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Employees of the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Chechnya have detained five alleged accomplices of Shamil Djanaraliev, who was killed in an attack on a checkpoint in Grozny.

Ramazan Djalaldinov, who on April 14 published a video appeal to Vladimir Putin concerning the situation faced by residents of the Chechen village of Kenkhi, announced no intention to leave Russia. He has also reported that after him, eight other persons dissatisfied with the situation in Kenkhi left the village.

On May 20, a new rural gathering held in the village of Kenkhi, local residents have again publicly condemned Ramazan Djalaldinov, who complained to Vladimir Putin about corruption. An appeal was sent to the Russian President on behalf of the villagers. The appeal referred to attempts to foment ethnic hatred in the village of Kenkhi.

The Federal Centre is putting pressure on Imam Yaraliev in order to eliminate his impact on the upcoming elections, said the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot". According to their version, the former Mayor of Derbent is influencing the political situation in Southern Dagestan, which is raising fears in Moscow and Makhachkala.

Elvira Karaeva, a native of Karachay-Cherkessia, who, according to the "Islamic State" (IS), banned in Russia, was executed in Syria, had several times married militants. Her husbands, including Alim Zankishiev from Kabardino-Balkaria, perished, while she survived; and it aroused suspicion of the IS.

The Supreme Court of the Chechen Republic, which listened how the jury had pronounced the verdict of guilty against Ukrainian citizens Nikolai Karpyuk and Stanislav Klykh, extended their detention in custody until August 27. Their defenders intend to challenge the decision and the oncoming verdict against their clients.

Petro Poroshenko has condemned the jury's verdict passed in Grozny to Nikolai Karpyuk and Stanislav Klykh and promised to struggle for their release. If Karpyuk gets a life sentence, it will complicate his transfer to Ukraine, said the advocate Mark Feigin, who had defended Nadezhda Savchenko.

The Presnya Court of Moscow has arrested Yuri Chabuev, who held the post of the director of the Khovanskoye cemetery, where a mass fight occurred. Lechi Yakhyaev, a native of the Astrakhan Region, was also arrested. He became the 14th person arrested in the criminal case opened on the fight.

The third international marathon run "From Heart to Heart" in Chechnya has attracted about 2,000 participants – significantly less than in previous years. Due to active participation of professional athletes in the marathon, it becomes less interesting for amateur runners.

Zhanna Nemtsova has filed an appeal against the refusal of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) to question Victor Zolotov, the head of the National Guard, in the course of the investigation into the murder of her father, politician Boris Nemtsov. This was reported by advocate Vadim Prokhorov.

In Moscow, the mass fight at the Khovanskoye cemetery could be caused by a domestic conflict initiated by one of the defendants in the criminal case and natives of Tajikistan, who illegally worked there. This version was voiced by advocates of the suspects.

A man with a firearm, who appears on the video record of the mass fight involving a Chechen athlete, can become involved in the criminal case in case if it is found out that he did not have a permit for the pistol. This was stated by lawyers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

A delegation from Dagestan has visited the Chechen village of Kenkhi on the order of Ramazan Abdulatipov, the leader of the republic; no violations of villagers' rights were fixed, the Dagestani leadership has stated. The head of Dagestan instructed his subordinates to study a possibility of providing temporary housing to Djalaldinov's family, which has left Chechnya.