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The residents of Chechnya, who are searching for their missing relatives among those, whose remains were brought to Grozny on December 31, 2016, are now being received at the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM, or Muftiate) of Chechnya.

After consultations with Moscow, the draft republic's budget for 2017 has been formed with a deficit of 8.5 billion roubles, said Usman Rassukhanov, the Finance Minister of Chechnya.

Today, Chechnya marks the 60th anniversary of the restoration of the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (ASSR), abolished after the deportation of Chechen and Ingush people in 1944. On the occasion of the anniversary, the authorities dated solemn assemblies. Local residents pay tribute to the memory of victims of Stalin's deportation.

At an antiterrorist rally held on January 8, family members of the young people killed in the special operation in Grozny have apologized for their actions. Relatives of the killed young men have claimed changes in their behaviour before the attacks on the police.

During the week from January 2 to January 8, 2017, in the course of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus no casualties and victims were recorded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

The third term for Ramzan Kadyrov and tightening of pressure in Chechnya, scandals at elections and attacks on policemen in Dagestan, attacks on human rights defenders in Ingushetia, struggle against natural disasters and swine fever in Kabardino-Balkaria, pressure on activists in North Ossetia and the Stavropol Territory, these and other events took place in the years 2016 in the regions of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) of Russia.

There are no Chechens among the detained foreigners suspected of an attempt to join militants in Syria. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by members of the Chechen Diaspora in Istanbul. Journalist Saslanbek Isaev associates frequent references to Chechens in the Turkish media with the preparation for mass extradition of immigrants from Northern Caucasus at the request of Russia.

On the Christmas Eve, tens of thousands of residents of the Southern Federal District (SFD) and the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) visited solemn worship services at Orthodox churches. In many cities of the south of Russia, the celebrations were continued with mass festivities, entertainments, concerts, and sporting events.

In 2016, the influence of the Chechen leadership on Diaspora members in 2016 grew stronger due to the use of the collective responsibility method, rights defenders told the "Caucasian Knot". According to their version, refugees never forget that their relatives are still in Chechnya and may be exposed to pressure.

The last one out of the detained relatives of the young people killed in the counterterrorist operation (CTO) conducted in Grozny was released from police on January 5; thus, all the relatives are back at large.

The Muslims of the Salafi mosque in the village of Duisi have treated the arson of the Culture House as a provocation against them. Duisi Muslims have nothing to do with the arson, Mamuka Areshidze, the Director of the Institute of Strategic Studies of the Caucasus, believes.

According to lawyers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", remains of victims of the Chechen war of 1994-1996 were given out to relatives after the expiry of criminal liability for persons involved in their deaths and proved the ineffectiveness of the investigation.

Relatives of the young people killed on December 17-18 in Grozny and involved in attacks on policemen are dismissed from their jobs, and some of them are not paid pension and benefits. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by the people themselves.

The mass grave of 109 victims of the hostilities, buried on December 31 at the cemetery near Grozny, has become a place of pilgrimage for relatives of the people who disappeared during the First Chechen War. The people still cannot obtain information about their relatives.

On January 3, Chechnya held the memorial day in connection with the 153rd anniversary of the deportation of Saint Kunta-Khadji Kishiev, revered in the Chechen Republic. In Chechnya, the mosques committed religious rituals of dhikr and mawlid. The events of the memorial day were attended by tens of thousands of people.