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May 28, 2021 22:05

• Chechen athletes continue Kadyrov’s immunity trend

  While commenting on an attack on a referee and players of the Moscow football club during a match with the “Akhmat” Football Club (FC) in Grozny, human rights defenders Svetlana Gannushkina and Ruslan Kutaev have noted that in Chechnya, athletes feel like an elite and try to copy the behaviour of the republic’s leaders.

May 28, 2021 21:43

• Beating in Erzi Nature Reserve results from demarcation of border between Chechnya and Ingushetia

  As a result of the agreement on the new administrative border between Ingushetia and Chechnya in September 2018, the third part of the Erzi Nature Reserve ended up on the territory of Chechnya. After the beating of the employees of the natural park, the work in the Chechen sector is no longer carried out, the administration of the Erzi Nature Reserve reports.

May 28, 2021 21:25

• Kadyrov explains his threats to opponents of vaccination

  In response to the media reports about threats against residents of Chechnya who do not want to be vaccinated against coronavirus, Ramzan Kadyrov has said that the tough anti-epidemic measures taken by the Chechen authorities do not contradict the policy of President Vladimir Putin.

May 28, 2021 20:22

• Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of wounding a soldier

  The positions of the Azerbaijani armed forces were shelled from the Armenian side on the border with the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic, and soldier Elkhan Muradov was wounded as a result of the shelling attack, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported. Armenian military officials called the information unreliable.

May 28, 2021 20:07

• Three “Akhmat” football players suspended from training after a fight at stadium

  The “Akhmat” Football Club (FC) has suspended football players Lechi Sadulaev, Abdul-Malik Djakuev, and Turpal-Ali Ibishev from training after a massive fight that took place during a match with the “Lokomotiv” FC. The football players will also not participate in a special training camp, the “Akhmat” FC reports today.

May 28, 2021 14:27

• Twenty Azerbaijani citizens returned from Syria

  On May 27, Azerbaijani authorities returned six women and 14 children to their homeland. They had been kept in the Amerna Camp in the city of Djerablus in Syria, the "Apa" News Agency has reported today with reference to the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).

May 28, 2021 14:08

• Akhmed Pogorov's arrest triggers criticism of the court

  The return of Akhmed Pogorov, a co-chairman of the World Congress of the Ingush People, back into custody testifies to possible pressure on the court in Essentuki, since this decision contradicts the position of the Supreme Court (SC) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), which released Pogorov a few days ago, Magomed Pogorov, Akhmed's brother, Zakriy Mamilov, an MP, and Issa Kostoev, a lawyer, have suggested.

May 28, 2021 12:29

• Militaries blown up by mine in Azerbaijan

  On May 27, in the Kelbadjar District of Azerbaijan, located on the Armenian border, a car with Azerbaijani military servicemen got blown up by a mine, the Azeri Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated without confirming the information about any casualties or wounded persons.

May 28, 2021 12:11

• Eight people detained at protest against construction of Namakhvan HPP

  Law enforcers have detained opponents of the construction of a hydroelectric power plant (HPP) in the Rioni Gorge for disobeying the police, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has informed.

May 28, 2021 08:33

• Pashinyan offers Azerbaijan to simultaneously withdraw troops from border

  Armenia and Azerbaijan should simultaneously withdraw their troops from the border and let international observers there, Nikol Pashinyan, the Acted Premier, has suggested after his trip to the border village of Kut, treating the situation as "explosive".

May 28, 2021 08:20

• Resident of Ingushetia suspected of links with Syrian militants

  A 43-year-old resident of the Sunzha District of Ingushetia is suspected of participating in a terrorist organization, an illegal armed formation (IAF) and undergoing training in terrorist activities.

May 27, 2021 23:46

• Human rights defenders concerned about Gadaev’s rejection of second advocate

  Magomed Gadaev, a native of Chechnya, who was deported from France, rejected the services of Alexander Nemov, the second private advocate. Magomed Gadaev was forced to deprive himself of the right to defence, human rights defenders suggested.

May 27, 2021 23:27

• Night action of opponents of Namakhvani HPP results in a criminal case against them

  Activists protesting against the construction of a hydroelectric power plant (HPP) in the Rioni Gorge threw stones at a metal gate installed by the police, and an investigation is underway into a case on damage to property, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reports.

May 27, 2021 23:07

• Akhmed Pogorov arrested in case on an extremist community

  The court returned Ingush activist Akhmed Pogorov to custody after he had been charged under the article on extremism. The court hearing took place at night, and the defence was not notified about it, claims advocate Magomed Gagiev.

May 27, 2021 18:15

• Armenia asks ECtHR to protect soldiers captured by Azerbaijan

  Armenia demanded to take immediate measures to protect the lives of the soldiers who have been captured today on the border with Azerbaijan. The soldiers were conducting mining operations on the border line and they were actually kidnapped, Nikol Pashinyan, the acting Prime Minister of Armenia, declares today

May 27, 2021 17:58

• Flash mob participant apologizes to Kadyrov for insult

  An author of a video with the insult to Ramzan Kadyrov apologized to the leader of Chechnya and explained that he was in a state of alcoholic intoxication when he was recording the video.

May 27, 2021 14:12

• Azerbaijani and Armenian MoDs announce their versions of border incident

  The Armenian militaries captured today tried to cross the Azerbaijani border aiming to mine the road, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated. In its turn, the Armenian MoD has refuted this version, stating that the contract soldiers were captured in the territory of a military unit located in the Gegarkunik Region.

May 27, 2021 13:40

• Makhachkala: scandal around school ballet points to transformation of public perception

  A comic dance of young men in ballet tutus at the Makhachkala Lyceum had no bad connotation, said a lyceum employee. Similar dances have been performed in schools earlier, but due to the increased attention to the LGBT community, they are now perceived perversely, psychologists believe.

May 27, 2021 13:19

• Six Armenian militaries taken prisoners on Azerbaijani border

  Today, in the border Gegarkunik Region, six servicemen were captured during engineering works, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported. Azerbaijan insists that they were scouts.

May 27, 2021 11:17

• Russia's and CSTO's reaction to border conflict triggers criticism in Armenia

  Armenia is unhappy with the reaction of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and Russia to the problem of withdrawing Azerbaijani troops from the border area, and is ready to appeal to the UN Security Council, Nikol Pashinyan, the Acting Prime Minister, has stated. Armenian MPs have also criticized Russia and the CSTO.