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March 13, 2021 22:57

• Analysts doubt law enforcers' version about reasons for CTO in Makhachkala

  The introduction of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime in Makhachkala, despite the fact that the casualty was seriously ill, was justified, analysts believe. However, it could have been avoided if law enforcers could foresee that this man is able of committing crimes again.

March 13, 2021 11:43

• Circassian activist Martin Kochesoko challenges verdict

  A complaint against the verdict to Martin Kochesoko, a Circassian activist, convicted for drug possession, has been lodged to the Supreme Court (SC) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), his advocated has informed.

March 13, 2021 11:29

• Armenian President rejects government's meeting with opposition

  The format of the meeting of Nikol Pashinyan, the Premier with oppositional leaders offered by President Armen Sargsyan to discuss ways out of the crisis turned out to be unrealizable. The "Prosperous Armenia" parliamentary faction and the "For Fatherland's Salvation" movement have evaded the set agenda, proposing their own one, the office of the head of state has informed.

March 13, 2021 11:21

• Flaws of Armenian opposition minimize protests' chances of success

  The format of protests in Armenia is no threat to the Armenian authorities – the opposition is weakened by internal contradictions and is unable to offer any constructive ideas for overcoming the crisis. If Nikol Pashinyan's opponents fail to change this format, protests will fade away by themselves, analysts believe.

March 13, 2021 11:15

• North-Ossetian blogger Malika Djikaeva convoyed to a colony

  The decision of the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya, which upheld the verdict to Malika Djikaeva, an Instagram blogger from North Ossetia, has come into force – she has been sent to a colony. The family will appeal against this decision.

March 12, 2021 23:59

• Bad weather thins out opposition rally in Yerevan

  Despite the deteriorating weather conditions, more than 100 opposition supporters remain in a round-the-clock camp in front of the Armenian parliament and continue to block the entrances and exits of the building. The protesters announced that they would leave the territory only after the resignation of the Armenian Prime Minister.

March 12, 2021 23:57

• Heroes of "Editors" film criticize authors for tendentiousness in depiction of Caucasus

  When they participated in the filming, Beka Kurdanov and Darina Taova, musicians from Nalchik, did not know that the film of the "Editors" project would be devoted to the situation with the women's rights in Northern Caucasus.

March 12, 2021 22:41

• Political analysts explain Sarkisyan's refusal to participate in resignation of chief of General Headquarters

  Armenian President Armen Sarkisyan seeks to avoid confrontation with Nikol Pashinyan amid the scandalous change in the administration of the General Headquarters of the Armenia's Armed Forces. The President of Armenia also wants to maintain neutrality in the confrontation between the Prime Minister and the opposition, political analysts suggest.

March 12, 2021 22:36

• Russian authorities grant temporary asylum to Turkmen blogger Choliev

  Turkmen blogger Rozgeldy Choliev will not be sent home. The Russian Migration Service accepted his application and informed the man that he had been granted temporary asylum for three months. However, Rozgeldy Choliev, who planned to join his family in Cherkessk, still stays in the neutral zone of the Sheremetyevo airport, human rights activists report.

March 12, 2021 22:27

• Court finds errors in eviction case of KBR resident's family

  When deciding to evict Khamid Indreev, a resident of the village of Nartan, and his family from the house, a court in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) misinterpreted the housing legislation, the cassation court has ruled. The advocate has expressed hope that the case will be reconsidered in Indreev's favour.

March 12, 2021 19:58

• "Open media": Kadyrov's guards cost the budget one billion roubles

  About 1 billion roubles from the state budget have been spent for guarding Ramzan Kadyrov and his family members over the past five years, the Open Media writes, citing the data from the portal of state purchases.

March 12, 2021 16:59

• Five Chechens convicted in Austria for forcing girls to "live according to Sharia"

  A court in Austria has sentenced five natives of Chechnya who persecuted women for what they thought was inappropriate behaviour.

March 12, 2021 11:33

• Residents of Karabakh village demand deploying peacemakers there

  The village of Mkhitarashen is surrounded by Azerbaijani militaries on three sides, and needs protection of peacemakers, who are not there yet, said Mkhitar Arustamyan, the head of the community. As a result of the war, the village lost its agricultural lands; and now people live only on social benefits, villagers have complained.

March 12, 2021 11:29

• Analysts differ in assessing relevance of film on oppressing women in Caucasus

  The problem of domestic violence in Northern Caucasus is acute, including in connection with the growth of religiosity, said Saida Sirazhudinova, the president of the "Caucasus. Peace. Development" Centre. It is necessary to talk about the violation of women's rights taking into account the cultural specifics of the region, says Olga Pavlova, an Islamologist.

March 12, 2021 11:27

• Pashinyan's opponents stay overnight in tents near parliament

  In Yerevan, the protesters demanding the resignation of Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, continue blocking the entrances and exits of the building of the Armenian Parliament, despite the bad weather. They plan to block the auxiliary entrance to the parliament behind the police cordon.

March 11, 2021 23:59

• Law enforcers release a video of a CTO in Makhachkala

  A video posted by the National Antiterrorist Committee shows that after a shootout with a resident of Makhachkala, law enforcers threw a grenade inside his house and burst into it.

March 11, 2021 23:57

• Chechen blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov discloses plan of his brother's assassination

  Organizers of the attempt on Mokhmad Abdurakhmanov's life did not plan the possibility for the killer they hired to escape from Germany after the crime, and his further fate did not bother them, blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov claims.

March 11, 2021 21:48

• Peacekeepers escort trucks with construction materials to Kelbadjar District

  In Nagorno-Karabakh, soldiers escorted a convoy of trucks that delivered equipment and construction materials to the Kelbadjar District controlled by Azerbaijan to restore residential buildings and social facilities.

March 11, 2021 21:41

• In Makhachkala, CTO legal regime imposed for the first time since 2016

  In Makhachkala, a counterterrorist operation took place for the first time since December 2016, when law enforcers killed Rustam Asilderov, the leader of a terrorist organization.

March 11, 2021 21:17

• A man killed in CTO in Makhachkala

  In Makhachkala, a man, who was shooting at law enforcers, was killed by return fire, a source reported.