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January 26, 2021 23:56

• Natives of Kalmykia detained after attacking law enforcers in Moscow

  In Moscow, during a protest action in support of Alexei Navalny, one of the natives of Kalmykia hit a law enforcer, while another protestor hit a police inspector with a car, investigators say.

January 26, 2021 23:54

• Stepanakert taxi drivers note need for another road to Armenia

  Residents of the Martakert District of Nagorno-Karabakh need an alternative route of communication with Armenia not to make a circle along the byroad, say taxi drivers from Stepanakert. The road through Kelbadjar, which activists seek to open, was not damaged during the hostilities, reports Gagik Bagunts, Vice-Speaker of the Karabakh parliament.

January 26, 2021 21:33

• Journalists note important propaganda role of opening a bus route to Shusha

  Baku seeks to show that following the military successes, Azerbaijan is also implementing programmes for the peaceful restoration of territories. Meanwhile, the society meets with enthusiasm the propaganda of victories and achievements.

January 26, 2021 21:26

• Analysts assess motives of protesters in Southern Russia

  The protests on January 23 became the largest in the past quarter century, journalist Sergey Smirnov reports. The main motive for participation in the protest actions is social discontent, while the political component has faded into the background, political analyst Yevgeny Minchenko suggests.

January 26, 2021 21:23

• Human rights defenders: violence against journalists increases in Armenia

  In 2020, in Armenia, the number of cases when force had been used against journalists and media had experienced pressure from the authorities increased against the background of the martial law declared in the autumn of 2020 and restrictions imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus infection. This was announced by the Committee to Protect Freedom of Expression.

January 26, 2021 18:55

• ECtHR's verdict on Georgia's claim triggers scepticism among South-Ossetian political analysts

  The decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on the claim of Georgia on the actions of Russian militaries in South Ossetia and Abkhazia will in no way affect the status of these regions and the recognition of their independence, political analysts believe.

January 26, 2021 18:49

• Chechen authorities involve state servants for harassing their opponents in social networks

  Employees of budgetary institutions in Chechnya have reported that their bosses are forcing them to register on the Instagram and leave critical comments under negative posts about authorities.

January 26, 2021 12:20

• Participants of action in Tskhinvali report law enforcer's daily control

  The action held by relatives and friends of Inal Djabiev continues in Tskhinvali, despite the frosty weather. The protesters have noted that several policemen monitor them every day, but there are no conflicts with them. Anatoly Bibilov, the South-Ossetian president, decided to convene an extraordinary parliament session; some MPs of which support Djabiev's relatives and boycott the sessions.

January 26, 2021 12:16

• ECtHR communicates complaint of Dagestani woman-domestic violence victim

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has urgently sent questions to the applicant and Russian authorities about the state protection of Gulli Kazanbieva, a resident of Dagestan, after the release of her ex-husband, who was convicted of beating.

January 26, 2021 12:04

• Five activists of Navalny's Krasnodar office arrested

  Sofia Pilyukova, the deputy coordinator of Navalny's office in Krasnodar, and four other activists have been arrested for up to five days. Their advocates assert that law enforcers are presenting ordinary activists as protest organizers.

January 26, 2021 11:46

• Lawyers assess Kadyrov's ability to help brawler with law enforcers

  A Chechen authorities' positive opinion will be a weighty argument during the trial of the young man who had beaten up law enforcers during the rally of Navalny's supporters in Moscow, lawyers believe. In exchange for a softer verdict, officials expect public repentance of the young Chechen guy, Svetlana Gannushkina and Ruslan Kutaev believe.

January 25, 2021 23:27

• Nagorno-Karabakh residents alerted by idea of travelling through Kelbadjar

  Residents of Nagorno-Karabakh fear that in case if an alternative road is open between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan may achieve the closure of the Lachin corridor. Some of the Nagorno-Karabakh residents doubt that travels through the territory controlled by Azerbaijan would be safe.

January 25, 2021 23:05

• President Putin calls video about palace near Gelendzhik compilation and montage

  The Russian President states that a palace from the journalistic investigation conducted by the Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF, recognized in the Russian Federation as a foreign agent) does not belong to him or any of his relatives.

January 25, 2021 22:53

• Instagram users discuss role of Dagestani woman in her daughter's marriage to militant

  A 14-year-old girl from Derbent, who had been kept for more than three months by the law enforcement bodies in Grozny, returned to her homeland, Instagram users report. Social network users argued about the behaviour of her mother, whom Magomed Daudov declared guilty of her daughter's early marriage to a "terrorist."

January 25, 2021 22:46

• Chechen State Duma delegate demands extradition of Akhmed Zakaev to Russia

  After Akhmed Zakaev spoke in support of the suspects killed by law enforcers in the village of Katar-Yurt, Shamsail Saraliev, a delegate to the State Duma from Chechnya, has claimed that the General Prosecutor's Office and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Russia are to achieve the extradition of Akhmed Zakaev from the UK.

January 25, 2021 16:31

• Armenian political analysts assess chances of traffic resumption through Azerbaijan

  The resumption of traffic from Armenia to Nagorno-Karabakh across the territory controlled by Azerbaijan should be a subject of discussion at the talks on the Karabakh conflict, political analyst Armen Vardanyan believes.

January 25, 2021 16:24

• Kadyrov's advisor offers surrender to a participant of a clash with OMON in Moscow

  Adam Delimkhanov, an advisor to Ramzan Kadyrov, addressed a native of Chechnya, who got into a fight with law enforcers at a rally in support of Alexei Navalny in Moscow. The Ramzan Kadyrov's advisor called on the Chechen native to renounce the opposition and promised in return that the leader of Chechnya would help him solve problems with the law.

January 25, 2021 14:25

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of January 18-24, 2021

  Return of refugees, post-war victims, and search for dead bodies in the Karabakh conflict zone; protest actions held by supporters of Alexei Navalny in Southern Russia; special operation in Chechnya; European Court's judgement on Georgia's claim against Russia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of January 18-24, 2021, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

January 25, 2021 11:45

• On January 18-24, 11 persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week from January 18 to January 24, 2021, during the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, eleven persons suffered in the conflict: six of them perished and five were wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other sources.

January 25, 2021 11:37

• Residents of Chechnya condemn Derbent woman for her daughter's early marriage

  The woman from Derbent, who complained to Ramzan Kadyrov about the detention of her 14-year-old daughter, is guilty of the girl's early marriage to a terrorist, Magomed Daudov, Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, has stated.