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February 25, 2021 11:56

• Oppositionists link Abbasov's arrest with his criticism of Azerbaijan President

  Elmir Abbasov, a member of the "Nida" movement, has refused to plead guilty of a drug-related offense. The opposition believes that Abbasov is being persecuted because of his post about the corruption nature of Ilham Aliev's regime.

February 25, 2021 01:38

• Coordinator of Navalny's office announces investigations about Dagestan

  Ruslan Ablyakimov has informed that he needs medical treatment after the attack on him in Makhachkala. He has announced that he will return to Dagestan and present investigations about the republic.

February 25, 2021 00:53

• Polad Aslanov demands to drop case against him

  Polad Aslanov, a journalist, who is on hunger strike at the isolation facility, has changed his demands, and is now insisting not on a fair trial, but on the closure of his case, his wife has informed.

February 24, 2021 23:04

• Opposition organizes a car rally in support of Nika Meliya

  Participants of a protest action drove to the place of detention of opposition leader Nika Meliya in Tbilisi. For the second day, the Court of Appeal does not respond to a complaint lodged in connection with the decision on the Nika Meliya's arrest, an advocate of the opposition leader emphasizes.

February 24, 2021 22:43

• Volgograd student voices public apology for dancing on Mamayev Kurgan

  A young man from a video with a dance near the monument "Motherland Calls!", which provoked a wide public outcry, called his act "terrible" and apologized to residents of Volgograd. A criminal case was instituted against the young man for abusing places of burial.

February 24, 2021 22:26

• Gagieva's husband accused of her murder sentenced to 16 years of imprisonment

  The Sovietsky District Court of Vladikavkaz found Vadim Tekhov, a former husband of Regina Gagieva, guilty of her murder and sentenced him to 16 years of imprisonment.

February 24, 2021 22:02

• Military experts treat Pashinyan's words on Iskander systems as a claim against Russia

  The statement of the Armenian Prime Minister who claimed that Russian Iskander missile systems turned out to be combat-ineffective during the Karabakh war should be regarded as an unfounded claim against Russia, military experts note.

February 24, 2021 21:50

• Armenian opposition calls on students to join protest actions

  Today, opposition supporters have held decentralized protest actions in Yerevan institutions of higher education. The protesters visited two educational institutions in Yerevan and called on students to join the protests.

February 24, 2021 13:51

• Volgograd student detained for dancing on Mamayev Kurgan

  Policemen have detained a 20-year-old student of a Volgograd higher school, who had posted a video of his dance on the Mamayev Kurgan. The detainee has explained that he wanted to increase the audience of his blog by means of the video.

February 24, 2021 13:37

• Peacemakers escort humanitarian convoy to Nagorno-Karabakh

  A convoy arrived in the Kelbadjar District, accompanied by peacemakers and delivering construction materials to restore water and power supply systems, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed today.

February 24, 2021 11:43

• Pashinyan claims inefficiency of "Iskanders" purchased from Russia

  The "Iskander" missile complexes purchased from Russia turned out to be incapable of combat, Nikol Pashinyan, the Armenian Prime Minister, has stated, when commenting on Serzh Sargsyan's words about the need to use missile complexes already on the fourth or fifth day of the last autumn aggravation of the Karabakh conflict.

February 24, 2021 11:27

• Union of Repressed Russian Nations stands up for Ingush activists

  The release of Ingush activists arrested in connection with the protest action in Magas will help in softening the socio-political tension in Northern Caucasus, the Union of Russian Repressed Nations has stated in its appeal to President Vladimir Putin.

February 24, 2021 11:15

• Three journalists attacked at protest in Yerevan

  At a protest action, opponents of Nikol Pashinyan, the Armenian Premier, a journalist and an operator of the "Azatutyun" Radio were kicked, said Artak Khulyan, one of the victims. One more media professional was attacked, said Levon Sardaryan, the head of the independent trade union of journalists, without giving the victim's name.

February 24, 2021 08:57

• Rights defenders release video of Georgian citizen's torture in Russian prison

  The "Public Verdict" organization has received a video of beating of Vazha Bochorishvili, a Georgian citizen, who died in spring of 2017, in a Yaroslavl colony. Investigators have reported a case opening only after the release of the video, although earlier Bochorishvili's death was explained by his illness.

February 24, 2021 08:53

• On deportation anniversary, Chechens remind Dagestani authorities about Aukhov District's problem

  The participants in the mourning rally in the Novolaksky District of Dagestan talked about the protraction in the restoration of the Aukhov District, activists report. Buvaisar Saitiev, an MP, proposed to arrange a meeting to discuss this issue, but Sergey Melikov, the acting head of Dagestan, has ignored the anniversary of Vainakhs' deportation.

February 24, 2021 08:47

• Georgian activists condemn Nika Meliya's arrest

  Oppositionists have scheduled a new action in support of Nika Meliya, the detained chairman of the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party. By arresting Meliya, authorities violated the principles of democracy; therefore, activists have stated that they will seek his release.

February 23, 2021 23:58

• Seventeen activists injured during police assault on building of "UNM" Party

  The police used harsh methods while arresting Nika Meliya, activists report. Seventeen people sought medical help, and two of them were hospitalized.

February 23, 2021 23:31

• Twenty-five protesters detained in Yerevan

  The opposition tried to prevent the visit of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to the government building. The police cordoned off the building and detained several people.

February 23, 2021 23:12

• Azerbaijani oppositionist Amirov pleads not guilty

  A court has started to consider a case against Ruslan Amirov, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), who was charged under several criminal articles after a protest action in Baku. The defence called the charges unfounded, and Ruslan Amirov himself pleaded not guilty.

February 23, 2021 22:57

• Chechen authorities consolidate trend for mourning rallies on February 23

  For the second year in a row, after a long break, the Chechen authorities have been holding an official rally in Grozny in memory of victims of the Stalinist deportation and combining the mourning date with the celebration of the Defender of the Fatherland Day. Unlike last year, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov did not attend the event, since he had left for Dubai on a visit.