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June 08, 2022 19:08

• Ombudsperson asks Georgian President to pardon Gvaramiya

  Today, Georgian Ombudsperson Nino Lomdjariya has stated that Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili should use her right to pardon Nika Gvaramiya, the former general director of the “Rustavi-2” TV Channel, as the court made an unreasonable decision.

June 08, 2022 18:48

• Scandalous video from an excursion in Derbent results in dismissal of guide

  A female guide was dismissed from a museum-reserve in Derbent after a public apology for the unceremonious mention of an archaeologist to tourists. The museum administration and State Duma member Khizri Abakarov also apologized to the archaeologist. Khizri Abakarov demanded a stricter punishment for the female guide.

June 08, 2022 15:48

• Azerbaijani analysts criticize RIA "Novosti" for interview with Beglaryan

  The Azerbaijani state-owned media refrain from interviewing persons whose activities are treated as separatist in Russia; however, the RIA "Novosti" has posted an interview with Nagorno-Karabakh State Minister, Artak Beglaryan, while the Karabakh territory is treated by Azeri authorities as illegally occupied, the Azerbaijani analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have pointed out.

June 08, 2022 15:30

• Court upholds refusal to initiate a case on torture of Khumaid Khaidaev

  The Kirov District Court of Irkutsk has found legitimate the refusal to initiate a torture case of Khumaid Khaidaev, a native of Chechnya, who was tortured in a SIZO (pre-trial prison) after a prisoners' riot in a local colony. This court refusal will be appealed against, human rights defenders have stated.

June 08, 2022 12:06

• Ingush activist Myakiev points to inconsistencies in his case to the court

  The video that was examined at the trial failed to show the face of the man who threw chairs at the "Rosgvardiya" (Russian National Guard) fighters; moreover, he did it with his right hand, which contradicts the indictment, Bagaudin Myakiev, an activist, has stated.

June 08, 2022 11:39

• Armenia: analysts find opposition's potential insufficient for changing power

  The opposition in Armenia has no revolutionary potential, and due to its links with the previous and current authorities, it failed to achieve broad public support, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

June 08, 2022 08:19

• Magamadov and Isaev convoyed to Krasnodar and Vladimir

  On June 7, Salekh Magamadov was convoyed from Grozny to the city of Vladimir, where he will serve his sentence; and Ismail Isaev was sent to the SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Krasnodar, the "SK SOS" Crisis Group has informed.

June 08, 2022 08:07

• Azerbaijani oppositionist Aliev goes on hunger strike in custody

  Ali Aliev, the convicted leader of the Azeri oppositional "Party of Citizens and Development" (PCD), has gone on a hunger strike in protest against his indictment.

June 08, 2022 07:43

• Kuban is among three to Russian regions-leaders in army discrediting cases

  Since March 4, a total of 112 administrative cases have been opened in the Krasnodar Territory (also known as Kuban by the name of the main river) on discrediting the Russian Army. Chechnya is among the three regions where not a single protocol was drawn up under this article; it follows from the data of the "OVD-Info"* human rights project.

June 07, 2022 21:34

• Police search a house of parents of “Fortanga” editor-in-chief in Sunzha

  In the morning, the police came to search a house of the parents of Ingush journalist Isabella Evloeva, suspected of disseminating fakes about the Russian armed forces. After the search, the journalist could not contact her parents, as they do not answer calls to their mobile phones, Isabella Evloeva says.

June 07, 2022 21:18

• Religious activist sentenced to six years of imprisonment in Azerbaijan

  The Baku Court on Grave Crimes sentenced religious activist Fagan Mamedov to six years of imprisonment after finding him guilty of drug trafficking. Fagan Mamedov called the criminal case fabricated. His advocate stated that the activist’s guilt had not been proven.

June 07, 2022 19:18

• After his trip to Donbass, Delimkhanov offered post of first deputy at State Duma’s Security Committee

  The State Duma’s Commission on Regulations has released a draft resolution on the appointment of Chechen MP Adam Delimkhanov as the first deputy of the State Duma’s Committee on Security and Combating Corruption.

June 07, 2022 18:48

• Three prisoners support hunger strike of Talekh Bagirzade

  On June 6, Abbas Guseinov and Djabbar Djabbarov, members of the “Muslim Unity” movement, and journalist Polad Aslanov, who are imprisoned in Azerbaijan, have begun a hunger strike in solidarity with Talekh Bagirzade.

June 07, 2022 18:32

• Opposition resumes protest marches in Yerevan

  In Yerevan, the opposition is holding protest marches to the building of the EU representative office. Activists have called on the authorities of the EU countries to respond to the use of excessive force by the Armenian police against protestors.

June 07, 2022 14:41

• Public activists tell about refugees' adaptation problems in Armenia

  In Armenia, public organizations are helping refugees from Ukraine to receive basic necessities, find housing and employment. According to activists of these organizations, state and international structures are rendering insufficient assistance to the forced migrants or internally displaced persons (IDPs).

June 07, 2022 14:25

• Makhachkala townspeople support solo pickets in Gadjiev's defence

  Passers-by were actively interested in pickets in support of the Dagestani journalist, Abdulmumin Gadjiev; they asked the picketers about his fate, Magomed Magomedov, a deputy editor-in-chief of the "Chernovik" (Draft) outlet, has informed.

June 07, 2022 11:05

• Georgian govt announces deal with "Borjomi" shares

  The Georgian government will become a co-owner of the "Borjomi" Company, after which the problems of company's employees will be solved, Irakli Garibashvili, the country's Prime Minister, has announced.

June 07, 2022 10:47

• Talekh Bagirzade, leader of "Muslim Unity", goes on hunger strike in jail

  Talekh Bagirzade, the convicted leader of the "Muslim Unity" Movement (MUM), has gone on a hunger strike, demanding to punish the law enforcers, who, according to supporters of the movement, had blasphemed while torturing believers. Law enforcement bodies reject the allegations of torture and blasphemy.

June 07, 2022 08:41

• Yerevan: oppositionists ask prosecutor to react to violence against protesters

  Opposition leaders have urged the audience of the rally held in France Square in Yerevan to go to the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) and demand that police officers who used violence against activists at the recent protests be held accountable.

June 07, 2022 08:28

• Kadyrov reports sending volunteer group to Ukraine

  A group of volunteers who came to Chechnya from different Russian regions have been sent to Ukraine to take part in the special military operation, Ramzan Kadyrov has informed, adding that the fighters have been equipped at the expense of the Akhmat Kadyrov Fund.