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August 22, 2020 11:50

• Astrakhan picketers claim special services' guilt in poisoning Navalny

  Activists in Astrakhan took to pickets in support of Alexei Navalny. They are convinced that the oppositional politician was poisoned, and this crime continued a series of similar assassination attempts.

August 22, 2020 11:36

• Resident of Georgia convicted in Tskhinvali for border violation

  Khvicha Mgebrishvili, a resident of Georgia, who entered the territory controlled by South Ossetia in search of bat cocoons for sale, was found guilty of illegally crossing the border and sentenced in Tskhinvali to three months' imprisonment.

August 22, 2020 08:42

• Law enforcers write down data of believers near Tangim Mosque

  After the Friday (August 21) namaz (prayer), a raid was held in the vicinity of the "Tangim" Mosque in Makhachkala, where law enforcers stopped cars and copied personal data.

August 22, 2020 08:29

• Volgograd activists demand to treat Navalny abroad

  Doctors must allow transporting Alexei Navalny to a foreign clinic, Volgograd picketers insist. They link his poisoning with his political activities.

August 22, 2020 08:17

• Rights defenders treat Daudov's threat to seize cars in Chechnya as lawlessness

  The law forbids to seize a car or take it to car impound for the absence of medical mask on the driver or a passenger, lawyers and human rights defenders have commented on the threats voiced out by Magomed Daudov, the Speaker of the Chechen Parliament.

August 21, 2020 23:37

• Law enforcers release women from Derbent who announced solo pickets

  In Makhachkala, mothers of Islam Barzukaev and Gasan Kurbanov were released from the ROVD (District Interior Division) without any claims brought against them. Meanwhile, law enforcers warned women about responsibility for unsanctioned protest actions.

August 21, 2020 23:18

• Islamic experts: fatwa against female circumcision addressed to Dagestani residents

  The practice of female circumcision, which the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of Dagestan opposed, is not related to the Islam concepts, and the Muftiate voiced its position not for religious leaders, but for residents of the republic, suggest Islamic experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

August 21, 2020 17:36

• Law enforcers detain mothers of Derbent residents accused of terrorism

  Mothers of Islam Barzukaev and Gasan Kurbanov, who were arrested in a case of terrorism, were brought to the Makhachkala ROVD (District Interior Division). The women planned to hold a protest action with the demand for a medical examination of their sons and an unbiased investigation into the defendants' claims of torture.

August 21, 2020 17:17

• Father of Georgian football player accused of murder stops his hunger strike

  Tamaz Khomasuridze considered further continuation of his hunger strike senseless, because his request for a polygraph test for his son, accused of murdering the football player Giorgi Shakarashvili, was ignored.

August 21, 2020 14:03

• Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of shelling six villages

  The positions of the Azerbaijani Army were shelled in the villages of the border regions and on the territory of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR), the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

August 21, 2020 13:38

• Natives of Chechnya tell about activeness of "Moral Guards" in Europe

  The members of the "Moral Guards" group detained in Austria have a vague idea of Chechen traditions, the observance of which they demand from Chechen women, members of the Diaspora believe. According to their version, similar groupings of "Moral Guard" are also active in France, Belgium and Germany.

August 21, 2020 10:48

• Azerbaijani political prisoner Emin Shagiev starts hunger strike in colony

  After the Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan rejected the cassation appeal against his verdict, Emin Shagiev, a political prisoner, held in the colony, went on a hunger strike.

August 21, 2020 10:35

• Activists demand holding new examination of gold mining at Amulsar

  Lack of information about the project for the development of the Amulsar deposit casts doubt on the conclusions of the earlier environmental impact assessment, activists assert. During a protest in Yerevan, they demanded to conduct a new examination of the gold mining, and also called on the authorities to voice out their position on this issue.

August 21, 2020 10:21

• Navalny supporters in Southern Russia announce pickets because of his poisoning

  Activists will hold solo pickets in connection with the poisoning of Alexei Navalny, the coordinators of his offices in Volgograd and Krasnodar told the "Caucasian Knot".

August 21, 2020 08:32

• Grozny residents complain about enforcing to attend "Akhmat"-"Rotor" football match

  The state servants, who receive their salaries from the budget, were obliged to attend the match of the Grozny "Akhmat Football Club (FC) with the "Rotor" FC from Volgograd under orders of their bosses, residents of Chechnya have complained.

August 21, 2020 08:19

• Azerbaijani oppositionists demand data on Gasanov's hunger strike at SIZO

  The activist, Ismail Gasanov, who on August 16 went on a hunger strike in the Baku SIZO (pre-trial prison), received no permit to make phone calls to his relatives, and has not passed information through his cellmates for two days, the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) has stated.

August 20, 2020 22:15

• Amulsar defenders announce starting a series of disobedience actions

  Opponents of the development of the Amulsar deposit held a motor rally from Jermuk to Yerevan with the participation of about 250 people. The today's activity was announced to be the beginning of a series of peaceful actions of disobedience.

August 20, 2020 21:39

• Partial opening of borders fails to save tourist season in Georgia

  The opening of the Georgian borders to five EU countries failed to bring a flow of foreign clients to tour operators. This summer, small hotels and guest houses on the Black Sea coast have to survive due to domestic tourism, their owners report.

August 20, 2020 19:54

• Advocate treats transfer of Mekhti Ibragimov to quarantine zone as illegal

  Mekhti Ibragimov, a son of a Mamed Ibragim, a member of the Presidium of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was sent to a quarantine centre, despite the court's decision to place him under house arrest. Advocate Agil Laidjev treats such a transfer of his client as a violation of the law.

August 20, 2020 19:31

• Chechen residents criticize Daudov's demand to confiscate cars for absence of mask

  According to a video disseminated on the Internet, Magomed Daudov, the speaker of the Chechen parliament, has voiced a demand to confiscate cars from drivers who do not wear protective masks. Instagram users considered the demand for confiscation of people's property for violation of the mask regime unjustified.