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August 12, 2022 13:35

• Advocates claim pressure on arrested deputy head of Georgia's SSS

  Soso Gogashvili, a former deputy head of the Georgian State Security Service (SSS), who is in custody on charges of illegal possession of weapons, abuse of power and violation of the secrecy of personal data, has received threats demanding to give the necessary testimonies, his advocates have informed.

August 12, 2022 11:05

• Dagestani activist Manapov leaves Russia

  Murad Manapov, an activist, has left for Poland, fearing persecution by law enforcers. He explained that he had left Russia after the arrest of Eduard Ataev, the coordinator of Navalny's office* in Makhachkala, whose assistant he has been earlier.

August 12, 2022 10:51

• Behaviour of Chechen youth in Izberbash angers Kadyrov

  The head of Chechnya has instructed officials and policemen to stop cases of inappropriate behaviour of "individual Chechen nationals outside the region." Ramzan Kadyrov's order appeared after reports in social networks about Chechen girls' dancing during a seaside holiday in Izberbash.

August 12, 2022 02:36

• Advocate treats law enforcers' guilt of torturing two Nalchik townspeople at police station as proved

  The proofs of the guilt of the three policemen accused of violence against Alexander Knyazev and Valery Levdik are the victims' traumas, as well as the fact that the policemen did not challenge their dismissal after an internal audit, the advocate has stated.

August 12, 2022 02:31

• Debris of Armenian military helicopter found in Karabakh

  Wreckage of a military helicopter of the Armenian Armed Forces, shot down during the autumn 2020 war, was found in Nagorno-Karabakh.

August 11, 2022 23:59

• Residents of Akhavno and Berdzor reproach authorities for demanding urgent evacuation

  After being resettled from the Lachin corridor, residents of the communities of Akhavno and Berdzor will receive apartments in Nagorno-Karabakh or certificates for housing in Armenia, the authorities promise.

August 11, 2022 23:53

• Azerbaijani MoD announces work at key heights in Karabakh

  Engineering work and road construction are underway on Mount Buzdukh and other heights that came under the control of Azerbaijan as a result of the “Retribution” operation, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reports.

August 11, 2022 19:59

• Russian MFA rejects criticism of peacekeepers in Karabakh conflict zone

  Criticism of the Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh is unjustified, as the peacekeepers are helping to stabilize the situation, states Ivan Nechaev, a spokesperson for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).

August 11, 2022 19:53

• Advocates succeeds in visiting Chechen native Salekh Magamadov in prison

  Today, prison administration has allowed an advocate to visit Chechen native Salekh Magamadov, but their conversation was controlled by a warder, advocate Alexander Nemov says. This is reported by the “SOTA” project in its Telegram channel.

August 11, 2022 18:58

• Neurologist treats Saakashvili's health condition as critical

  Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili's illness is progressing; his condition causes fear for the politician's life, a neurologist from the "Empathy" Centre has stated. US and Swiss doctors will join the examination of the ex-president of Georgia, his advocate has informed.

August 11, 2022 14:35

• Azerbaijan announces completion of road bypassing Lachin

  The construction of the road along the new route of the Lachin Corridor is over. The highway is ready for traffic, Baku has announced.

August 11, 2022 14:29

• Volgograd activist claims violation of his right to defence in court

  The Volgograd Regional Court has dismissed the complaint lodged by Evgeny Kochegin, an activist, who is suspected of disseminating deliberately false information about the actions of the Russian Army.

August 11, 2022 14:24

• Dagestan: four policemen convicted for beating detainee

  A court in Dagestan has sentenced the head of the criminal investigation the Buynaksk District and three police detectives accused of abuse of power and beating up a detainee.

August 11, 2022 14:14

• Wording of agreement on Nagorno-Karabakh gives rise to conflict escalation

  By having built a section of the road bypassing the Lachin Corridor, Azerbaijan, did not violate the terms of the agreement on Nagorno-Karabakh, while the escalation of the Karabakh conflict was provoked by the Armenian party, Russian and Azerbaijani analysts have pointed out.

August 11, 2022 14:05

• Analysts treat shootouts in Nagorno-Karabakh after "Retribution" as insignificant

  After the Azerbaijani operation "Retribution" conducted in the Karabakh conflict zone, there were no active hostilities; shootouts were local in nature, analysts have pointed out, however, not ruling out a possible further conflict escalation.

August 11, 2022 13:30

• Tourist inflow to Dagestan escalates problem of destructing ancient monuments

  In Dagestan, ancient monuments lack due care; and mass tourist trips to historical buildings have increased the threat of ruining them. This was stated by Vladimir Sevrinovsky, a writer and traveller, and Albert Esedov, a political analyst, who commented on the collapse of the stone arch in Gamsutl.

August 10, 2022 23:58

• Armenian MoD reports about death of a soldier

  Soldier Erik Karsyan was found dead with a gunshot wound in a combat position, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia reported.

August 10, 2022 23:55

• Dagestani native Arthur Ilyaskhanov leaves Nizhnevartovsk after threats from Chechnya

  Arthur Ilyaskhanov, a native of Dagestan, who served his arrest after an incident in a Yugra store and claimed receiving threats from members of the Chechen community, announced his departure from Nizhnevartovsk. His mother came for him.

August 10, 2022 19:34

• Kadyrov announces readiness to send 9000 fighters to Ukraine

  Nine thousand trained fighters are ready to be sent from Chechnya to Ukraine, and other ten thousand stay in reserve, Ramzan Kadyrov has announced.

August 10, 2022 19:27

• Complaint of Dagestani resident Shavri Gadjiev filed to ECtHR

  Lawyers of the Human Rights Protection Centre “Memorial” sent a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in a case of Shavri Gadjiev, who in 2020 was sentenced to imprisonment for financing terrorism.