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June 26, 2020 11:40

• Jewish activists stand up for French Chechens after Dijon conflict

  The community of Russian-speaking Jews in France has condemned the country's Interior Minister for his hostile remarks about immigrants from Chechnya after the riots in Dijon.

June 26, 2020 11:27

• Kadyrov shows his ideological tolerance for violence against women

  At his meeting with the relatives of the deceased woman from Gudermes, Ramzan Kadyrov has urged women to withstand beatings by their husbands. Such a tolerant attitude to domestic violence is unacceptable and contradicts the public morality of Northern Caucasus, the rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

June 26, 2020 11:15

• Conditions in tent camp near Kullar improved after protests

  The Azerbaijani authorities began actively helping their citizens, who are waiting for their departure to homeland in the tent camp set up near the Dagestani village of Kullar. The living conditions, the nutrition and medical care in the camp have improved.

June 26, 2020 08:35

• Social network users treat Dagestani COVID statistics on parade day as dubious

  The June 24 sharp and short-term surge in the number of coronavirus survivors in Dagestani official statistics has to do with authorities' desire to present the parade and vote for amendments to the Constitution as justified, social network users have suggested.

June 26, 2020 08:21

• Residents of Gali District complain about difficulties of returning from Georgia

  The 700 residents of Abkhazia, who have returned from Georgia through the humanitarian corridor, were tested for coronavirus and sent to a two-week-long quarantine. Only those who have residence permits or 2016-model passports were allowed to return home.

June 25, 2020 22:38

• Volgograd resident accused of killing a student because of national hatred

  Vitaly Vasiliev, a resident of Volgograd, faces a life sentence for the murder of Timur Gavrilov, a student from Azerbaijan.

June 25, 2020 22:16

• ECtHR finds violation of Azerbaijani lawyer Khalid Bagirov's rights

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found unlawful the decision to terminate the lawyer powers of Azerbaijani lawyer Khalid Bagirov and awarded him compensation in the amount of 18,000 euros.

June 25, 2020 18:50

• Krasnodar residents complain about persistent campaign for early voting

  Activists engaged in agitation campaign resort to persistent calls and promises in attempt to force people to vote for amendments to the Russian Constitution ahead of the schedule right in yards of their houses, residents of Krasnodar claim.

June 25, 2020 18:30

• Georgian secret services show interest in journalistic investigation into attempt on Giorgi Gabuniya

  Nodar Meladze, a producer of the "Pirveli" TV Company, refused to disclose to the Georgian State Security Service his sources of information about the man detained in a case on an assassination attempt on Giorgi Gabuniya.

June 25, 2020 14:21

• "Muslim Unity" activist arrested in Baku

  Shamil Gasanov, a member of the "Muslim Unity" Movement in Azerbaijan, has been arrested for three months on charges of illegal possession of weapons. Activists believe that Gasanov has been prosecuted on far-fetched charges.

June 25, 2020 13:48

• Tumso treats Kadyrov's meeting with relatives of deceased Gudermes woman as rigged trial

  The mother of the deceased Gudermes woman was forced to apologize and self-incriminate – this was the comment of Tumso Abdurakhmanov, a blogger, to the meeting with the participation of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov.

June 25, 2020 11:36

• Chechens in France raise money to defend detainees after riots in Dijon

  After the riots staged in the French city of Dijon, three Chechens remain in custody; another one was released under recognizance not to leave. One of the detainees faces a long prison term.

June 25, 2020 11:13

• Additional places deployed in tent camp near Kullar for Azerbaijanis

  In the morning on June 24, in the tent camp near the village of Kullar, additional places and a canteen were deployed for the Azerbaijanis waiting for the departure to their homeland; psychologists and doctors began working in the camp. The new tents were set up by employees of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) of Azerbaijan, the administration of the Derbent District reported on its website on June 24.

June 25, 2020 10:57

• KChR residents sceptical of voting on constitutional amendments

  Most of the residents of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have stated their indifference to the amendments, or their disagreement with them.

June 25, 2020 08:36

• Kadyrov appoints Tumso's critic to head TV Company

  Chingiz Akhmadov, an active critic of the oppositional blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, who headed the "Chechnya Today" News Agency, has been appointed by Kadyrov to the post of the head of the "Grozny" ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Company). This appointment was expected; it has greatly increased Akhmedov's power in countering Tumso and fighting any dissent, the republic's residents interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

June 25, 2020 08:23

• BCA leaves oppositional politician Yagublu in custody

  The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) has dismissed the complaint lodged by the defence of the Azerbaijani politician Tofig Yagublu, leaving him under arrest for two months.

June 24, 2020 22:14

• Sons of Dagestani MP involved in murder, sources report

  A 27-year-old resident of Dagestan was shot dead on the territory of the Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) "Makhachkalavodokanal", the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports. The killed man was identified as Abdulbasir Omarov, a nephew of Magomedrasul Omarov, the former director of the "Dagavtodor" and the Dagestani branch of the Department for the Road Management "Kaspiy". Men suspected of the murder and complicity are sons of a member of the People's Assembly of Dagestan and the former head of the Shamil District.

June 24, 2020 21:38

• Dagestani residents indignant at limit on number of spectators of Victory Parade

  In Kaspiysk, only people with special permits were allowed to enter a square to watch the today's Victory Parade. Residents of Kaspiysk and Makhachkala, who were not allowed to watch the parade, criticized organizers.

June 24, 2020 18:27

• Abdulmumin Gadjiev's colleagues claim no confidence in Dagestani courts

  In Pyatigorsk, a court pronounced a decision to recognize authorities' refusal to sanction rallies as illegal. However, colleagues of Abdulmumin Gadjiev suggest that the authorities of Dagestan will find some other ways to prevent rallies in support of the arrested journalist.

June 24, 2020 18:13

• Instagram users: mother of deceased woman from Gudermes forced to apologize

  In the course of the investigation into the circumstances of the resonant death of a woman from Gudermes, Ramzan Kadyrov openly sided with her husband, Instagram users note. They suggest that the apologies voiced by the mother of the deceased woman were not voluntary.