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Activists Arsen Magomedov, Ziyautdin Uvaisov and Murad Muradov, who were brought to the police station after checking the reconstruction work quality in a square in Makhachkala, filed an application with the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), demanding compensation for their suffered moral harm.

Rustam Aguev, the boss of the Kurchaloi ROVD (District Interior Division), did a good thing, when offered to find jobs for the Chechens scolded for drinking alcohol, but he did it incorrectly, human rights defenders believe.

Under pressure of law enforcers from Adygea, Larisa Minosyants, a newly converted Muslim, has signed a testimony, which formed the basis of a criminal case on justifying terrorism.

The form and the tone of Adam Delimkhanov's address to the Chechens returned from Moscow show the desire of Chechen authorities to control republic's natives under Kremlin's order, Ruslan Kutaev, an activist, believes. The demonstration of force is ingrained in the manner of expression among Chechen officials, Mr Kutaev has noted.

The post of the First Deputy Minister of Culture of Chechnya is only the start of the official career of Aishat Kadyrova, a daughter of Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of the republic, experts believe. The combination of a post in the Ministry of Culture with the management of the "Firdaus" Fashion House may provide grounds for Kadyrova's dismissal, Alexander Karavaev, a lawyer, has noted.

Uma Askerkhanova, the deputy chair of the Public Oversight Commission of Dagestan, appealed to the police after unidentified persons tried to break into her apartment. The activist recognized a law enforcer in one of the attackers and associated the pressure with her activities.

Tofig Yagublu, a member of the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) and the "Musavat" Party, claimed the biased nature of the trial in his criminal case on disorderly conduct. The politician declared going on a hunger strike.

Leyla Gagieva appealed to human rights defenders with a request to help reveal the whereabouts of her husband. On August 23, the man was detained after a special operation conducted in the Ingush village of Troitskoye. Since then, the woman is not aware of where her husband is being kept and what charges are being brought against him, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reports.

Dzambolat Kalaev, a resident of North Ossetia, posted on the Internet a video appeal with apologies for hitting a train car attendant. Instagram users believe that the native of Chechnya had suffered. They did not accept the man's apologies and called for physical violence against Dzambolat Kalaev.

The positions of the Azerbaijani troops in the villages on the border with Armenia and in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled 30 times over 24 hours, including from large-calibre machine guns and sniper rifles, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reports today.

Aishat Kadyrova has been appointed the first deputy of Chechen minister of culture only because of her kinship with the head of the republic, Instagram users have suggested.

Emin Sagiev, recognized as a political prisoner, who has been on a hunger strike in the Azerbaijani colony since August 18, has been transferred to the colony's medical-sanitary unit. There, he was visited by employees of the Ombudsperson's office, who provided him with legal advice.

Seventeen out of 34 South-Ossetian parliamentarians have suspended their work pending resignation of Uruzmag Djagaev, the Public Prosecutor General, to whom the parliament announced a vote of distrust after the death of Inal Djambiev, detained by law enforcers. Djagaev refused to follow the MPs' demand.

The head of Chechnya has signed a decree appointing his daughter Aishat Kadyrova to the post of the first deputy minister of culture; Ramzan Kadyrov himself has announced this.

Fatima Dzgoeva, who received grave traumas during the Beslan school seizure, needs expensive treatment and rehabilitation abroad. Her relatives are unable to raise the necessary funds; while the federal budget fails to pay for the rehabilitation of Beslan terror act victims, the "Novaya Gazeta" newspaper writes.

The criminal prosecution of Martin Kochesoko has to do with his social and political activities and is of an ordered nature, public figures of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) said in their appeal to Murat Kumpilov, the head of the Republic of Adygea.

Alexei Sutuga, an anarchist activist, has died in Moscow after being hospitalized with grave traumas. According to the police, he was beaten up by four natives of Chechnya.

In Beslan, more than 1000 people took part in the mourning events in the first hours after they began. The number of participants in the traditional memory watch was not limited, despite the threat of the coronavirus infection.

A native of Urus-Martan left for Syria, where he joined the ranks of a banned terrorist organization and took part in combat actions, investigators claim.

David Kankiya claimed that law enforcers stopped him in the street and demanded to give them his mobile phone, while threatening with an arrest. Today, the activist has associated the law enforcers' actions with the training of observers at the election of the Governor of the Krasnodar Territory launched by the movement "Golos" (Vote).