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April 28, 2022 18:33

• Volunteer dispatch report highlights Kadyrov’s loyalty to Putin

  When commenting on the Ramzan Kadyrov’s report about sending another detachment of volunteers to Ukraine, Caucasian expert Ruslan Kutaev has noted that it is important for the authorities of Chechnya to demonstrate to President Putin their active participation in the special military operation.

April 28, 2022 18:17

• ECtHR obliges Azerbaijan to pay compensation to activist for his arrest

  The authorities of Azerbaijan are obliged to pay 4000 euros to oppositionist Bakhruz Gasanov, who was unreasonably arrested in 2012, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) rules out. Bakhruz Gasanov himself calls the ECtHR’s decision fair.

April 28, 2022 16:08

• Two residents of Ingushetia suspected of discrediting militaries

  In a social network, Ingush law enforcers found posts of two local residents and treated them as discrediting Russian militaries. Administrative cases have been initiated against the post authors, the local Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reported.

April 28, 2022 15:47

• Participants of two marches in Armenia demand govt resignation

  Supporters of the opposition have started their marches to Yerevan from the Armavir and Aragatsotn Regions, demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his government.

April 28, 2022 11:28

• European NGOs worry about media freedom in Azerbaijan

  According to the Council of Europe's Platform to Promote the Protection of Journalism and the Journalists' Safety, threats to the media freedom have intensified in Azerbaijan.

April 28, 2022 11:12

• Panel of doctors recommend rehabilitation for Saakashvili

  Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, a former Georgian president, has been diagnosed with anorexia, intolerance to a number of foods and a decrease in muscle mass due to his post-stress depression, the doctors who are monitoring his health have concluded.

April 28, 2022 08:28

• Pashinyan's opponents hold three marches in Yerevan

  On April 27, in the capital of Armenia, the opposition held three parallel marches with a demand of the government's resignation.

April 28, 2022 08:15

• Relatives of perished militaries unhappy with Armenian GPO's answer to their demands

  The General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Armenia has agreed to treat the parents of the militaries who perished during the 2020 autumn war as victims within a criminal case, but did not agree to prosecute Nikol Pashinyan, the Prime Minister. Victims' relatives have demanded to accelerate Pashinyan's prosecution.

April 27, 2022 21:13

• Police report about 52 activists detained at protests in Yerevan

  The number of activists detained today at protest actions in Yerevan has reached 52, the Armenian police report. The opposition complained about the use of disproportionate force against the protesters.

April 27, 2022 20:59

• Stavropol activist Ronald Airapetyan granted asylum in the Netherlands

  The Netherlands granted political asylum to Stavropol activist Ronald Airapetyan, who reported being persecuted for his opposition activities in Russia.

April 27, 2022 18:53

• Demand for hajj rises in Southern Russia after abolition of anti-COVID restrictions

  After the abolition of anti-COVID restrictions, the number of Muslims who want to perform the hajj this year from the regions of the Southern Federal District (SFD) and the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) has increased.

April 27, 2022 18:39

• Opposition supporters detained at a protest in Yerevan

  The police detained eleven protesters near the building of the Armenian government, who demanded the resignation of Nikol Pashinyan.

April 27, 2022 14:35

• Kalmykia: activist appeals against fine imposed for inscription on backpack

  Elizaveta Perekryostova, who was brought to administrative responsibility in Elista, the capital of Kalmykia, for discrediting the army, has appealed against the fine imposed on her by the court.

April 27, 2022 14:10

• ICG's report sparks interest of Baku analysts

  The International Crisis Group (ICG) has released a report on the prospects for Baku-Yerevan negotiation process on the settlement of the Karabakh conflict. The start of the talks does not yet mean that they will bring results; there are difficult points not mentioned in the ICG's report, Baku analysts have noted.

April 27, 2022 13:56

• Media report death of woman hit by car from Pashinyan's cortege

  A car from the cortege of the Premier, Nikol Pashinyan, hit down a pregnant woman, who then died in hospital, Armenian media have reported. The police have confirmed the accident. The Investigating Committee has reported that the driver was arrested.

April 27, 2022 11:37

• Leakage of records of Ivanishvili's phone conversations sparks scandal in Georgia

  After releasing of records of two phone conversations of Bidzina Ivanishvili, the founder of the ruling "Georgian Dream-Democratic Movement" Party, with the Russian billionaire, Vladimir Evtushenkov, a scandal broke out in Georgia. In the talks, they discussed the conclusion of some kind of a deal.

April 27, 2022 11:18

• Defence treats Shamil Nurmagomedov's transfer to prison as unjustified

  The court judgement to transfer Shamil Nurmagomedov, a resident of Dagestan, convicted of financing terrorism, from a colony in the Smolensk Region to prison will be appealed against, since lately he had no serious violations, his advocate has stated. Shamil's father has linked the toughening of his son's custody regime with the latter's participation in protests held in the colony in 2021.

April 27, 2022 08:45

• Analysts doubt reality of terror threat in Stavropol Territory

  Special services are motivated to spread falsified reports about the detention of alleged terrorists in the Stavropol Territory in order to improve their reports and for propaganda purposes, Yelena Suslova, a journalist, and Arsen Sarkisov, a human rights defender, believe.

April 27, 2022 08:33

• Court refuses to consider Bakhtiyar Gadjiev's complaint about GPO's inaction

  The Sabail Court of Baku has rejected the complaint lodged by Bakhtiyar Gadjiev, the head of the NGO "Positive Changes", about the absence of inquiry into his application about policemen's violence against him committed on March 9, the activist himself has stated.

April 26, 2022 22:27

• Participants of march from Tigranashen to Yerevan demand Pashinyan’s resignation

  Opponents of Nikol Pashinyan marched from the village of Tigranashen in the Ararat Region to Yerevan. They demand to prevent the transfer of Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenian territories to Azerbaijan.