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June 04, 2022 14:31

• Eleven activists detained after protest in Armenia

  Law enforcers have detained activists at the protest action held near governmental dachas in Yerevan; policemen claim that they disobeyed law enforcers and attacked them, the Armenian Police assert. In its turn, the opposition accused authorities of provocation.

June 04, 2022 14:23

• About 50 suffer at protests in Yerevan

  At a protest action in Yerevan, at oppositionists' clashes with law enforcers, a total of 34 policemen and 16 demonstrators received traumas; one victim is in grave condition.

June 04, 2022 14:11

• Charges against Azerbaijani oppositionist Alyshov toughened

  Razi Alyshov, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has his charges toughened; now, he faces up to 12 years in prison under an article on large-scale drug dealing. The activist claims that he was forced to confess under torture.

June 04, 2022 14:05

• Over 40 people suffered during protest in Armenia

  At the protest action held near governmental dachas in Yerevan, a total of 42 persons suffered, including 22 law enforcers, in clashes.

June 04, 2022 14:02

• Dagestan: authorities of Shamil District report military's death in Ukraine

  Magomed Nurmagomedov, a military serviceman from the village of Golotl, has perished in Ukraine, the administration of the Shamil District of Dagestan has informed. Since the start of the special operation in Ukraine, the deaths of at least 133 natives of Dagestan have been officially confirmed.

June 03, 2022 23:58

• Ingush resident sentenced to long term of imprisonment in a case on terrorism

  A court sentenced Turpal-Ali Dzeitov, a resident of Ingushetia, to 14 years of imprisonment on the charge of participating in the activities of terrorist organizations and recruiting people for them.

June 03, 2022 23:56

• Police use special equipment against demonstrators in Yerevan

  The police used stun grenades against supporters of the opposition near the Armenian government building and began to detain activists. According to the preliminary information, some people were injured.

June 03, 2022 23:53

• Opposition announces new wave of political repressions in Azerbaijan

  Pardoning a number of political prisoners was a small concession to Western demands for respect for human rights in Azerbaijan, but a new wave of political repression has begun in the country, and European institutions should intervene, the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) states.

June 03, 2022 22:52

• Natives of Northern Caucasus complain about bans on crossing Georgian border

  Some natives of Ingushetia, Chechnya, and Dagestan are not allowed to cross the Georgian border without explanation, tourists complain. There is no national subtext in the actions of Georgian border guards, the Ministry of National Policy of Ingushetia reports.

June 03, 2022 15:29

• Azerbaijan claims shootout on Armenian border

  From the border area of the Vardenis District, Armenian militaries shelled the positions of Azerbaijani soldiers located in the Kelbadjar District, after which a return fire was opened, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

June 03, 2022 15:25

• In Nazran, court orders forced migrants to move out of barrack

  A court in Magas has satisfied the demand of the Nazran Mayoralty to evict eight families of forced migrants from a barrack. Their advocate asserts that evicting disabled people who have no other housing is contrary to the law.

June 03, 2022 15:16

• Baku: war veterans demand from authorities to recognize them as disabled persons

  War veterans have held an action, where they condemned bureaucrats' formalism in the work of medical and social care commissions.

June 03, 2022 14:52

• Pashinyan's opponents call on Yerevan townspeople to rally before extraordinary parliament session

  For June 3, the opposition has initiated a parliamentary session on the critical issues of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh. On the same day, the "Resistance" movement gathers its supporters in France Place.

June 03, 2022 14:50

• Dagestani historian links his dismissal with scientific activities

  Khadji-Murad Donogo has suggested that his dismissal from the Dagestani National Museum was due to his scientific works and speeches in which he expressed his viewpoint that mismatched the official history. The persecution of a scientist for his scientific views is unacceptable, journalists believe.

June 03, 2022 14:42

• Volgograd painter accused of discrediting army

  Volgograd law enforcers have drawn up two protocols against a street painter under an article on discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.

June 03, 2022 14:07

• Court refuses to suspend liquidation of "Memorial"*

  The Moscow City Court (MCC) has failed to satisfy the motion to suspend the liquidation of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"* until the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on the complaint against the law on foreign agents.

June 02, 2022 23:52

• “Musavat” Party activist Badalov arrested by political motives, his party colleagues suggest

  Zabit Badalov, an activist of the opposition “Musavat” Party, was arrested for eight days on the charge of failing to pay a bank debt. The arrest of Zabit Badalov is illegal, and before he was summoned to court, the law enforcement bodies had demanded from him to stop his political activities, party colleagues of Zabit Badalov say.

June 02, 2022 23:49

• Former militaries become targets for Chechen killers in Istanbul, Turkish newspaper reports

  Among the possible targets of a group led by Chechen native Khamzat Dokuev, who was detained in Turkey in March 2021, were former officials Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) arrested in absentia in a case on illegal timber sales, the newspaper “Sabah” reports.

June 02, 2022 19:00

• National Guard of Russia reports about death of a native of Chechnya in Ukraine

  Adam Bisultanov, a native of Chechnya, perished in a clash with a group of foreign mercenaries in Ukraine, the National Guard of Russia reported. Since the beginning of the special military operation, the information about at least 10 natives of the republic perished in Ukraine has been officially confirmed.

June 02, 2022 18:48

• Analysts rule out impact of fuel supplies to Kiev on Azerbaijani-Russian relations

  The State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) provides humanitarian assistance to Ukraine by supplying fuel free of charge. However, according to analysts, this fact does not affect relations between Baku and Moscow.