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14:29, 3 October 2016
Ramzan Kadyrov has violated a condition of the contract with the Kremlin, when he allowed Chechnya to leave the Russia's legal field and to be transformed in fact in a separatist regime under his sole control. This is reported by the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" in its article dedicated to the ten-year anniversary of the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya.
13:11, 3 October 2016
Investigators failed to identify the organizers of the Boris Nemtsov's murder and the motive for the crime. Meanwhile, they ignored part of the evidence. This was stated by Olga Mikhailova, who represented the interests of the victim party. According to the defendants' advocates, the guilt of their clients has not been proven.
12:34, 3 October 2016
For 16 years, at least eight attempts were committed against Ramzan Kadyrov. This is the result of the calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot". One of the attempts in 2008 was reported by a source in Chechnya, while Ramzan Kadyrov himself called the report a provocation.
09:05, 3 October 2016
15th Jubilee International Investment Forum in Sochi; voting at the referendum on amendments to Azerbaijani Constitution; murder of a Muslim religious activist in the Stavropol Territory; selection of jurors for trial in case of Boris Nemtsov's assassination in Moscow; election of the Speaker of the Dagestani Parliament and hunger strike of Buynaksk Communists, who demand to cancel the results of the elections of September 18; Pope's visit to Georgia and Azerbaijan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of September 26-October 2, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
15:09, 30 September 2016
In September, in Chechnya and Dagestan, at least five people were kidnapped, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has announced today. Rights defenders fear that among the kidnapped persons were those, who were later killed by power agents in the Tabasaran District of Dagestan and presented as militants, who rendered resistance.
13:51, 30 September 2016
The final document of the Islamic Conference held in Grozny reflects the actual situation of some regions of Northern Caucasus, and the approval of the fatwa needs all-Russian discussion. This was announced by the Russian Council of Muftis.
09:42, 30 September 2016
During raids, Chechen law enforcers detained at least 700 people on suspicion of selling and using drugs. Later, on September 28, they were brought to the centre of Grozny, where Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov threatened to expel them from Chechnya together with their family members. According to local residents, the number of the detainees also included people, who at the time of the raid could accidentally appear close to the suspects.
![Burnt car of the members of the "Committee against Torture" (CAT). March 10, 2016. Photo courtesy of Djambulat Ozdoev, Ombudsman of Ingushetia](/system/uploads/article_image/image/0001/10707/main_image_Miniven.jpg "Burnt car of the members of the "Committee against Torture" (CAT). March 10, 2016. Photo courtesy of Djambulat Ozdoev, Ombudsman of Ingushetia")
19:12, 29 September 2016
The lawyers of the "Committee for the Prevention of Torture" (CPT) have addressed their complaint about the investigators' unsatisfactory work in the cases of attacks on journalists and rights defenders committed in Ingushetia and Chechnya to the Chair of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), the General Public Prosecutor and the Minister of Internal Affairs of Russia.
05:24, 29 September 2016
Chamsulvar Chamsulvaraev (Al-Bara), a native of Dagestan, a well-known wrestler, was killed in Iraq. This has been reported by the media resources, supporting the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS).
03:48, 29 September 2016
On September 28, Moscow hosted a scientific-practical seminar "Caucasus in the past and present (society and politics, economy and culture)".
21:33, 28 September 2016
The final document of the Islamic Conference, held in Grozny, should be revised, says the resolution of the Council of Muftis of Russia.
10:56, 27 September 2016
A petition demanding a fair trial in the case against Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, sentenced to three years of imprisonment in a penal colony, has collected more than 20,000 signatures.
09:00, 26 September 2016
Summary of the outcome of the elections to the Russian State Duma; accommodation in Volgograd of tenants of dismantled high-rise building in new apartments; new sentence of Vano Merabishvili, the former Georgian Minister of Internal Affairs, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of September 19-25, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
01:42, 26 September 2016
During the week of September 19-25, 2016, three 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.