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April 24, 2021 11:10

• Investigators interested in threats to editor-in-chief of Ossetian edition

  Investigators are checking the application of Timur Mazaev, the editor-in-chief of the "Ossetia News" about the threats he received from a son of the former head of North Ossetia. Timur's colleagues find it necessary to achieve punishment of the author of threats.

April 23, 2021 23:58

• Armenia demonstrates its dependence on Russia’s position on Karabakh

  The authorities of Armenia did not react in any way to the refusal of Russian delegates to discuss the problem around the return of prisoners of war (POWs) by Azerbaijan, as they are afraid to worsen relations with Moscow, Armenian political analysts note.

April 23, 2021 23:55

• “Voice of Beslan” activists follow Navalny and stop their hunger strike

  Ella Kesaeva, the co-chair of the “Voice of Beslan” public committee, and three other activists, who had been on hunger strike with the demand to let a doctor visit oppositionist Alexei Navalny in a penal colony, stopped their protest action.

April 23, 2021 23:51

• ECtHR obliges Azerbaijan’s authorities to pay 33,000 euros to activist and two journalists

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) granted the complaints lodged by journalists Avaz Zeinalov and Elchin Gasanov, as well as activist Bakhtiyar Gadjiev. As a result, the Strasbourg Court obliged the Azerbaijan’s authorities to pay compensation to the complainants in the amount of 33,350 euros. For almost 20 years of Azerbaijan being under the jurisdiction of the ECtHR, sanctions for 20 million euros have been announced against the country, says Khalid Agaliev, a lawyer of the Media Rights Institute.

April 23, 2021 20:30

• Analysts argue about benefits of training programme in Northern Caucasus

  The programme of professional training for residents of Northern Caucasian for their employment, announced by the Worldskills Foundation, will not meet expectations, as there are few jobs for highly skilled workers in the region, some analysts suggest. Their opponents argue that high-tech professions are in demand everywhere, and specialists can work online.

April 23, 2021 20:29

• Kadyrov’s son announces his readiness to fight again after being accused of unfair victory

  A son of the leader of Chechnya calls on those who doubt his fair victory over a boxer from Kabardino-Balkaria to bet on the winner in a new fight.

April 23, 2021 20:27

• Georgian rights defenders warn authorities against pardoning law enforcers

  Amid pardoning political prisoners, Georgian authorities should not pardon the policemen who participated in the harsh dispersal of the rally in June 2019, human rights defenders have stated.

April 23, 2021 20:25

• Wall Street Journal reports on Biden's plans to recognize Armenian Genocide

  On April 24, US President Joe Biden intends to voice his attitude to the events of 1915, which the House of Representatives of the Congress had recognized as genocide, The Wall Street Journal has reported. More than 100 members of the Congress have called on Biden to recognize the Armenian Genocide.

April 23, 2021 12:01

• Volgograd activist arrested for 25 days after Navalny support action

  A court in Volgograd has arrested Maria Khudoyarova, an activist of the local Alexei Navalny's office, for 25 days; she was detained after an action in support of the opposition leader.

April 23, 2021 11:55

• Kadyrov son's controversial fight sparks bloggers' interest in his other victories

  The boxing match of Adam Kadyrov, a Ramzan Kadyrov's son, with his rival from Kabardino-Balkaria was preceded by a fight in which he defeated an athlete from Uganda who did not resist him, bloggers assert.

April 23, 2021 11:41

• Protests at Armenian GPO escalate into clashes with police

  The "Movement to Save Fatherland" has demanded to release those detained after Pashinyan's visit to the Syunik Region. More than 50 people were detained, including the head of the Megri community, oppositionists have reported. A clash of law enforcers with supporters of the opposition occurred near the building of the Armenian General Prosecutor's Office (GPO).

April 22, 2021 23:59

• “Russian LGBT Network” demands to investigate activist’s forced return to Ingushetia

  The Moscow police refused to investigate a case of a female native of Ingushetia, who was forcibly returned to their homeland by her father and brother after she had participated in a rally of Alexei Navalny’s supporters, the “Russian LGBT Network” reported. Human rights defenders filed a complaint to the Prosecutor’s Office.

April 22, 2021 23:57

• Dagestani journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev’s arrest extended by three months

  In Rostov-on-Don, a military court has extended until July 28 the arrest of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist of the weekly newspaper “Chernovik” (Rough Draft), accused of financing terrorism.

April 22, 2021 23:55

• Sochi leads in Southern Russia in terms of number of detainees at protest rallies

  On April 21, detentions at rallies in support of Alexei Navalny took place in at least 11 cities in Southern Russia, including Anapa and Novorossiysk. Sochi is one of the six Russian cities with the largest number of detainees, the “OVD-Info” reported.

April 22, 2021 23:52

• Women from Chechnya claim being forced to support “Akhmat” FC

  Residents of various regions of Chechnya, including women, are being forcibly taken to watch football matches of the “Akhmat” Football Club (FC) in Grozny. Chechen women complain that they often have to get home on their own after the football matches.

April 22, 2021 23:50

• Azerbaijan accuses Armenian soldiers of shelling border guards

  Azerbaijani border guards were shelled in the village of Seyidlyar from the direction of the Armenian border, the Azerbaijan’s Border Guard Service reported.

April 22, 2021 15:53

• Woman from Nalchik tells about her grandchildren's living conditions in Syria

  The group of children returned from Syria to Moscow included two grandchildren of Aishat Djangurazova, a resident of Nalchik. After her son-in-law perished and her daughter was captured, their four children ended up in refugee camps, and two of them are still in Syria, she said.

April 22, 2021 15:18

• Rights defenders are sceptical about Aliev's decree on state support for NGOs

  By establishing the agency for state support of NGOs, President Ilham Aliev plans to take their activities under state control, Azerbaijani human rights defenders have suggested. The country's authorities are selectively financing certain NGOs, while others have limited access to grants, they believe.

April 22, 2021 15:12

• Protest in Yerevan ends with oppositionists' detentions

  Supporters of the "Movement to Save Fatherland" tried to hinder the entrance of Nikol Pashinyan's motorcade into the block of government dachas in Yerevan; the police detained several activists.

April 22, 2021 14:54

• Stop of Kadyrov son's fight surprises sport journalists

  The coach of Aslan Bittirov, a fighter from Kabardino-Balkaria, stopped his fight with Adam Kadyrov without good reason, since there was no knockdown, and the fight course posed no threat to boxers' health. This is the opinion of Yaroslav Stepanov, the editor of the "Sport24" website, and Vadim Fursov, a "Match TV" commentator.