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June 16, 2020 19:22

• Abkhaz investigators open criminal case against men detained on border with Georgia

  Three citizens of Georgia face even up to five years of imprisonment in a case on violation of the border with Abkhazia. The detainees have been kept at a temporary detention facility for 10 days, awaiting a decision concerning the pre-trial restriction measure.

June 16, 2020 19:18

• Human rights defenders call on to stop suppression of peaceful protests in Azerbaijan

  The Human Rights House Foundation (HRHF) and more than 30 NGOs express their "alarm at increasing attacks by the Azerbaijani authorities on peaceful protests" in the country. The human rights defenders "called on the country's authorities to immediately cease the human rights violations."

June 16, 2020 18:50

• Azerbaijan claims shelling of village

  Over the past 24 hours, positions of the Azerbaijani Army were shelled for 26 times, including from sniper rifles and machine guns, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

June 16, 2020 18:42

• Four law enforcers injured in clashes on Dagestani border

  During riots in the tent camp in the village of Kullar, four law enforcers suffered, authorities of the Derbent District have informed.

June 16, 2020 11:46

• France claims racist motives of Chechen natives' clashes with Arabs

  The clashes that broke out in the French city of Dijon of members of the Chechen Diaspora with local residents of Arab origin continue. The city's prosecutor said the clashes were racist in nature and directed against "natives from the Maghreb."

June 16, 2020 11:38

• Law enforcers disperse Azerbaijanis' protest in Kullar

  A protest action held by Azerbaijani citizens in the Dagestan village of Kullar ended in mass detentions, eyewitnesses inform.

June 16, 2020 09:10

• North-Caucasian believers ready to postpone the Hajj because of pandemic

  Over 3000 Dagestani Muslims have paid for their pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia, but in case this year's Hajj is cancelled due to the pandemic, they may have their money back or book tours for the next year, the "Marva Tour" travel agency has promised. The residents of Kabardino-Balkaria, North Ossetia, and Ingushetia, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", said they were ready to cancel their trips.

June 16, 2020 09:06

• Azerbaijanis' protest on Dagestani border grows into clashes with law enforcers

  Tent camp tenants, awaiting their departure to Azerbaijan, have staged a protest rally, which grew into clashes with law enforcers. Policemen used tear gas and truncheons against protesters. Some Azerbaijani citizens received traumas.

June 15, 2020 23:39

• Ingush native and policemen wounded in shootout in Moscow

  In Moscow, a native of Ingushetia opened fire on policemen and was wounded by return fire, sources reported. The assailant is being checked for involvement in the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization banned in Russia by the court.

June 15, 2020 23:35

• Hajj organizers prepare to cancel pilgrimage because of pandemic

  The coming days will show whether pilgrims will be able to get to Mecca this year, the Russian Hajj Mission announces.

June 15, 2020 21:05

• Natives of Chechnya involved in clashes in France

  At least ten people were injured in a conflict involving natives of Chechnya, the Prosecutor's Office of the French city of Dijon reported.

June 15, 2020 20:43

• Analysts see political motives in persecution of Armenian politician Gagik Tsarukyan

  Political analysts associate the criminal prosecution of Gagik Tsarukyan, the leader of the "Prosperous Armenia" Party, with the possible consolidation of the opposition around him.

June 15, 2020 16:54

• Social media users compare Kadyrov's threats to wedding corteges with Russian laws

  Cars cannot be seized from violators of wedding rules, there are fines for this, social network users have noted in response to an order of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, to punish participants of long wedding corteges. Other users believe that strict measures are a must; otherwise the coronavirus epidemic will not end soon.

June 15, 2020 16:48

• Week of June 8-14 passed without victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of June 8-14, 2020, no events related to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were recorded, as well as no casualties and victims. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.

June 15, 2020 16:36

• Constitution amendments on federal territories worry North-Caucasian activists

  The amendments to the Russian Constitution will not change Russians' lives for the better, activists in Southern Russia believe. In their opinion, the voting outcomes can be easily falsified. Activists in Northern Caucasus are also concerned about the amendment formulations on federal territories.

June 15, 2020 13:05

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of June 8-14, 2020

  Spread of the coronavirus infection in the Caucasus; calls to help Karachay-Cherkessia in the fight against COVID-19; 25th anniversary of the terror act in Budyonnovsk; celebration of Russia Day amid the pandemic; election of the Stavropol administration head, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of June 8-14, 2020, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

June 15, 2020 11:34

• Kadyrov orders to seize cars from long wedding corteges

  The cars of violators of restrictions on holding wedding ceremonies will be seized and sold with transfer of funds to the medical sphere, while violators will be sent as volunteers to hospitals, the head of Chechnya has stated. However, he announced the third phase of quarantine mitigation since June 20.

June 15, 2020 11:30

• Media: charge of Gadjiev tightened without proofs of his guilt

  The case of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a Dagestani journalist, lack proofs, while the charges against him have been seriously toughened. Investigators have only testimonies of operative agents, of a secret witness, and journalist's articles, which prove nothing, the "MBKh Media" writes.

June 15, 2020 11:27

• Anniversary of attack on Budyonnovsk actualizes dispute over operation outcomes

  The armed attack by militants of Shamil Basaev on Budyonnovsk committed 25 years ago should have ended with the liquidation of the field commander, even at the cost of lives of most hostages, the law enforcers who took part in the operation believe. In his turn, Alexander Cherkasov, a rights defender, remarks that the release of most of the hostages as a result of negotiations is the only successful peacemaking effort since the start of the first Chechen campaign.

June 14, 2020 11:14

• Turkey ready to send humanitarian aid to KChR and KBR

  The Turkish Ministry of Public Health (MPH) has requested information on the necessary medical help in the Karachay-Cherkessian and the Kabardino-Balkarian Republics (KChR and KBR), and attempted to transfer it through the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), but the latter refused to cooperate.