Kotelniki (Russian: Котельники) is a town of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located 22 km (14 mi) southeast of the center of Moscow.

[citation needed] It was granted town status in 2004.

[citation needed] On August 20, 2021, Russian security forces raided a mosque in the region and arrested up to 600 people.

[9] Non-Russian Muslims were released after their DNA was collected.

[10] On July 7, 2023, an anti-Ukrainian far-right Russian telegram channel spoke out against the presence of Muslims prayer houses in the area leading to security forces raiding a prayer house on the pretext of finding illegal immigrants.