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February 16, 2022 13:19

• Abdulmumin Gadjiev tells details of life in SIZO

  In his interview with the "Kavkaz.Realii"* outlet from the SIZO (pre-trial prison), Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a Dagestani journalist, told about his custody conditions, and on how he manages to post his materials on the "Chernovik" (Draft) portal and in the Instagram. Gadjiev said that the support of the society helps him to defend both his own rights and other inmates' rights.

February 16, 2022 11:32

• Azerbaijani soldiers' relatives achieve authorities' attention

  The protesters in Baku, who demanded that their sons be given the status of shahids (martyrs), have been invited to the presidential administration, and their applications were taken, protesters have informed.

February 16, 2022 11:18

• Within last 24 hours, almost 3000 new signatories demand Kadyrov's resignation

  The electronic petition to Vladimir Putin demanding the resignation of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov has gained more than 216,000 signatures; over the last 24 hours, the number of signatories has grown by 2928.

February 16, 2022 08:32

• Stepanakert announces serviceman's wounding

  Khachatur Khachatryan, a military serviceman, was wounded by shelling from the Azerbaijani side, the Nagorno-Karabakh Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported. Its counterpart, the Azeri MoD, has treated this information as a fake.

February 16, 2022 08:20

• Advocates outline prospects for criminal proceedings against Zakuskin

  The actions of Alexander Zakuskin, a deputy of the Meschansky municipal district of Moscow, who used a gas spray against a pensioner from Chechnya, contain signs of inflicting harm to one's health and abuse of power, Nadezhda Ermolaeva, an advocate, believes. Zelimkhan Arapiev, another advocate, has added that Zakuskin may be released from criminal liability because of reconciliation or compensation for damage.

February 15, 2022 21:31

• Comic Mirzalizade’s ban on entry into Russia reduced to 14 years

  The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) enforced the decision of the Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow by cancelling a life-long ban on entry into Russia for Talysh comic Idrak Mirzalizade. The ban expires on August 27, 2035, comic’s advocate Sergey Badamshin reports.

February 15, 2022 21:17

• Journalists complain about being beaten after their detention in Baku

  Law enforcers beat freelance journalists Fatima Movlanly and Sevindj Sadykhova, who were detained for filming videos near the building of the presidential administration of Azerbaijan, the victims themselves said.

February 15, 2022 19:06

• Defence reports about Musaeva’s refusal to be hospitalized

  Despite deterioration of her health state, Zarema Musaeva refused to be transferred to a hospital for fear of contracting the coronavirus, her advocate said. According to the defender, Zarema Musaeva is being kept in a separate cell of the Grozny SIZO (pre-trial prison) under the supervision of doctors.

February 15, 2022 18:52

• In Baku, journalists detained at picket site of soldiers’ relatives

  The police pushed killed soldiers’ relatives who had come to a picket from the building of the presidential administration of Azerbaijan and detained three journalists who had come to cover the protest action.

February 15, 2022 18:39

• Armenia refutes Azerbaijan’s accusation of a shelling attack

  The information that Armenian soldiers shelled the Azerbaijani positions in the northeastern and eastern directions of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan does not correspond to reality, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia reported.

February 15, 2022 15:01

• Azerbaijan announces shelling from Armenia

  Units of the Armenian Armed Forces have shelled the positions of the Azerbaijani Army stationed in the Kelbadjar and Tovuz Districts, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

February 15, 2022 14:37

• Chechen residents' address to healer results in public scolding

  Two residents of the village of Engel-Yurt have turned to a healer in Kabardino-Balkaria with a request to improve their family life, after which they were detained in Chechnya by law enforcers; and they were publicly reprimanded by Adam Elzhurkaev, the head of the Centre for Islamic Medicine.

February 15, 2022 14:23

• Blood feud becomes exceptional phenomenon in North Ossetia

  In North Ossetia, blood feud killings are single cases; practically all conflicts are regulated within the legal field, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

February 15, 2022 11:08

• Saakashvili restricted in his right to see relatives

  The administration of the Rustavi Prison has banned family members of Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, a former Georgian President, from visiting him more than once a month.

February 15, 2022 10:54

• Court in Baku refuses to ban journalist Vagifgyzy from leaving Azerbaijan

  The court has rejected the submission of court marshals, who asked to ban the Azerbaijani journalist Sevindj Vagifgyzy from leaving the country.

February 15, 2022 08:48

• HRC "Memorial"* appeals against court ruling on liquidation

  The defence has filed an appeal against the decision of the Moscow City Court (MCC) to liquidate the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"*.

February 15, 2022 08:37

• ECtHR obliges Russia to report on Musaeva's condition

  Every two weeks, Russian authorities must send a report on the health condition of Zarema Musaeva to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), the Court has decided.

February 15, 2022 08:26

• Analysts explain Delimkhanov's reaction to Zakuskin's incident with elderly Chechen woman

  Law enforcement bodies should react to the incident of the Moscow deputy Alexander Zakuskin with the elderly Chechen woman Yusupkhadjieva and resolve the case according to the law so that the situation does not turn into an interethnic conflict, the Caucasian analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have pointed out, stressing that traditional response mechanisms to Zakuskin's actions have been engaged in the absence of timely reaction by the police.

February 14, 2022 21:13

• Kadyrov softens his rhetoric on Ukraine after Kremlin’s remarks

  Today, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has issued a new statement on Ukraine and significantly softened the tone of his statements in comparison with his previous words about the need to “take back Ukraine,” to which the Kremlin reacted.

February 14, 2022 20:53

• Moscow delegate calls for Zakuskin’s resignation for his conflict with a native of Chechnya

  Alexander Zakuskin should leave his post of the head of the council of delegates for the Meschansky District of Moscow because of his conflict with native of Chechnya Salima Yusupkhadjieva, says Yuri Reinhimmel, a delegate of the district council. He sent his colleagues a relevant draft decision.