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Repressions in Azerbaijan and conflict with PACE, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, missing people, student unrest in Georgia, and official data on the natives of Southern Russia who perished in Ukraine, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of January 22-28, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

In 2023, in Chechnya; 1608 people were reported missing. According to the indicator, the republic is second only to Moscow and the Moscow Region and is significantly ahead of other regions of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) and Southern Federal District (SFD).

The data on the reunification of 6000 families, announced by the Muftiate of Chechnya, looks inflated; and the clergy's role in this process is exaggerated, local residents believe.

The Russian State Duma MPs have approved the amendments to the law on countering extremism, suggested by the Chechen Parliament at Ramzan Kadyrov's initiative. The bill, the alleged aim thereof is to protect religious literature from unjustified bans, was adopted despite the initial critical conclusion of the State Duma legal department.

Employees of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) sent to the special military operation zone in a combined military detachment have hardly left for Ukraine by their own will, but their refusal could lead to persecution of them and their relatives, human rights defenders believe.

Marina Yandieva, a native of Ingushetia, who fled domestic violence, is safe outside Russia, human rights defenders report.

Ramzan Kadyrov has proposed to "kick out" Mikhail Matveev, an MP, from the State Duma after his statement that authorities were bending "before the Islamic factor," and warned about the threat of intra-Russian conflicts with Muslims. After this, the above MP recorded a video with an apology, explaining that he had meant supporters of the radical Islam and the "shaitans" already defeated in Chechnya.

Pressure on journalists in Azerbaijan, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, murder of imam in Chechnya, fire in an art gallery, explosion in a furniture workshop, destroyed cemeteries in Nagorno-Karabakh, and official data on the natives of Southern Russia who perished in Ukraine, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of January 15-21, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

A court in Novocherkassk has acquitted Zaindi Takaev, a military contractor from Chechnya, accused of murdering Magomed Shakhbanov, his colleague from Dagestan. The acquittal was based on the outcomes of two examinations, which did not confirm Takaev's guilt.

In Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Omsk, Riga and other cities of Russia and Europe, rallies were held in memory of Stanislav Markelov, an advocate, and Anastasia Baburova, a "Novaya Gazeta", a journalist; they were shot dead in 2009.

On the 15th anniversary of the murder of Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova, Moscow activists called for laying flowers at the place of their deaths and announced the screening of a film about the murdered journalist.

The reconciliation of Abdurakhim Gakaev's relatives with the killer's family took place without any coercion; the apology is not a disgrace to the family and is usually accepted; and the promise of renouncing blood feud cannot be broken, experts on the Caucasus have indicated.

Rizvan Dadaev, a resident of Grozny, who had been missing for a long time after his detention because of his sexual orientation, had been tortured in captivity for months. He has managed to leave Russia now.

The authorities and law enforcers should have paid attention to Turpal-Ali Shamurzaev's posts about his fight against witches and react to them; this could have prevented the murder of Mullah Gakaev, human rights defenders have stated.