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January 26, 2022 15:04

• Rights defenders doubt sincerity of blogger Khalitov's relatives

  Relatives of Kadyrov's critics are recording videos, in which they refute that their words were uttered under pressure; a video with Khasan Khalitov's relatives confirms this, human rights defenders assert.

January 26, 2022 15:02

• Kadyrov's appeal to Yangulbaev brothers reveals his aim of abducting their mother

  By ostentatious violence over Zarema Musaeva, her relatives are provoked to illegal actions in order to have a reason to punish them, analysts have commented on Ramzan Kadyrov's call to the woman's sons to come to Chechnya.

January 25, 2022 23:59

• Azerbaijani oppositionist treats summon to police as pressure on him

  Aziz Mamiev, a member of the youth organization of the “Musavat” Party, was summoned to the Baku police for reposting a video on TikTok. According to the activist, the police warned him against posts with criticism of the country’s authorities.

January 25, 2022 23:56

• Relatives of Chechen blogger Khalitov refute information about kidnapping of his sister

  A sister of Khasan Khalitov was not kidnapped in Chechnya and was not photographed in the nude, said blogger’s relatives. They urged him to stop criticizing the authorities of Chechnya.

January 25, 2022 23:46

• Polad Aslanov stops his hunger strike on 20th day

  Journalist Polad Aslanov stopped his hunger strike on the 20th day after urgent recommendations of doctors, his spouse reported. The woman believes that her husband’s protest action has partially achieved its goal, since the Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan appointed a date for the consideration of an appeal.

January 25, 2022 23:42

• Kremlin reacts to Kadyrov’s statement about introduction of troops into Ukraine

  After Ramzan Kadyrov stated that if he were the head of the state, he would “long ago take Ukraine” by sending troops there, presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov has emphasized that the Russia’s foreign policy is within the competence of President Vladimir Putin.

January 25, 2022 22:58

• Azerbaijan hands soldier's remains over to Armenia

  In Shushi, Azerbaijan has handed the remains of a military serviceman over to the Armenian party. Thus, the overall number of bodies and remains found in the conflict zone after the November 2020 hostilities has reached 1707, the Nagorno-Karabakh Emergency Service has informed.

January 25, 2022 22:57

• Azerbaijani activists demand to release Ali Aliev

  The Public Committee for the Defence of the Rights of Ali Aliev, the leader of the "Citizens and Development" Party sentenced to five months in custody, has been set up in Azerbaijan. Its members treat Aliev's arrest as an attack on the freedom of expression.

January 25, 2022 13:42

• Ibragim Yangulbaev responds to Kadyrov's accusation of cowardice

  In his video address to Ramzan Kadyrov, Ibragim Yangulbaev, a blogger, has recalled his oppositional activities when he lived in Chechnya. According to his story, he was detained twice and tortured, but he didn't stop criticizing local authorities.

January 25, 2022 13:39

• Chechen law enforcers hold at least three Yangulbaevs' relatives

  Apart from Zarema Musaeva, the mother of Yangulbaev brothers, who was abducted in Nizhny Novgorod and brought to Chechnya by law enforcers, two their other relatives have not been released yet.

January 25, 2022 13:34

• Yangulbaev denied his family involvement in beating up Chechen law enforcer in Turkey

  By accusing the Yangulbaev family of organizing an attack on a former Chechen law enforcer in Turkey, Ramzan Kadyrov is trying to justify the kidnapping of Zarema Musaeva, her son, Abubakar Yangulbaev, has suggested.

January 25, 2022 13:11

• After fainting in colony, journalist Polad Aslanov hospitalized

  Polad Aslanov, a journalist, was hospitalized on the 19th day of his hunger strike after he fainted in the colony. Aslanov took some food, but then continued his hunger strike, Gyulmira Aslanova, Polad's wife, has added.

January 25, 2022 12:48

• Kadyrov announces Russian spending on Chechnya

  The Russian government allocates 300 billion roubles a year for supporting Chechnya; the republic won't hold "even a month" without Moscow's support, Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Chechnya, has stated.

January 25, 2022 12:40

• Kadyrov invites Yangulbaevs to come to Chechnya

  The sons of Zarema Yangulbaeva (Musaeva) should come to Chechnya to fetch their mother, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated, again accusing the whole family of various crimes. Abubakar Yangulbaev intends to sue the head of Chechnya for calling his family as terrorists.

January 25, 2022 12:32

• After blackmail with his sister's photo, blogger Khalitov refuses to stop criticizing Kadyrov

  Khasan Khalitov, a blogger living in Turkey, has refused to apologize to the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, despite the threats to publish obscene photos of the blogger's sister. Social network users considered it unworthy for Muslims to humiliate women.

January 24, 2022 23:58

• Kadyrov creates a threat to Kalyapin and Milashina by accusing them of terrorism

  The allegation of Ramzan Kadyrov, who classified Igor Kalyapin, the head of the “Committee Against Torture”*, and journalist Elena Milashina as terrorists, will not be followed by criminal prosecution of those people, but the risk of unlawful pressure on them has increased, human rights defender Svetlana Gannushkina and advocate Marina Dubrovina point out.

January 24, 2022 23:55

• Human rights defender Kalyapin considers it useless to respond to Kadyrov’s accusation

  It is useless to complain about the Ramzan Kadyrov’s allegation that Igor Kalyapin, the head of the “Committee against Torture”*, is an accomplice of terrorists, since the leader of Chechnya always get away with it, the human rights defender explains.

January 24, 2022 23:52

• Video of Zarema Musaeva’s kidnapping posted on Internet

  According to video from surveillance cameras, law enforcers took Zarema Musaeva out of the house entrance without warm clothes. The elderly woman was walking through the snow without shoes, Sergey Babinets, a lawyer of the “Committee Against Torture”*, emphasized.

January 24, 2022 23:49

• On January 17-23, 2022, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of January 17-23, 2022, no killed or wounded in the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the “Caucasian Knot” based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

January 24, 2022 23:47

• Kadyrov demands to detain rights defenders Kalyapin and Milashina

  The head of Chechnya has labelled Igor Kalyapin, a member of the presidential Human Rights Council, and Yelena Milashina, a "Novaya Gazeta" journalist, as terrorists' helpers and called to detain them.