Nine bodies of people died in Mozdok remain unidentified

April 04, 2025 21:39

• Analysts assess Adam Kadyrov’s appointment as curator of the Chechen MIA

  Adam Kadyrov's new position is a test of his fitness to take over the republic’s leadership after his father, while the post of curator of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) presupposes titles and competencies that Ramzan Kadyrov's 17-year-old son does not possess.

April 03, 2025 23:55

• During hunger strike, health condition of Azeri oppositionist Tofig Yagublu worsened

  On the third day of his hunger strike, the health condition of Tofig Yagublu, an Azerbaijani oppositionist, sentenced to nine years in prison, has worsened, but he rejected his advocates' offer to stop his hunger strike.

April 03, 2025 23:18

• Public apologies in Nazran emphasize unresolved begging problems

  The public apologies of begging women were unlikely voluntary; therefore, they will not affect the situation with begging in streets, an Ingush journalist and a public figure assert.

April 03, 2025 22:57

• Relatives of political prisoners announce 24-hour protest in Tbilisi

  Families of oppositionists arrested in connection with participation in pro-European protest actions have united in a public movement to demand the release of prisoners of conscience. The activists plan to start a 24-hour protest action in front of the parliament building in Tbilisi.

April 03, 2025 22:13

• Sister of convicted Rizvanov demands answer about legality of law enforcers’ visits

  Two men came to the house of the parents of Abubakar Rizvanov, who was sentenced to imprisonment in a case on terrorism financing, and demanded the information about the place of residence of his children. A sister of Abubakar Rizvanov regarded the constant visits by law enforcers as pressure and demanded an answer about the legality of their actions.