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July 21, 2020 08:37

• "Gulagu.net" founder complains about threats from Chechen natives

  Vladimir Osechkin, the founder of the "Gulagu.net" portal, who lives in France, has reported about the received threats after his publications about Chechen crime bosses and links of the Chechen leadership with criminal circles.

July 21, 2020 08:26

• Murtazali Gasanguseinov demands to stop red tape in his sons' murder case

  The procedural red tape makes it difficult to appeal against the refusals to prosecute the law enforcer, who had reported the results of the special operation in which the Gasanguseinov brothers were killed, their father stated at his picket in Makhachkala.

July 20, 2020 23:24

• US Department of State announces new sanctions against Ramzan Kadyrov

  Today, the US Department of State has announced imposing sanctions against Ramzan Kadyrov and his family members in connection with human rights violations in Chechnya.

July 20, 2020 23:13

• Armenia starts reconstruction of houses in Tavush Region damaged in shelling attacks

  In Armenia, more than 50 private houses were damaged in the Tavush Region after shelling attacks from the Azerbaijani side, and the work has been started to restore them, the governor reports. Villagers will receive compensation for damage to agriculture, the authorities promise.

July 20, 2020 22:57

• Lawyers associate Alan Mamiev's case with practice of toughening prosecutions for fakes

  After the verdict to North-Ossetian journalist Alan Mamiev, who was fined for a post about the coronavirus infection, lawyers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted that the number of administrative cases on fake news has grown significantly amid the coronavirus pandemic.

July 20, 2020 18:41

• Armenia accuses Azerbaijan of nine shelling attacks on border

  The positions of the Armenian troops on the border with Azerbaijan were shelled, including from a grenade launcher, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia reports today. Since the beginning of the conflict escalation, 50 buildings in the Tavush Region had been damaged, and the authorities have already launched restoration of 12 of them, the regional governor reports.

July 20, 2020 18:21

• More than 1200 Abkhaz residents leave Georgia through humanitarian corridor

  During five days, 1269 people returned from Georgia to Abkhazia through the "Ingur" checkpoint which was temporarily opened at the border.

July 20, 2020 14:38

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of July 13-19, 2020

  Spread of the coronavirus infection in the Caucasus; aggravation on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan; law enforcers' report about prevented terror acts in the Rostov Region, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 13-19, 2020, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

July 20, 2020 13:12

• Social network users demand to punish authors of fakes about new quarantine in Chechnya

  The reports, which caused panic among local residents that quarantine has been introduced in the Urus-Martan District due to coronavirus, were recorded back in spring, and now re-published, officials have explained. The police began searching for the authors of the posts; and Instagram users demand to punish distributors of fakes.

July 20, 2020 12:52

• Azerbaijan claims shelling of three border villages

  During the last 24 hours, positions of the Azerbaijani Army were shelled for 40 times, including those stationed in villages on the border with Armenia, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has claimed.

July 20, 2020 11:23

• Four PFPA activists detained in Baku after action in army support

  The detentions of activists of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) have to do with a mass action in support of the army, which took place on July 15 in front of the parliament, the PFPA said.

July 20, 2020 11:08

• Social network users criticize Chechen authorities for new house for Madina Umaeva's husband

  The Chechen authorities have presented a new house to the family of Madina Umaeva, who died and was hastily buried in Gudermes. At the same time, the results of the examination of her body, exhumed after suspicions about the violent nature of her death, have not yet been announced, Instagram users have pointed out.

July 20, 2020 10:49

• Political analysts compare warfare on Azerbaijani-Armenian border with "four-day war"

  The Armenian-Azerbaijani armed conflict that repeated four years later has significant differences from the events of 2016, since this time it broke out on the border, which is not contested by both sides, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

July 19, 2020 11:56

• Social network users condemn Armenians vs. Azerbaijanis conflict in London

  In London, there was a scuffle of natives of Azerbaijan with those of Armenia, who held actions in connection with the hostilities in Southern Caucasus. The video commentators called on the participants in the scuffle to peace and condemned them for showdown in a foreign country.

July 19, 2020 11:53

• NKR counts 6000 shots from Azerbaijani side during week

  Within the last week, Azerbaijani militaries violated the ceasefire for more than 500 times, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has informed. According to the MoD, a drone sent by Azerbaijan for reconnaissance was shot down.

July 19, 2020 11:49

• Activists treat detentions of PFPA members in Baku as political discrimination

  Human rights defenders have condemned detentions of protesters and journalists in Baku. They called persecutions of members of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) political discrimination.

July 19, 2020 11:42

• Azerbaijan reports shelling of two villages

  The positions of the Azerbaijani Army deployed in the villages of Tovuz and Gadabay Districts came under fire, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

July 19, 2020 11:38

• Cars with Armenian number plates are in Russia illegally

  In Russia, they began detaining the cars registered in Armenia, but documented for Russian citizens. This is due to the increasing frequency of traffic violations involving cars with foreign number plates, because drivers of such cars cannot be fined by the law, experts explain.

July 19, 2020 11:34

• Four detainees at Baku action released from police

  Three journalists and one female activist, detained at the action in support of the army, have been released from the police. However, five oppositionists are still in custody; their defence complains that advocates are not allowed to visit them.

July 18, 2020 10:53

• Tourists treat Dagestani Muftiate reminder about dress code as excessive

  The Muftiate should not have urged tourists to observe the rules of decency in dress, since they already treat the Dagestani Muslim traditions with understanding; and the clergy's obsessive guidelines can scare them away, the guests of Makhachkala have noted.