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June 21, 2021 18:23

• Mask regime at Grozny airport proves Kadyrov’s loyalty to Kremlin

  The leader of Chechnya has tightened the anti-epidemic measures at the Grozny airport out of a wish to please the federal centre, dissatisfied with the increase in the number of infections, Ruslan Kutaev, the president of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations, and Caucasian expert Akhmet Yarlykapov note.

June 21, 2021 18:12

• Election violations threaten Pashinyan’s control over government

  According to lawyer Gohar Meloyan, numerous violations give grounds for revising the results of the voting for the National Assembly of Armenia, and the right of the Nikol Pashinyan’s “Civil Contract” Party to solely determine the composition of the government has not yet been confirmed.

June 21, 2021 17:56

• Azerbaijani General Prosecutor’s Office accuses Armenia of cutting down Lachin forests

  1818 units of endangered species of trees were cut down during the time when Lachin was under the control of Armenia, and the damage amounted to about 890,000 US dollars, the General Prosecutor’s Office of Azerbaijan declares today.

June 21, 2021 16:28

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of June 14-20, 2021

  Parliamentary elections in Armenia; complication of the situation with coronavirus in Southern Russia; visit of the Turkey’s President to Azerbaijan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of June 14-20, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

June 21, 2021 14:19

• HRC "Memorial"* assesses human rights situation in Northern Caucasus

  The Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"* has published a bulletin describing and analyzing the main events of the three spring months in Northern Caucasus – the new data on the "execution case" in Chechnya; the expulsion of North-Caucasian natives from the European Union (EU); the "Ingush trial"; and decisions of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on complaints received from residents of the region.

June 21, 2021 14:01

• Georgian CEC refuses to register referendum on Namakhvan HPP

  The Central Election Commission (CEC) of Georgia has denied the initiative of a group of activists to hold a referendum on the construction of a cascade of hydroelectric power plants (HPPs) in Namakhvani, the "News-Georgia" Agency has reported today citing the CEC.

June 21, 2021 13:45

• Police fixed 47 violations at early elections in Armenia

  Out of the 47 recorded violations, in which there are crime attributes, 41 are associated with the voting process, four with voters' bribery, and three with the direction of voters, the Armenian Police have announced.

June 21, 2021 11:39

• 400 people are waiting in Dagestan camp to return to Azerbaijan

  Every week, citizens of Azerbaijan are taken home from the "Ogonyok" camp located in the Kaitag District of Dagestan, but 400 people are still in the camp, the district administration has informed.

June 21, 2021 11:27

• Four people detained at action in Batumi

  Relatives of seven arrested opponents of the construction of the Namakhvan hydroelectric power plant (HPP) have held a march in Batumi. At the building of the Adjara Government, they had clashes with policemen; at least four activists were detained.

June 21, 2021 11:14

• Analysts criticize UN's and Georgia's approaches to return of refugees

  The UN should not only declare the refugees' right to return to Abkhazia and South Ossetia, but also seek from Russia to provide such an opportunity, Beso Shengeliya, a lawyer, has stated. Georgia is blocking discussion of this problem with authorities of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Paata Zakareishvili, a former Georgia's State Minister for Civil Reconciliation, has stated in his turn.

June 21, 2021 10:59

• Pashinyan's party wins parliamentary elections in Armenia

  The "Civil Contract" Party, headed by Nikol Pashinyan, the Acting Prime Minister, after the processing of all the ballot papers cast at the early elections to the Armenian parliament, has gained 53.92 percent of the votes, the country's Central Election Commission (CEC) has informed.

June 20, 2021 12:31

• Wife of journalist Afghan Sadygov reports her husband's grave health condition

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan has appointed the consideration of the complaint lodged by the journalist, Afghan Sadygov, for July 2. The journalist is on hunger strike for 227 days and is in grave condition; he may not live to see the trial, his wife Sevindj Sadygova fears. She intends to seek asylum for her family abroad.

June 20, 2021 12:28

• Rights defenders treat communication of Deacon Mamaladze's case to the ECtHR as belated

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has begun considering the complaint of Deacon Giorgi Mamaladze about the closed nature of the trial in Georgia and the violation of the presumption of innocence. The convict needs urgent medical care, but this failed to speed up the communication on the case, the NGO "Centre for Social Justice" has regretted.

June 20, 2021 12:26

• Conflict involving singer Getagazova sparks debate on Caucasian customs

  A criminal case is being prepared against Elez Merzhoev, who was arrested after his conflict in a cafe with Aina Getagazova, a singer, on intentional infliction of minor harm to one's health. Instagram users have linked the doctors' conclusion about Getagazova's trauma with corruption and called on to punish hospital managers.

June 19, 2021 23:59

• Kocharyan's supporters urge to prevent election frauds

  Participants of the action in support of Robert Kocharyan's "Ayastan" bloc have called on not to admit vote rigging at the upcoming early parliamentary elections in Armenia. During the election campaign, two opposing favourites can be outlined; and it is impossible to predict which of them will win, political analysts forecast.

June 19, 2021 23:58

• Peacemakers escort columns of Azerbaijani militaries to Nagorno-Karabakh

  Russian peacemakers have accompanied six columns of Azerbaijani militaries across the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh: four motor columns – along the Lachin Corridor, and two others – in the direction of the Fizuli District, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

June 19, 2021 13:38

• Teen from Stavropol Territory apologizes to Kadyrov for insult

  A Chechen Instagram public has posted a video in which a teenager from the Stavropol Territory apologizes to Ramzan Kadyrov for insulting him. Some social network users were outraged by the fact that the person who was filming the video inflicted several blows on the teen.

June 19, 2021 13:31

• Resident of Dagestan complains about inconveniences because of "prophylactic registration"

  The so-called "prophylactic registration" means constant policemen's visits and calls, and relatives' questioning; it interferes with living and working, Marat Shiraev, a resident of Makhachkala, who has been checked by law enforcers for several years, has stated.

June 19, 2021 13:29

• Resident of North Ossetia, Georgy Guev, continues fighting against his verdict

  The defence of Georgy Guev, a resident of North Ossetia, intends to seek a mitigation or cancellation of the verdict passed on his case, his advocate has stated. In their turn, rights defenders believe that the practice shows that it is practically impossible to change a court judgement on the case of financing terrorism.

June 19, 2021 13:24

• Political analysts assess Georgia's potential as mediator in Karabakh settlement

  For the first time, Georgia has acted as a mediator in the Karabakh conflict by facilitating the return home of Armenian prisoners of war (POWs) in exchange for minefield maps. The role of Azerbaijani-Armenian mediator will increase Georgia's status in the international arena, but it is associated with some risk, political analysts have noted.