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A court in Dagestan has overturned the acquittal of Gadjimagomed Rasulov, a local resident, and returned the case to the district court, which had sentenced him to 8.5 years in prison for participating in the armed underground.

The disconnection of a house in Rostov-on-Don that was recognized as emergency from the networks was caused by their malfunctions, the city administration has stated.

By means of his possible resignation, Ramzan Kadyrov wanted to spur his career advancement, but failing to receive the expected reaction, he declared that he would stay in office, analysts believe.

The project "Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial" has begun raising funds for the journalist and blogger, Alexander Nozdrinov, who is accused of spreading fakes about the Russian Army.

The decision of the Investigating Committee on the refusal to institute a criminal case on the kidnapping of Dagestani native Ibragim Selimkhanov by Chechen law enforcers was declared illegal.

The Grozny police held a preventive conversation with women who were engaged in begging. Social media users have expressed their support for such actions and emphasized the need to fight not only with visiting beggars, but also with residents of Chechnya who go begging.

In his congratulations on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Chechnya, the President of Russia focused his attention on the actions of Chechen fighters in Ukraine.

To pay 500 roubles for visiting a light and music show at a new fountain in Derbent is very expensive, given the travel and associated costs, social media users have complained.

Residents and guests of Makhachkala have expressed interest in the pickets held by his colleagues in support of the Dagestani journalist, Abdulmumin Gadjiev.

Female students of the Astrakhan Medical University have complained that they are forbidden to attend classes in hijabs. The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has instructed Magomed Daudov, the Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, to take the issue under his personal control.

In his video message, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, said that he had no right to leave his post without asking the people and the Russian president. According to his story, the talk about the termless vacation will have to be left for the future.

Schoolchildren's parents have the right to apply to the school or the Ministry of Education and Sciences of Dagestan with a demand to repay their money spent for buying school textbooks; and in case of refusal they can go to court, Ismail Magomedov, a lawyer asserts.

Abdulmuslim Abdulmuslimov, the republic's prime minister, has ordered the regional government to deal with the problem of unauthorized dumps in Dagestan.

After a series of conflicts involving local residents and guests of Dagestan, Sergey Melikov, the leader of the republic, has announced that a tourist police should be created in resort towns of Dagestan.

Ramzan Kadyrov’s words about going on indefinite leave will be followed by his appointment to a federal post, analysts suggest. In their comments on Instagram*, social media users urged Ramzan Kadyrov to remain the leader of Chechnya.

In Makhachkala, journalists Magomed Magomedov and Idris Yusupov held solo pickets calling for an end to the criminal prosecution of Abdulmumin Gadjiev and the release of political prisoners.

The Kremlin is aware of Ramzan Kadyrov's statement about his possible resignation from the post of the head of Chechnya, but it has not materialized yet, said Dmitry Peskov, the presidential press secretary.

Collections of hadiths and generally accepted works by Islamic scholars should be included into lists of religious literature that cannot be classified as extremist materials, the Coordinating Centre of Muslims of Northern Caucasus has stated after the collection "Sahih al-Bukhari"* was banned.

Dokku Djantemirov, a native of Chechnya, claimed compensation of one million roubles for the custody conditions at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Volgograd, where he was fed food made from pork.

The author of the video with an apology for the derogatory words about Chechens has explained that he was talking about specific individuals, and not about the entire Chechen people.