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June 23, 2021 14:49

• Armenia relies on deployment of peacemakers in Gegarkunik Region

  Armenian authorities have offered to place Russian peacemakers on the problem border sections in the Gegarkunik Region, Artak Davtyan, the Chief of the Armenian General Staff, has reported about negotiations.

June 23, 2021 13:45

• Restaurateurs are pessimistic about eased restrictions in Georgia

  The softening of anti-covid restrictions will not save catering establishments, since people have almost stopped visiting restaurants due to financial problems; and there is no hope for tourists, professionals of Georgia's restaurant business believe.

June 23, 2021 11:37

• Rights defenders criticize ECtHR's decision on Radik Bapinaev's case

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has failed to award compensation to relatives of Radik Bapinaev, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, who was shot dead by law enforcers, which reduces the significance of its decision, human rights defenders assert.

June 23, 2021 11:24

• Akhmed Pogorov left in custody for three months more

  The court in Essentuki has extended the detention term of Akhmed Pogorov, a co-chairman of the World Congress of the Ingush People, for other three months, despite the arguments of the defence about his poor health and his father's old age.

June 23, 2021 11:12

• Prosecution witness states innocence of Ingush protest leaders

  None of the defendants entered into physical confrontation with "Rosgvardia" (Russian National Guard) agents, a prosecution witness in the case of Ingush activists has declared.

June 23, 2021 08:46

• Chechen investigators refuse treating Salman Tepsurkaev's wife as victim

  Elizaveta, Salman Tepsurkaev's wife, has received the third refusal to recognize her as a victim. The decision of Chechen investigators will be appealed against in court, said Leisan Mannapova, a lawyer with the Committee against Torture (CaT).

June 23, 2021 08:31

• Chechen authorities rely on unlawful methods of coercing to vaccination

  Chechnya is not among the regions with mandatory coronavirus vaccination, because local authorities prefer various forms of pressure on residents, Svetlana Gannushkina, a human rights defender, and Alexei Malashenko, a political analyst, believe.

June 22, 2021 22:41

• Human rights defender Orlov complains to ECtHR about threats from “Kadyrov killer”

  According to a complaint sent to the European Court, the threats that Oleg Orlov, a member of the Council of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”*, and his colleagues received in 2019, resulted from the Ramzan Kadyrov’s call to punish authors of gossips about Chechnya.

June 22, 2021 22:23

• ECtHR obliges Russia to pay compensation to residents of Borozdinovskaya village

  The Strasbourg Court has found that the Russian authorities are responsible for the disappearance during a special operation and the probable deaths of eleven residents of the Borozdinovskaya village in Chechnya, ill-treatment, discrimination, and torture. The European Court has obliged Russia to pay compensation to 71 villagers in the amount exceeding 1.8 million euros.

June 22, 2021 19:21

• After conflict with singer Getagazova, Merzhoev explains his behaviour

  Elez Merzhoev, a resident of Ingushetia, explained his conflict with singer Aina Getagazova in a café in Nazran by a sudden outbreak of aggression and a loss of self-control. The man has emphasized he admits he was wrong.

June 22, 2021 19:01

• Kocharyan to challenge election results in court

  The “Hayastan” bloc is preparing materials to file an appeal against the results of the parliamentary elections to the Constitutional Court of Armenia in connection with numerous violations committed during the voting. This has been announced by Robert Kocharyan, the leader of the “Hayastan” bloc.

June 22, 2021 18:44

• BCA releases athlete Mamedzade

  The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) replaced the real term of imprisonment with a suspended sentence for athlete Said Mamedzade, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, charged with disorderly conduct after his open support for the opposition.

June 22, 2021 15:11

• Islam Vagabov detained in Dagestan

  Dagestan police have detained a mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, Islam Vagabov, who was put on the wanted list after a brawl in Makhachkala, the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has informed.

June 22, 2021 14:43

• Bodies of three servicemen found in Nagorno-Karabakh

  In Fizuli, Karabakh rescuers found remains of three military servicemen, bringing the total number of bodies and remains found in the battle zone up to 1583, the Emergency Service of Nagorno-Karabakh has informed.

June 22, 2021 11:13

• Two Nagorno-Karabakh residents go on hunger strike demanding Arutyunyan's resignation

  Mary Davtyan, the chair of the NGO "Gadrut De-Occupation", and David Avanesyan, a Stepanakert resident, have gone on a hunger strike after the rally, where a resignation demand of Araik Arutyunyan, the Nagorno-Karabakh President, was put forward.

June 22, 2021 10:57

• Makhachkala: picketers express support for Abdulmumin Gadjiev

  In Makhachkala, Ramazan Ramazanov, a student, and Magdi Kamalov, the founder of the "Chernovik" (Draft) portal, have held solo pickets in support of journalist, Abdulmumin Gadjiev, and against groundless arrests.

June 22, 2021 08:37

• Karabakh residents demand Arutyunyan's resignation because of his support for Pashinyan

  In Stepanakert, a rally was held demanding the resignation of Araik Arutyunyan from the post of Nagorno-Karabakh President. The protesters are unhappy that Arutyunyan has supported Nikol Pashinyan and congratulated the Acting Prime Minister of Armenia on his victory at the parliamentary elections.

June 22, 2021 08:26

• Week of June 14-20 passed without victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week from June 14 to June 20, 2021, during the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, no information about any casualties or wounded persons was reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

June 21, 2021 21:44

• Following Chechnya and Dagestan, North Ossetia disputes around clothing

  The “Khotæ” (Sisters) movement urges to stop the harassment of Irina Makoeva, the leader of the North-Ossetian Women’s Committee, provoked by her call on young women to give up miniskirts and ripped jeans. Residents of Vladikavkaz told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent about their attitude to the initiative of the North-Ossetian Women’s Committee.

June 21, 2021 21:28

• Social media users criticize Akhmadov for threats to kill Kadyrov’s enemies

  Enemies of Ramzan Kadyrov are the enemies of the entire Chechen people, and they must be fought in various ways, including murders, declares Chingiz Akhmadov, the director of the “Grozny” ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Broadcast Company).