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23:49, 16 October 2017
Zelimkhan Bakaev, a singer, was detained in Chechnya because of suspicions of his homosexuality; after his disappearance, several show business figures were beaten up to knock out confessions about their intimate ties with Bakaev, said Igor Kochetkov, the head of the Russian LGBT Network.
20:07, 16 October 2017
For four weeks, there were no investigative actions on the statement Maxim Lapunov, a gay detained in Chechnya, Igor Kalyapin, the head of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT), has stated.
18:29, 16 October 2017
Maxim Lapunov said that in March this year he was detained in Chechnya and spent 12 days in the cellar, where he was beaten up.
12:30, 16 October 2017
During the week of October 9-15, 2017, two persons were killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
09:05, 16 October 2017
Entry into force of the verdict in the Nemtsov murder case; ECtHR’s decision on the complaint of relatives of the murdered residents of the Chechen village of Novye Aldy; overcoming the Georgian President’s veto on country’s draft constitution; appointment of a new head of Abkhazian MIA; detention of officer Khudyakov, who had been hiding for almost a decade; major fire in the commodity marketplace in Rostov-on-Don, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of October 9-15, 2017, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
12:06, 14 October 2017
Investigators have launched an investigation into a death of a child in one of the kindergartens in the Urus-Martan District.
19:23, 13 October 2017
University staff and students were instructed to attend the "Akhmat"-"Spartak" (Moscow) football match held in Grozny today. The visit is strictly obligatory for young men, not for girls, students and teachers told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
15:45, 13 October 2017
Only one resident of Chechnya filed a complaint about being persecuted for his homosexual orientation. This has been reported today by Russia's Ombudsperson Tatiana Moskalkova.
14:51, 13 October 2017
The Chechen authorities are taking measures to return home the mother of the boys brought to Grozny from Iraq on October 12. This has been reported by officials from the administration for the Chechen leader and government of the republic.
21:49, 12 October 2017
On October 8, seven natives of Chechnya stopped their hunger strike in the colony. Muslim inmates are now allowed to pray; however, they are under pressure, the mother of the convict Adam Magomerzaev has reported today.
15:56, 12 October 2017
Five children-natives of Chechnya and Dagestan, who were brought on October 11 from Iraq to Moscow, have been handed over to their relatives at the Grozny Airport.
12:05, 12 October 2017
Following the results of a new survey carried out by the "Levada Centre", in the period from May to September, the number of people who consider the situation in Northern Caucasus as calm has grown to almost 50%.
11:40, 12 October 2017
In 2018, five recipients of the largest budgetary subsidies from the Russian Ministry of Finance, including Dagestan and Chechnya, will receive up to 30% of the total amount of allocated money. This conclusion can be drawn from the materials to a draft of federal budget for 2018-2020.
11:25, 12 October 2017
On October 11, a request was sent to the court of Grozny to approve a requirement to Internet providers to ban access to websites with instructions for manufacture of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) at home.
10:13, 12 October 2017
Investigators suggest at a court hearing, Tamerlan Eskerkhanov, sentenced in the case on the Boris Nemtsov's murder, insulted a witness questioned by the court. This was reported on October 11 by an advocate of Tamerlan Eskerkhanov.