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July 25, 2022 15:12

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of July 18-24, 2022

  Persecution of pacifists in the southern regions of Russia; sentence to initiators of a rally against epidemiological restrictions in North Ossetia; protests of Makhachkala residents against blackouts; return of Azerbaijani refugees to Nagorno-Karabakh; hunger strike of an activist in Sukhumi, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 18-24, 2022, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

July 25, 2022 11:54

• Chechen Djumaev files complaint against verdict

  Said-Mukhammad Djumaev, a native of Chechnya, who was sentenced to five years in colony for violence against law enforcers, has filed a complaint.

July 25, 2022 11:51

• Prosecution demands real prison for policemen-figurants in torture case in KBR

  At the trial of the case of former Nalchik policemen accused of torturing Alexander Knyazev and Valery Levdik, the prosecutor's office requested five and a half years in prison for each of the defendants.

July 24, 2022 12:02

• Initiator of action for rights of Oirat-Kalmyk nationals disagrees with rally ban

  The Mayoralty of Elista, the capital of Kalmykia, has refused to sanction the July 26 rally in defence of the Russian Constitution and the rights of the Oirat-Kalmyk people. Semyon Ateev, an activist, has applied for holding a rally in the territory of the "Seven Days' Pagoda" Complex; the city court has approved the refusal. Semyon has treated the ban as discriminatory, pointing out that other events organized by the authorities used to take place in the territory of the complex.

July 24, 2022 11:48

• Sochi authorities' report about elimination of bad weather consequences sparks criticism in social network

  After a heavy rain, residential houses located in the Lazarevsoye District of Sochi are flooded, communal services are eliminating the consequences, and officials are calculating the damage, local authorities have reported. In Sochi, flooding occurs regularly because of failed storm water drains and non-systematic city development, users of the "VKontakte" social network assert.

July 24, 2022 11:31

• Analysts point to problems with media freedom in Azerbaijan

  In Azerbaijan, journalists are subjected to physical and psychological pressure and criminal prosecution; the situation with media freedom remains critical, human rights defenders have noted in their report.

July 23, 2022 16:12

• Social network users treat action of soldiers' support on Tuapse beaches as inappropriate

  The administration of beaches in Tuapse broadcasts patriotic audio for tourists through loudspeakers in support of the militaries involved in the special operation in Ukraine, sources report. Forcing people who came to have their rest to listen to such songs is inappropriate, social network commentators have stated.

July 23, 2022 15:55

• Sermon of adviser to Kadyrov is in line with Imams' involvement in recruiting

  Adam Shakhidov, the advisor to the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, on religious matters, has recorded a video sermon, during which he disclosed the participation of republic's residents in the special operation in Ukraine from the religious viewpoint, Ramzan Kadyrov informed on his Telegram channel.

July 23, 2022 15:34

• Krasnodar townspeople demand authorities' reaction to flooded streets

  After a rainstorm, the Muzykalny micro-district in Krasnodar was flooded, while officials and communal services gave no reaction to the calamity, local residents have complained. Other townspeople have noted, in the "VKontakte" social network, that flooding of city neighbourhoods occurs regularly because of the failed storm water draining pipelines.

July 23, 2022 13:38

• Ceiling collapse in new Kaspiysk kindergarten sparks outrage in social networks

  In one of the kindergartens in the city of Kaspiysk, which was recently commissioned, the ceiling collapsed; and the developer explained this by a draught, according to social networks. Luckily, there were no children in the room, Instagram* and "VKontakte" users have informed.

July 23, 2022 13:19

• Investigators name motive for killing three conscripts in Armenia

  The commander of a combat post threatened the conscript soldier to report some compromising information to his relatives, if he refuses to shot three his fellow servicemen dead, who had learned about the non-stature relations of the soldier with his commander, investigators have suggested. The conscript has been charged with murder; and the commander – with incitement to murder and sexual violence, the Armenia's Investigating Committee (IC) has informed today.

July 23, 2022 09:08

• Baku analysts assess prospects for return of Lachin under Azerbaijan's control

  The construction of a bypass road around Lachin will remove obstacles to the return of this city and the corridor of the same name under Azerbaijan's control, analysts in Baku believe.

July 23, 2022 08:56

• After conflict with Bzhaniya, Djansukh Adleiba goes on hunger strike

  On July 22, in Freedom Square in Sukhumi, Djansukh Adleiba, an activist, began his hunger strike demanding lower fuel prices and to prevent the transfer of Abkhaz lands to Russia. Vadim Markholiya, a veteran of the 1992 war, has joined the protest action.

July 23, 2022 08:46

• Ingush activist Myakiev treats ECtHR's decision on his complaint as fair

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has obliged Russia to pay 1000 euros to Ingush activist, Bagaudin Myakiev, for his illegal custody. This gives hope for similar ECtHR's decisions in favour of other people arrested within the case of the rally in Magas in March 2019, Myakiev himself has informed.

July 22, 2022 22:28

• Activists demand to verify information about mass voter bribery in Georgia

  The NGO “Transparency International Georgia” states that the Chief Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia should check the information of Soso Gogashvili, the former deputy chief of the State Security Service, who claims that law enforcers were urging voters to give their voices for the ruling party in exchange for mitigation or cancellation of punishments.

July 22, 2022 22:14

• Azerbaijani activist Aziz Mamiev complains about pressure from law enforcers

  Aziz Mamiev, a member of the board of the youth organization of the “Musavat” Party, complained about the use of force during his detention.

July 22, 2022 19:26

• Dagestani native complains about ineffective investigation into case on torture

  Alimpasha Amaev, a 77-year-old resident of Germany, complained that it took nine years for investigators to bring to court a case on torture he had been subjected to by law enforcers in Khasavyurt in 2006. The case of another native of Dagestan, who was tortured together with Alimpasha Amaev, remains not investigated, Vladimir Osechkin, the head of the “Gulagu.net” reports today.

July 22, 2022 19:10

• In Armenia, villagers demand to solve problem with supply of power and water

  Today, about 400 residents of the Aknalich village in the Armavir Region of Armenia have blocked the Yerevan-Armavir motor way in protest against regular power and water cuts. The protesters refused the police demand to unblock the road, after which a clash broke out between them and the law enforcers.

July 22, 2022 17:23

• Alaudinov heads Chechen Security Council

  Apti Alaudinov, an assistant to the head of Chechnya for the power bloc, who was earlier dismissed by Putin from the post of the head of the Chechen police, now heads the regional Security Council. Alaudinov, while being in command of the "Akhmat" special unit, "proved himself well" in the military operation in Ukraine, Ramzan Kadyrov has explained.

July 22, 2022 17:13

• Abkhaz parliament requests check at CC of agreement on "Pitsunda" dacha

  The Parliament of Abkhazia has asked the Constitutional Court (CC) to check the agreement on the transfer of the state dacha in the city of Pitsunda to Russia for compliance with the law. Some Abkhaz politicians point to inadmissibility of the alienation of people's property; while others have stressed that the agreement doesn't provide for any transfer of Abkhaz land to Russia.