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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.

June 24, 2020 14:46

• Analysts dispute about Georgian residents' support of Gabuniya's statements

  The political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" differed in their opinions about the support of Gabuniya's statements by residents of Georgia.

June 24, 2020 13:13

• Shelter for violence victims in Makhachkala changes rules after resonant publications

  The work of the organizations engaged in defending victims of domestic violence should be open, including for mass media, the press complaints panel has stated in response to the claims of the "Mountain Warm House" shelter to Svetlana Anokhina's publications. Meanwhile, the rules for the shelter inhabitants were changed after the resonant publications.

June 24, 2020 11:03

• Relatives of deceased girl from Gudermes apologize to Kadyrov

  At a meeting with the participation of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, the family of the deceased young woman from Gudermes has apologized for their words about the violent death of their daughter. Apologies were shown on air of the "Grozny" ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Company).

June 24, 2020 10:49

• ECtHR awards compensation to relatives of NCFD residents killed by law enforcers

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has awarded over 180,000 euros of compensation to relatives of the residents of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) and Ingushetia, who were killed by law enforcers in 2007 and 2009. The victims' interests were represented by lawyers of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

June 24, 2020 08:34

• Over 250 Azerbaijanis return home from Dagestan

  252 Azerbaijani citizens, who could not leave Dagestan after the border closure because of coronavirus, have returned to their homeland, the country's operative headquarters has informed. The group included the majority of those who had been waiting at the border since April, one of the above Azerbaijanis has confirmed.

June 24, 2020 08:22

• Residents of Chechnya laugh at Kadyrov's demands for receiving guests

  People should make visits in medical masks and no longer than for 15 minutes, observe the social distance of 1.5 meters, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated. Residents of Chechnya note that the demands are ridiculous; and it is impossible to check the fulfilment of them.

June 23, 2020 22:14

• Exhumation in Gudermes becomes example of Chechen authorities' reaction to public outcry

  The authorities decided to exhume the body of a Gudermes woman because of the public outcry, believe human rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

June 23, 2020 21:46

• Khasavyurt resident sentenced for participating in shootout with border guards

  The court recognized Magomed Elmurzaev, who participated in a shootout with border guards in 2017, as a member of the Khasavyurt grouping of militants and sentenced him to 22 years of imprisonment in a high-security penal colony. Magomed Elmurzaev was helping the militants under threat of reprisal, the defence claimed.

June 23, 2020 19:19

• ECtHR awards human rights defenders with compensation for their beating in Ingushetia

  Today, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has obliged the Russian authorities to pay am amount totalling to 28,000 euros to employees of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", two of whom – Ekaterina Sokiryanskaya and Shamsuddin Tangiev – were beaten, while Zina Mukusheva, Zoya Muradova, Fatima Yandieva, and Albert Khantigov were detained for holding a picket in Nazran in memory of Anna Politkovskaya.

June 23, 2020 18:56

• 158 people included in updated list of political prisoners in Azerbaijan

  The updated list of the "Alliance for Freedom of Political Prisoners of Azerbaijan" includes three new names. In total, the list contains 158 people.

June 23, 2020 18:43

• Azerbaijani rapper associates his arrest with criticism of police

  On June 22, in Azerbaijan, the Court of Appeal left rapper Elshan Teimurov under custody. The rapper was subjected to 60 days of administrative arrest. The young man denied the accusations of drug trafficking and disobedience to the police and said he was being prosecuted for performing a critical song, the rapper's father reports.

June 23, 2020 13:49

• Mindiya Goradze's relatives go on hunger strike in Batumi

  Mindiya Goradze was detained in Belarus after, on June 20, a court in Turkey ruled to release him from arrest and ordered him to leave the country within 24 hours. On June 22, Goradze's relatives staged a protest rally in Batumi at which they demanded that the authorities extradite him to Georgia.

June 23, 2020 13:35

• Conflict in Tsiyab-Ichichali settled without Kadyrov's intervention

  A compromise figure has been appointed the Imam in the Dagestani village of Tsiyab-Ichichali, where residents had turned to Ramzan Kadyrov because of their contradictions with the Muftiate; the conflict has been settled, the head of the village has informed. The Ramzan Kadyrov's public reaction to the villagers' appeal will provoke a negative reaction in Dagestan, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

June 23, 2020 11:20

• Two pensioners detained in Sochi for pickets against constitutional amendments

  Galina Lazorskaya and Lyubov Nikolaeva have been detained by law enforcers of Sochi during their action against amending the Constitution.

June 23, 2020 10:53

• Sharia law treated as way to resolve disputes on Chechen-Dagestani border

  Magomed Daudov, the Speaker of the Chechen Parliamentary, demonstrates his readiness for dialogue on Dagestani border, but Dagestani authorities wouldn't get involved in a conflict-prone process. For the least conflict-prone resolution of the problem, the mechanisms of Sharia law should be used, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

June 23, 2020 10:35

• Khangoshvili's relatives urge to defend them against Russian special services

  Relatives of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, a native of the Pankisi Gorge, who was killed in Berlin, have asked the German and Swedish authorities for protection, declaring fear of persecution by Russian special services.

June 23, 2020 08:26

• Giorgi Gabuniya turns to Putin live on air

  Giorgi Gabuniya, a journalist for the "Mtavari Arkhi" Georgian TV Channel, who spoke obscene words about the Russian president a year ago, has again addressed Vladimir Putin in Russian by using rude expressions.

June 23, 2020 08:14

• Ten people arrested for two months each after Kullar protests

  By a court judgement, all the ten suspects of attacking policemen at riots in Kullar have been arrested for two months each. A total of 541 people remain on the border with Azerbaijan.

June 22, 2020 22:21

• Abkhazia opens border for three days to return its residents from Georgia

  For the period from June 22 to June 24, 2020, Abkhazia opens a humanitarian corridor for the return of residents of the republic who temporarily stay in Georgia. Only employees of the "IngurGES" HPP (hydroelectric power plant) and representatives of international organizations will be allowed to use the humanitarian corridor to cross the border from Georgia to Abkhazia.