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May 20, 2020 11:39

• Ramadan prompts KBR residents to actively help those in need

  On the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan, the charitable foundations "Kavkaz-Nur" and "Circassian Renaissance" are raise funds for the needy and returnees. According to activists, during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, there were more enthusiasts willing to help.

May 20, 2020 11:36

• Social network users demand to punish Ingush resident for consent of his daughter's circumcision

  The mother of the nine-year-old girl who was circumcised in Ingushetia has turned for help to the republic's ombudsperson. In the opinion of social network users, the girl's rights were violated, while the father deserves the most severe punishment.

May 20, 2020 11:31

• First group of Azerbaijanis leaves Dagestan

  120 Azerbaijani citizens who could not leave Dagestan after the border was closed due to coronavirus managed to leave for their homeland.

May 19, 2020 23:54

• Syrian militants seek sign of Russian secret services' involvement in killing of "Imarat Kavkaz" leader

  Syrian militants suspect that the leader of the "Imarat Kavkaz" (Caucasus Emirate), a terrorist organization banned in Russia by the court, was killed by a person who might cooperate with the Russian secret services. The murdered "Imarat Kavkaz" leader had little influence on militants in Russia, Islamic experts believe.

May 19, 2020 23:48

• Azerbaijan registers shelling attacks in two border villages

  Units of the armed forces of Armenia used large-calibre machine guns and sniper rifles and violated the ceasefire regime 24 times within 24 hours, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported.

May 19, 2020 18:25

• Azerbaijani opposition declares hunger strike in prison, his brother reports

  On May 17, Azerbaijani oppositionist Babek Gasanov went on hunger strike in protest against pressure on him and other prisoners, his brother Djavid Gasanli reported. The Public Relations Department of the Azerbaijani Penitentiary Service denied the above information.

May 19, 2020 18:17

• Dagestani fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov tells about his father's grave condition

  Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, the father and coach of the Dagestani mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov was diagnosed with bilateral pneumonia; he has undergone a heart surgery and remains in very grave health condition.

May 19, 2020 18:14

• Four days declared off in Chechnya because of Eid al-Fitr

  Chechen authorities have announced May 23-26 to be says-off. There will be no collective namaz (prayer) in mosques on Eid al-Fitr, the Muftiate has stated.

May 19, 2020 18:10

• State Duma reacts to Kadyrov's appeal to fire doctors of Gudermes CDH

  The medics' dismissal issues must be resolved according to the law, Leonid Ogul, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Health Care, has stated in his comment to the appeal of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, to dismiss the doctors of the Gudermes Central District Hospital (CDH) after their complaints about the shortage of protective means. However, according to hospital medics, only one radiologist has been fired so far, while the rest of the staff has escaped sanctions.

May 19, 2020 13:51

• Mass events on Eid al-Fitr cancelled for KBR residents

  The Muftiate of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has urged Muslims to celebrate Eid al-Fitr (Uraza Bayram) with their families, and not to visit cemeteries and other people in the conditions of the restrictions imposed because of the epidemic.

May 19, 2020 13:48

• Defence appeals against arrest of website "Azel.tv" editor

  There is no need to keep Afghan Sadygov, the editor-in-chief of the Azerbaijani website "Azel.tv" in custody for the period of investigation, his advocate believes. His wife treats the case against Afghan as a provocation.

May 19, 2020 11:23

• Putin joins solving problem of Azerbaijanis on Dagestani border

  Presidents of Russia and Azerbaijan have discussed the situation in border districts of Dagestan, where more than 700 people cannot return to their homeland amid the coronavirus epidemic.

May 19, 2020 11:17

• Azerbaijan: PFPA activist accused of financing terrorism

  Niyameddin Akhmedov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) has been accused of financing terrorism. The PFPA treats the criminal case as a "gross falsification with the aim of political revenge."

May 18, 2020 22:32

• Azerbaijan claims machine-gun and sniper shelling attacks in Karabakh conflict zone

  Over 24 hours, the positions of the Azerbaijani troops in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled from sniper rifles and large-calibre machine guns, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported.

May 18, 2020 22:30

• In Kabardino-Balkaria, villagers complain about officials' indifference

  In Kabardino-Balkaria, officials ignore complaints from residents of the Sovkhoznoye village about harsh living conditions, high unemployment, and absence of possibilities for leasing of land plots. This was claimed by the villagers in their appeal to Yuri Chaika, the presidential envoy to the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD).

May 18, 2020 16:08

• Head of "Azel.tv" denies extortion charge

  Afghan Sadygov, the head of the Azerbaijani edition "Azel.tv", accused of extortion, has been arrested for four months. He himself treats the accusation as slander.

May 18, 2020 15:49

• Kadyrov demands to punish protesters from Gudermes CDH

  The head of Chechnya has ordered to bring the medics of the Gudermes Central District Hospital (CDH), who had complained about the working conditions, to responsibility. The same concerned their relatives, while the author of the message about a doctor's death was blamed as a provocateur, and Kadyrov demanded fire him.

May 18, 2020 15:44

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of May 11-17, 2020

  Spread of the coronavirus infection in the Caucasus; doctors' complaints in Southern Russia about the absence of compensations and protective gear; special operation in Ingushetia; pardon of sentenced oppositionists in Georgia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of May 11-17, 2020, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

May 18, 2020 15:40

• Chechen residents complain about coercion to participate in subbotnik

  Employees of budget-funded organizations were forced to participate in garbage collection and tree whitewashing, despite the restrictions introduced to COVID-19, residents of the Urus-Martan District of Chechnya have informed. The self-isolation regime "passes with benefit," said the head of the district.

May 18, 2020 11:14

• Rights defenders urge Georgian authorities to solve the problems of LGBT community

  On the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Bifobia, the People's Defender (Ombudsperson) of Georgia, Nino Lomzhariya, and several non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have treated the position of LGBT people in the country as depressing, and called on the authorities to support them.