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June 17, 2021 13:37

• Shusha Declaration evidences strengthening of Turkey's role in the Caucasus

  The declaration, signed by Presidents of Turkey and Azerbaijan in Shusha, demonstrates the increased role of Turkey in the region, while there are no benefits for Yerevan from the corridor suggested by Aliev and Erdogan, Armenian experts believe.

June 17, 2021 13:36

• Resident of Dagestan achieves, through the court, police's response about prophylactic registration

  Marat Shiraev, a resident of Makhachkala, who has been checked by policemen for several years, was only able to get a written response through the court from the police division that he was not under the so-called "prophylactic registration".

June 17, 2021 13:34

• Witnesses testify in favour of Ingush protest leaders

  Akhmed Barakhoev and Barakh Chemurziev did not call for violence at the rally in Magas and tried to calm the protesters down, Kureish Sapraliev, the head of the Public Security Department of the Ingush Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), has stated.

June 17, 2021 07:35

• Russia’s Ombudsperson believes Chechen authorities’ information about Taramova

  Everything is in order with Khalimat Taramova, says Russia’s Ombudsperson Tatiana Moskalkova. She refers to the information from the Chechen Prosecutor’s Office and the administration of the leader of the republic.

June 16, 2021 23:50

• 144 residents of Azerbaijan fell victim to mine explosions after autumn war

  Ilham Aliev associates multiple mine explosion casualties among civilians and military personnel after the end of the war in Nagorno-Karabakh with the fact that Baku did not have maps of minefields. Without the maps, the process of demining may last 10 years, the President of Azerbaijan notes.

June 16, 2021 23:45

• Religious leaders of Northern Caucasus declare no alternatives to Hajj

  For the second year in a row, the authorities of Saudi Arabia restrict pilgrimages from other countries to Muslim shrines in Mecca and Medina in connection with the pandemic. According to religious leaders of Northern Caucasus, there are holy places in the republics of Northern Caucasus, for example, graves of prominent Islamic figures, and visiting those places are a good deed, but that will not replace a pilgrimage to Mecca, Medina, and Al-Aqsa Mosque.

June 16, 2021 22:02

• Law enforcers find hideout with ammunition in outskirt of Grozny

  A hideout with artillery shells, mines and a grenade launcher has been liquidated in the vicinity of Grozny region.

June 16, 2021 22:00

• Azerbaijani military analysts assess importance of Shusha Declaration

  By signing the Shusha Declaration on Allied Relations, the heads of Azerbaijan and Turkey have fixed the results of the Karabakh war and formalized the legal basis for the countries' military alliance, analysts believe. The document guarantees the security of Azerbaijan and the territories of Nagorno-Karabakh under its control, Elkhan Shakhinoglu, the head of the "Atlas" Research Centre, has stated.

June 16, 2021 13:19

• Relatives of Zaza Gakheladze threaten Georgian authorities with protest actions

  The Georgian authorities must take efficient action to release Zaza Gakheladze, convicted in South Ossetia for crossing the border, his relatives have stated, threatening otherwise to hold protests.

June 16, 2021 13:14

• Erdogan and Aliev sign agreement on military help and Zangezur Corridor

  The Presidents of Turkey and Azerbaijan have signed the Shusha Declaration on Allied Relations, which includes an agreement on mutual military help and stipulates the creation of the Zangezur transport corridor to Nakhichevan.

June 16, 2021 13:03

• Chechen writer re-challenged authorship of "Avatar" in court

  Ruslan Zakriev, a Chechen science fiction writer, went to court with a demand to recognize himself as a co-author of the film "Avatar". His legal representatives intent to attract the film director, James Cameron, to the case consideration and demand to recover 10 million roubles (USD 15,000) in Zakriev's favour as compensation for moral harm.

June 16, 2021 12:50

• Rights defenders point to role of Chechen media in human rights violation cases

  In Chechnya, there is a trend towards using media to suppress the resonance around high-profile cases of human rights violations, human rights defenders have stated in their comments on the story with Khalimat Taramova, who was abducted from the shelter in Dagestan.

June 15, 2021 23:30

• Mother of killed Nalchik resident wins case at ECtHR

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found unlawful the Kabardino-Balkarian Supreme Court’s refusal to Madina Bapinaeva in giving out the body of her son, who was shot dead by law enforcers. However, the ECtHR did not oblige the Russian authorities to pay any compensation for moral damage.

June 15, 2021 23:26

• LGBT opponents promise to disrupt gay pride parade in Tbilisi

  A Georgian political party called on the authorities to ban the “March of Dignity” announced by the LGBT community and threatened its activists with contraction.

June 15, 2021 21:45

• Azerbaijani lawyers set up a league to help poor people

  In Azerbaijan, lawyers have established a league for work with the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to help low-income citizens bring their complaints to the Court. Residents of Azerbaijan need such an organization, especially after the abolition of the practice of representation of citizens in courts, human rights defender Elshan Khasanov emphasizes.

June 15, 2021 21:40

• Kremlin distances itself from situation with Khalimat Taramova

  The Kremlin is aware of reports about Khalimat Taramova, who fled domestic violence, but does not attribute such cases to its competence, says Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary for the Russian President.

June 15, 2021 21:33

• ECtHR awards compensation to mother of missing Chechen resident

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found Russian authorities guilty in the case of kidnapping Aslanbek Saidakhmadov, a resident of Grozny, by law enforcers and ordered them to pay his mother compensation in the amount of 60,000 euros.

June 15, 2021 21:27

• Makhachkala: activist achieves fine cancellation

  A Makhachkala court has sent for a new consideration the case against the activist, Diana Dibirova, who in April was detained before the action in support of Alexei Navalny and fined for petty hooliganism.

June 15, 2021 17:59

• NATO announces conditions for Georgia's joining the Alliance

  The member-countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) have supported the Georgia's right to join the Alliance. The preconditions for this are national reforms and the enforcement of NATO's standards and principles.

June 15, 2021 17:57

• Doctors find health problems in Azerbaijani journalist Elchin Gasanzade

  At a medical institution, several serious illnesses were diagnosed in Elchin Gasanzade, an Azerbaijani journalist, who is serving his sentence.