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May 15, 2020 14:46

• Chief Physician of Gudermes hospital replaced after doctors' protest

  The Gudermes Central District Hospital (CDH), whose employees have protested against their working conditions, is now headed by Shahid Akhmadov, a former Chechen Minister of Public Health.

May 15, 2020 14:35

• Hotline to help Muslims arouses interest among residents of Northern Caucasus

  Since the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the All-Russian hotline for Muslims has been rendering psychological, legal, social and spiritual support to those in need, the organizers inform.

May 15, 2020 11:43

• "Novaya Gazeta" reports doctors' protest in Gudermes District

  After the information about the re-profiling the wards of the Gudermes District Hospital in Chechnya into the hospital for coronavirus patients, audio and video appeals appeared in social networks posted by the hospital medical staff with complaints about the absence of protective means, which they have to buy for their own money. This is reported in the today's article "Thus Scary Picture" published by the "Novaya Gazeta" newspaper.

May 15, 2020 11:30

• Chechen law enforcers announce search for five Dagestani militants

  Five natives of the village of Andirei, who are planning armed attacks, are being searched by Chechen law enforcers, the republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has announced. Law enforcers have tightened control on the border with Dagestan.

May 15, 2020 08:42

• Residents of Chechnya criticize Suleimanov's appeal to tighten self-isolation

  The appeal of Elkhan Suleimanov, the Chechen Minister of Public Health, to tighten the self-isolation regime has found no support among residents of the republic.

May 15, 2020 08:27

• Instagram users criticize Dagestanis for inscribing "Stalin" on mountain slope

  Under Stalin, nations of the Caucasus were repressed; and perpetuating his name on a mountainside in the Akhtynsky district of Dagestan is inappropriate, Instagram users have written under the video, in which men have whitewashed the stone inscription "Stalin".

May 14, 2020 21:52

• Muftiate of Chechnya announces amounts of zakat and kaffarat donations during Ramadan

  This year, the amount of alms to be given out by believers will amount to 100 roubles, and the amount of redemptive fee for violation of the fasting during the month of Ramadan will be 50 roubles, the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of Chechnya announces. Residents of the republic expressed their concern about the uncertainty of the celebration of the Eid al-Fitr holiday amid the quarantine.

May 14, 2020 18:47

• Updated list of political prisoners in Azerbaijan includes 155 activists

  For the first time, a person placed to a psychiatric hospital was included in the list of political prisoners in Azerbaijan. In total, 155 surnames are included in the updated list prepared by the human rights defenders of the "Union for the Freedom of Political Prisoners of Azerbaijan".

May 14, 2020 18:34

• Sources explain special operation in Ingushetia by a search or Aslan Byutukaev

  In Ingushetia, law enforcers are combing forests in the Sunzha District in a search for a group of militants led by Aslan Byutukaev, considered to be the organizer of the attack on Grozny in 2014, sources report.

May 14, 2020 18:21

• Instagram users support Dagestani Muftiate's call to celebrate Eid al-Fitr at home

  An appeal of the Dagestani Muftiate to celebrate the holiday of Eid al-Fitr at home because of the difficult situation with the spread of the coronavirus infection in the region is aimed for the good, users of Instagram note. In their comments, some users write that they will celebrate the holiday despite the epidemic.

May 14, 2020 14:16

• Dagestan journalists point to authorities' blunders in COVID-19 situation

  Dagestan officials were not properly prepared for the spread of coronavirus and failed to convince people of its danger in time, the heads of local editions have commented on local authorities' statistics on COVID-19 and viral pneumonia incidence, voiced out by the authorities.

May 14, 2020 13:52

• Head of "Azel.TV" detained in Azerbaijan

  Employees of the Chief Department for Combating Corruption under the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Azerbaijan have searched the apartment of Afghan Sadygov, the head of the online edition "Azel.TV"; he was detained, his wife and advocate have informed.

May 14, 2020 13:37

• Law enforcers' special operation is this year's second in Sunzha District

  The operative-search operations in the Sunzha District of Ingushetia were preceded by a special operation conducted in March, during which an alleged militant was killed.

May 14, 2020 11:41

• Meskhetian families receive help in Ramadan from American Diaspora

  The Diaspora of Meskhetian Turks in the United States, named "Ahiska Turkish American Council", has organized a Ramadan action of spreading grocery packages among needy families in eight countries around the world, the organizers have informed.

May 14, 2020 11:11

• Mourning events by Chechen officials question legality of penalties for violating quarantine

  The Chechen officials who gathered at the grave of Akhmat Kadyrov on May 10 violated the restrictions imposed because of coronavirus; however, they will not be punished, among other things, because of the controversial legality of these measures, the lawyers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

May 14, 2020 10:59

• Inmates' relatives doubt MoJ's data on count of those infected in Azerbaijani jails

  The COVID-19 has been diagnosed in 33 prisoners kept in Azerbaijani jails, the country's Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has informed. Their relatives believe that there are many more infected inmates and worry about their health.

May 14, 2020 08:28

• Rights defenders demand reaction to data on female circumcision in Ingushetia

  On May 12, lawyers of the "Legal Initiative" Project sent a request to the Investigating Department for Ingushetia of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) asking to check the treatment and diagnostic centre in Magas, whose doctors performed, in June 2019, a crippling surgery on a 9-year-old girl, says the statement posted on the website of the "Legal Initiative".

May 14, 2020 08:16

• Two colleagues of killed NKR soldier detained

  Two military servicemen have been detained within the case of the death of Sasun Margaryan, a conscript. The investigation is under the articles on violation of statutory relations and bringing to suicide.

May 13, 2020 21:36

• Residents of Chechnya reprove publication of a video with a quarantine violator

  A video showing a Chechen resident hiding from the police gathered compassionate comments on Instagram. Users who left their comments under the video called filming and publishing of such videos to be unacceptable.

May 13, 2020 20:59

• Instagram users argue who is responsible for difficult situation with coronavirus in Dagestan

  It was too late when the authorities of Dagestan took measures against the coronavirus infection, some Instagram users claimed. Local residents themselves are to blame for the outbreak of the infection, because they violated the imposed restrictions, other users of the social network argue.