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February 04, 2022 17:51

• Court dismisses defenders’ request to let doctor visit Saakashvili

  Mikhail Saakashvili and his defence requested the judge to oblige the Penitentiary Service to let a private doctor visit the arrested politician. However, the court dismissed the request.

February 04, 2022 17:23

• Travel bloggers consider illogical a refusal of Chechen Ministry of Tourism to pay for advertising

  When commenting on the refusal of the Chechen Ministry of Tourism to pay for travel reports, travel bloggers explained their desire to receive money for advertising attractions by the cost of travel and the production of high-quality content.

February 04, 2022 14:03

• Relatives doubt the version of detainee's death in Yeisk

  Ilya Smolin, a resident of Kuban (the Krasnodar Territory), died after being detained in the city of Yeisk due to his heart problems, the police have informed. His parents have drawn attention to the haematomas on the body of their son, and demanded that a prosecutor's examination to be held of the circumstances of his death.

February 04, 2022 13:42

• Moscow: debaters criticize laws on foreign agents

  On February 3, an expert discussion on the reform of the legislation on foreign agents, organized by the Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG), was held online by using the Zoom platform.

February 04, 2022 12:33

• Azerbaijani website owner fined for social media post about Tofig Yagublu

  The court has imposed a fine on the owner of the Yeniavaz.az online outlet after he refused to remove the Facebook post about the investigators' version that the activist, Tofig Yagublu, had injured himself at the police station.

February 04, 2022 12:16

• Abubakar Yangulbaev refuses to treat Delimkhanov's words as metaphor

  Shamsail Saraliev, a State Duma MP from Chechnya has treated the words of his colleague Adam Delimkhanov, who threatened to cut off Yangulbaevs' heads and those of the translators of his words into Russian, as a metaphor. The promise to "cut off heads" together with the announcement of blood feuds is a real threat of murder, Abubakar Yangulbaev, a lawyer of the "Committee against Torture" (CaT)*, has objected.

February 04, 2022 11:47

• Military equipment of Kadyrov people sent to Ukrainian border

  The highways of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) and the Stavropol Territory see columns of military equipment, with which the Grozny OMON (riot police) and "Rosgvardiya" (Russian National Guard) are equipped. The machines are moving in a northwest direction towards the Ukrainian border, the Conflict Intelligence Team (CIT) has informed.

February 04, 2022 08:44

• Saidi Yangulbaev treats decision to deprive him of immunity as illegal

  The decision of the qualification board of judges of the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya to terminate the powers of a retired judge is contrary to the law and will be appealed against, Saidi Yangulbaev has stated.

February 04, 2022 08:30

• Residents of Ingushetia demand to ban Sagov to speak on people's behalf

  Akhmed Sagov, the head of the "Bart" Ingush Cultural and Educational Centre, who attended the rally against the Yangulbaevs in Grozny and called on residents of Ingushetia to take part therein, has no right to speak on behalf of the Ingush nation, Instagram users have pointed out.

February 03, 2022 21:57

• Analysts exclude risks for Kadyrov from meeting with Putin

  The meeting of the head of Chechnya with the Russian president amid the growing resonance of Kadyrov's struggle against Yangulbaevs looks like a Kremlin's attempt to gently correct the governor, but this will not affect the stability of Kadyrov's positions, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have pointed out.

February 03, 2022 21:16

• Saidi Yangulbaev stripped of immunity

  The Chechen Board of Judges has terminated the resignation of the former judge Saidi Yangulbaev, thus depriving him of immunity.

February 03, 2022 21:04

• Protester against OSAGO increase detained in Yerevan

  Today, motorists have held another protest action in Yerevan against the increase in OSAGO (mandatory motor civic insurance) tariffs. One of the protesters was detained for pasting leaflets.

February 03, 2022 17:39

• At rally in Goity, relatives renounce Yangulbaevs

  At a rally in the village of Goity, relatives of the Yangublaev and Musaev families and members of the Keloi teip (family clan) renounced their relatives and promised to take revenge on them, the "Grozny" TV Company has reported. Some users, commenting on the story about the rally on the TV Company's Instagram page, demanded to release Zarema Musaeva.

February 03, 2022 17:25

• Putin discusses law enforcers' work with Kadyrov

  One of the topics discussed during a meeting of Russian President, Vladimir Putin, with the Chechen leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, held in the Kremlin was the work of law enforcement bodies, Dmitry Peskov, the presidential press secretary, has informed.

February 03, 2022 13:27

• Spouse of convicted oppositionist holds a protest rally in Baku

  At a protest action in Baku, Aigyun Gumbatova, a spouse of convicted activist, complained that after her husband, oppositionist Agil Gumbatov, was sent to a penal colony, the family faced difficulties, and the Azerbaijan’s authorities obstructed the registration of documents for child benefits. Three activist’s three children took part in the protest action.

February 03, 2022 13:05

• Chair of Chechen SC initiates withdrawal of Saidi Yangulbaev’s status

  The Qualification Board of Judges of Chechnya has scheduled for February 3 the consideration of the initiative voiced by the chair of the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya to terminate the resignation of federal judge Saidi Yangulbaev, who left the country after the threats voiced by the leader of the republic.

February 03, 2022 11:09

• Putin meets Kadyrov amid scandal over threats to Yangulbaev family

  The Russian President met Ramzan Kadyrov in Moscow, although earlier, presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov had assured that no such meeting had been planned. Ramzan Kadyrov came to the Kremlin amid a scandal caused by the threats voiced by the Chechen authorities against the Yangulbaev family, human rights defenders, and journalists.

February 03, 2022 10:54

• Azerbaijani activist arrested after being deported from Germany

  Pyunkhan Kerimli, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, who was deported to Azerbaijan from Germany in November 2021, has been placed in custody on the charge of drug trafficking. Pyunkhan Kerimli is being persecuted for political reasons, his father believes.

February 03, 2022 08:34

• Rally against Yangulbaevs in Grozny was addressed to Kremlin

  By organizing a thousands-strong rally in Grozny, Ramzan Kadyrov has decided to reinforce his enmity against Yangulbaevs with the "people's position" and to show the Kremlin, amid rights defenders' criticism, that Chechen authorities are well in control of the situation in the republic, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted.

February 03, 2022 08:17

• Analysts treat Delimkhanov's promise to cut off heads as threat to kill

  The promise of Adam Delimkhanov, a State Duma MP, to cut off Yangulbaevs' heads and of the translators of his threats into Russian can be treated as a threat of murder, especially in the realities of Chechnya; therefore, Russian authorities must react immediately, the Caucasian scholars and human rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have pointed out.