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July 16, 2020 23:21

• Ukraine's statement on conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan leads to protest in Yerevan

  On July 15, the youth wing of the ARF "Dashnaktsutyun" Party held a rally in front of the Ukrainian Embassy in Armenia. The activists protested against the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Ukraine concerning the "territorial integrity of Azerbaijan" in connection with the aggravation of the conflict on the border. The protesters poured borsch over the building of the Ukrainian Embassy.

July 16, 2020 23:15

• Colleagues of Estemirova, killed 11 years ago, note enhanced atmosphere of fear in Chechnya

  Over the 11 years, during which the murder of Natalia Estemirova remains unsolved, the flow of appeals from residents of Chechnya to human rights defenders has decreased significantly amid the deterioration of the situation with human rights violations, claim colleagues of the murdered journalist. They associated the above fact with strengthening of the atmosphere of fear in the Chechen Republic.

July 16, 2020 22:39

• ECtHR recognizes violation of Yunus spouses' rights

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) recognized a violation of rights of Azerbaijani human rights defenders Leyla and Arif Yunus under several articles of the European Convention on Human Rights. The Strasbourg Court obliged the authorities of Azerbaijan to pay the human rights defenders the compensation in the amount of 51,000 euros.

July 16, 2020 17:35

• Two PFPA activists detained in Azerbaijan

  The Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) treats the persecution of its activists, Farid Asadov and Elvin Bakhmanoglu as political. The whereabouts of Asadov after his detention is unknown; Bakhmanoglu was arrested for 15 days, Gezyal Bairamly, the PFPA deputy chair, has stated.

July 16, 2020 17:32

• Azerbaijan declares resumption of warfare on Armenian border

  Armenian militaries tried to attack Azerbaijani positions by shelling the villages of the Tovuz District with large-calibre weapons and mortars, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

July 16, 2020 17:25

• US intelligence data used against Kadyrov's critics in Europe

  Russia has used the agreement on exchange of intelligence information with the USA to search for residents of Chechnya who fled from the republic to Europe, sources in European security and intelligence structures have stated.

July 16, 2020 17:22

• Chechen state servants claim forcing to promote authorities in social networks

  In Chechnya, law enforcers and employees of budget-funded organizations were instructed to write laudatory comments about the actions of the republic's authorities and ridicule criticism thereof.

July 16, 2020 13:20

• Armenia counts damaged houses after shelling on Azerbaijani border

  During the shelling conducted by Azerbaijani militaries, in the Tavush Region of Armenia 22 houses were damaged, said Arman Tatoyan, the Armenian Ombudsman.

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July 16, 2020 13:17

• Azerbaijan claims voluntary border crossing by resident of Armenia

  Narek Sardaryan, a resident of Armenia, has crossed the border with the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR) and asked for Azerbaijani citizenship, the authorities of this country report. Armenia, in its turn, denies Sardaryan's voluntary crossing of the border, stating that he disappeared a few days ago.

July 16, 2020 11:22

• Drivers note tension decrease in crossing Dagestani-Chechen border

  Residents of Dagestan travel to Chechnya by buses, while taxi drivers agree to bring people only to the border, where residents of other regions must present a certificate stating that they are not sick with coronavirus. In recent days, policemen are no longer demanding such certificates from all passengers; therefore, the queues on the border have decreased, drivers inform.

July 16, 2020 11:20

• Residents of Azerbaijani border villages report return to peaceful life

  The situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border has stabilized; some evacuated residents have returned home, local authorities have reported.

July 15, 2020 23:59

• Three soldiers from Ingushetia injured in Syria in terror act

  Three fighters of the military police from Ingushetia were injured while being on patrol in the Syrian city of Idlib. The injured soldiers stay in stable condition.

July 15, 2020 23:53

• Armenian MoD reports de-escalation of border conflict

  The ceasefire regime is maintained on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia reported. Residents of the near-border regions of Armenia said that the aggravation of the conflict caused no panic, but some villages and town were cut off from the gas supply because of shelling attacks.

July 15, 2020 20:27

• Former wife of Russian rapper apologizes for interview about war in Chechnya

  TV presenter Aiza Anokhina, a former wife of rapper Guf (Alexei Dolmatov), apologized for an interview in which she shared her memories of the life during the war in Chechnya.

July 15, 2020 20:20

• Instagram users criticize report about mosque named after Akhmat Kadyrov

  A new mosque in the Chechen village of Makhkety in the Vedeno District was named in honour of Kadyrov Sr. at a request of the villagers, the authorities announced. Some villagers admitted that they would prefer a different name for the mosque, and users of the social network criticized officials for yet another manifestation of Chechnya's "Akhmatization."

July 15, 2020 17:39

• NKR political analysts treat chances for de-escalation of Yerevan-Baku conflict as high

  The acute phase of the conflict on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border will not last long, experts are convinced. Western calls for ceasing hostilities will not be followed by sanctions, Tigran Grigoryan, a political analyst, has suggested.

July 15, 2020 17:33

• Azerbaijan and Armenia claim shelling attacks and downed drones

  The positions of Azerbaijani troops on the Armenian border and in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled from machine guns, mortars and cannons, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported. Its Armenian counterpart reported two downed Azerbaijani drones.

July 15, 2020 17:28

• Social network users treat apologies of detained Chechens' fathers as humiliating

  The public apologies of fathers of the Chechen residents detained for violating traffic rules have humiliated older men, Instagram users have noted.

July 15, 2020 11:59

• Chechen authorities' promises to punish blogger Zelimkhanov questioned

  The statements about a severe punishment of the Chechen blogger, Zelimkhan Zelimkhanov, for assaulting his opponent, Svyatoslav Kovalenko, may turn out into mere words. Whether Zelimkhanov will be punished depends on how close he is to Kadyrov, Ruslan Kutaev, the president of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations, believes.

July 15, 2020 11:54

• Baku: action in support of army turns into activists' clashes with police

  Law enforcers used truncheons to oust supporters of the Azerbaijani Army from the parliament building.