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March 29, 2021 18:41

• Akhmat Kadyrov Foundation continues practice of distributing cars as gifts to athletes

  Athletes Magomedrasul Khasbulaev, Magomed Bibulatov, and Arthur Beterbiev, members of the Chechen team, received keys to Mercedes cars from the Akhmat Kadyrov Foundation, the leader of Chechnya reported.

March 29, 2021 18:28

• Nagorno-Karabakh announces house construction in village affected by war

  After the autumn war, 15 houses stay completely destroyed in the Krasny Bazar community. New 150 private houses are planned to be built.

March 29, 2021 15:05

• Elchin Mamed's health condition worsens in prison

  Elchin Mamed, an Azerbaijani human rights defender, convicted of theft, has complained about his leg pains and difficulties in walking, his colleagues have informed.

March 29, 2021 14:46

• Opposition activist reports detention of relatives after rally in Yerevan

  After the opposition rally in Yerevan, law enforcers detained brothers of Ishkhan Sagatelyan, the coordinator of the "Movement to Save Motherland", the oppositionist himself has informed.

March 29, 2021 11:17

• On March 22-28, no victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were reported

  During the week of March 22-28, 2021, during the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, no information about the casualties or wounded persons was reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

March 29, 2021 11:01

• Armenian military doctors counted 11,000 wounded in battles for Nagorno-Karabakh

  During the war in Nagorno-Karabakh, about 11,000 Armenian participants were wounded, 885 of them have received the disability status; and about 1500 others are under rehabilitation after their wounds, Armenian military doctors have counted.

March 29, 2021 10:47

• Rally in Yerevan treats Pashinyan's formal resignation as unacceptable

  The oppositional "Movement to Save Motherland" will seek the actual resignation of Nikol Pashinyan from the post of Prime Minister, participants of the rally held in central Yerevan have stated.

March 28, 2021 12:10

• In Rustavi, activists hold action in support of Nika Meliya

  At night on March 27, several dozen supporters of Nika Meliya held a disobedience action in Rustavi demanding freedom for him and other political prisoners.

March 28, 2021 11:59

• Manvel Grigoryan's widow announces creation of alternative volunteers' union

  The widow of Manvel Grigoryan, the former chairman of the "Yerkrapa" Union of Volunteers, who accused of embezzlement together with her husband, has announced the creation of a new union, the "Fifth Brigade".

March 28, 2021 11:51

• Kaitag embroidery is exposed in Saint Petersburg amid revival of Dagestani folk crafts

  The Russian Ethnographic Museum is holding an exhibition of unique Kaitag embroidery of 18-19th centuries, which has gained worldwide fame due to its resemblance to avant-garde movements in painting. In Soviet times, the tradition of this embroidery was interrupted and was revived in the Kaitag District of Dagestan only at the end of the 20th century; now hundreds of local females are skilled in this craft.

March 27, 2021 23:55

• Freedom House calls on Armenian authorities to stop increasing compensations for libel

  The amendments to the legislation of Armenia, which provide for a threefold increase in the amount of compensations for libel and insult, are threatening the freedom of the media and speech in the country, the international human rights organization Freedom House has stated.

March 27, 2021 22:58

• Tbilisi: police detain five protesters

  Today, in Tbilisi, activists of the "Movement for Georgia" have held a rally near the building of the "Georgian Dream" Party, demanding to cancel the results of the parliamentary elections. After clashes with law enforcers, five protesters were taken to the police.

March 27, 2021 14:50

• Armenian opposition agrees to temporarily not nominate candidates for premier

  The opposition, which demanded the resignation of Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, has treated the early parliamentary elections in the country as a compromise that would allow Armenia to get out of political crisis, political analysts believe.

March 27, 2021 14:46

• Peacemakers ensure delivery of humanitarian aid to Nagorno-Karabakh

  Accompanied by peacemakers, the residents of the village of Noragyukh in Nagorno-Karabakh received humanitarian aid in the form of basic necessities; and the local outpatient clinic received equipment for providing emergency medical care, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

March 27, 2021 14:31

• Natives of Dagestan apologize for driving with Lezginka along MKAD

  Dagestani publics have posted a video with apologies of two young men who were driving in a car with open doors and loud music along the Moscow Ring Highway (known as MKAD). Instagram users were outraged by law enforcers' harsh actions during detention of the young men and treated their public apologies as unnecessary.

March 27, 2021 14:29

• Advocates treat health condition of Chechens Magamadov and Isaev in SIZO as satisfactory

  Brothers Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev, arrested on suspicion of supporting a Chechen militant from Aslan Byutukaev's grouping, have no complaints about health problems and look satisfactory, their advocates have informed.

March 27, 2021 11:58

• Law enforcers demand apology from mother of one of arrested Dagestanis

  The three law enforcers, whom the mother of Islam Barzukaev, a resident of Derbent, accused of terrorism, considers involved in torturing her son, have filed a lawsuit against the mother, Elena Barzukaeva. They demand from her to declare the information spread by her about their involvement in torturing her son as false, apologize and compensate their moral harm.

March 26, 2021 23:59

• Turkmen activist Choliev’s wife claims facing material difficulties after his deportation

  Myakhridjemal Khudainazarova, a student from Turkmenistan, continues her studies in Cherkessk. After her common-law husband Rozgeldy Choliev was deported from Russia, the young woman with her child has to survive only due to the material assistance she gets from her fellow compatriots. Russian border guards now deny that they refused to accept an asylum application from Rozgeldy Choliev, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”* reports.

March 26, 2021 23:54

• Armenian Constitutional Court finds charge against Kocharyan unconstitutional

  The article of the Criminal Code of Armenia on attempting to overthrow the constitutional order contradicts two articles of the basic law of Armenia, the Constitutional Court points out. The Court’s decision comes into force from the moment it is pronounced, and the criminal proceedings against Robert Kocharyan under the above-mentioned article should be stopped, advocates of the second President of Armenia claim.

March 26, 2021 22:17

• Instagram users: authorities attack Gezmakhmaev to divert people’s attention from extrajudicial executions

  The Chechen “Grozny” TV Channel released another video reporting that Suleiman Gezmakhmaev left Chechnya after borrowing a large amount of money. The authorities of the republic describe Suleiman Gezmakhmaev as a dishonest person addicted to drugs, but in fact, they do not respond to his testimonies about the killings committed by law enforcers, Internet users note.