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January 13, 2021 13:46

• Azerbaijan announces launch of two HPPs in Nagorno-Karabakh

  In the coming months, power engineers will complete the repair of two hydro power plants (HPPs) in Sugovushan, which will provide electricity to adjacent districts, the energy operator of the "Azerenerdji" has informed.

January 13, 2021 11:58

• Video cameras and solar panels on ancestral towers outrage residents of Ingushetia

  The installation of video cameras and solar panels on historic towers in the mountains has angered residents of Ingushetia. Solar panels provide power to surveillance cameras that should protect the towers from vandals and thieves, the Djeirakh-Assinsky Nature Reserve has explained. Such decisions can negatively affect the towers' appearance, a historian and a photographer believe.

January 13, 2021 11:32

• Prosecution witnesses tell about Ingush activists' attempts to pacify protesters in Magas

  At trial, prosecution witnesses have confirmed that at the rally in Magas, protest leaders urged the mob to act within the law.

January 12, 2021 23:27

• Instagram users criticize decision on third expert examination in Djabiev's case

  According to advocate Diana Sanakoeva, an institution to hold the third forensic examination in the case on Inal Djabiev's death will be determined by the end of the week. Instagram users expressed their indignation at the appointment of a new forensic examination and noted that the reasons for Inal Djabiev's death were obvious.

January 12, 2021 23:17

• In Dagestan, officials to intervene in Tarki conflict because of villagers' protest sentiment

  In the village of Tarki, a conflict took place between members of the same ethnic community, and there is no interethnic undertone in those events, experts say. The protest sentiments are strong in the villages of Tarki, Kyakhulai, and Alburikent, the chair of the board of the Kumyk National Council states.

January 12, 2021 18:59

• Relatives complain about disappearance of Grozny resident after his detention

  About two weeks ago, law enforcers detained Akhmed Kabilov, a 27-year-old resident of the Zavodskoi District of Grozny, and searched his house. Since then, relatives of the detainee have not had any information about him, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reports.

January 12, 2021 18:41

• Political analysts: Aliev and Pashinyan to benefit from negotiations with Putin

  At a meeting with Vladimir Putin and Nikol Pashinyan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev has obtained the confirmation of his plans to resume railway communication with Nakhichevan, while the Armenian Prime Minister secured political support from Russia amid protests organized by the Armenian opposition. This opinion was voiced by political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

January 12, 2021 18:24

• Kadyrov wants to involve drivers' relatives in fight against traffic violations

  In Chechnya, the problem of road accidents is acute due to gross violations of traffic rules and an increase in the number of tinted cars, Ramzan Kadyrov says. The leader of Chechnya has demanded to "completely eradicate" the problem, including through involving relatives of the drivers in the fight against traffic violations.

January 12, 2021 13:07

• Chechen authorities politicize blood feud to Timurziev's relatives

  Chechen authorities have used the story of declaring a blood feud to relatives of Timurziev brothers and the subsequent reconciliation for their own political purposes, including for criticizing their opponents.

January 12, 2021 12:43

• Amid protest action, Georgian Parliament adopts amnesty law

  Georgian MPs have approved the draft law "On Amnesty", which covers more than 2000 convicts. Several dozen residents of Georgia came out to a protest action outside the parliament building, demanding amnesty for a quarter of the country's convicts.

January 12, 2021 11:21

• PACE member convicted for taking bribe from Azerbaijani officials

  A court in Milan found Luca Volonte, a former member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), guilty of receiving EUR 500,000 for blocking the adoption of the report on political prisoners in Azerbaijan. He has been sentenced to four years in prison, the "La Repubblica" newspaper writes.

January 12, 2021 11:18

• Azerbaijani MoD publishes updated list of perished militaries

  The new list of Azerbaijani military servicemen who perished during the autumn aggravation of the Karabakh conflict and were buried includes 2841 persons, including the names of 64 missing soldiers.

January 12, 2021 11:13

• Analysts treat Nrnadzor villagers' fears about safety as far-fetched

  Near the Armenian village of Nrnadzor, Azerbaijani militaries have already been replaced by border guards; and villagers should not worry about their safety, Telman Abilov, the head of the NGO "Military Lawyers", is sure. The border has been delineated there; its arrangement is being prepared, the Azerbaijani frontier service has assured.

January 12, 2021 11:10

• Swedish court links attempt on Tumso Abdurakhmanov with his criticism of Kadyrov

  The court has passed a guilty verdict in the case of the attempt on the life of Tumso Abdurakhmanov and treated his criticism of Chechen authorities as the crime motive. However, the role of Chechen authorities has not been studied in detail. Sweden can refuse to extradite the convicted Chechen if it finds his return to his homeland dangerous for him.

January 12, 2021 10:52

• Colleagues of Chechen writer Ibragimov call him courageous fighter against injustice

  Rizvan Ibragimov is remembered as a person intolerant of any injustice. He stubbornly defended his civic position, causing respect even among his critics, writer's colleagues believe.

January 11, 2021 23:58

• Rights defenders succeed in seeking investigation into Chechen Tepsurkaev's kidnapping

  In Kuban, investigators instituted a case on the kidnapping of Salman Tepsurkaev after their Chechen colleagues had thrice refused to start an investigation, the "Committee Against Torture" (CaT) reported.

January 11, 2021 23:55

• Putin, Aliev, and Pashinyan agree to jointly develop Nagorno-Karabakh

  During the negotiations in Moscow, the presidents of Russia and Azerbaijan and the Prime Minister of Armenia decided to create a working group to solve the problems of the economy and infrastructure of Nagorno-Karabakh. Ilham Aliev has said that the Karabakh conflict is in the past, while Nikol Pashinyan has called on for resolving the issue concerning the status of Nagorno-Karabakh.

January 11, 2021 23:11

• Djabiev's widow complains about inaction of investigators

  Investigators do not disclose any results of their work, and the General Prosecutor's Office has not appointed a new forensic examination in a case on the death of Inal Djabiev, his widow Oksana Sotieva says. MPs of South Ossetia supported the protest action organized by relatives of Inal Djabiev, and the republic's budget has not yet been adopted, the funding of public institutions has been cut.

January 11, 2021 23:08

• Chechen authorities: Grozny residents ask to name mosque after Ramzan Kadyrov

  A future mosque in the village of Olympiyskiy in Grozny will be named after Ramzan Kadyrov, although he did not voice such a wish, the authorities of Chechnya report. Users of a pro-government Instagram public account, including Chechen officials, expressed their approval of the initiative.

January 11, 2021 18:37

• Protest action in Yerevan ends with detentions

  Policemen have detained several protesters who tried to prevent Nikol Pashinyan from flying to Moscow to participate in negotiations on Nagorno-Karabakh. Oppositionists have unblocked the road after learning that Nikol Pashinyan, the Premier, had reached the airport.