Commenting on Novaya Gazeta's publication about mass detentions of gays in Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov's press secretary Alvi Karimov said that “one cannot detain and oppress someone who simply is not in the republic.” this . reports The Interfax agency “If there were such people in Chechnya, law enforcement agencies would not have any worries with them, since their relatives themselves would send them to an address from which they do not return,” Karimov said.

In Makhachkala, entrepreneurs who worked at that burned down on March 31 the Dagelektromash clothing market cleared Gamidov Avenue and completed the rally. This was reported by the Caucasian Knot publication. On the afternoon of April 1, a large-scale protest began in the central square: it was reported that about two thousand people took part in it; most of them blocked Gamidov Avenue.

The head of the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Chechnya, Magomed Deniev, suggested that Novaya Gazeta’s data on mass detentions of gays in the republic could be an “April Fool’s joke.” This is how Deniev responded to RBC’s request to comment on this publication. “Maybe this is an April Fool's joke? We did not give such information to Novaya Gazeta,” said the head of the press service of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Civil activist Mark Halperin, accused of repeatedly violating the procedure for holding a rally (Article 212 of the Criminal Code), was detained at the entrance of his house in Reutov. This was reported by the OVD-Info project with reference to human rights activist Alla Frolova. According to OVD-Info, Galperin was presumably taken to the Tverskoye police station for a preventive conversation.

Information about the return of property seized in the Oboronservis case to the ex-head of the Department of Property Relations of the Ministry of Defense Evgenia Vasilyeva does not correspond to reality, said Svetlana Petrenko, an official representative of the Investigative Committee. The representative of the Investigative Committee noted that Vasilyeva’s accounts, jewelry, real estate and apartments were seized by investigators during the investigation of the criminal case of theft.

In Grozny and other populated areas of Chechnya, mass detentions of people are taking place “on suspicion of non-traditional sexual orientation”: more than 100 men have already been detained, at least three have been killed. this with reference to sources in the Chechen departments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the FSB, as well as in the administration of the head of Chechnya.

The Investigative Committee opened a case regarding calls for mass riots in Moscow, which appeared on the Internet on March 29 (Part 3 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by TASS with reference to the representative of the Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee for Moscow, Yulia Ivanova.

In Makhachkala, about two thousand people gathered on the territory of a market that completely burned down on March 31. Most of those gathered blocked Gamidov Street, . Kavkaz.Realii reports Those gathered say that they do not believe the market management, which promises that the market will soon be restored, without giving specific dates.

A suspect in an attack on a unit of the National Guard in Chechnya has been detained: this is a 21-year-old resident of the Naursky district of Chechnya, Ibragim Dzhamalov. This was reported on the website of the Investigative Committee. The Investigative Committee's report notes that Dzhamalov confessed. The issue of his arrest is now being decided. The investigation continues to look for other participants in the attack. The attack on military unit No.

The former head of the Department of Property Relations of the Ministry of Defense, Evgenia Vasilyeva, convicted of embezzlement, was returned the property seized in the Oboronservis case. this TASS reports with reference to an informed source. “Due to the fact that the damage has been fully compensated, the security arrest against Vasilyeva’s property has been lifted,” the agency’s interlocutor said. The source did not specify what exactly was returned.

While extinguishing a fire at a clothing market in Makhachkala, doctors provided assistance to 52 victims. this with reference to a source in the emergency services of Dagestan. reports RIA Novosti “During the fire extinguishing, emergency medical teams provided on-site outpatient assistance to 52 people in a neurotic state,” the agency’s interlocutor clarified. According to him, there is no excess of harmful substances in the air at the fire site.

The Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee for Chechnya has put Isa Yamadayev on the federal wanted list, suspected of organizing the assassination attempt on the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov. This was reported by the Rosbalt agency, citing a source familiar with the situation. The source clarified that the order to search for Yamadayev as a suspect was issued in March 2017.

The physicist, former deputy of the Leningrad City Council and journalist of the weekly newspaper “New Petersburg” was beaten by unknown assailants; he has been in a medical coma for two weeks. This was reported by the Open Russia project with reference to the director of the New Petersburg publishing house Alevtina Ageeva.