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June 05, 2020 18:07

• In Chechnya, entrepreneurs affected by restrictive measures

  The restrictions imposed in Chechnya because of the coronavirus pandemic led to a decline in sales volumes and provoked financial difficulties, entrepreneurs complain.

June 05, 2020 17:59

• Law enforcers consider pickets in support of advocates from Kabardino-Balkaria as a hidden form of mass protests

  Law enforcers called pickets of advocates in support of their colleagues from Kabardino-Balkaria a "hidden form of a mass event." Protesters insist that they held solo pickets. They intend to challenge the accusations up to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

June 05, 2020 17:58

• Rescuers count 23 hurricane victims in Chechnya

  After a severe hurricane in Chechnya, 23 people received traumas; the roofs of 33 houses were damaged; of them, 26 have already been repaired, the Chechen Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) has informed.

June 05, 2020 17:51

• Azerbaijan announces shelling of village in conflict zone

  Over the past 24 hours, positions of the Azerbaijani Army stationed in the Karabakh conflict zone and on the border with Armenia were shelled for 25 times, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

June 05, 2020 12:43

• Father of Akhmedov, arrested PFPA activist, complains about ban on visits

  A court in Baku has upheld the arrest of Niyameddin Akhmedov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), within the case of financing terrorism. Akhmedov declared his innocence; and his father has stated that he is not allowed to visit and call his son, contained in jail.

June 05, 2020 12:37

• Rights defenders link growth of political prisoners with protest activeness in Northern Caucasus

  In recent years, North-Caucasian regions have faced great political and civil activeness, but in Russia it is followed by criminal prosecutions, human rights defenders believe. Apart from Moscow, scaled protests were observed only in Northern Caucasus, the "Amnesty International" (AI) has noted.

June 05, 2020 12:35

• Hard quarantine measures announced in major Azerbaijani cities for weekend

  From June 6 to the morning of June 8, residents of Baku and other large cities will be banned from leaving their homes, the Azerbaijani government has announced.

June 05, 2020 11:25

• Chechnya's actions on border demarcation highlight inaction of Dagestani authorities

  By marking borders in the Gumbetovsky District, Chechnya is trying to push Dagestani authorities to finalize the demarcation works, journalists believe. It is time for Dagestani authorities to clarify the territorial issue in order to avoid provocations, they assert.

June 05, 2020 11:18

• Dagestani teenager's apologies to law enforcers trigger disputes in social network

  Dagestan law enforcers have unreasonably used weapons to detain a teenager, and forced him to apologize, Instagram users have suggested. The detainee had to apologize for publicly insulting law enforcers, other commentators have objected.

June 04, 2020 23:59

• Azerbaijan claims 22 shelling attacks in Karabakh conflict zone

  The positions of the Azerbaijani troops were shelled in the Karabakh conflict zone and at the border with Armenia, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) reported.

June 04, 2020 23:55

• Food aid from Chechnya to UAE surprises Instagram users

  The Akhmat Kadyrov Foundation sent 30 tons of food products to one of the richest countries in the Middle East, while there are many people in need in Chechnya, users of the social network note. This is a response gesture to the humanitarian aid with personal protective equipment and tests for coronavirus sent to Chechnya and Dagestan, the Chechen authorities explain.

June 04, 2020 20:03

• Sociologists doubt results of quarantine poll in Chechnya

  While commenting on the statement of Ramzan Kadyrov about the unprecedented support of the quarantine measures by residents of Chechnya, Denis Volkov has emphasized that a poll conducted in social networks cannot be considered relevant. The population is loyal to the measures of self-isolation, but 98 percent support is out of the question, experts claim.

June 04, 2020 20:00

• Armenia imposes mask regime

  The Armenian authorities forbade local residents to leave their homes without medical masks because of the spread of the coronavirus infection.

June 04, 2020 16:15

• Special service veterans treat reports on CTOs in Ingushetia as truthful

  Law enforcers' reports about frequented counterterrorist operations (CTOs) in Ingushetia reflect the real situation, and the growth of militants' activeness has to do with the spread of the ideology of radicalism in Russia, experts have suggested.

June 04, 2020 16:06

• Daudov calls on Dagestani authorities to complete border demarcation with Chechnya

  The inaction of the commissions, which should complete the demarcation of the Chechen-Dagestani border, increases the risk of republics' conflicts, Magomed Daudov, the Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, has stated. Instagram users have supported his proposal to close the border issue.

June 04, 2020 12:43

• Azerbaijani activist Agil Gumbatov left in mental hospital for another month

  Doctors have again extended the treatment period of Agil Gumbatov, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), in a psychiatric clinic. His defence has filed a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) about the persecution of the activist.

June 04, 2020 12:42

• Policemen treat public apologies as measure to maintain order in Dagestan

  The authorities of Dagestan have lifted the restriction on car traffic between Makhachkala and Kaspiysk, and within the capital. Apologizing videos can educate the people, who aggressively express their anger about restrictions, the police assert.

June 04, 2020 11:23

• Increase in donations questions efficiency of Kadyrov Foundation

  Six billion roubles donated to the Kadyrov Foundation is a colossal amount; the investment thereof into the republic's economy should have an obvious result, Orientalists have noted. In his turn, Ruslan Kutaev, the head of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations, has suggested that the amount of donations was increased artificially in order to ascribe a number of charity actions to the Foundation.

June 03, 2020 23:58

• Over 44,000 US dollars raised for treatment of Azerbaijani oppositionist Mekhman Guseinov

  Doctors diagnosed with cancer Mekhman Guseinov, an Azerbaijani blogger and oppositionist, and almost 76,800 US dollars are to be raised for his medical treatment, his brother reports. Human rights defenders supported the announced fundraising. They associated the Mekhman Guseinov's health state with his arrests and imprisonment.

June 03, 2020 23:55

• Fellow villagers of gays killed in Kuban reject court's version about domestic conflict

  The court sentenced a defendant accused of killing a same-sex couple of pensioners to 12 years of imprisonment. According to the court, the crime was provoked by a domestic conflict. Fellow villagers of the killed pensioners believe that homophobia was the motive of the crime, and the "Russian LGBT Network" emphasized that Russian courts did not take into account such versions.