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May 07, 2021 23:56

• Ingush advocate claims receiving threats from Daudov

  Advocate Magomed Bekov got a voice message through a messenger “with indirect threats” on behalf of Magomed Daudov, the speaker of the Chechen parliament. Magomed Bekov associates the threats with his post in support of opposition leader Magomed Khazbiev.

May 07, 2021 23:53

• KGB of South Ossetia responds to protests of Georgian activists

  Actions of protest held by activists of the Georgian movement “Strength in Unity” near the border with South Ossetia can provoke border incidents, the KGB of the unrecognized republic warns. David Katsarava, the leader of the Georgian movement “Strength in Unity”, explains that residents of Georgian villages do not feel safe because of the ongoing process of the border demarcation.

May 07, 2021 21:59

• Eight convicts pardoned in Georgia

  On the occasion of Saint George's Day, Georgian President, Salome Zurabishvili, has pardoned eight convicts – three prisoners were completely released from serving their sentences; and five others had their terms halved.

May 07, 2021 11:15

• "Immortal Regiment" action announced in Georgia amid pandemic

  Marches in memory of those who perished in the Great Patriotic War will be held in Georgian cities on May 9 with observance of the social distance, organizers have announced.

May 07, 2021 11:09

• Azerbaijan: Mamedov' friends doubt official version of his death

  Bairam Mamedov, an Azerbaijani activist, whose body was found in the sea near Istanbul, perished in an accident, the local police said. Mamedov's friends have questioned this version.

May 07, 2021 03:39

• Leader of the Azerbaijani "Muslim Unity" movement tells details of his disappearance

  Elchin Gasymov, the leader of the Azerbaijani "Muslim Unity" movement, denies the information of his colleagues about his detention. He said that he was at home and explained the impossibility to contact him by disconnection of the phone.

May 07, 2021 03:35

• Kadyrov tells about his presidential ambitions

  The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, sees his mission to work in the republic and does not want to become President of Russia, since Russia already has "the best president in the world," he said on the Instagram.

May 06, 2021 23:59

• Russian war veterans oppose new monument to Nzhde in Karabakh

  The Moscow Region World War II veteran organization demanded to dismantle a monument to Armenian military and statesman Garegin Nzhde, erected in Martuni after the entry of Russian peacekeepers into the Karabakh conflict zone. Vitaly Balasanyan, the secretary for the Security Council of Nagorno-Karabakh, also spoke out for dismantling of the monument, but Martuni MPs refused.

May 06, 2021 23:58

• Azerbaijani combat engineers report scale of mine clearance within six months

  After the autumn aggravation of the Karabakh conflict, 2051 hectares of territory have been already cleared, 18,600 unexploded bombs have been defused, and the road from Fizuli to Shusha has been almost cleared of mines, the authorities of Azerbaijan report.

May 06, 2021 23:54

• Social media users consider fight against car tinting in Chechnya excessive

  In the Kurchaloi District, the police reprimanded 14 detained drivers for tinting their cars, the chief of the local police department reported. Part of Instagram users criticized the Chechen law enforcement bodies for persecuting drivers of tinted cars.

May 06, 2021 23:02

• Leader of "Muslim Unity" detained in Azerbaijan

  Law enforcers have detained Elchin Gasymov, the head of the Azerbaijani "Muslim Unity" movement before his speech on air of an oppositional TV channel, Rufat Safarov, a human rights defender and Gasymov's associate, has stated.

May 06, 2021 22:54

• OSCE Minsk Group calls on Baku to hand all POWs over to Yerevan

  On May 5, the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs approved the extradition of three prisoners of war (POWs) to Armenia and called on Azerbaijan to complete the return of the Armenian soldiers captured in Nagorno-Karabakh to their homeland.

May 06, 2021 21:57

• Latvia’s parliament recognizes Armenian Genocide

  Members of the Latvia’s Saeima (parliament) passed a declaration on the recognition and condemnation of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire. The document resulted from a discussion between historians, the press service for the Latvia’s Saeima notes.

May 06, 2021 20:54

• Chechen theologian publicly scolds detainees for witchcraft

  Adam Elzhurkaev, the head of the Centre for Islamic Medicine, has scolded two women and a man who were repeatedly detained by law enforcers for providing occult services, the "Grozny" TV Channel has reported. Social network users have agreed with the reporters that the persecution of sorcerers in Chechnya yields no results.

May 06, 2021 18:56

• Ingush activist rejects guarding despite blood feud announced by Kadyrov people

  Ingush law enforcers have offered state protection to Magomed Khazbiev, an activist, against whom Magomed Daudov, Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, and Adam Delimkhanov, a State Duma MP, have announced a blood feud. The activist said that he refused from law enforcers' services.

May 06, 2021 11:38

• Powers of three Azerbaijani lawyers restored

  The Presidium of the Azerbaijani Bar Association (ABA) has recalled the lawsuit against the lawyers, Shakhla Gumbatova, Irada Djavadova and Tyurkel Suleimanly, allowing them to restart their work.

May 06, 2021 11:36

• Armenian police stop protests against visit of Lavrov, head of Russian MFA

  Tigran Khzmalyan, the leader of the European Party of Armenia, and a party supporter were detained at the Russian Embassy before the start of the action against the visit of Sergey Lavrov, the head of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). The National Democratic Pole refused to march against Lavrov's visit to Yerevan in order to avoid provocations and clashes.

May 06, 2021 11:34

• KBR resident apologizes to Mufti for beating up alcohol drinkers

  At the meeting at the Spiritual Administration of Muslims, the young man and his father have apologized to the Mufti of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) and republic's Imams for beating up two men who drank alcohol. This was announced by Alim Sizhazhev, a Deputy Mufti.

May 05, 2021 23:58

• Refugees from Gadrut District demand to return their homeland

  Participants of an action near the building of the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) dated their protest to a visit of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. The protestors demand a meeting with the Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs. The MFA should activate diplomatic processes so that residents of Gadrut could return home, forced migrants note.

May 05, 2021 23:55

• A soldier killed in Armenia

  Regular soldier Artyom Melkonyan was killed at a combat position by a shot from his colleague, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia reported. Investigation into a criminal case on the careless handling of firearms is underway.