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July 04, 2021 11:04

• Unvaccinated residents of Grozny complain that pharmacists refuse selling drugs to them

  In Chechnya, some pharmacies refuse to serve the customers who have no vaccination certificates against coronavirus. Pharmacy workers explained that they had received such instructions from their bosses.

July 04, 2021 11:02

• CTO regime lifted in KBR

  The counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime introduced in Nalchik and Baksan has been lifted, the regional operative headquarters has informed.

July 04, 2021 03:17

• CTO regime in Nalchik was the first one during past year in KBR

  The counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime announced today in the cities of Nalchik and Baksan became the first such case in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) since the CTO conducted in September 2019.

July 04, 2021 03:13

• Abkhazian advocates demand to criminalize interfering with their professional activities

  In Abkhazia, law enforcers would not let advocates to see their clients, refuse to acquaint them with case materials, and also put pressure on them, the local bar association has stated. After the case with detention of Zhanna Shenkao, the bar has demanded from the authorities to introduce criminal liability for interfering with their activities.

July 04, 2021 02:59

• Social network users condemn "Alania" footballer for insulting tennis player

  Vladimir Khubulov, a midfielder of the “Alania” Football Club (FC) from the city of Vladikavkaz, the capital of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, posted an offensive messages addressed to the Russian tennis player, Darya Kasatkina, after her unsuccessful play at the Wimbledon tournament.

July 03, 2021 23:43

• Nalchik and Baksan residents tell about situation during CTO

  In the areas of conducting a counterterrorist operation (CTO) in the cities of Nalchik and Baksan, the sounds of explosions and shootings are heard; helicopters are seen in the air. Residents of nearby houses were not notified about the CTO, Instagram users have written.

July 03, 2021 13:00

• Afghan Sadygov stops his long hunger strike

  Afghan Sadygov, a journalist convicted in Azerbaijan under an extortion case, has agreed to his relatives’ persuasions and stopped rejecting food on the 240th day of his protest hunger strike, his wife has informed.

July 03, 2021 12:56

• Former Azerbaijani Prosecutor General, Eldar Gasanov, placed into military hospital

  Eldar Gasanov, a former Public Prosecutor General of Azerbaijan, has been transferred to hospital after the repeated decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to provide him with the necessary high-quality medical care. The ECtHR’s decision was fulfilled with a delay; and this has aggravated Gasanov's health condition, his defence asserts.

July 03, 2021 12:52

• Chechen authorities expand practice of coercion to vaccination

  Residents of Chechnya are forced to get vaccinated against coronavirus by threats to evacuate one’s car, refusal to provide medical care or issue some documents, sources told the “Caucasian Knot”. People who have already been vaccinated are involved in promoting vaccination.

July 02, 2021 23:30

• Idea of a film about a female sex worker provokes disputes in North Ossetia

  An idea of director Zaur Dzgoev to make a film about a female sex worker in North Ossetia to draw attention to the problem of violence against women and the violation of their rights provoked angry responses on social media. The Ossetian society needs artistic statements on the topic, when authors correctly understand the problem, analysts say.

July 02, 2021 23:23

• Owner of Anapa hotel explains her conflict with guests by homophobia

  In Anapa, young women left a hotel after its owner raised a stink in response to their complaints about a dirty room. The woman explained her act by the behaviour of the guests, whom she suspected of non-traditional sexual orientation.

July 02, 2021 23:04

• Girl leaves Russia after death threats from her family in Dagestan

  A girl who came to Dagestan from Sweden to visit her relatives was forcibly kept at home, and her family members were forcing her to agree to marry a man unknown to her, human rights defenders report. The girl left Russia after her relatives threatened her with murder.

July 02, 2021 22:58

• Peacekeepers report mine clearance of agricultural fields in Nagorno-Karabakh

  Russian soldiers have started clearing agricultural fields in the Martuni District from unexploded ordnance, including at the request of local residents, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) reports.

July 02, 2021 16:42

• Court reduces journalist Afghan Sadygov’s prison term

  The Azerbaijani Supreme Court (SC) has partially satisfied the complaint lodged by journalist Afghan Sadygov by reducing his prison term from six to four years. The journalist's wife called this decision a "death sentence" to her husband.

July 02, 2021 16:29

• Number of LGBT opponents detained in Tbilisi rises to 20

  After clashes with law enforcers at the rally against the "LGBT Week" in Tbilisi, already 20 people have been detained; they are accused of insubordination to the police and hooliganism, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has informed.

July 02, 2021 13:56

• Alleged militant killed in the Astrakhan Region

  During a special operation conducted in the village of the Astrakhan Region, a supporter of the "Islamic State" (IS)* was killed; and his accomplice was detained in Moscow, the Russian FSB has reported. Both of them had been preparing terror acts in public places, law enforcers have reported.

July 02, 2021 13:53

• Twelve LGBT opponents detained at rally in Tbilisi

  Law enforcers have detained participants of the action against the "LGBT Week" in Tbilisi for disobeying policemen’ demands and hooliganism. During the disorders, one policeman suffered.

July 02, 2021 13:47

• Family of pregnant Makhachkala woman worries about her health in SIZO

  A pregnant woman from Makhachkala, deported from Egypt with her husband and children, has been kept at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) for seven months on charges of financing militants. It is difficult for a woman to be in custody on the eve of childbirth; and she has not seen her four children since the moment of arrest, her relatives assert.

July 02, 2021 13:37

• Video with child and grenade launcher shows inaction of laws in Chechnya

  One of Ramzan Kadyrov's close associate has posted a video in which a child from the family of a high-ranking Chechen military shoots from a grenade launcher, shouting "Akhmat is power!" Meanwhile, the Russian President has increased the minimum age for buying weapons up to 21 years.

July 02, 2021 03:32

• Video about child abuse in a boarding school provokes public outcry in Ingushetia

  In Ingushetia, inmates of a boarding school for mentally retarded children are being regularly beaten, former employees of the boarding school report after a video of child abuse has been made public. The boarding school administration called the posted video an attempt to discredit the collective.