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August 27, 2021 16:54

• Ingush residents accused of aiding and abetting militants

  Members of a criminal grouping provided militants with food, transported them in personal cars, and one of the accused stored a pistol.

August 27, 2021 15:14

• Political analysts explain Baku's conditions for negotiations with Armenia

  The Armenian leadership is speeding up negotiations, as it is morally ready for compromises with Azerbaijan on the issue of border delimitation, Azerbaijani political analysts believe, adding that Baku will meet Yerevan halfway on economic issues, but under no circumstances will agree to discuss the status of Nagorno-Karabakh.

August 27, 2021 11:33

• Five Pankisi residents arrested under terrorism case

  The court has ruled to the arrest five residents of the Pankisi Gorge accused of involvement in the "Islamic State" (IS)*, by rejecting their defence's motion to release them on bail. All the five declared their innocence.

August 26, 2021 23:58

• Residents of three Armenian villages blocked after closure of road from Goris to Kapan

  Soldiers blocked a section of the road from Goris to Kapan, and as a result, residents of the villages of Vorotan, Shurnukh, and Bartsravan were left without a car connection. The blocked villages face problems with the supply of food.

August 26, 2021 23:54

• Azerbaijan withdraws peacekeepers from Afghanistan

  All 120 Azerbaijani peacekeepers have been sent from Afghanistan to Turkey, from where they will return home in the near future, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reports.

August 26, 2021 20:56

• Chechen native Khalimat Taramova treated at a clinic near Moscow, “Meduza”* reports

  Khalimat Taramova, a native of Chechnya, was placed in an elite clinic near Moscow, which operated without a licence, where patients were treated with unknown drugs without requiring documents, the “Meduza”* reports.

August 26, 2021 20:51

• “Novaya Gazeta” reports information on fate of Dagestani women in Middle East

  Many of the men, who left Dagestan for Syria and Iraq to join militants, were killed, and their wives and children remained in a foreign country without money or a roof over their heads, the newspaper “Novaya Gazeta” reports.

August 26, 2021 20:36

• Azerbaijani soldier detained in Nagorno-Karabakh

  A soldier of the Azerbaijani army entered a private house in Martakert and threatened minors, the Prosecutor’s Office of Nagorno-Karabakh reported. The soldier was treated in a psychiatric ward and escaped from the hospital, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported.

August 26, 2021 20:22

• Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of border shelling

  Tonight, Armenian soldiers have shelled the positions of Azerbaijani militaries located in the Kelbadjar District, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

August 26, 2021 20:18

• Pankisi residents are sure of innocence of their detained fellow countrymen

  The young people accused of involvement with the "Islamic State" (IS)* had left for Turkey to work and could have moved to Syria earlier, if the intelligence services' version about their plans was correct, residents of the Pankisi Gorge assert.

August 26, 2021 20:12

• Witnesses name law enforcers as perpetrators of riots in Magas

  All the witnesses questioned by the court on August 25 called the clashes at the protest action in Magas to be the result of law enforcers' provocative actions. Ingush activists, according to witnesses, tried to prevent clashes.

August 26, 2021 19:59

• Incident on Armenian-Azerbaijani border requires Russian militaries' intervention

  For several hours, Azerbaijani militaries blocked about 40 cars with residents of Armenia on the Goris-Kapan highway section, Arman Tatoyan, the Armenian Ombudsperson, has stated. Russian militaries have entered into negotiations in order to get people out of the blocked highway section.

August 26, 2021 19:54

• Political analysts point to risk of taking away children of Rostov Muslim woman in Grozny

  The grandmother's intention to take her grandchildren to Grozny after their mother, a native of Rostov-on-Don, was accused of aiding terrorism, could turn into difficulties with their return, analysts believe.

August 26, 2021 15:38

• Rights defenders condemn inclusion of the Ingush activist Pogorov into list of extremists and terrorists

  The inclusion of the Ingush activist, Akhmed Pogorov, into the list of extremists and terrorists of the "Rosfinmonitoring" (Russian Federal Financial Monitoring Service) at the stage of the prosecution is incorrect and may affect the verdict, human rights defenders believe. The advocates stated a violation of the presumption of innocence.

August 26, 2021 15:36

• Chechen court treats refusal to investigate Grozny resident's claim of torture as legitimate

  A Grozny court has found it legitimate the refusal to investigate the Lom-Ali Elbiev's statement of torture at the Mayoralty of Grozny, the Chechen capital. His advocate intends to appeal this decision at the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"* has informed.

August 26, 2021 11:31

• Baku accuses Armenian militaries of attacking border guard

  A serviceman of the Azerbaijani border troops was stabbed when two Armenian servicemen attacked him, the Azerbaijani State Frontier Service has informed.

August 25, 2021 23:48

• Ingush residents criticize participants of forum in honour of Akhmat Kadyrov

  Participation in official events in Chechnya is unacceptable for people from Ingushetia, Ingush Instagram users claim. A member of the Sultygovs teip (family clan) called on relatives to disavow Magomed-Bashir Sultygov, who participated in a Chechen forum.

August 25, 2021 23:44

• ICRF refuses to investigate kidnapping of a Dagestani native by Chechen law enforcers

  Chechen law enforcers kidnapped Ibragim Selimkhanov, a native of Dagestan, and tried to use threats to get from him the information about a programme to help LGBT people in the Caucasus. The police refuse to accept a complaint about kidnapping from Ibragim Selimkhanov, the “Russian LGBT Network”* reports.

August 25, 2021 22:02

• Russian peacekeepers guard grape pickers in Nagorno-Karabakh

  Residents of the Martuni District of Nagorno-Karabakh appealed for help to the Russian peacekeeping contingent. They requested to ensure security during the harvesting of grapes near the demarcation line. The peacekeepers have cleared the area of mines and are guarding the harvest pickers, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Russian Federation reports.

August 25, 2021 13:24

• Georgian special services name detained Pankisi Gorge residents

  The young people detained on charges of involvement in the "Islamic State" (IS)* are from 18 to 20 years old. They took an oath of allegiance to the terrorist organization and recorded it on video, the Georgian State Security Service (SSS) has informed.