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Chechen Instagram* publics have posted a video in which a woman in a hijab rings the doorbell of an apartment, and then pours something under it. Commentators have suggested that she is engaged in witchcraft.

Sergey Nechaev, a participant in the military campaign in Chechnya, recorded a video apologizing for performing the Russian anthem with an LGBT flag in a gay club.

At the Rustavi Prison, inmates are on hunger strike in protest against denial of medical care and ban on relatives' visits. This was stated by their relatives at the protest action, demanding to improve the inmates' custody conditions.

Magsud Aliev, who had criticized Azerbaijani authorities in social networks, was accused of disobeying a policeman and arrested.

All the residents have left the Nerkin Sus community; several families still stay in Berdzor and Akhavno, the head of the Kashatag District has informed. Local residents complain that they were given little time to find new housing and move everything they had acquired over more than 20 years.

In Chechnya, a police regiment of more than 2000 servicemen is being recruited in order to guard oil and gas facilities; 600 people have already expressed their desire to serve in the new unit, Ramzan Kadyrov has informed.

Cases of domestic violence, such as the story of Patimat Idrisova, a native of Dagestan, are far from being unique for the Caucasus, but not everyone is ready to talk about it, let alone decide to run away from home.

A resident of Ingushetia, whose father was at a local hospital, has complained about the absence of medicines and criticized the staff. Instagram* users have supported her.

A policeman has sued Gyulnara Ragimova, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), demanding to arrest her for placing his photo on the Facebook*. Human rights defenders treat the lawsuit as unjustified.

The Ingush policemen accused of disobeying the order to disperse protesters in Magas in March 2019, did their job professionally, but they face punishment for doing so, Magomed Mutsolgov, a human rights defender, has noted.

Relatives repeatedly beat up Patimat Idrisova, a native of Dagestan, and threatened her with murder; therefore, her escape became a chance to save her life, the SK SOS* crisis group has informed.

All the residents of the village of Akhavno have decided to quit the community; two of them burned down their houses, the head of the village has informed.

Investigators have forwarded the application of Magomed Askhabov's about forced detention and torture at the rehabilitation centre (rehab) in Khasavyurt to Dagestan.

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has threatened to avenge every "brother" killed in Ukraine, but decided not to declare blood feud against Ukrainian President, Vladimir Zelensky, because he "only follows the orders of the West."

The Presidium of the Supreme Court (SC) of Russia pronounced a decision to resume proceedings in a case of Umar Chapanov, a resident of Chechnya, sentenced to 19 years of imprisonment.

In Vladikavkaz, a court recognized records of stand-up comedian Ariana Lolaeva posted on the Internet as discrediting the Russian Armed Forces and fined the comedian 50,000 roubles.

Since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, at least 600 residents of Southern Russia have been officially confirmed perished, including 378 natives of Northern Caucasus and 174 residents of the Southern Federal District (SFD).

The DJ, who wore Chechen clothes and a headdress while performing dance music, apologized for his behaviour in a video message.

Tebriz Abdullaev, a participant in the Karabakh war, was hospitalized after a suicide attempt that he tried to commit near the building of the executive power in Azerbaijan. Doctors treat his condition as grave.

More than 150 believers have attended the last service at the Berdzor Church. Local residents fear unemployment in the cities they will move to, and hope that authorities' support the will allow them to solve their housing problems.