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18:47, 7 November 2016
Ramazan Djalaldinov, a resident of the Chechen village of Kenkhi, who was persecuted for having complained to Vladimir Putin about the difficult situation in his village, has disappeared, as reported by his relatives and fellow villagers. The date of his disappearance varies, while the police did not confirm this information.
09:00, 7 November 2016
Celebration of the People's Unity Day in Southern Russia; protest rally and arrest of the general director of "Vodokanal" in connection with the mass poisoning in the capital of Dagestan; publication of the RWB's report on the situation of press freedom in the world; crash of recreational helicopter fallen on a private house in Sochi; dismissal of the Kabardino-Balkarian Minister of Property; detention of the tenth suspect in the case of death of a man after his interrogation by the Vladikavkaz police, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of October 31-November 6, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
14:40, 6 November 2016
Ramzan Kadyrov's intention to suspend the agreement signed with the Russian Ministry of Finance (MoF), reducing subsidies to Chechnya is explained by the fact that he cannot enforce it. This is the conclusion of the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".
08:46, 5 November 2016
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has appealed to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan with a request to extradite to Russia Chechen field commanders Tarkhan Gaziev, Aslambek Vadalov, and Makhran Saidov, arrested in Turkey.
12:16, 4 November 2016
Today, in the centre of Grozny, a rally dedicated to the Day of People's Unity was held in the square in front of the Mosque "Heart of Chechnya". Tens of thousands of people attended the rally. Some participants of the rally told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that they were forced to come to the celebration of the Day of People's Unity.
12:30, 3 November 2016
The court has granted the claims of the Prosecutor's Office (PO) of Chechnya demanding to block 39 Internet websites, dedicated to the ways of committing suicide and calls for committing it.
03:45, 3 November 2016
In its "2016 World Press Freedom Index", the International Organization to Protect Journalists "Reporters without Borders" (RWB) has put Russia on the 148th position out of 180 places. Meanwhile, the RWB calls Chechnya a "black hole for news."
21:08, 2 November 2016
Sixteen alleged members of a criminal grouping have been detained in Germany. Most of them are natives of Chechnya seeking asylum in the Federal Republic of Germany.
13:31, 2 November 2016
Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent in Chechnya, has been nominated in the category "Journalism" for the "Freedom of Expression Awards 2017" of the British human rights organization "Index on Censorship".
10:06, 2 November 2016
29-year-old Islam Kadyrov is appointed the Vice Prime Minister of the Chechen government for cooperation with the security agencies, the law enforcement authorities, and municipalities.
06:11, 2 November 2016
The budget process should take into account all aspects and not only the interests of some regions. This was stated by Dmitry Peskov, Spokesman for the Russian President, when he commented on the dissatisfaction voiced by Ramzan Kadyrov about the fact that the Russian Ministry of Finance had proposed to cut the region's budget for 2017. According to the Independent Institute for Social Policy, with regard to allocation of transfers, Chechnya is in a better position than most Russian regions.
02:08, 2 November 2016
At the trial in the case against Varvara Karaulova, a student of the Moscow State University (MSU), the court has read out her correspondence in social networks. In the posts, one of the key themes was related to construction of the "Islamic State" (IS), recognized as a terrorist organization and banned in Russia by court. The defendant has claimed she did not understand the meaning of her words, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
21:38, 1 November 2016
The Ministry for Refugees' Matters of Georgia refused to grant political asylum to the 31-year-old resident of Grozny Tums Abdurakhmanov, put in Russia on the federal wanted list. This decision was made on October 31.
02:38, 1 November 2016
Ramzan Kadyrov has criticized the proposal of the Russia's Ministry of Finance (MoF) to cut the 2017 budget of the Chechen Republic. According to his version, the proposal is causing "a lot of questions" and does not satisfy the republic's leadership.