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December 23, 2020 15:17

• Opposition continues protesting in Yerevan

  Several dozen protesters stay in Republic Square in central Yerevan, the capital of Armenia; activists spent the night in tents and are waiting for the start of the rally in the afternoon.

December 23, 2020 11:31

• Relatives of victims of Tu-154 crash near Sochi denied compensations

  A court in Moscow has found the refusal to pay compensations to relatives of those who perished in December 2016 in the Tu-154 crash near Sochi to be legitimate; the claimants' representative has announced. The defence intends to appeal against the refusal.

December 23, 2020 11:18

• Karabakh rescuers find over 1060 dead bodies

  Over the past 24 hours, employees of the Karabakh Emergency Service removed the bodies of 14 Armenian military servicemen from the conflict zone; in total, 1061 dead have been found after the ceasefire.

December 23, 2020 08:31

• March to Anzorov's grave shows that in Chechnya he is treated as martyr for faith

  An equestrian march to the grave of Abdullakh Anzorov, who had beheaded a Paris teacher, has shown that some residents of Chechnya treat his crime as a battle for faith in the modern interpretation, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

December 23, 2020 08:20

• Blogger Alieva links blocking her Instagram account with her resonant posts

  Mariam Alieva, whose Instagram blog was blocked by the social network after her post about a paedophilia suspect, is taking measures to restore her account. Alieva has many ill-wishers, as her posts cover the problems usually hushed up in the Caucasus, Svetlana Anokhina, a journalist, believes.

December 22, 2020 22:54

• Ingush activists support their fellow countrymen near court in Yessentuki

  About ten residents of Ingushetia came to the building of the Essentuki City Court to support the leaders of the Ingush protest. Among them were activists who had already served their sentences in the case on the rally in Magas.

December 22, 2020 22:34

• In Yerevan, protestors clash with police

  In Yerevan, a mass clash took place on Republic Square between the police and the protestors who demanded the resignation of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The protesters tried to set up a tent camp. They announced the beginning of an indefinite protest action in front of the government building.

December 22, 2020 17:54

• Chechen resident to spend 12 years in prison for attack on Budyonnovsk

  In Rostov-on-Don, a court found Aslan Daudov, a resident of Chechnya, guilty of hostage-taking, terrorism, and premeditated killing during the 1995 attack by Shamil Basaev's grouping on Budyonnovsk. The defendant was sentenced to 12 years of imprisonment in a high-security penal colony.

December 22, 2020 17:35

• Nikol Pashinyan's opponents block three motorways in Armenia

  Today, residents of Armenia, who demand the resignation of Nikol Pashinyan, have blocked the motorways from Vanadzor to Yerevan, from Ijevan to Yerevan, and from Vanadzor to Dilijan. In Yerevan, opposition supporters held a rally in front of the government building. The opposition called on residents of the country to take part in the nationwide strike.

December 22, 2020 14:53

• Dagestani woman sentenced to 3.5 years of imprisonment for contributing to terrorism

  The Southern District Military Court found Imanat Razokhanova, a 25-year-old native of Dagestan, guilty of aiding and abetting in terrorist activities and sentenced her to 3 years and 6 months of imprisonment.

December 22, 2020 14:41

• Experts notice contradictions in version of Kazbek Baidulaev's killing

  The killing by law enforcers of Kazbek Baidulaev, who had already been declared killed earlier, could be an imitation, representatives of the 1Adat Telegram Channel suggest. The photo from the place of the special operation released by the law enforcement bodies gives reason to doubt the version of the Kazbek Baidulaev's death, a criminal law expert confirms.

December 22, 2020 11:21

• Scolding of Farniev contradicts Ossetians' traditions

  The Farniev family council has accused the journalist, Zaur Farniev, of violating the principles of agdau – the Ossetians' unwritten set of ethical rules – for publishing the news about an accident involving the brother of the head of North Ossetia. The Ossetians had no such a tradition of condemnation, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted.

December 22, 2020 11:07

• Rights defenders in Baku treat authorities' reaction to military crimes as adequate

  International organizations should follow the progress of the investigation of war crimes committed in the Karabakh conflict zone by all parties, the Azerbaijani human rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

December 22, 2020 08:36

• Defence treats Afghan Sadygov's health condition as critical

  On the 50th day of his hunger strike, Afghan Sadygov, an Azerbaijani journalist, has stopped talking but refuses to stop his protest, his wife said.

December 22, 2020 08:26

• Colleagues and friends support Gadjiev ahead of trial

  On December 21, eight people went out to solo pickets in Makhachkala demanding to release Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist of the "Chernovik" (Daft) newspaper accused of financing terrorism.

December 21, 2020 23:56

• 350 Azerbaijanis stay in Dagestan after border closure

  Six persons still stay at a children's camp in the Kaitag District, and in total, about 350 Azerbaijani citizens wait in Dagestan for their return to their homeland. A group of 250 Azerbaijanis managed to leave for home before the border closure.

December 21, 2020 23:43

• Inal Djabiev's brother detained amid protests in Tskhinvali

  In Tskhinvali, relatives of deceased Inal Djabiev have been protesting for 18 days. They demand to punish the persons responsible for his death. The authorities broke the promise to report to the relatives of the deceased man the progress of the investigation, stated a widow of Inal Djabiev. Meanwhile, the police reported on the detention of an Inal Djabiev's brother.

December 21, 2020 18:04

• Defenders call case of Sharia patrols in Kabardino-Balkaria far-fetched

  In Kabardino-Balkaria, 11 residents of the Leskensky District did not create any extremist community, their advocates insist. The court agreed with the motion filed by investigators and extended the arrests of all the defendants for other three months.

December 21, 2020 17:34

• Social network users criticize Chechen men for addressing a witch

  After watching a TV report of the "Grozny" ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Broadcasting Company) about clients of a witch, Instagram users write in their comments that those who provide occult services are usually addressed by women, while such acts are humiliating for Chechen men.

December 21, 2020 17:11

• Nikol Pashinyan interrupts his visit to Syunik Region

  Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said that it is unacceptable to disperse protesters on the day of mourning and returned to Yerevan without visiting the main cities of Syunik Region.