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July 11, 2020 08:36

• Law enforcers resume raiding Tangim Mosque

  With the restart of Friday prayers in the Makhachkala "Tangim" Mosque, law enforcers gathered near it and began stopping believers' cars of and copying drivers' and passengers' personal data.

July 11, 2020 08:22

• Azerbaijani citizens forbidden to contact their relatives after arrival from Kullar

  The citizens of Azerbaijan, who have arrived from Dagestan to their homeland, are satisfied with the living conditions in the quarantine tent camp set up near the Samur border checkpoint. Until the end of quarantine, they are forbidden to contact their relatives, since COVID-19 is diagnosed in some of the arrivals.

July 10, 2020 22:22

• Human rights defenders criticize verification of female circumcision complaint in Ingushetia

  The "Legal Initiative" will challenge the investigators' refusal to institute criminal proceedings against a clinic in Magas where a nine-year-old girl was subjected to female circumcision surgery. The investigators failed to carry out a thorough check into the activities of the clinic, human rights defenders claim.

July 10, 2020 21:58

• French police continue detentions in Dijon unrest case

  In France, the police detained five more participants of clashes between members of the Chechen and Maghrib Diasporas in Dijon. Two detainees are charged with using violence.

July 10, 2020 19:27

• Malizaev's brother publicly apologizes for blogger's criticism of Chechen authorities

  A young man who introduced himself as a brother of Minkail Malizaev, a blogger living in Europe and criticizing the Chechen authorities, recorded a video message with apologizes for the blogger.

July 10, 2020 19:14

• In Baku, analysts assess risks of Karabakh conflict escalation

  Despite the crisis in Azerbaijan and Armenia caused by the pandemic, there is still a threat of the resumption of large-scale hostilities in the Karabakh conflict zone. Meanwhile, the key factor of the possible escalation is not the intensity of the shelling attacks, but the lack of progress towards a political settlement. This opinion was voiced by Azerbaijani military analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

July 10, 2020 13:44

• Protesters in Berlin demand from Baku to stop persecuting activists

  On July 9, Azerbaijani political émigrés held four protest actions in the German capital urging the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), the US Embassy and the EU mission to introduce sanctions against Azerbaijani officials for harassing their political opponents.

July 10, 2020 13:26

• MFA treats involvement of Chechen authorities in Umarov's murder as speculation

  On July 9, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) treated the assumptions that the leadership of Chechnya had to do with the murder of Mamikhan Umarov in Vienna as insinuations that impede an objective inquiry into the murder.

July 10, 2020 11:30

• Beatings of Makhachkala woman show investigators' indifference to domestic violence

  The ex-husband of Gullya Kazanbieva, a resident of Makhachkala, used to brutally beat her up even after a divorce, but investigators have qualified domestic violence under a too lenient article. The woman fears for its life; however, complaints submitted to the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) are ignored, advocates assert.

July 10, 2020 11:18

• Residents of spontaneous camp in Kullar claim difficulties of moving into tents

  To move from a spontaneous camp into the tent one set up near Kullar, Azerbaijani citizens need to undergo coronavirus testing, but the issuance of test results is highly protracted. Besides, camp residents complain about an unfair compilation of lists of returnees to Azerbaijan.

July 10, 2020 08:49

• Kadyrov accuses western special services of killing his critics

  Western special services have organized the killings of bloggers Mamikhan Umarov and Imran Aliev in order to impose responsibility for these crimes on the Chechen leadership, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated.

July 10, 2020 08:34

• Action demanding to open restaurants in Yerevan ended with detentions

  Policemen have drawn up protocols on ten protesters outside the Armenian government building. They complained that they had been unemployed for five months due to the closure of restaurants.

July 09, 2020 22:16

• In Adjara, protesters demand to open border with Turkey

  On July 8, a protest action was held in front of the building for the Supreme Council of Adjara. Protestors demanded from the government to open the state border with Turkey or pay compensation for the loss of earnings from work in the neighbouring country.

July 09, 2020 22:04

• Austrian police not sure of political motive in Umarov's murder

  The killing in Vienna of Mamikhan Umarov, a refugee from Chechnya, might have been a contract murder or motivated by a domestic conflict, the Austrian police announce contrary to the statements voiced by members of the Chechen Diaspora. A lawsuit based on the Mamikhan Umarov's death may be filed against the Austrian authorities for their failure to provide the protection for the asylum seeker from Chechnya, believes Khusein Iskhanov, a member of the Chechen Diaspora.

July 09, 2020 19:00

• Law enforcers report elimination of hiding with ammunition in Chechnya

  On July 8, law enforcers discovered a hiding arranged by militants in a forest on the outskirts of the Alkhazurovo village in the Urus-Martan District, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent learned from an official of the Chechen military commandant's office.

July 09, 2020 18:46

• Lawyers doubt prospects for examination in case on Madina Umaeva's death

  In Chechnya, human rights defenders and lawyers suggest that public officers may affect the forensic examination in the case on the resonant death of Madina Umaeva, a resident of Gudermes.

July 09, 2020 15:14

• Kirovaul villagers vote to rename it in honour of Nurmagomedov

  On July 8, residents of the village of Kirovaul held a gathering, at which they supported the idea of renaming the village in honour of Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov.

July 09, 2020 14:48

• Ban on wedding ceremonies cancelled in Chechnya

  At the July 7 sitting of the Operative Headquarters for Countering the Spread of Coronavirus, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, announced the lifting of the ban on wedding ceremonies, introduced earlier because of the coronavirus pandemic.

July 09, 2020 14:33

• Analysts explain successes of IS* recruiters in Southern Russia

  The increased level of violence in the society and absence of social elevators contribute to young people's radicalization and push them to join terrorist organizations, which is now quite easy, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted in their comments on the prevention of the terror act in Astrakhan.

July 09, 2020 11:08

• Camp residents in Kullar criticize the principle of drawing up departure lists

  The tent camp in the village of Kullar, where Azerbaijani citizens are waiting for their departure to their homeland, has expanded, same as the spontaneous one around it, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports. Camp tenants said that the departure lists are compiled chaotically; and many old-timers cannot leave even for funerals of their relatives.