Muslims in Moscow protested against law enforcement raids and inspections of mosques during prayers. After Friday prayers, they went to an unsanctioned rally. The police don't interfere.
Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov commented on the negative public reaction to the words and actions of the Olympic champion, athlete Elena Isinbayeva.
Public apologies in Chechnya come from the traditions of the people and are an effective way to educate citizens. This was stated by the Minister for National Policy, Foreign Relations, Press and Information of the Republic Akhmed Dudayev.
The head of Dagestan, Sergei Melikov, announced the need to rename the stadium in Makhachkala, which bears the name of the athlete Elena Isinbayeva.
In recent days, calls have been actively disseminated on the Internet among Muslims to go to a rally on July 21. The reason was the OMON raids in religious communities that took place in the Moscow region.
The average Russian infant mortality rate for the six months of 2023 was 4.1 per thousand births. At the same time, in the North Caucasus Federal District this figure is 4.7 - the highest among the federal districts.
The Chairman of the Spiritual Board of Muslims of the Russian Federation, Mufti Ravil Gainutdin sent a letter to the head of the Presidential Administration of Russia about the recent blasphemous actions of the security forces in mosques in the cities of Kotelniki and Dzerzhinsky near Moscow.
The National Association of Lawyers of Russia is preparing an appeal to the supervisory authorities to bring to justice the security forces guilty of breaking into a mosque in the Dzerzhinsky urban district during prayer.
A court in Nalchik sentenced Rustam Misostov, sentencing him to five years in a penal colony for leaving his military unit without leave.
The Karabulak District Court of Ingushetia fined 37-year-old imam Magomed Sultygov 50,000 rubles for failing to report a crime.
The film "The Letter," about the deportation of the Ingush people, has been banned in Ingushetia. The republic's Ministry of Culture has refused to hold the premiere of Amur Amerkhanov's film, despite it having received a federal grant and having been shown in other regions.
In Dagestan, Umaraskhab Alibekov, a father of many children, was found guilty of failing to report a planned terrorist attack that killed 22 people. The charge is based on the fact that he knew about the planned attacks on Makhachkala and Derbent but failed to notify authorities.