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May 30, 2020 11:25

• Eleven persons hospitalized from border tent camp in Dagestan

  Eleven Azerbaijani citizens from the temporary accommodation centre (TAC) in Dagestan, where they are waiting for the opening of the state border, were taken to the Derbent City Hospital. One of them was diagnosed as having coronavirus infection.

May 30, 2020 08:36

• Rights defenders call for tougher sentences for "honour killings" in Northern Caucasus

  Courts in Dagestan, Chechnya, and Ingushetia are used to justify the so-called "honour killings" by the immoral behaviour of the victims themselves, the authors of the report, "Killed by gossips-2", assert.

May 30, 2020 08:25

• Dagestani villagers threaten to burn 5G tower down

  Residents of the village of Novy Chirkei in the Kizilyurt District said they have no need of high-speed Internet, and demanded to dismantle the 5G-communication tower.

May 29, 2020 21:49

• Ramzan Kadyrov responds to version of his re-hospitalization

  After the appearance of the information about his departure to Moscow for medical treatment, the leader of Chechnya has declared that he stays in the republic and continues working.

May 29, 2020 21:35

• Quarantine displaces constitutional issue from priorities of activists in Southern Russia

  Activists explain a decline in the protest activities regarding the voting on the amendments to the Russian Constitution by restrictions imposed because of the epidemic.

May 29, 2020 17:36

• Advocate Diana Tsipinova goes on hunger strike in Baksan IVS

  Diana Tsipinova, who was suspected of attacking policemen in the town of Nartkala, refused to accept food in protest against her detention at an IVS (temporary detention facility), her advocate reports today.

May 29, 2020 17:13

• Ramzan Kadyrov's return to Moscow prompts speculation about his illness

  Ramzan Kadyrov and his attending physician flew to Moscow, journalist Elena Milashina reported in the evening on May 28. Users of social networks associated a new flight of the Chechen leader to the Russian capital with his illness.

May 29, 2020 13:16

• Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of shelling two villages

  The positions of the Azerbaijani Army, including those stationed in the villages on the border with Armenia, were shelled for 25 times within the last 24 hours, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

May 29, 2020 13:01

• Authorities of Adygea distance themselves from solving entrepreneurs' problems

  In the city of Maykop, the capital of Adygea, entrepreneurs have complained of a difficult financial situation due to termination of trade and absence of authorities' support during the pandemic. In its turn, the republic's Ministry of Economic Development has explained that local officials cannot include traders from the clothing marketplace into the list of coronavirus victims, compiled by the federal government.

May 29, 2020 11:39

• Samashki villagers report pressure by law enforcers after incident

  None of the residents of the Chechen village of Samashki, who were beaten up for quarantine violations, appeared in the video circulated by pro-government publics, showing refutations of the beatings. After the incident, officials came from Grozny to Samashki and pressed the participants of the video with apologies, said the villagers.

May 29, 2020 11:25

• Grozny law enforcers continue checks amid quarantine weakening

  Law enforcers are checking permits in stores and at bus stops, copy violators' personal data and threaten to fine them, Grozny residents inform.

May 29, 2020 11:12

• Conditions in Dagestani border camp give rise to complaints

  There are not enough places in the tent camp accommodating the citizens of Azerbaijan, who are waiting for the chance to get home across the border; besides, it is hot and impossible to take a shower, the forced guests are complaining.

May 29, 2020 08:32

• Orientalists point to psychological effect of restarting weddings in Chechnya

  By being among the first to lift the ban on weddings, Chechen authorities want to somehow compensate for the psychological fatigue of local residents from quarantine, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have suggested.

May 29, 2020 08:21

• Pneumonia patients in Gergebil left without COVID-19 tests

  In the Gergebil District of Dagestan, the total number of patients with coronavirus and community-acquired pneumonia made 407 persons, but not all pneumonia patients have undergone a laboratory study on COVID-19, a district hospital employee has stated.

May 28, 2020 21:43

• Vadim Cheldiev faces new charges

  Investigators suggest that Vadim Cheldiev is responsible for riots in Vladikavkaz. The defendant has been charged with disorderly conduct.

May 28, 2020 21:24

• Chechen native Liliya Saidova sentenced in case on financing of terrorism

  Today, the court has sentenced Liliya Saidova to five years of imprisonment for transferring money to his brother in Turkey. Liliya Saidova pleads not guilty of financing terrorism, and the court's decision will be challenged, the defence has announced.

May 28, 2020 19:06

• Ramzan Kadyrov offers forgiveness to Ichkeria supporters amid killings in Europe

  The leader of Chechnya has announced his willingness to forgive opponents who left Russia if they recognize the fallacy of their views. The Ramzan Kadyrov's call was voiced after a series of resonant killings of critics of the Chechen leader in Europe.

May 28, 2020 18:45

• Ramzan Kadyrov responds to article in "Novaya Gazeta" about families of militants

  Ramzan Kadyrov has announced that former militants and their relatives are not oppressed in Chechnya. As an example, he has mentioned some of his subordinates.

May 28, 2020 13:06

• Azerbaijan counts 23 shelling attacks in conflict zone

  The positions of the Azerbaijani Army were shelled in the Karabakh conflict zone and on the border with Armenia, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported today.

May 28, 2020 12:38

• AI calls on Azerbaijani authorities to release activists

  Azerbaijani authorities are using the restrictions imposed due to the pandemic in order to prosecute their opponents, the Amnesty International (AI) stated on May 27, demanding to release the arrested activists.