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A video record, showing a group of unidentified persons beating up a man, accused of drug dealing, has been broadly disseminated over the Chechen segment of the WhatsApp messenger. The residents of the republic, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", fear that power agents, inspired by Ramzan Kadyrov's statements about the need to severely punish drug dealers, may be involved in the beatings.

During the week of October 17-23, 2016, at least 9 persons fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of them, eight were killed, and one person was wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Today marks the 14th anniversary of the day when on October 23, 2002, militants took hostage 916 people in the Dubrovka Theatre Centre and demanded to withdraw Russian troops from Chechnya. The day of October 26, 2002, is considered to be the date of the end of the rescue operation, in which 130 hostages were killed and more than 700 others were injured. In Moscow, events for the 14th anniversary of the terror act are scheduled for October 26.

The human rights organization "Civil Rights Defenders" has called on the Russian authorities to immediately stop the prosecution of advocates Marina Dubrovina and Dokka Itslaev, who represented the interests of Stanislav Klykh and Nikolai Karpyuk at the trial in Grozny. Members of the "Civil Rights Defenders" believe that the prosecution of the advocates is aimed at punishing them for their activities to protect human rights.

It is proposed to reduce funding for the state programme of development of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) in 2017 to 13.7 billion roubles, while the amount of 31.8 billion roubles was initially allocated. According to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, the focus is on attraction of private investment to the NCFD.

Materials about the political nature of prosecution of Zhalaudi Geriev, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent in Chechnya, were published by the "Kommersant" and The Guardian.

Differences of opinions among Muslims note the richness of Islam and should not result in conflicts. This was stated by participants of the forum held in Moscow and aimed at rapprochement of schools of Sharia laws. According to interviewed forum participants, the Grozny fatwa will not affect the situation in the Islamic society and will not prevent the radicalization of young people.

At the trial, Pavel Karaulov has reported that the Russian FSB agents, who accompanied him with his daughter, said that investigators had been refused in opening of a criminal case against Varvara Karaulova. According to Pavel Karaulov, in Turkey, he was also assured that "no criminal case" was instituted against Varvara Karaulova.

At the trial, the farther of Varvara Karaulova has claimed that after her return from Turkey, his daughter was under the FSB control. According to the farther, Varvara Karaulova resumed the correspondence with recruiters at the initiative of investigators.

After a check, officials from the Grozny Mayor's Office have called a deceiver Birlant Dakaeva, who appealed to Ramzan Kadyrov for help to solve her housing problem. A panel house, in which, according to the woman, she lived, was demolished. The story of Birlant Dakaeva once again shows that an appeal to Ramzan Kadyrov can result in public humiliation, note residents of the Chechen Republic interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

A group of 14 pilgrims, including Khozh-Akhmed Nettiev, the Qadi of the Shali District of Chechnya, and a Dagestani athlete Magomed Malikov, who is Ramzan Kadyrov's friend, have visited the sacred Muslim Kaaba; and on their return to Grozny, they delivered gifts to the head of Chechnya.