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November 25, 2021 22:52

• In Stavropol Territory, law enforcers disrupt a villagers’ protest action

  A rally against the chairman of the “Rossiya” collective farm in the Stavropol Territory and an attempt to elect a new leader ended in a harsh detention of an activist. Administrative protocols were drawn up against several other protesters.

November 25, 2021 18:01

• Supreme Court rejects all motions filed by defence of “International Memorial”*

  A judge refused to involve representatives of the NGOs affiliated with the “International Memorial”* as co-defendants. The number of activists detained near the courthouse has reached three persons.

November 25, 2021 17:41

• Number of fined protesters against QR codes in Volgograd reaches three

  A court fined Natalia Aparina 3000 roubles for taking part in a protest action against QR codes together with two other activists at the building of the “Rospotrebnadzor” (Russian Federal Agency for Consumer Supervision) Department in Volgograd.

November 25, 2021 17:12

• Picketers in support of “International Memorial”* detained in Moscow

  The police have detained activists Olga Bakst and Aleksei Belenkin, who took to pickets in front of the building of the Supreme Court (SC) of Russia, where the trial on the lawsuit to liquidate the “International Memorial”* has been started today.

November 25, 2021 14:31

• Twelve natives of Azerbaijan returned from Syria

  Twelve natives of Azerbaijan have been returned to their homeland from a refugee camp in the Syrian city of Jarabulus, the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has informed.

November 25, 2021 14:02

• Reconciliation of feudists in Chechnya sparks discussion in social network

  Authors of some comments have treated the forgiveness of the driver who fled the scene of the accident as inappropriate; their opponents pointed out that reconciliation of feudists improves the rule of law.

November 25, 2021 13:39

• In their last plea, Ingush activists explain background of protests

  The defendants in the "Ingush case" have compared their prosecution to repressions of Stalin's time and named the underlying reasons for the mass protests that gripped the republic in 2018.

November 25, 2021 11:09

• Yerevan protesters demand to abandon border delimitation

  Activists of the "Liberation Movement" have called on residents of Armenia not to allow the Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, to sign documents on border delimitation with Azerbaijan, because this would "put an end to" Nagorno-Karabakh.

November 25, 2021 10:56

• Analysts assess nature of Chechen law enforcers' exercises on Ingush border

  The activities of Chechen law enforcers on the border will not turn into any armed clashes, since the exercises are mainly of a demonstrative nature, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

November 25, 2021 08:51

• Website of Chechen opposition movement 1ADAT blocked by court decision

  The "Roskomnadzor" (Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media) has restricted access to the website of the 1ADAT movement, which harshly criticizes Chechen authorities. Activists of the movement intend to challenge the court ruling to block its Internet resources.

November 25, 2021 08:36

• Initiative of Chechen Parliament on criminals' nationalities sparks rights defenders' dispute

  The frequent mentioning of criminals' nationalities in media has no sense, and only incites people's hatred, Svetlana Gannushkina believes. Nationality affects a person's character and behaviour, Alexei Simonov is sure.

November 24, 2021 23:01

• An Armenian soldier’s body found near border with Azerbaijan

  The Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia reported about the death of conscript soldier Suren Avetisyan. The body of a 20-year-old soldier with a head wound was found at a combat post near the border with Azerbaijan.

November 24, 2021 22:24

• Delimkhanov’s announcement of blood feud against an Ingush activist comes into conflict with traditions

  In accordance with the customs, blood feud is a response to a murder, but State Duma member Adam Delimkhanov announced blood feud against Ibragim Lyanov, the president of the European Ingush Association, for political reasons, note experts interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot”.

November 24, 2021 19:08

• Petition in support of “Memorials”* gains more than 90,000 signatures

  Within two days, the petition with the demand to prevent the liquidation of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”* and the “International Memorial”* got more than 6000 signatures .In total, 90,303 people have already signed the petition.

November 24, 2021 18:46

• Kadyrov cordons off Chechnya’s borders amid controversy over Fortanga River channel

  All law enforcement units of Chechnya have been moved to the borders of the republic after a failed meeting of Magomed Daudov with representatives of the Ingush Council of Teips near the Fortanga River. The three-day exercises demonstrate the Chechnya’s readiness for war amid an unstable situation in the world, Ramzan Kadyrov notes.

November 24, 2021 15:18

• Two participants of disobedience action detained in Yerevan

  This morning, for 15 minutes, activists of the "Liberation Movement" paralyzed the work of the Yerevan metro in protest against the border delimitation with Azerbaijan. Two protesters were taken to police stations.

November 24, 2021 14:58

• Adler activist detained for collecting signatures against QR codes

  In the city of Adler, law enforcers have detained Vladislav Zhironkin, an activist of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), who was collecting residents' signatures against the QR-code system; a protocol was drawn up against him on violating the rules for holding public actions, the local CPRF branch has informed.

November 24, 2021 14:43

• Six violators of ban on visiting Nagorno-Karabakh detained in Azerbaijan

  A court in the Agdam District has arrested five local residents for 25 days each for attempting to enter without a permit the non-demined territories of Nagorno-Karabakh that came under Azerbaijan's control. The sixth member of the group was fined.

November 24, 2021 11:32

• Opposition demands from Pashinyan to disclose border delimitation plans

  On November 23, in Republic Square in Yerevan, the extra-parliamentary opposition held a rally of the "Liberation Movement" against the document on the border delimitation with Azerbaijan, which the Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, plans to sign.

November 24, 2021 11:18

• Tbilisi: several hundred come to celebrate anniversary of "Rose Revolution"

  The participants of the action in honour of the 18th anniversary of the "Rose Revolution" have lined up in a human chain in central Tbilisi. They called for the release of former Georgian President Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili and holding early elections.