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July 30, 2020 18:13

• Abkhazia: rally participants demand to open Russian border

  Because the border is closed due to the pandemic, residents of Abkhazia cannot receive medical care in Russian hospitals; and some have lost their incomes and need authorities' support. This was stated by the participants of the rally held in the city of Gagra.

July 30, 2020 18:10

• KBR Circassian activists supported idea of single name for the nation

  At the upcoming census, the Circassians living in Russia should register themselves as a single nation, since they have a common language and one culture, Beslan Khagazhei and Aslan Beshtoev, activists of Circassian organizations in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), has stated. Circassians are territorially divided, and the absence of a single name does not allow perceiving them as a single nation, Madina Khakuasheva, a philologist, believes.

July 30, 2020 15:40

• Rights defenders warn of escalation risk of Azerbaijani-Armenian conflict in Moscow

  There were clashes of Armenians and Azerbaijanis in Moscow, but this scale was observed for the first time, said Alexander Verkhovsky, the director of the "Sova" Information and Analytical Centre, who believes that someone managed the conflict. They do not want to fight either in Armenia or in Azerbaijan, but the longer the conflict lasts, the more grievances accumulate, said Alexei Simonov, a human rights defender.

July 30, 2020 15:37

• Baku: military experts warn danger of conflict with Armenia re-escalation

  Turkey's support for Azerbaijan has contributed to the cessation of fighting with Armenia, but the Armenian-Russian exercises give reason suggesting a possible new wave of conflict, Uzeir Djafarov, the head of the NGO "Military Journalists", believes.

July 30, 2020 11:29

• Activists criticize restrictions on passage of Azerbaijani citizens from Dagestan

  The quarantine zone in Azerbaijan contains 250 people brought out of Dagestan on July 28. Azer Mamedov, a camp resident, said about vacant places; and Avtandil Mamedli, an activist, called the reason for this "poor governance in Azerbaijan."

July 30, 2020 11:25

• Armenian analysts report lull after shelling on Azerbaijani border

  There are no active battles on the contact line of Armenian-Azerbaijani troops in the Tavush direction, but the situation remains tense. A new conflict can occur on any border section, including with Nagorno-Karabakh, experts believe.

July 29, 2020 23:54

• Court leaves Dagestani journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev in custody

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan pronounced a decision to extend for another month the arrest of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a correspondent of the newspaper "Chernovik" (Draft), as well as Abubakar Rizvanov and Kemal Tambiev, who were involved as defendants in a case on financing of terrorism.

July 29, 2020 23:48

• South Ossetia accuses Georgian secret-service agents of attempting to cross border

  In South Ossetia, border guards prevented an attempt to cross the border committed by a Georgian group of secret-service agents, the KGB of South Ossetia reported. The South-Ossetian KGB suggests that the actions of the Georgian law enforcement bodies create a threat of direct clashes.

July 29, 2020 19:25

• Law enforcers report about eyewitness of attack on National Guard fighter in Ingushetia

  In Ingushetia, when a fighter of the National Guard of Russia was attacked, there was a young woman in his car, and she managed to flee, sources from the law enforcement bodies reported.

July 29, 2020 19:23

• Chechen residents forced to take part in mass actions in support of Kadyrov, social network users believe

  Employees of the public sector and law enforcement bodies continue to participate in actions of unity with the family of Ramzan Kadyrov, who fell under the US sanctions. People are forced to participate in those actions, which are being held throughout Chechnya, Instagram users suggest.

July 29, 2020 19:05

• Three men searched after killing law enforcer in Ingushetia

  Law enforcers believe that the attackers on a "Rosgvardia" (Russian National Guard) serviceman committed in the Nazran District are connected with extremist organizations.

July 29, 2020 19:01

• Argun native suspected of involvement in IS in Syria

  A resident of Chechnya went to Syria and joined militants there, investigators have suggested.

July 29, 2020 18:52

• Azerbaijan and Armenia blame each other for shelling at the border

  During the last 24 hours the positions of Azerbaijani Army stationed in the villages near the Armenian border and in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled for 65 times, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated. In its turn, today, the Armenian MoD has counted 22 shelling attacks of its positions.

July 29, 2020 18:45

• Attack on law enforcer is the fourth one in Ingushetia since start of year

  The shelling of the car of a "Rosgvardia" (Russian National Guard) serviceman committed in the village of Yandare was preceded by three attacks on law enforcers in the Nazran District this year.

July 29, 2020 11:38

• Social network users outraged by awarding Chechen officer who fought in Ukraine

  Zamid Chalaev, the commander of the A. Kadyrov special purpose regiment, while congratulating his colleague on his birthday in social networks, said that the officer had fought in Ukraine, South Ossetia, Libya and Syria. Instagram users drew attention to the contradictions of Ramzan Kadyrov's official position with the words of the regiment commander.

July 29, 2020 11:30

• Policeman killed in shelling in Ingushetia

  A law enforcer has received wounds and died as a result of shelling of his car in the Nazran District, an Ingush law enforcement source has reported.

July 29, 2020 11:24

• Azerbaijani oppositionist arrested for four months

  Mamed Ibragim, a member of the Presidium of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), is charged under four articles in connection with the action held at night on July 15 in Baku. The court arrested him for four months. The PFPA treats the charges as politically motivated.

July 28, 2020 23:58

• Authorities of North Ossetia: local residents join IS because of unemployment

  Out of more than 30 natives of North Ossetia who joined the "Islamic State" (IS, a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court, – note of the "Caucasian Knot"), most lived in a village where it was difficult to find any job, noted Vyacheslav Bitarov, the leader of the region.

July 28, 2020 23:56

• Media: Dagestani feminists live in an atmosphere of threats

  In Dagestan, women are subjected to harassment and threats when they openly agree with the ideas of feminism, belong to "informal communities," or complain about violence and blackmail, journalist Svetlana Anokhina reports.

July 28, 2020 23:54

• More than 500 Azerbaijani citizens still stay in Kullar after another group sent home

  On Tuesday, 250 citizens of Azerbaijan were taken home from Dagestan, and about 500 others still wait for their turn and stay at a tent camp arranged in the village of Kullar. The Moscow Diaspora of Azerbaijanis called on the authorities to include more people in groups to be sent home from the tent camp once a week.