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February 11, 2022 00:21

• A resident of Dagestan confesses to revenge murder

  The Dagestani police detained a man for murder in Makhachkala. According to video of the interrogation, the detainee said that he had avenged the murdered man for his “Muslim sister.”

February 11, 2022 00:17

• Chechen SC ignores Musaeva’s deteriorating health

  Advocates requested the court to transfer Zarema Musaeva to house arrest due to her state of health, but the court dismissed the request, although an ambulance was called again at night, advocate Arkady Shindyapin said. Abubakar Yangulbaev, a son of Zarema Musaeva, notes that the court is under pressure.

February 10, 2022 23:55

• Fear of resumption of fighting affects restoration of Tovuz and Terter

  The authorities of Azerbaijan have not yet concluded a peace treaty with Armenia, and therefore, residents of the border villages fear the resumption of combat actions. The situation is calm in the Tovuz, Terter, and Agdjabadi Districts, but restoration work is going slowly, and there are problems with communications, local residents say.

February 10, 2022 23:48

• Ibragim Yangulbaev denies involvement of his relatives in 1Adat Movement*

  According to Ibragim Yangulbaev, his father and mother, as well as other relatives, are not involved in the 1Adat Movement” and are not its leaders. He pointed to contradictions in the Chechen authorities’ accusations against members of the Yangulbaev family.

February 10, 2022 23:42

• Nephew of disappeared resident of North Ossetia associates her disappearance with fortune-telling

  Rimma Gagloeva, a disappeared resident of North Ossetia, was engaged in fortune-telling and removing the evil eye effect, which could be the reason for her disappearance, suggests her nephew Giorgi Gagloev. According to him, a video appeal to Ramzan Kadyrov concerning the disappearance gained over half a million views, but there was no reaction from the leader of Chechnya.

February 10, 2022 16:57

• Court upholds Musaeva's arrest

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya has considered the complaint lodged by the defence against the arrest of Zarema Musaeva and refused to satisfy it, one of the advocates has informed.

February 10, 2022 16:53

• Lukashenko's statement outrages Armenian opposition

  Supporters of the oppositional "National Democratic Pole" (NDP) have held a rally in Yerevan in defence of the country's sovereignty. They criticized the statement of Belarusian President, Alexander Lukashenko, about the prospects for Armenia's accession to the Union State of Russia and Belarus.

February 10, 2022 16:44

• Azeri activist set free after COVID-19 infection

  Djalil Zabidov, an activist of the "Democracy-1918" movement in Azerbaijan, who got infected with coronavirus, must serve the remainder of his term at the isolation facility after recovery, the court has ruled.

February 10, 2022 16:35

• Promise of Chechen authorities to ignore critics was implication of Kadyrov's meeting with Putin

  By responding to their statements, Chechen authorities have themselves created popularity for their critics; and the decision to refuse from further commenting on criticism has resulted from Kadyrov's meeting with Putin amid the conflict with the Yangulbaev family, analysts have noted.

February 10, 2022 16:28

• Court upholds refusal to investigate murder of Syrian by law enforcer from Stavropol Territory

  The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) refused to investigate the brutal murder of a Syrian resident committed by alleged members of the "Vagner grouping", in which a law enforcer whom the Stavropol Territory was identified.

February 10, 2022 10:46

• Armenia outraged by Azerbaijan’s plans to remove Armenian inscriptions on temples in Karabakh

  When commenting on the news about the creation of a working group in Azerbaijan to remove Armenian inscriptions on Albanian temples, the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and human rights defenders have said that the plans to change the identity of religious, historical, and cultural monuments in Nagorno-Karabakh violate the requirement of the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

February 10, 2022 10:43

• A woman from Kabardino-Balkaria suspected of financing militants

  A criminal case on financing of terrorism has been instituted against a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria: the woman is suspected of transferring money to members of terrorist groupings abroad.

February 10, 2022 07:46

• Lawyers criticize refusal to investigate Musaeva’s kidnapping

  In Nizhny Novgorod, investigators forwarded to the Prosecutor’s Office of Chechnya a complaint about the kidnapping of Zarema Musaeva, so as not to take on the clarification of the involvement of Chechen law enforcers in the kidnapping, lawyer Nadezhda Yermolaeva suggests.

February 09, 2022 23:55

• Number of victims of torture in “Terter case” increases to 281

  Investigators recognized other 163 people who were tortured as victims of the “Terter case”, and the total number of victims reached 281. Four military men were arrested on the charge of using torture, the General Prosecutor’s Office of Azerbaijan reported.

February 09, 2022 23:52

• Residents of Khasavyurt suburb complain about pressure after gathering

  Law enforcers have summoned five participants of the gathering against the laying of high-voltage power lines through the dwelling settlement of Bammatbekyurt, and demanded to name the organizer; and drew up a protocol on the villager who was filming the event. Law enforcers are trying to put pressure on activists so that they stop protesting, local residents have suggested.

February 09, 2022 23:50

• Court releases protester against gay parade in Tbilisi on bail

  Ushangi Datunashvili, 66, accused of attacking a "Rustavi-2" cameraman at a protest action against a gay parade in July last year, has been appointed a bail of 3000 laris. His advocate stated poor health condition of his client.

February 09, 2022 23:40

• Two residents of neighbouring republics disappear on way from Chechnya

  Adam Arsaev, a taxi driver from Ingushetia was transporting Rimma Gagloeva, a passenger from North Ossetia, from the Grozny Airport. They stopped answering calls; then, Arsaev's car was found near the Ingush-Chechen border.

February 09, 2022 20:03

• Rights defender Osechkin voiced data of Chechen Diaspora about an order to kill him

  Members of the Chechen Diaspora in France received an order from Moscow to kill Vladimir Osechkin, a human rights defender, the Gulagu.net project that he heads has reported. Osechkin himself has linked the preparation of his assassination attempt with his activities.

February 09, 2022 20:01

• "Dozhd" TV Channel* appeals to ICRF regarding Kadyrov's accusations

  The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has publicly classified the "Dozhd" (Rain) TV Channel* as a terrorist; these statements fall under the article on inciting hatred or enmity, the TV Channel has pointed out.

February 09, 2022 13:01

• BBC publishes stories of torture victims at Rostov prison hospital

  Former patients of the prison hospital located in Rostov-on-Don told that they were starved, tied to beds and injected with potent drugs. Vazgen Zargaryan, a prisoner, was "treated" there for more than 10 times, and once was tied up for 71 days.