yet been released.

Law enforcers' pressure on teenagers in Chechnya causes discontent among local residents and creates conditions for a new wave of armed underground, human rights defenders Ekaterina Sokiryanskaya and Valery Borschov have stated.

In Chechnya, there are no restrictions for members of human rights organizations, the Chechen authorities announce. The Chechen Press Minister has explained that while speaking of rights defenders, Ramzan Kadyrov meant "notorious journalists."

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has awarded the compensation of 20,000 euros to family members of Amirkhan Alikhanov, a resident of Dagestan, kidnapped in December 2004.

An image of the enemy, got by Russian citizens during the wars in Chechnya, fades away, and the propaganda has redirected xenophobia from Caucasians to Ukrainians, believe sociologists from the "Levada Centre".

Two of four prosecution witnesses, questioned today at the trial of Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny representative office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", gave truthful answers to defence's questions, advocate Pyotr Zaikin said.

The authorities of Chechnya have explained interrogation of teenagers from the encirclement of those who attacked law enforcers with conducting of prophylactic conversations.

Today, at the trial in the case against Oyub Titiev, the head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in Grozny, the court questioned a law enforcer from the Kurchaloi ROVD (District Interior Division). The witness denied his acquaintance with Oyub Titiev, but failed to explain why he wore the same uniform as other law enforcers who took part in the detention of the rights defender.

Most of the law enforcers from the Kurchaloi ROVD (District Interior Division), who were questioned in the case against Oyub Titiev, the head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in Grozny, stated that they did not see him at the police station, they were not acquainted with the rights defender, and they did not take part in his detention and bringing him to the police department.

The "Levada Centre" explains the growth of xenophobic attitudes towards natives of the Caucasus by the deterioration of the socio-economic situation. At the same time, the sociological survey published today indicates a marked improvement in the attitude of Russian residents to natives from Chechnya.

After the recent series of attacks on policemen, law enforcers took teenagers straight from the streets and conducted many-hours-long interrogations of them, residents of the Shali District of Chechnya have reported. According to their estimates, from 150 to 200 people were detained.

Five people perished and five others were wounded in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus during the week from August 20 to August 26, 2018. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Today, at the trial of Oyub Titiev, the head of Grozny representative office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", Yusup Shakhgeriev, a policeman, stated that he knew nobody from the direct-action team. An advocate of Oyub Titiev has objected that he personally saw the witness handshaking with the group.