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June 28, 2021 23:54

• Story of dance in mountains of North Ossetia highlights shortcomings of work with tourists

  While commenting on a video with an affectionate dance in the mountains, analysts said that booklets about traditions and bans in North Ossetia could prevent incidents provoking indignation of local residents. The Tourism Committee announced the information placed at the stands installed at the most popular tourist sites would be enough.

June 28, 2021 20:47

• Canadian human rights defenders call for release of Azerbaijani activist Elchin Mamed

  In its appeal to Ilham Aliev, the President of Azerbaijan should secure the release of sentenced journalist and human rights defender Elchin Mamed, the human rights organization “Canadian Journalists for Free Expression” stated. The Elchin Mamed’s examination at a prison hospital was not deep, a mother of the imprisoned journalist complained.

June 28, 2021 20:38

• Armenia claims an attempt by Azerbaijani soldiers to interfere with agricultural work

  Azerbaijani soldiers prevented a resident of the Tekh village in the Syunik Region from collecting cut grass, the local authorities reported. Agricultural work was completed only after the intervention of Armenian soldiers.

June 28, 2021 15:39

• Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of shelling on the border

  In the evening on June 27, Armenian militaries shelled the positions of Azerbaijani soldiers near the village of Garalar in the Tovuz District; there were no victims, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.

June 28, 2021 15:30

• Four Azerbaijani residents detained for violating travel ban to Karabakh

  Policemen detained four residents of the Tovuz District of Azerbaijan, who, despite the ban, tried to get into the non-demined territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.

June 28, 2021 15:22

• Man living in Dagestan publicly apologizes for photos with girls

  A native of Saint Petersburg, living in Dagestan, has posted a video, in which he apologizes to residents of the republic for his photos among girls in shorts, and for his own appearance. Some Instagram users have suggested that the man has been forced to apologize by local fighters for morality.

June 28, 2021 14:58

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of June 21-27, 2021

  Unexpected results of the parliamentary elections in Armenia; tightening of anti-COVID measures in Southern Russia; easing of restrictions on coronavirus in Georgia and Azerbaijan; decision of the ECtHR in a case on the deaths of residents of the Chechen village of Borozdinovskaya; Ramzan Kadyrov’s nomination to the post of the leader of Chechnya, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of June 21-27, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

June 28, 2021 11:38

• Nagorno-Karabakh authorities announce terms for resettling refugees

  In Stepanakert, they began building a new micro-district intended for the families who became refugees as a result of the aggravation of the Karabakh conflict. Authorities assure that housing problems of the families of all forced migrants, who stay in Nagorno-Karabakh will be resolved within three years.

June 28, 2021 11:34

• Relatives report disappearance of resident of Chechnya after his return from Europe

  Ibragim Musaev, 41, a native of the village of Sernovodsky and an asylum seeker in Greece, disappeared on his way home from the airport in Magas. According to his relatives, the man is in the police station, but he is not registered there as a detainee.

June 28, 2021 11:24

• Chechnya: theologian publicly scolds detainees for witchcraft

  Adam Elzhurkaev, the head of the Centre for Islamic Medicine, has held a conversation with those detained for rendering occult services. Social network users have disputed on whether a taxi driver should respond for where he had taken his clients.

June 27, 2021 12:08

• Armenian GPO investigates threats to journalist on Azerbaijani border

  A criminal case has been initiated on threats to a foreign journalist put forward by Azerbaijani militaries, said Gor Abraamyan, an adviser to the head of the Armenian General Prosecutor's Office (GPO).

June 27, 2021 11:49

• "Edinaya Rossiya" nominates Kadyrov for the post of head of Chechnya

  The participants in the conference of the Chechen branch of the "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia) Party have unanimously supported Ramzan Kadyrov's candidacy for the post of head of the republic and rejected his only rival.

June 27, 2021 11:25

• Activists criticize police's attempt to revive case against Anokhina

  The head of the Makhachkala ROVD (District Interior Division) has appealed the court ruling that acquitted journalist Svetlana Anokhina and the "Marem" volunteers after they were detained in the shelter for victims of domestic violence.

June 27, 2021 11:11

• PACE deputies demand to appoint rapporteur on torture in Azerbaijan

  Amid the increased violations of political prisoners' rights in Azerbaijan, a group of deputies of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) came up with an initiative to appoint a PACE's rapporteur on torture in this country; it follows from a joint statement of the initiative group of PACE deputies.

June 26, 2021 17:39

• Azerbaijan: activists and advocates criticize increase of court fines and duties

  Azerbaijani authorities plan to increase the amounts of state duties for court proceedings and empower judges to fine the parties in trials for lodging "unjustified petitions." The new amendments to the legislation infringe on the defence institute and will become a heavy burden for the population, activists and advocates believe.

June 26, 2021 16:03

• 110 Azerbaijanis return home from Dagestani camp

  A group of 110 Azerbaijanis has left the "Ogonyok" camp located in the Kaitag District of Dagestan, the local authorities have informed.

June 26, 2021 15:31

• Peacemakers escort Azerbaijani militaries in Nagorno-Karabakh

  Six columns of Azerbaijani militaries were escorted by Russian peacemakers through the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh: four columns – along the Lachin Corridor, and two - in the direction of the Fizuli District, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

June 26, 2021 15:06

• Bobokvati villagers demand to document their land rights

  The auction for land in the village of Bobokvati has failed, as none of investors offered the starting price, the Adjara Ministry of Economy and Finance has informed. The authorities promised to no longer put up coastal land plots for auction, but villagers did not believe it and began collecting documents to legitimize their ownership of the land, Bobokvati villagers have stated.

June 26, 2021 14:43

• Tougher restrictions at Kuban resorts triggers tourist outflow

  After the introduction of new requirements for checking in hotels, sanatoriums and boarding houses of the Krasnodar Territory (also known as Kuban by the name of the main river), tourists have cancelled about 30 percent of reservations for July and more than 70 percent for August, the Association of Russian Tour Operators has informed.

June 26, 2021 08:35

• Protesters in Yerevan demand to free Professor Charchyan

  More than 500 medical workers have signed a letter demanding to change the freedom restraint measure of Professor Armen Charchyan, the director of the "Izmirlyan" Medical Centre, who is accused of pressing voters before the early parliamentary elections in Armenia. Charchyan himself treats his criminal case as political persecution, said his advocate.