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June 08, 2020 14:07

• Eight Ingush activists put on federal list of extremists

  The names of Ingush protest leaders, accused under the case of extremist community are included into the updated list of people involved in extremist activities published today.

June 08, 2020 13:35

• Three Georgian residents detained on Abkhazian border

  Abkhazian law enforcers have detained three residents of the Georgian village of Muzhava, the Georgia's State Security Service (SSS) has informed.

June 08, 2020 13:22

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of June 1-7, 2020

  Spread of the coronavirus infection in the Caucasus; return to the question on the demarcation of the border between Chechnya and Dagestan; new verdict in a case on the rally in Magas, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of June 1-7, 2020, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

June 08, 2020 13:01

• On June 1-7, there were no victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of June 1-7, 2020, no events related to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were recorded.

June 08, 2020 11:26

• Incident in Tskhinvali colony provokes conflict in parliament

  During an extraordinary session of the parliament of South Ossetia, at which the incident in the Tskhinvali colony was discussed, physical force was used against some MPs, the parliamentarians wrote in a Telegram channel.

June 08, 2020 11:14

• Hunger strikers in Dagestan demand to return them to Azerbaijan

  For the fourth day, the Azerbaijani citizens living in a tent camp on the border with Dagestan, are on a hunger strike demanding to speed up their return home. At least 60 people participate in the protest, they have stated.

June 08, 2020 11:02

• Ossetian singer operated on after hassle with court marshals

  Doctors in Beslan have operated on Salomeya Plieva, who received a trauma during her clash with court marshals in the building of the Supreme Court of North Ossetia. The singer, suspected of assaulting law enforcers, claims that, on the contrary, she is a victim. According to Ms Plieva, she was beaten up by court marshals, after which a criminal case was opened against her on the use of violence against a state servant.

June 08, 2020 10:49

• Instagram users sceptical about Kadyrov's words on epidemic

  The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has stated that the number of new coronavirus cases in the republic is decreasing. Instagram users have doubted this information.

June 07, 2020 11:38

• Ugra Mayor complains to Kadyrov and Delimkhanov about local businessman

  Sergey Makhinya, the head of the city of Lyantor, has asked the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, and State Duma MP, Adam Delimkhanov, to stop the businessman, who had allegedly taken revenge for officials' litigation with him. The businessman's son has called the allegations groundless.

June 07, 2020 11:37

• Doctors dispute about crisis of the healthcare system of Armenia in fight against COVID-19

  A transfer to outpatient (home) treatment of asymptomatic coronavirus patients stimulates an increase in COVID-19 incidence, said David Melik-Nubaryan, a teacher at the Yerevan Medical University. Home treatment should have been introduced from the very beginning so as not to spend the budget, Ruben Ovannisyan, an epidemiologist, believes.

June 07, 2020 11:35

• Baku townspeople complain about quarantine difficulties

  Due to the quarantine introduced in major cities of Azerbaijan, stores are facing foodstuff shortage; patients find it difficult to get to hospitals; while policemen conduct "prophylactic conversations" with restriction violators, Baku residents have told.

June 06, 2020 23:47

• Rights defenders criticize Pashinyan for posting personal data of quarantine violators

  The photo and video evidence of quarantine violations posted by the Prime Minister of Armenia on the Facebook should not allow identifying depicted people, human rights defenders have stated.

June 06, 2020 23:45

• Residents of Chechnya outraged by Kadyrov's violation of mask regime in mosque

  The head of Chechnya and other senior officials prayed in a mosque without medical masks despite the stringent requirements for other believers, residents of the republic have indicated.

June 06, 2020 11:20

• Armenian Ombudsman condemns police actions at detaining unmasked man

  Policemen have detained a man without a medical mask in a street in Yerevan, which is mandatory under the coronavirus epidemic. Law enforcers acted excessively rudely, although the offender was ready to fulfil their demands, Arman Tatoyan, the Armenian Ombudsman, has stated.

June 06, 2020 11:19

• Orientalists note demonstrative nature of shipment foodstuffs from Chechnya to UAE

  Chechen authorities have observed the Arab tradition of reciprocal gifts by sending foodstuffs to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in exchange for the help with protective means and coronavirus tests. However, UAE residents, unlike those of Chechnya, face no foodstuff deficit, Orientalists have noted.

June 06, 2020 11:17

• "Mediazona" presents typical torture cases in Krasnodar Territory

  In the Krasnodar Territory, law enforcers are regularly using torture to obtain confessions from detainees, the "Mediazona" has concluded.

June 06, 2020 11:16

• NKR authorities to toughen restrictions due to coronavirus

  The count of coronavirus cases in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has risen sharply; new potential infection carriers arrive from Armenia daily. Authorities should introduce tough restrictive measures so that Stepanakert does not become a hotbed of the epidemic, experts assert.

June 06, 2020 11:15

• Inmates of in Tskhinvali injure themselves in protest

  At least 6 inmates of the Tskhinvali colony were taken to hospital with wounds after a conflict with the administration. Their relatives assert that inmates were beaten up. The authorities of South Ossetia insist that the incident was caused by regime violations by the inmates.

June 05, 2020 23:43

• In Chechnya, some believers not allowed to attend first juma prayer within 10 weeks

  In Chechnya, collective Friday prayers have been partially resumed after more than a two-month break. A significant part of believers could not get into mosques because of the restriction on the number of worshipers.

June 05, 2020 23:41

• Kadyrov responds to posts about Chechen Deputy Prime Minister allegedly infected with coronavirus

  In response to posts about the alleged hospitalization of Chechen Deputy Prime Minister Abuzaid Vismuradov, Ramzan Kadyrov has announced that the Deputy Prime Minister is in a good health.