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January 13, 2022 19:21

• Members of Chechen and Dagestan communities apologize for soldiers after monument desecration

  The military servicemen, who mocked at the monument in a military unit in the Krasnodar Territory, did not realize what they were doing, Muslim Magomadov, a member of the Council for Interethnic Relations under the Governor of the Krasnodar Territory, has stated and apologized for them.

January 13, 2022 19:13

• Oppositionists tell about fate of relatives kidnapped in Chechnya

  The videos that show relatives of the activists and bloggers who oppose Chechen authorities, only allows judging that they are alive, but doesn't at all mean that they are at large, Oleg Orlov, a human rights defender, has pointed out. Tumso Aburakhmanov, a blogger, has confirmed that in this video one of his relatives is being held hostage.

January 13, 2022 18:36

• Political analysts dispute about implications of Kazakhstan operation for Pashinyan

  The removal of Armenian militaries from Kazakhstan and their short presence there are beneficial for Nikol Pashinyan, but they won't add to his popularity, Armen Vardanyan believes. The West has influenced the prompt withdrawal of the CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organization) troops, but Armenia's reputation has still suffered, Ovsep Khurshudyan has stated.

January 13, 2022 13:26

• Apologies for meeting Kadyrov highlight acuteness of Chechen-Ingush territorial dispute

  Kadyrov's supporters have voiced out new threats against residents of Ingushetia after the former Ingush official repented to his fellow countrymen for his warm communication with the head of Chechnya. Ramzan Kadyrov has become non-hands-shaking for entire Ingush teips (family clams) since he initiated a revision of the border between the republics, analysts assert.

January 13, 2022 13:23

• Kadyrov gives Ingushes three days to put forward claims against him

  After the threats to authors of statements that Chechen authorities had illegally taken away the Ingush territories, Ramzan Kadyrov demanded from Ingush people to voice all the claims against him within three days.

January 13, 2022 13:19

• Katar-Yurt villager expelled from village for words about blowen mother in Chechnya

  At the village gathering, relatives of a Katar-Yurt villager have apologized for his words that the preconditions for normal life in Chechnya are wealth or a blowen mother; and the man himself was expelled from the village.

January 13, 2022 00:48

• Journalistic organizations call for release of Polad Aslanov

  Azerbaijani journalist Polad Aslanov, who continues his hunger strike in prison, is being subjected to moral and psychological pressure, his spouse says. International journalistic organizations call for the release of the imprisoned journalist.

January 12, 2022 20:09

• Azerbaijani Prosecutor’s Office refuses to investigate beating of oppositionist Tofig Yagublu

  The Prosecutor’s Office of Azerbaijan refused to launch an investigation into a criminal case in connection with a complaint filed by opposition politician Tofig Yagublu who claimed he had been beaten by law enforcers. The defence called the arguments of the Prosecutor’s Office of Azerbaijan about the absence of corpus delicti as groundless.

January 12, 2022 20:05

• Armenian soldiers' death toll on Azeri border reaches three

  Last night, the body of Private Vaag Babayan, born in 2003, who died from a gunshot wound, was found in the eastern section of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

January 12, 2022 19:57

• Azerbaijani MoD claims shelling of its positions on Armenian border

  At night, Armenian military shelled, from small firearms and large-calibre machine guns, the positions of the Azerbaijani Army stationed in the Kelbadjar and Tovuz Districts, the Azeri Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

January 12, 2022 18:31

• After shelling, parents refuse to bring children to kindergarten in Red Bazar

  On the following day after the shelling, the kindergarten of the village community of Karmir Shouka (Red Bazar) in the Martuni District of Nagorno-Karabakh announced the resumption of its work, but parents wouldn't bring their children there, fearing for the kids' safety. After intensive shelling, villagers of Nakhichevanik, Askeran District, have suspended their agricultural works.

January 12, 2022 18:28

• Advocate challenges blogger Aslan Gurbanov's tougher punishment

  The defence believes that the court has toughened the prison sentence for the Azerbaijani blogger, Aslan Gurbanov, based on applied disciplinary sanctions used to him under subjective conclusions of the colony administration. Until the judgement of the court of appeal, they have no right to transfer Gurbanov from the colony into prison, his advocate has explained.

January 12, 2022 18:17

• Sending servicemen to Kazakhstan creates reputational risks for Pashinyan

  When deciding to send the Armenian military personnel to Kazakhstan, the Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, acted based on Russia's geopolitical interests, political analysts in Yerevan believe. In their opinion, participation in the CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organization) operation will not entail sanctions, but will affect the image of Armenia as a democratic state.

January 12, 2022 14:44

• Abdurakhmanov's words about revenge for kidnappings emphasize moods in Chechen Diasporas

  By his promise of retribution to kidnappers of relatives in Chechnya, Tumso Abdurakhmanov has expressed the common opinion of Ramzan Kadyrov's opponents living abroad, Ruslan Kutaev, a Caucasian expert, and members of Chechen Diasporas have stated. The promised revenge will not affect female relatives of Kadyrov's supporters, they believe.

January 12, 2022 14:42

• Polad Aslanov's wife demands fair trial of her husband

  The wife of Polad Aslanov has held a protest action at the building of the Azeri State Security Service (SSS) and promised to continue such actions daily until his release.

January 12, 2022 14:38

• ECtHR awards compensation to North-Caucasian residents for torture at police

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled on cases of several residents of Chechnya, Ingushetia and Dagestan, who complained of cruel treatment, torture, illegal detentions by law enforcers, and absence of efficient inquiry into these violations.

January 12, 2022 01:57

• An Azerbaijani soldier killed on border

  Long-term service soldier Ayaz Azer oglu Nazarov was killed in a shelling attack from Armenia in the direction of the Kelbadjar District of Azerbaijan, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported.

January 12, 2022 01:54

• ECtHR awards 360,000-euro compensation to victims of terror act in Beslan

  The European Court of Human Rights upheld the complaint filed by 39 victims of the seizure of a school in Beslan and awarded them compensation for non-pecuniary damage. The Russian authorities did not take the necessary measures to investigate the circumstances of the terror act and the reasons for the death of the hostages, the Strasbourg Court decided.

January 12, 2022 01:46

• A soldier from Armenia wounded on border with Azerbaijan

  An Armenian soldier got a wound of moderate severity near the village of Verin Shorzha in the Gegarkunik Region as a result of a shelling attack from Azerbaijan, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia reported.

January 11, 2022 18:08

• Kadyrov renews his threats to take away part of lands from Ingushetia

  Ramzan Kadyrov has threatened that if the claims stating that the authorities of Chechnya have illegally seized the territory of Ingushetia do not stop, then the “remaining villages” will also go to Chechnya. The leader of the republic call authors of the above-mentioned statements provocateurs.