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June 12, 2021 17:38

• Activists state persecutions after congress of Oirat-Kalmyk nationals in Elista

  In Kalmykia, five activists reported that protocols were drawn up against them after they took part in the congress of the Oirat-Kalmyk people held in Elista.

June 12, 2021 17:11

• Incident in Makhachkala shows violence victims' vulnerability in shelters

  The forced abduction of a girl from the crisis apartment in Makhachkala can undermine confidence of domestic violence victims in safety of shelters, Nailya Birarova, a social psychologist, is afraid.

June 12, 2021 13:32

• Law enforcers hand Taramova over to her family by deceit

  Khalimat Taramova, a resident of Chechnya, refused to leave the apartment for victims of domestic violence in Makhachkala with her father; and then she and her girl friend were persuaded to get into a car, promising to take them to a safe place. However, both residents of the shelter were brought to the building of the Dagestan Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), where Taramova was given to her relatives, the journalist, Svetlana Anokhina, has informed.

June 12, 2021 13:18

• Pupils of Ninotsminda boarding school report threats after testifying

  Several former pupils of the Saint Nino boarding school in Ninotsminda have reported that after they gave testimonies to investigators, they received threats and were forced to leave their educational establishments.

June 12, 2021 08:52

• Court stops cases of all employees of Makhachkala shelter

  The Leninsky District Court of Makhachkala has found no violations of the law in the actions of volunteers of the "Marem" project. The aim of the special operation of attacking the shelter was Khalimat Taramova, said Olga Gnezdilova, a lawyer of the "Legal Initiative"* project said.

June 12, 2021 08:39

• ECtHR awards compensation to Nagavkin for violation of his right to freedom

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found the arrest and long custody in Volgograd of the activist, Igor Nagavkin, to be illegal. Russian authorities should pay him a compensation of 2700 euros.

June 11, 2021 22:43

• Khalimat Taramova asks for help because of threat to her life

  Khalimat Taramova, a daughter of one of the Ramzan Kadyrov’s close associates, had to flee Chechnya to save herself from domestic violence to which she was subjected because of her sexual orientation. In Chechnya, the young woman faces murder for “washing dirty linen of the family in public,” an activist from the “Russian LGBT Network” suggests.

June 11, 2021 22:24

• Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of a shelling attack on border

  Armenian soldiers opened fire from small arms at positions in the Kelbadjar District, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported.

June 11, 2021 19:08

• Detainees from Makhachkala shelter complain about being beaten by police

  Lawyer Patimat Nuradinova reported about filing complaints to the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) about beating by the police of the people detained at a shelter apartment for victims of domestic violence in Makhachkala and the illegal keeping of the detainees at a law enforcement body.

June 11, 2021 18:51

• Villagers report details of search at Ingush imam’s house

  During a search, the police did not find any illegal items in a house of Adam Maloroev, the imam of the Sredniye Achaluki village. Law enforcers also questioned imam’s relatives, their fellow villagers said.

June 11, 2021 18:37

• Police take Khalimat Taramova from Dagestan to Chechnya

  Chechen native Khalimat Taramova and her female friend from Perm were kidnapped and taken to Chechnya after a police raid to a Makhachkala apartment for victims of domestic violence, the “Russian LGBT Network” reported.

June 11, 2021 13:34

• KBR teenager publicly apologizes to Kadyrov

  A minor resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has asked Ramzan Kadyrov to forgive him for the video with insults, says the post in the Chechen Instagram public.

June 11, 2021 13:13

• Remains of four soldiers found in Nagorno-Karabakh

  Near the cities of Varanda and Djrakan (Djebrail), Karabakh rescuers have found remains of four soldiers, thus, bringing the total number of bodies and remains found to 1567, the Nagorno-Karabakh emergency service has informed.

June 11, 2021 12:28

• Disappearance of Khalimat Taramova triggers alarm among social network users

  Among the inhabitants of the crisis apartment for victims of domestic violence in Makhachkala, whom law enforcers took to the police division in Makhachkala, there was no Chechen woman, Khalimat Taramova, who ran away from her relatives because of beatings; her fate remains unknown.

June 11, 2021 12:06

• Volgograd court upholds fine imposed on Navalny's supporter

  The Volgograd Regional Court has refused to satisfy the complaint lodged by the activist, Timofei Andronov, who asked to cancel his fine of 20,000 roubles imposed for his participation in the action in support of Alexei Navalny on April 21, 2021.

June 11, 2021 11:51

• Armenian and Azerbaijani MODs accuse each other of shelling

  Azerbaijani positions came under fire on the Armenian border, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated. Armenian militaries were forced to open fire after being shelled while trying to stop engineering works at the border section in Gegarkunik Region, the Armenian MoD has stated in its turn.

June 11, 2021 08:40

• Social network users criticize Chechen law enforcers for humiliating offenders

  Inspectors of the traffic police (known as the GIBDD) of Chechnya have not only chastised the offenders of traffic rules, but also spread a video of the "prophylactic briefing" in social networks, thus, humiliating them, Instagram users have pointed out.

June 11, 2021 08:25

• Azerbaijani GPO sends cases of 26 Armenian militaries to court

  A preliminary inquiry is over in relation to 26 figurants of the criminal case against Azerbaijani militaries and civilians, the Azerbaijani General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) reported on June 10 in a joint statement with the State Security Service (SSS) of Azerbaijan.

June 10, 2021 23:17

• Analysts point to Kremlin’s key role in border demarcation between Chechnya and Dagestan

  The dispute around the border between Chechnya and Dagestan will be won by the side supported by the federal centre, and any full-fledged negotiations will unlikely take place between the republics. This opinion was voiced by Ruslan Kutaev, the president of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations, and political analyst Ali Magomadov.

June 10, 2021 22:57

• Journalist claims being beaten for investigation about “Akhmat” fight club

  Medical officers diagnosed journalist Andrei Afanasiev with a broken nose. He was beaten in the Amur Region after launching an investigation with regard to managers of the local branch of the “Akhmat” fight club. Andrei Afanasiev said that attackers explained their actions as revenge for his activities.