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July 26, 2021 23:21

• Chechen native put on wanted list in case on murder of a Stavropol police officer

  Zaurbek Keniev has been named the second suspect in the murder of police officer Ruslan Abovyan. In 2015, the latter participated in a Grozny special operation of the Stavropol law enforcers, which angered Ramzan Kadyrov.

July 26, 2021 23:19

• Kadyrov’s expensive gift to Dagestani blogger provokes criticism on social media

  After Ramzan Kadyrov met popular Dagestani blogger Khasbik, YouTube users have noted that the leader of Chechnya donates expensive cars at the expense of the republic’s budget. Ramzan Kadyrov organizes such meetings for the sake of the maximum number of mentions about himself, blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov points out.

July 26, 2021 21:52

• Week of July 19-25 passed without victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week from July 19 to July 25, 2021, of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, there was no information about any perished or wounded persons. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.

July 26, 2021 21:50

• Armenian MoD reports new shootout on Azerbaijani border

  Armenian militaries were shelled from the Azerbaijani side in Gegarkunik and Ararat Regions and opened fire back, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated. Because of the shelling in the Karabakh conflict zone, workers of the Sotk mine were evacuated.

July 26, 2021 13:45

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of July 19-25, 2021

  Celebration of Eid al-Adha amid the pandemic: new measures imposed by the authorities of Southern Russia to curb the spread of coronavirus; detention of suspected extremists, the regional GIBDD chief, and a murder of a law enforcer in the Stavropol Territory; trials in Baku in an Armenian soldiers’ case; appointment of new supervisors for Southern Russia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 19-25, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

July 26, 2021 11:40

• ECtHR's decision on Gugov's complaint disappoints rights defenders

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found the complaint lodged by Islam Gugov, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria about his second sentence for the same crime to be unacceptable. The ECtHR's decision in Gugov's case could become a landmark for Russia, where the practice of repeated prosecution for the same crime is becoming increasingly common, said Oleg Orlov, a board member of the Human Rights Centre HRC) "Memorial"*.

July 26, 2021 11:38

• Timur Tumgoev, native of North Ossetia, complains about pressure on witnesses in colony hunger strike case

  Timur Tumgoev, a native of North Ossetia, who is in colony in the Saratov Region, told his sister that they stopped persecuting him for his refusal to shave his beard. He complained that pressure was being exerted on witnesses in the new case on charges of disrupting the colony.

July 26, 2021 11:35

• Police report 29 detainees under Tbilisi riot case

  A total of 25 suspects in the attack on journalists at the protest against the gay parade in Tbilisi have been detained; four others are suspected of smashing the "Tbilisi Pride" office and attacking a passer-by.

July 26, 2021 11:32

• Mother of Dagestani native asks Putin for help in releasing her son

  Makhach Bashirov, a native of Dagestan, who was declared a supporter of an extremist organization, was kidnapped by people in camouflage uniforms and masks, his mother asserts in her video message to Russian President Vladimir Putin. She insists that her son is innocent.

July 25, 2021 12:33

• Rights defenders claim torture of religious activist in Azerbaijan

  Razi Gumbatov, an activist of the "Muslim Unity" movement, gave confessions within the case of illegal drug dealing under torture, the NGO "Defence Line" has stated.

July 25, 2021 11:49

• Stavropol policeman dies in hospital after attack

  A deputy head of the Criminal Investigation Division in Stavropol received gunshot wounds in the attack and died in the intensive care.

July 25, 2021 11:33

• Social media users dispute about the idea of Chechen patrols near Moscow

  The authorities of the town of Troitsk near Moscow have hired a private security company made up exclusively of Chechen natives to help local policemen. This idea will have a positive impact on the problem of hooliganism, some social media users have suggested. Their opponents have objected that the police should guard the public order.

July 25, 2021 11:18

• Thirteen Armenian soldiers sentenced to six years in colony in Azerbaijan

  The verdict to the last group of Armenian soldiers detained in December 2020 in the vicinity of Gadrut was passed on July 23 by the Baku Court of Grave Crimes. Thirteen soldiers were found guilty of illegal border crossing and arms trafficking.

July 24, 2021 19:22

• Aslan Cherkesov's mother complain about long absence of permits to visit her son

  Sonya Cherkesova, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, has complained that she had not seen her son for about five years; Aslan is in a colony in the Krasnoyarsk Territory.

July 24, 2021 18:42

• The condition of wounded Armenian soldier is treated as extremely grave

  One of the three Armenian soldiers wounded in the shootout in the Gegarkunik Region is in grave condition, investigators have informed.

July 24, 2021 16:00

• Izberbash townspeople claim problems with drinking water

  The city of Izberbash continues facing problems with water supplies; sometimes water runs from taps, but in very scanty quantities, townspeople complain.

July 24, 2021 15:16

• Armenia states destruction of Azerbaijani drone

  A drone that tried to fly into the territory of Armenia was liquidated on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

July 24, 2021 12:22

• ECtHR obliges Azerbaijan to pay EUR 30,000 to Arthur Badalyan

  Azerbaijani authorities have violated the prohibition of torture and the right of Arthur Badalyan, an Armenian soldier, to freedom and personal immunity during his captivity, and must pay him 30,000 euros in compensation, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has stated.

July 24, 2021 11:54

• Rights defenders ask Kokov to take CTO case in Nalchik under control

  A group of human rights defenders from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has appealed to the region head, Kazbek Kokov, with a demand to take personal control over the inquiry into the case of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) conducted in Nalchik and Baksan, as a result of which five casualties were declared militants.

July 24, 2021 11:31

• Shootouts continue on Armenian-Azerbaijani border

  After the death of an Azerbaijani serviceman and the wounding of three Armenian soldiers, shootouts on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border continue.