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February 15, 2021 18:17

• Dagestani law enforcers detain a person accused of financing terrorism

  A resident of Buynaksk was detained in a case on transferring more than 370,000 roubles to support terrorist organizations, the Investigating Department for Dagestan of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports today.

February 15, 2021 18:02

• "Novaya Gazeta" makes public investigation into extrajudicial executions in Chechnya

  The newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" got copies of photographic tables prepared by the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), which contained the information about the detention of 108 people, some of whom fell victim to extrajudicial executions. The "Novaya Gazeta" announced a release of an interview with a Chechen law enforcer who witnessed the executions.

February 15, 2021 17:43

• Moscow City Court refuses to consider complaint about Djumaev's arrest

  Today, in Moscow, a judge has decided to withdraw from consideration a complaint about the arrest of Said-Muhammad Djumaev, since the defendant is in quarantine for coronavirus and is not able to participate in a court hearing.

February 15, 2021 13:37

• Organizer of terror acts in Moscow found dead in colony

  Investigators have begun examining the circumstances of the death of Khalid Khuguev, an ethnic Chechen, who had been convicted on charges of organizing terror acts in Moscow back in 1999.

February 15, 2021 13:26

• Over past 24 hours, 34 refugees return to Nagorno-Karabakh

  Peacemakers have escorted another group of refugees from Armenia to Nagorno-Karabakh. The total number of returnees has made up 52,545 persons, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

February 15, 2021 11:30

• On February 8-14, no information was received about any victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of February 8-14, 2021, no information was received about any casualties or wounded persons in the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

February 15, 2021 11:17

• Stavropol activists support Alexei Navalny

  Policemen did not interfere with the "Love is stronger than fear" action in the Stavropol Territory, the activists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have informed.

February 15, 2021 11:02

• In video, Chechen law enforcer scolds three youngsters for supporting "Euroichkerians"

  The head of the Gudermes ROVD (District Interior Division) has posted a video of his explanatory conversation with three young men, in which he criticized them for supporting the publications of the so-called "Euroichkerians", who criticize Chechen authorities.

February 15, 2021 10:48

• Volgograd activists hold solo pickets in Navalny's support

  Three solo pickets were held in Volgograd demanding to release the opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, and other political prisoners. Policemen treated one of the pickets as a group one, because a passerby helped the picketer collect her posters flying in the wind.

February 14, 2021 12:04

• Residents of Dagestani settlement of Tarki report detentions

  Law enforcers have detained three residents of Tarki who counteracted to drug dealing in the dwelling settlement, locals have stated.

February 14, 2021 12:00

• Ossetian food blogger becomes famous for spreading food among those in need

  Aslan Gabuev, a resident of North Ossetia, has become a popular food blogger thanks to his charity actions – he cooks food and gives it out to those in need. The "Life Food" Association of Charitable Funds is organizing nutrition at Vladikavkaz orphanages and treats pensioner in the local flea market.

February 14, 2021 11:57

• After earthquake, 25 Armenian residents turn to hospitals

  Doctors have rendered help to 25 residents of Armenia who complained of abrasions and bruises as a result of the earthquake. In its turn, the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) has assured that no repetition of equally strong shocks in the near future is likely.

February 13, 2021 12:58

• Relatives of Tsetiev and Razhapov, residents of Chechnya, treat compensations for their criminal prosecution as scanty

  After termination of his criminal case, Khusein Tsetiev, a native of Chechnya, cannot find a decent job; his family, whom he supported before his arrest, is in dire need of money, while the compensations appointed by the court cannot solve these problems, his mother said.

February 13, 2021 12:51

• Remains of three soldiers found in Nagorno-Karabakh

  Rescuers have found remains of three soldiers in the Kashatagh District; the total number of remains and bodies found in the battle zone has reached 1374, the Emergency Service of Nagorno-Karabakh has reported.

February 13, 2021 12:45

• Fatwa on COVID vaccine postponed until halal lab test

  The Russian vaccine contains no animal components; its use has already been approved in a number of Muslim countries, the developers of the "Sputnik V" vaccine have stated. However, believers have reasonable doubts about the safety of the vaccine; and some Muslims have come under the influence of conspiracy theories, clergymen and Islamic scholars have stated.

February 13, 2021 11:57

• Journalists in Yerevan are outraged by restricted access to border villages

  The National Security Service (NSS) of Armenia has banned journalists from working in the border villages of the Syunik Region without special permits. This ban is contrary to the Armenian Constitution and points to possible new territorial concessions from Yerevan, journalists have stated.

February 13, 2021 11:53

• Advocates of "Russian LGBT Network" stop trying to meet Magamadov and his brother

  Two advocates of the Telegram chat moderators, who had been taken from Nizhny Novgorod to Chechnya, have left the republic without having achieved a meeting with their clients, but appealed in court their the non-admission to the brothers, the "Russian LGBT Network" has informed.

February 13, 2021 11:49

• Police rule out terror act version in Vladikavkaz

  In the place of the explosion in a supermarket in Vladikavkaz, no traces of explosives were found; the version of a terror act is out of question, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has stated. No casualties were found under the rubble, the North-Ossetian authorities have reported.

February 13, 2021 00:16

• Relatives of arrested Derbent residents hold pickets against removal of advocate

  At a picket in Makhachkala, female relatives of Islam Barzukaev and Gasan Kurbanov, residents of Derbent, claimed that an investigator ordered to remove the advocate of the defendants and thus deprived them of their right to defence. A mother of Mirzaali Mirzaliev, the third defendant in the case on terrorism, complains that investigators are forcing him to incriminate Islam Barzukaev and Gasan Kurbanov.

February 12, 2021 23:56

• South-Ossetian Ministry of Construction: boycott of parliament can disrupt works

  The reconstruction of the Tskhinvali water intake, as well as the construction of a school and eight more facilities will be stopped if MPs do not approve the budget of South Ossetia in the next month, the Minister of Construction announces. The opposition disrupted one more session of the parliament, because the agenda did not include the issue of the General Prosecutor's resignation, MP David Sanakoev explains.