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July 09, 2020 10:53

• Drivers criticize checks at entrance from Dagestan to Chechnya

  Law enforcers are examining all the drivers and inspecting all the cars at the entrance to Chechnya from Dagestan, which results in huge jams on the federal highway in the forty-degree-centigrade heat.

July 09, 2020 10:41

• Threats received by Umarov confirmed by voice record

  Shortly before his assassination, Mamikhan Umarov, a native of Chechnya, claimed that he received threats and blamed Austrian authorities for inaction, which is confirmed by the published his voice record.

July 09, 2020 08:39

• Circassian activists achieve demolition of monument to Russian soldiers in Adler

  By a decision of the Sochi Mayoralty, a monument to the participants of the Caucasian War, which was opposed by signatories of the appeal to the authorities, has been dismantled, Madjid Chachukh, a Circassian activist, has informed.

July 09, 2020 08:24

• Georgia: new law questions full-fledged election coverage

  The amendments to the Electoral Code of Georgia adopted by the Parliament are aimed against the pressure on voters near polling stations, but at the same time they prevent journalists from communicating with the electorate, political analysts believe.

July 08, 2020 23:26

• Case on Regina Gagieva's murder sent to court

  The Prosecutor's Office of North Ossetia approved the charges brought against Vadim Tekhov. In addition to the charge of his former wife's murder, the defendant is accused of beatings, death threats, attempted murder, and robbery.

July 08, 2020 23:10

• Georgia opens borders for foreign tourists

  Starting from today, Georgia begins to welcome tourists from five countries of the European Union – Germany, France, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia.

July 08, 2020 19:29

• Chechen woman repents in public of resorting to services of a witch

  The police accused Malkan Madaeva, a resident of Gudermes, that she had used the services of a witch. On the air of the state-run TV Company, Malkan Madaeva said that she regretted resorting to the services of the witch.

July 08, 2020 19:13

• European media report details of investigation into case on Mamikhan Umarov's murder

  A man suspected of killing blogger Mamikhan Umarov earlier sought for political asylum in Austria. That fact did not prevent him from regularly visiting Russia. Both of the suspects arrested in the case refuse to cooperate with investigators, Der Standard and Der Spiegel report.

July 08, 2020 13:32

• Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of shelling village

  The positions of the Azerbaijani Army deployed in the village on the border with Armenia and in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled for 78 times during the last 24 hours, including from large-calibre machine guns and sniper rifles, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated today.

July 08, 2020 13:16

• "Ecowatch" activists persuade court to cancel search decision

  The Krasnodar Territorial Court has satisfied the complaint against the search warrant to be conducted at the headquarters of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (Ecowatch), environmentalists stated on July 7.

July 08, 2020 11:10

• Three arrested Azerbaijani citizens transferred to Derbent SIZO

  Three out of 10 Azerbaijani citizens accused of assaulting policemen during a protest action in the tent camp have been transferred from the isolation facility of the Magaramkent District to the SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Derbent, the advocate, Murad Velikhanov, has stated. The remaining seven detainees are still kept at the Khasavyurt SIZO, he said.

July 08, 2020 10:55

• Bloggers from Chechen Diaspora in EU report receiving regular threats

  The bloggers from the Chechen Diaspora living in the countries of the European Union (EU), who criticize Ramzan Kadyrov's regime, claim that they regularly receive threats.

July 08, 2020 08:30

• Over 200 Azerbaijanis leave Kullar camp for homeland

  On July 7, the Derbent district administration reported that a total of 240 Azerbaijanis, including children, had left the tent camp set up in Kullar on the Dagestani-Azerbaijani border.

July 08, 2020 08:19

• YouTube users urge EU to react to Umarov's murder

  The authorities of the European Union (EU) must take efficient measures to prevent killings of political emigrants, YouTube users have pointed out after the murder of Mamikhan Umarov, a native of Chechnya. European countries should find some way to influence the Russian leadership, the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, has stated.

July 07, 2020 22:22

• Kuban activist claims being prosecuted for criticizing Vladimir Putin

  An administrative case on insulting of Vladimir Putin by Lev Gyammer, the coordinator of the Navalny's office in Krasnodar, has been transferred to court. Lev Gyammer posted a video against amendments to the Constitution of Russia. When challenging the position of the law enforcement bodies, an advocate of the coordinator of the Navalny's office in Krasnodar noted that his client showed good manners while criticizing the Russian President.

July 07, 2020 22:05

• FSB reports about prevented terror act in Astrakhan

  Today, FSB officers have detained a resident of Astrakhan suspected of plotting an attack on administrative buildings in the city.

July 07, 2020 18:55

• Chechen resident accused of trying to join militants in Syria

  A resident of Chechnya, detained in the summer of 2019 on the border with Syria, was accused of trying to join the ranks of militants of the "Islamic State" (IS)*. The man pleaded guilty, the Investigating Department for Chechnya of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reported.

July 07, 2020 18:41

• Defence claims violation of Vadim Cheldiev's rights in SIZO

  Vadim Cheldiev, accused in a case on a rally in Vladikavkaz, was transferred to solitary confinement, and he does not receive money and transfers from his relatives and friends, an advocate of the activist claims.

July 07, 2020 18:26

• Residents of Chechnya complain about facing difficulties when entering republic

  In contradiction to the authorities' statements, a certificate confirming that a person is not infected with coronavirus does not guarantee the possibility of entering Chechnya, local residents claim. The local people also complained about the long lines formed at the border because of verification of certificates and IDs.

July 07, 2020 13:45

• Azeri opposition activist arrested for 15 days

  Gachai Gafarov, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has been arrested for 15 days on charges of disobeying the police. Gafarov's father and PFPA activists have linked the arrest with the young man's criticism of the police in social networks.