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July 22, 2022 15:42

• Delimkhanov and Chaika put on EU's sanctions list

  The new package of anti-Russian sanctions of the European Union (EU) has been extended onto Adam Delimkhanov, a State Duma MP from Chechnya, and Yuri Chaika, the presidential envoy to the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD).

July 22, 2022 12:16

• Imams' involvement in recruitment reveals law enforcers' shortage in Chechnya

  The participation of Chechen Imams in recruiting residents for working in local law enforcement bodies suggests that this job has become unpopular due to the special operation in Ukraine, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe. When applying for law enforcer's job, a person will be enrolled in the reserve, and then face the fact that he is obliged to go and take part in the special operation, the analysts believe.

July 22, 2022 11:59

• Aslan Bzhaniya interrupts his meeting with Machara villagers because of riots

  The meeting of Aslan Bzhaniya with the residents of the village of Machara in the Gulripsh District of Abkhazia ended ahead of schedule due to a conflict that broke out between the audience and the Abkhaz president. The conflict was triggered by an activist's question about the agreement signed  earlier this year on the transfer of the "Pitsunda" state dacha to Russia.

July 22, 2022 08:37

• "Important Stories"* describe hidden mobilization in Southern Russia

  Authorities are making use of the state portal "Jobs in Russia" for search and recruit more than 22,000 militaries; more than 3600 such vacancies are in the regions of Southern and Northern Caucasus. The Rostov Region is the leader in the number of such vacancies, the "Important Stories"* outlet has informed.

July 22, 2022 08:26

• Chief physician of Derbent hospital explains problems with medicines for cancer patients

  The city of Derbent has seen a rapid increase of cancer patients, and, because of shortage of medicines, the Central City Hospital (CCH) has to send a number of patients for treatment to Makhachkala, Devletkhan Mirzakhanov, the hospital's chief physician, has stated.

July 21, 2022 23:26

• Ten families of forced migrants return from Azerbaijan to Karabakh

  Today, 48 forced migrants have settled in new houses in the village of Agaly in the Zangilan District. The authorities first of all allocated housing to those who lived in the most difficult conditions in temporary accommodation centres, the State Committee for Affairs of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons explained.

July 21, 2022 23:02

• Challenge of Yangulbaev to a duel goes beyond Chechen traditions

  A challenge to a duel offered to Ibragim Yangulbaev by a Chechen police officer contradicts Chechen traditions and looks like a bravado of a public officer, Caucasus experts Alexei Malashenko and Ruslan Kutaev point out.

July 21, 2022 17:59

• Armenian human rights defenders call on UN to pay attention to Azerbaijan’s actions

  The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination should urge the authorities of Azerbaijan to bring to justice those responsible for inciting xenophobia and racism, as well as those responsible for war crimes, and ensure the protection of the Armenian cultural and historical heritage in the territories controlled by Azerbaijan, the report prepared by five human rights organizations states.

July 21, 2022 17:42

• “Musavat” Party activist Aziz Mamiev arrested for 30 days

  On July 20, Aziz Mamiev, a member of the board of the youth organization of the “Musavat” Party, was detained at a protest action in Baku. The activist has been sentenced to a 30-day administrative arrest on the charge of failure to obey the police.

July 21, 2022 14:28

• Lawyers treat influence of US forensic experts on Saakashvili's case as minimal

  The defence of former Georgian President, Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, is promoting a strategy aimed at taking him abroad for his medical treatment, but Georgian authorities would not allow them to do so, the Georgian lawyers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

July 21, 2022 14:04

• Court in Kalmykia upholds fine to Oleg Otkhonov for reposting pacifist video

  The Supreme Court of Kalmykia has upheld the fine imposed on Oleg Otkhonov, a resident of Elista, the capital of Kalmykia, for reposting a video appeal of Valery Badmaev, the editor-in-chief of the "Sovremennaya Kalmykia" newspaper. Otkhonov intends to appeal against this decision.

July 21, 2022 11:40

• Djabiev's widow intends to seek compensation for his death

  The family of Inal Djabiev, who died after interrogation, will seek compensation after the court has acquitted him within the case of an attempt on the life of the head of the South-Ossetian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), Oksana Sotieva, Inal's widow, has stated.

July 21, 2022 11:21

• Azeri economists point out problems with migrants' return to Karabakh

  The first families that moved to the village of Agaly showed their new houses and apartments. It is not enough to provide people with housing; it's necessary to ensure the operating infrastructure and create jobs, economists have noted.

July 21, 2022 08:45

• Narek Mantashyan, Armenian oppositionist, released on bail

  The court has mitigated the freedom restraint measure of Narek Mantashyan, a member of the "Armenia" bloc, accused of organizing riots in Yerevan after the tripartite agreement was signed on the cessation of hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh, and released him on bail.

July 21, 2022 08:31

• Irganai villagers demand fair compensations for their lands

  The residents of the villages whose garden plots fell into the flooding zone of the Irganai hydroelectric power station (HPP) have lost their chances to earn money; and many of them have to search employment for from home, villagers assert. Some Irganai villagers have received 9200 roubles per hundred square meters of their land plots, but this is a very low compensation.

July 21, 2022 00:37

• Military experts do not rule out an air defence base in Chechnya at Kadyrov’s proposal

  The implementation of the Ramzan Kadyrov’s idea of deploying an air defence system in Chechnya would provide the republic with additional funding and make it more secure, the idea will be seriously considered by the federal authorities, military experts interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot” believe.

July 21, 2022 00:24

• Opposition condemns dispersal of a peaceful protest in Baku

  The dispersal of a peaceful protest action violates the constitutional rights of citizens, human rights defenders point out.

July 20, 2022 23:57

• Armen Grigoryan’s death highlights problem of medical care in prisons in Armenia

  Participants of a discussion at the Yerevan Media Centre Public Journalism Club say that prison conditions and problems with medical care cause the deterioration in the prisoners’ health state. The topic of discussion was the death of film producer Armen Grigoryan.

July 20, 2022 18:46

• Advocate expresses his concern over lack of information about Salekh Magamadov

  For a month, there has been no information about the whereabouts of the Salekh Magamadov, a convicted native of Chechnya, his advocate Alexei Nemov reports.

July 20, 2022 18:29

• Police stop protest rally in Baku

  More than 20 people were detained at a protest rally, the participants of which demanded the opening of land borders, the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent reported from the scene. Meantime, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Azerbaijan assured there were no detainees, and people “were simply removed from the territory.”