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July 02, 2022 13:28

• Head of Dagestan promises to help relatives of perished militaries to commit Hajj

  The head of Dagestan, Sergey Melikov, has promised to help in organizing Hajj at the expense of Suleiman Kerimov to relatives of those who perished during the special military operation.

July 02, 2022 13:03

• Azerbaijani human rights defenders and journalists demand access to courts

  At a protest action, activists called on the Judicial-Legal Council of Azerbaijan to ensure the transparency of court hearings and allow the presence of human rights defenders and media.

July 02, 2022 12:42

• Chechen gays Magamadov and Isaev brought to detention facilities

  Brothers Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev, convicted on the charge of aiding and abetting a militant, are brought to places of serving their sentences. Their transfer from Grozny began at the beginning of the month.

July 01, 2022 23:58

• Beating of “Pirveli” TV cameraman highlights problem of pressure on media in Adjara

  Murman Zoidze, a cameraman of the “Pirveli” TV Company, continues to work as usual. But after an attack on him, Adjarian journalists proceed with increased caution, as the local media are to cover stories that cause public outcry and its employees often face aggression, including from officials.

July 01, 2022 20:30

• Azerbaijani native apologizes for insults in house chat

  A woman from Surgut, a native of Azerbaijan, apologized for insulting Russians during the conflict in a house chat, but Internet users questioned her sincerity.

July 01, 2022 13:48

• Great Britain sends £ 500,000 for demining Karabakh conflict zone

  The UK has allocated £ 500,000 to support the demining operations in Azerbaijan and Armenia. The funds will come through the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the British Embassy to Baku has announced.

July 01, 2022 13:39

• Relatives doubt investigators' version of soldier's death near Volgograd

  The mother and a brother of a 21-year-old conscript who perished in a military unit located in the city of Kotelnikovo would not agree with investigators' version about suicide. They claim that the soldier had problems with his colleagues.

July 01, 2022 12:57

• Kadyrov reports about construction of bases for new battalions

  The leader of Chechnya posted a report on the construction of bases for new battalions. Two battalions, “Vostok-Akhmat” and “Zapad-Akhmat”, have been already been manned, the “Chechnya Today” reports.

July 01, 2022 12:55

• ECtHR awards compensation of 1500 euros to editor-in-chief of Azerbaijani publication

  The Strasbourg Court points out that the payment ordered by the Azerbaijani court in a defamation lawsuit against the “Azadlyg” publication and its editor-in-chief Ganimat Zayidov, known under the pseudonym Ganimat Zakhid, was a violation of freedom of expression.

June 30, 2022 23:49

• Circassian activists criticize amendments to law on compatriots

  If amendments to the law on compatriots are adopted, many Circassians abroad will be excluded from their number, primarily due to the requirement of knowledge of the Russian language, notes Valery Khatazhukov.

June 30, 2022 23:45

• Blogger Insa Lander voices reason for her escape from Russia

  Insa Lander, a blogger from Kabardino-Balkaria, decided to escape from house arrest, as she realized that she would not be able to prove by legal methods that she was not guilty on the charge of promoting terrorism.

June 30, 2022 16:19

• Court awards 20,000 roubles as compensation to mother of child who died in 1999 in Grozny

  The Krasnodar Territorial Court has ruled to pay 20,000 roubles to Natalia Zagudaeva, a resident of Belorechensk, as compensation for the death of her three-year-old child during the shelling of Grozny in 1999.

June 30, 2022 16:16

• Woman from Rostov Region fined for using banknote with pacifist slogan

  A court in Azov has fined Darya Kulikovskaya, a local resident, finding her guilty of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces, after she has replenished her bank card with a banknote bearing a pacifist slogan. Kulikovskaya said she would appeal against the judgement.

June 30, 2022 16:13

• Safety of "LGBT Week" participants is Georgian authorities' important mission

  Three closed events will be held in Georgia during the "LGBT Week". They will be a test of how authorities are able to protect the rights of sexual minorities and prevent violence; it is focused on the conditions of the European Union (EU) for the country's status as an EU candidate member, analysts have noted.

June 30, 2022 15:26

• Advocate assesses inquiry prospects of Insa Lander's case

  The case of Insa Lander, a blogger from Kabardino-Balkaria, suspected of assisting terrorist activities, who escaped from house arrest, will be frozen, Dmitry Zakhvatov, an advocate, believes.

June 30, 2022 15:15

• Azerbaijani rights defenders support demand to release Elchin Mamed

  Elchin Mamed, a human rights defender and journalist, who has gone on a hunger strike in an Azerbaijani jail demanding his release, was isolated from other prisoners, his mother has informed. There are all signs of falsification in Mamed's case, human rights defenders insist.

June 30, 2022 15:12

• Russia-West confrontation crosses out former format of Karabakh settlement

  Russia is torpedoing the work of the OSCE Minsk Group; as it no longer treats this format as a platform for cooperation with the USA, Tigran Grigoryan and Andrias Gukasyan, political analysts, have stated.

June 30, 2022 11:00

• Formation of national unit to be sent to Ukraine promotes Kalmyk authorities

  By announcing the formation of a military unit to be sent to Ukraine, authorities of Kalmykia are trying to win over voters by benefiting from their nationalist feelings, Alexander Kynev, a political analyst, believes.

June 30, 2022 09:18

• Authorities of two Dagestani districts report about compatriots perished in Ukraine

  Aldanmagomed Aldanmagomedov from Tlyaratinsky District and Alavudin Yaraliev from Kizlyar District perished in Ukraine, the regional authorities reported.

June 30, 2022 09:16

• Activist Djansukh Adleiba stops his hunger strike in Sukhumi

  Activist Djansukh Adleiba stopped his hunger strike on a square in Sukhumi 17 days after the presidential administration had promised to reduce fuel prices in Abkhazia within two weeks.