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In Quarter 4 of 2014, the number of victims of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus has increased by 118% compared with Quarter 3. In October-December, 168 people were killed and wounded there; while in July-September, the figure was 77. In Quarter 4, Chechnya was ahead of Dagestan in the number of victims.

The Human Rights Centre "Memorial" has published a report "Chechens in Russia", prepared jointly with the Committee "Civil Assistance" after three years of work. The document uses specific examples to consider the situation with criminal prosecution of residents of Chechnya, status of women in the republic, corruption and insecurity of property.

Eyewitnesses and participants of the rally against caricatures on Prophet Muhammad in Grozny have reported contradictory data on the number of people, who came to the action. Internet users have also doubted the statement of the Chechen authorities that the action was attended by more than a million.

This morning Grozny has hosted a mass action "We love Muhammad", initiated by Chechen clergy. Most of the participants spoke in support of the rall demands. However, among those, who gathered near the mosque in central Grozny, there were people who said that the event was "voluntary-compulsory" for them.

One hundred of Chechen recruits have sworn in and began their serve in the units of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) deployed in their republic.

The Committee against Torture (CaT), which includes the rights defenders working in Chechnya in the Joint Mobile Group (JMG), has been put on the register of non-profit organizations (NPOs, treated as "foreign agents", said the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) of Russia.

Diana Ramazanova, who committed, according to law enforcement bodies of Turkey, a terror act in Istanbul, was the wife of a native of Chechnya Abu Edelbiev, who was killed in Syria, and was a member, together with him, of the extremist organization "Islamic State" (IS), said a source from the Turkish intelligence service.

Chechen authorities expect participation of half a million people on January 19 in a rally against publication of caricatures on Prophet Muhammad. Local residents are ready to attend the action.

Dozens of editions from the Russian segment of Internet have posted photos of the latest Charlie Hebdo issue with caricatures on Prophet Muhammad. The experts on Northern Caucasus questioned by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted the difference in understanding the freedom of speech by members of the Muslim community and by proponents of the Western culture.