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March 05, 2021 11:22

• "Bellingcat" witness tells court about inquiry into Khangoshvili's murder

  A series of investigations conducted by the "Bellingcat" jointly with other media partners have established that the person accused of Khangoshvili's murder had passports on two different names. This suggests that he had collaborated with Russian special services, a classified witness said in court.

March 05, 2021 08:43

• Kadyrov responds with harsh criticism to journalists' conclusions about Nemtsov's murder

  After the Kremlin's restrained reaction to the inquiry by the "Mediazona" and "Scanner Project" into the murder of Boris Nemtsov, Ramzan Kadyrov has sharply criticized the journalists for their conclusions, suggesting them to "work out" not the Chechen, but the Ukrainian trace in the murder of the oppositionist.

March 05, 2021 08:28

• Rights defenders treat verdict to Kochesoko as political order

  The prosecutor's office demanded conditional imprisonment for Martin Kochesoko, because the charge has collapsed; but the court fulfilled a political order and refused to acquit the Circassian activist, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"* believes.

March 04, 2021 23:08

• Court of appeal refuses to change verdict to Malika Djikaeva

  On March 3, the Supreme Court of Chechnya upheld the verdict in a case on drug possession against Instagram blogger Malika Djikaeva from North Ossetia, her advocate reports today.

March 04, 2021 22:48

• "Novaya Gazeta": schoolboy from Volgograd faces a mental hospital in case on plotting an explosion

  Based on a teenager's testimony and a PC desktop, the law enforcement bodies accused a Volgograd schoolboy of plotting a murder, and in the absence of real evidence, they secured that the boy had been declared insane. This was reported in a new article prepared by Ilya Azar and posted by the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta".

March 04, 2021 22:29

• Dmitry Peskov: law enforcers to examine journalists' investigation into murder of Boris Nemtsov

  The materials of the journalistic investigation into the murder of Boris Nemtsov are available to the law enforcement bodies, and they will pay attention to the publication if it contains new information, Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary for the President of Russia, suggests.

March 04, 2021 18:21

• Colleagues of chief of Armenian General Headquarters announce a rally in his support

  Former Armenian military personnel plan to hold on March 6 a rally against the resignation of Onik Gasparyan, the chief of the General Headquarters of the Armenia's Armed Forces. The military activists call on veterans to come to the rally.

March 04, 2021 18:06

• Manukyan refuses to plead guilty to coup d'etat calls

  The Investigative Committee of Armenia charged Vazgen Manukyan, a candidate for prime minister from the Armenian opposition, for calling to overthrow the government and then obliged him to sign recognizance not to leave. The oppositionist denied the accusations brought against him by the investigators.

March 04, 2021 15:07

• Court denies transfer under house arrest for PFPA activist Akhmedov

  The court refused to stop the criminal prosecution and place under house arrest Niyameddin Akhmedov, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, accused of financing terrorism. The oppositionist denied the accusations and called them politically motivated.

March 04, 2021 14:49

• Advocates assess prospects of prosecution in Pogorov's case

  The detention of Akhmed Pogorov is unlikely to change the accusations against the other defendants in the "Ingush case". This opinion was voiced by the advocates interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot". The defenders also ruled out the merger of the Akhmed Pogorov's case with the cases of other defendants, since there would be a need to start the entire investigation from the beginning.

March 04, 2021 11:27

• Journalist and blogger convicted in Azerbaijan for criticizing official

  The court has sentenced Elchin Gasanzade, a journalist and a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), and Ibragim Tyurksoi, a blogger, to eight months in prison each on charges of defamation and insult.

March 04, 2021 11:09

• Rights defenders point to political motives in Aslanov's and Sadygov's cases

  The Committee against Repressions and Torture sees political motives in the cases of the Azerbaijani journalists, Polad Aslanov and Afghan Sadygov, and demanded to stop prosecuting them.

March 04, 2021 08:35

• Journalists fill in the gaps in inquiry into Nemtsov's murder

  The investigation of the "Mediazona" and the "Scanner Project" into the murder of Boris Nemtsov has shown that only ordinary perpetrators occurred in the prisoner's dock, Dmitry Borko, a journalist, has noted. The journalists did the work that investigators never did, Vadim Prokhorov, the advocate for the Nemtsov family, has stated.

March 04, 2021 08:23

• Protesters in Yerevan vow to stay in street until government resigns

  The actions of Nikol Pashinyan's government have brought Armenia to the brink of losing its statehood, while the oppositional movement is capable to unite the society, the Yerevan protesters interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

March 03, 2021 23:19

• Polad Aslanov stops his hunger strike

  Azerbaijani journalist Polad Aslanov stopped his hunger strike on the 31st day, his spouse reported. The woman said that she sent food for him, but was not allowed to visit her husband.

March 03, 2021 22:50

• Law enforcers report about discovery of an arms workshop in Dagestan

  In the Kaitag District, in a house of a 62-year-old resident, law enforcers discovered homemade pistols and daggers, locksmith tools, and machines. During an interrogation, the man said that he had found the arms several years ago on the outskirts of the village.

March 03, 2021 19:29

• Azerbaijani villagers explain motives of violators of ban on visiting Karabakh

  Today, nine villagers have been detained in Azerbaijan for trying to enter into the non-demined territories of Nagorno-Karabakh despite the ban imposed by the authorities, the police report. Residents of the Terter District do not rule out looting among the motives of people who enter the restricted area, despite the risk of being blown up by mines.

March 03, 2021 19:13

• Mikhail Maglov claims significant gaps in case on Nemtsov's murder

  The criminal case on the murder of Boris Nemtsov did not include all the materials at the disposal of investigators, claims Mikhail Maglov, the editor of the Scanner Project, one of the co-authors of the journalistic investigation about the involvement of natives of Chechnya in the politician's assassination.

March 03, 2021 15:29

• Armenia claims over 100 its citizens in Azerbaijani captivity

  The exact number of prisoners of war (POWs) and civilians remaining in Azerbaijani captivity is unknown, the chief plenipotentiary of Armenia for the Diaspora matters has stated today. There are women among those in captivity, Armenian MPs have noted today, calling on the world community to pay attention to the problem.

March 03, 2021 15:05

• Appointment of Kadyrov's relative as Mayor of Grozny weakens Daudov's and Delimkhanov's position

  Having appointed Khas-Magomed Kadyrov as Mayor of Grozny, Ramzan Kadyrov gave preference to his family ties, and this undermines the position of people from the inner circle of the head of Chechnya, Svetlana Gannushkina and Ruslan Kutaev have pointed out.