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September 15, 2020 13:34

• Nazran resident dies after being shelled by strangers

  A 50-year-old resident of Nazran died after unidentified persons opened fire on him from inside a car, an Ingush law enforcement source has reported.

September 15, 2020 11:25

• Number of hunger-strikers in front of Georgian parliament reaches 18

  Three more persons have joined the women who are holding a hunger strike in Tbilisi, demanding a large-scale amnesty. The total number of protesters has reached 18.

September 15, 2020 10:58

• After disappearance in Grozny, Movsar Umarov fails contacting his family

  Since his disappearance in July, Movsar Umarov has not contacted his family, his sister said.

September 15, 2020 10:46

• Djalka village takes over baton of Zakaev's condemnation

  Akhmed Zakaev, who called Chechen authorities responsible for torturing Tepsurkaev, has no right to speak on behalf of the Chechen people – this was the leitmotif of those speaking at a gathering in the Chechen village of Djalka.

September 15, 2020 08:28

• On 13th days of his hunger strike, Tofig Yagublu rejects medical help

  Tofig Yagublu, an Azerbaijani oppositionist, who is under intensive care, has refused medications, his daughter has informed.

September 15, 2020 08:17

• More than week after his kidnapping, Tepsurkaev's whereabouts are unknown

  Salman Tepsurkaev faces death due to the resonance after the publication of the video with his self-humiliation, the authors of the 1ADAT Telegram Channel believe. This is not excluded also by the "Committee against Torture" (CaT), which asked the European Court to demand from Russia to find the young man kidnapped on September 6.

September 14, 2020 23:30

• Chechen native apologizes for washing shoes in an Orthodox spring

  Natives of Chechnya filmed a video of how they were washing their shoes in a spring near an Orthodox church in Kaliningrad. Later, one of the men from the video apologized for the incident.

September 14, 2020 23:17

• Advocates complain about restriction of Tofig Yagublu's rights to defence

  Azerbaijani oppositionist Tofig Yagublu, who continues his hunger strike, is not allowed to be visited by his family members and to communicate with them via mobile phone, his daughter said. The defence complained about the delay in the consideration of an appeal filed in the Tofig Yagublu's case.

September 14, 2020 18:31

• Astrakhan opposition reports bribery of voters

  In Astrakhan, each city resident got 700 roubles under formal pretexts for visiting polling stations on election days, and several complaints were filed to the police in connection with the above violations, members of opposition parties reported.

September 14, 2020 18:12

• Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of shelling attacks on four villages

  The positions of the Azerbaijani troops in villages located near the border with Armenia and in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled 32 times over 24 hours, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported.

September 14, 2020 15:01

• Chechen Muftiate joins attacks on Tepsurkaev and Zakaev

  In his video appeal, Salakh Mezhiev, the Mufti of Chechnya, has criticized Salman Tepsurkaev for "shameless conversations", and called Akhmed Zakaev, who stood up for Salman, "an outcast."

September 14, 2020 14:59

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of September 7-13, 2020

  Spread of the coronavirus infection in the Caucasus; public outcry around a video with Chechen native's self-humiliation for cooperation with a Telegram channel, nomination of Mikhail Saakashvili for the post of Georgian Prime Minister, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of September 7-13, 2020, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

September 14, 2020 14:47

• On September 7-13, no victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were recorded

  During the week, from September 7 to September 13, 2020, no information was received about the victims of the 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.

September 14, 2020 11:26

• Gathering in Urus-Martan records video condemning Akhmed Zakaev

  At their gathering in Urus-Martan, members of the Zakaev family clan have criticized, in an insulting manner, Akhmed Zakaev, the head of government of the self-proclaimed Ichkeria (banned in Russia by the court) for supporting the 1ADAT Telegram Channel. Having declared their loyalty to the "padishah", the clan members demanded from emigrants not to interfere with Chechen affairs.

September 14, 2020 11:05

• Eleven North-Caucasian children returned from Syria handed over to relatives

  Relatives in Dagestan and Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) received the eleven children returned from the Middle East. Four other children from the Astrakhan Region, Dagestan and Chechnya remain in hospital.

September 14, 2020 10:48

• Kadyrov's critic reports detention of his relatives in Chechnya

  In Chechnya, many relatives of Murad Aslamkhanov, a critic of Chechen authorities, who is living in Austria, have been detained, Aslamkhanov himself stated on September 12. He launched his YouTube channel after the resonant humiliation of Salman Tepsurkaev. In a video appeal to Ramzan Kadyrov, he stood up for his relatives, threatening to execute relatives of the people from Kadyrov's retinue living in Europe.

September 14, 2020 10:35

• Court arrests father of minor accused of killing footballer Shakarashvili

  The Tbilisi City Court has placed into custody Tamaz Khomasuridze, the father of the minor, who is accused of killing the football player, Giorgi Shakarashvili. The father is charged with threats, falsification of proofs and false testimonies.

September 13, 2020 10:38

• Azerbaijani blogger Mekhman Guseinov recovers after surgery

  At a Swiss clinic, doctors have successfully operated on Mekhman Guseinov, an Azerbaijani blogger and human rights defender, who is suffering from cancer. Now, the young man must undergo a long rehabilitation course, his brother said.

September 13, 2020 10:36

• Commander of special regiment of Chechen MIA voices threats to Tepsurkaev's defenders

  Zamid Chalaev, the commander of the special regiment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Chechnya, called the words of critics of the republic's authorities after the publication of the video with the humiliation of Salman Tepsurkaev as empty talks, stating that they would be "called to account." Activists believe that authorities are trying to reduce the negativity caused by this video.

September 13, 2020 10:34

• Salman Tepsurkaev's father announces renunciation from his son

  The "Grozny" TV Channel has spread a video appeal of Salman Tepsurkaev's father, who stated that he had disowned his son for his disobedience, and made peace with the people offended by posts of the 1ADAT Telegram Channel.