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July 02, 2020 19:33

• Activists succeed in seeking withdrawal of armed guards from Amulsar mine in Armenia

  In Armenia, residents of the resort town of Jermuk blocked a road in protest against a new security company in the territory of the Amulsar field. The protest ended with the withdrawal of armed guards from the territory of the mine.

July 02, 2020 16:05

• Defence announces examination outcomes in blogger Malika Djikaeva's case

  Experts have confirmed the version of Malika Djikaeva, a blogger from North Ossetia, that she had not taken narcotic drugs. The girl's arrest in Chechnya was extended until mid-August.

July 02, 2020 16:01

• Ingush journalist Rashid Maisigov claims innocence of storing heroin

  Journalist Rashid Maisigov, accused of drug possession, has refused to plead guilty, stating that the proofs had been planted on him, said Magomed Aushev, his advocate. The prosecution of Maisigov has to do with his professional activities, in particular, with his coverage of the protests of opponents of the border agreement with Chechnya in 2019, lawyers believe.

July 02, 2020 15:56

• Oppositionist Agil Gumbatov discharged from mental clinic

  On July 1, Agil Gumbatov, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was discharged from the psychiatric hospital where he spent three months under forced treatment after he criticized authorities on the Facebook. The activist intends to continue his political struggle.

July 02, 2020 11:59

• Court leaves Azerbaijani oppositionist Babek Gasanov in custody

  The court has refused to apply the conditional early relief (CER) to Babek Gasanov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), explaining that he had been placed into the dungeon (punishment cell) for violating the discipline.

July 02, 2020 11:51

• Dagestan: observers report multiple voting and ballot stuffing

  Over 80 observers from the "Solidarity and Freedom" Committee, who monitored the voting on constitutional amendments in Dagestan, revealed facts of ballot stuffing, voting for relatives, the use of administrative resources and other violations. At one of the republic's polling stations, voters were given several ballots at once, as noted at the "Violations Map" of the "Golos" (Vote) movement.

July 02, 2020 11:38

• Makhachkala residents enticed to vote with music and free protective means

  In Makhachkala, voters for constitutional amendments liked patriotic music and the fact that disposable masks, gloves and pens were handed out at the polling stations. Well before the end of the vote, the turnout in Dagestan reached 82%.

July 02, 2020 11:34

• Opening Georgia to foreign tourists postponed until August

  Georgian authorities have postponed the opening of regular international flights by at least a month. Foreign tourists will be able to visit Georgia no earlier than August.

July 01, 2020 23:55

• Observers claim non-transparency of voting in Southern Russia

  Observers are not provided with access to the information concerning the voting, and people assigned to polling stations vote more than once or without presenting a passport, report activists from in the Krasnodar Territory, the Rostov Region, and Dagestan.

July 01, 2020 23:52

• Social network users criticize official data on voter turnout in Chechnya

  Instagram users post ironic comments concerning the information released by the Election Commission for Chechnya, according to which the republic registered the highest turnout in the Russian Federation during the voting on amendments to the Constitution. The Election Commission for Chechnya explained the active voting of local people by large-scale agitation campaign.

July 01, 2020 23:49

• Chechen public sector employees report coercion to voting

  In Chechnya, public sector employees claim that their chiefs require them to report with photos about the participation in the voting on amendments to the Constitution of Russia.

July 01, 2020 23:46

• Residents of Chechnya criticize mass cut-off of gas for debtors

  In Chechnya, gas services conduct raids and cut off supply of gas for bad debtors. Instagram users explained large debts for gas by the poor situation after self-isolation.

July 01, 2020 16:40

• Dagestan: law enforcers accused of violence left under house arrest

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan has upheld the decision of the first-instance court, which sent the two law enforcers detained for extorting and forcing Yulduz Kurashova, a local resident, to self-incriminate, under house arrest. After the decision of the first-instance about the house arrest of the law enforcers, the woman had to move to another residence, her advocate has stated.

July 01, 2020 16:37

• Azerbaijan claims shelling village in conflict zon

  During the past 24 hours, the positions of the Azerbaijani Army stationed in the village on the border with Armenia and in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled for 50 times, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

July 01, 2020 11:02

• Law enforcers report four detainees after scuffle in Magas

  In the city of Magas, the capital of Ingushetia, forced migrants from Chechnya recorded a video appeal to Russian President asking him to solve their housing problems.

July 01, 2020 10:59

• ECtHR appoints compensation to relatives of Dagestani who died after torture by law enforcers

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has obliged Russia to pay 98,000 euros of compensation to the relatives of Marat Satybalov, a resident of Dagestan, who died after being beaten up at some power body.

July 01, 2020 10:55

• Kadyrov's idea of Putin's lifelong presidency sparks disputes on Instagram

  The lifelong presidential term for Vladimir Putin proposed by the head of Chechnya is beneficial to Ramzan Kadyrov himself, some Instagram users believe. Their opponents have supported Kadyrov's idea claiming that Putin has no worthy alternative.

July 01, 2020 08:41

• "Mediazona" reports on deaths registration problem during pandemic in Northern Caucasus

  In the spring of 2020, the mortality in Southern Russia increased, but the official statistics on COVID-19 victims fails to explain this increase. Such statistics for Northern Caucasus during this period shows that some of the deaths were not registered, the "Mediazona" writes.

July 01, 2020 08:33

• Gay Lapunov treats HBO film about torturing homosexuals in Chechnya as realistic

  The documentary "Welcome to Chechnya" premiered in the USA shows precisely the persecution of people for their sexual orientation in this republic, Maxim Lapunov, the film hero, has stated.

June 30, 2020 23:59

• Kadyrov associates constitutional amendments with Putin's lifetime presidency

  A change in the Constitution of Russia is needed to preserve the state, declares the leader of Chechnya. Ramzan Kadyrov called on to make Vladimir Putin the lifetime president of Russia.