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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.

February 03, 2022 00:01

• “Dozhd” TV Channel* calls on to respond to Kadyrov’s threats

  The Russian law enforcement bodies and authorities should respond to the statement voiced by Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, who called the TV Channel terrorists and accomplices of terrorists, the “Dozhd” (Rain) TV Channel* noted in its complaint.

February 02, 2022 23:40

• Human rights defenders point out violations in Musaeva’s case

  Chechen law enforcers ignored demands to let advocates visit Zarema Musaeva, and Nizhny Novgorod investigators have not responded to complaints about violations during her detention for almost two weeks, human rights defenders report.

February 02, 2022 23:24

• Zarema Musaeva arrested for two months in Chechnya

  A court in Grozny ordered the arrest of Zarema Musaeva in a criminal case on the use of violence against a public officer.

February 02, 2022 20:36

• State Duma members urge prosecutors to react to Delimkhanov’s threats

  The law enforcement bodies, including the General Prosecutor’s Office, should give an estimate to the Adam Delimkhanov’s promise to punish the Yangulbaev family, State Duma members Nikolai Arefiev and Vyacheslav Markhaev have said today.

February 02, 2022 20:17

• Shepherd killed in shell explosion in Azerbaijan

  Ismail Mikailov, a resident of Azerbaijan, died from injuries which he got in a cluster bomb explosion while grazing cattle in the Karabakh conflict zone.

February 02, 2022 19:51

• Chechen authorities: rally with curses against Yangulbaev family held spontaneously

  Residents of Chechnya came to an unsanctioned rally in the centre of Grozny to follow the authorities of the republic and voice curses against the Yangulbaev family, the pro-government media reported.

February 02, 2022 15:16

• Instagram users outraged by threats voiced out by State Duma MP from Chechnya

  The social network users, who have watched the video clip with the threats pronounced by Adam Delimkhanov, a State Duma MP from Chechnya, against the Yangulbaev family, have reproached Delimkhanov for inciting hatred and reminded him of the Criminal Code.

February 02, 2022 15:02

• Defence treats verdict to lawyer Ilham Aslanoglu as unlawful

  Ilham Aslanoglu was unlawfully found guilty of libel, as he didn't express his position, but was only the presenter of the programme, in which the accusations were spoken out, the advocate has commented on the verdict.

February 02, 2022 14:46

• Court refuses to increase compensation for torture to native of Chechnya

  The Yaroslavl Regional Court has left unchanged the amount of compensation for the moral harm suffered by Khasdin Murtazaliev, a native of Chechnya, who was tortured in a colony. Murtazaliev claimed 500,000 roubles, but the court approved the amount almost eight times smaller.

February 02, 2022 14:29

• Delimkhanov threatens to execute Yangulbaev family

  The members of the Yangulbaev family will be persecuted until they are killed, Adam Delimkhanov, a Russian State Duma MP from Chechnya, has stated on the Instagram. He also threatened with reprisals to people who would translate these words of his from the Chechen language into Russian.

February 02, 2022 08:29

• Azerbaijani MoD reports on condition of rescued militaries

  The three servicemen of the Azerbaijani Army, who got lost in the Kalbadjar District, were taken to the central military hospital in Baku; there is no threat to their lives, the press service of the Azeri Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

February 02, 2022 08:18

• Native of Dagestan stops hunger strike in colony

  The Ombudsperson of the Komi Republic and members of the Public Oversight Commission (POC) have visited Khiramagomed Magomedov, a native of Dagestan, who had gone on a hunger strike in protest against his unjustified placement into the dungeon (punishment cell). On February 1, Magomedov was released from the dungeon; and he stopped his hunger strike, Eduard Bushuev, the POC head, has informed.

February 02, 2022 00:23

• Chechen Muftiate and police join campaign against Yangulbaev family

  Today, the police and the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of Chechnya have issued a sharp condemnation of members of the Yangulbaev family, and top-ranking Chechen officials have addressed curses and insults to the family, threatening retribution. The indignation was provoked by the statements about Kunta-Khadji Kishiev.

February 02, 2022 00:04

• Milana Aguzarova wins a prize in France for her role in film “Unclenching the Fists”

  At the Angers-based film festival, Milana Aguzarova won a prize as the best actress for her role in the film “Unclenching the Fists”, filmed in the Ossetian language.

February 01, 2022 23:33

• Sultygov associates attack on him with an appeal to Kadyrov

  The beating of Sarazhdin Sultygov, the co-chair of the “Mekh-Kkhel” public organization, may be connected with a public appeal to Ramzan Kadyrov concerning a dispute over border territories, the Ingush activist himself suggests.