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April 29, 2020 08:27

• Yerevan residents protest against cutting off housing and communal services

  Residents of Yerevan have gathered near the government building with a demand to solve the problem of disconnecting utilities for non-payment. Due to epidemic restrictions, local residents are without livelihood, Aik Barsegyan, an activist, has stated.

April 29, 2020 08:19

• Head of Dagestani village complains about absence of medicines and doctors

  The death toll from pneumonia in the village of Tebekmakhi in the Akushinsky District of Dagestan has gone up sharply, almost a third of villagers are sick, but there is not enough medicines and qualified medical help, Medjid Medjidov, the head of the village of Tebekmakhi, said in his appeal to the authorities of Dagestan.

April 28, 2020 21:32

• Arashukov son's and father's cases combined with three top-ranking law enforcers' cases

  Rauf Arashukov, a former senator from Karachay-Cherkessia, his father Raul Arashukov, and former heads of the Centre for Combating Extremism (CCE, also known as Centre "E") and the Investigating Department for Karachay-Cherkessia of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) became involved as defendants in a common criminal case, the defence reported.

April 28, 2020 21:19

• SIZO warders refuse advocate to visit sentenced Azerbaijani activist

  An advocate was not allowed to visit Alizamin Salaev, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), sentenced for posting a video criticizing a policeman. Defender Elchin Sadygov treats the above refusal in a visit to his client as an interference with his professional activities and a violation of the arrested activist's rights.

April 28, 2020 18:59

• Armenian authorities decide to mitigate state of emergency

  Within ten days, Armenia will first minimize and then lift the restrictions on economic activities, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announces. Meanwhile, residents are allowed to go for walks up to one kilometer from their place of residence.

April 28, 2020 18:38

• In Chechnya, entrepreneurs alerted by conditions for quarantine mitigation

  Small shops, petrol stations, and car service stations will be opened providing for compliance with security measures, announces Ramzan Kadyrov. The leader of Chechnya has threatened to seize the property of violators. Local businessmen believe it is risky to resume activities in such conditions.

April 28, 2020 18:18

• Activists call on international community to help stop repressions in Azerbaijan

  The Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Security (IRFS) and members of the EU's Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum (EaP CSF) called on the international community not to remain indifferent to human rights violations in Azerbaijan and help stop the persecution of government critics.

April 28, 2020 13:14

• "Syndicate-100" treats law on fakes as pressure on journalists

  Authorities have begun actively using the coronavirus pandemic for putting pressure on independent mass media, says the statement made by the "Syndicate-100" Association of Russian Editions posted today.

April 28, 2020 12:53

• Chechnya: 42 administrative cases for violating self-isolation regime

  42 residents of Chechnya face large fines for violating the self-isolation regime introduced in the republic because of the threat of coronavirus spread.

April 28, 2020 11:13

• For thirteenth time, ICRF refuses to open case on torture in Anapa

  For the thirteenth time, investigators have refused to initiate a criminal case on the torture complaints submitted by three residents of the city of Anapa. For about four years of conducting various checks, a lot of opportunities have been lost to obtain evidence in applicants' favour, said Anna Kotsareva, a lawyer of the Committee against Torture (CaT).

April 28, 2020 10:58

• Bibilov allows calling Tskhinval as Stalinir

  The name of "Stalinir" will be used to designate the capital of South Ossetia along with the modern name of the city (Tskhinval or Tskhinvali) during the festivities dedicated to the Great Patriotic War, Anatoly Bibilov, the president of the republic, has decided.

April 28, 2020 08:21

• Azerbaijani oppositionist complains of beating by law enforcers

  Law enforcers have beaten up Arif Babaev, an arrested activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), and forced him to abandon his political activities, his brother said.

April 28, 2020 01:50

• Sources report man's death from grenade explosion in Volgograd

  A grenade has exploded in a car parked in a street in Volgograd, killing a man, a source from the city's emergency services has preliminarily reported.

April 27, 2020 21:22

• Ramzan Kadyrov announces step-by-step lifting of coronavirus restrictions

  Chechnya will most likely first open small shops, car service stations, and petrol stations with a small number of employees, the leader of the Chechen Republic has announced today.

April 27, 2020 21:03

• Dagestan remains leader in number of coronavirus-infected people in NCFD

  Over 24 hours, in Dagestan, the number of cases of coronavirus infection increased by 167 and reached 994. These are the highest numbers among the regions of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD).

April 27, 2020 18:03

• Social network users support appeal to Kadyrov about detention of Chechen resident

  A mother of Magomed Khaikharoev from the village of Assinovskaya, who was detained by law enforcers more than four months ago, has appealed to Ramzan Kadyrov. The woman has requested the leader of Chechnya to release her son. Instagram users supported the appeal of the woman.

April 27, 2020 17:45

• Russian watchdog associates outbreak of coronavirus with a rally in Vladikavkaz

  In North Ossetia, the number of coronavirus cases increased by 148 over 24 hours and reached 549. According to the "Rospotrebnadzor" (Russian Federal Agency for Consumer Supervision), the growth of the number of coronavirus-infected people increased significantly because of a mass protest in Vladikavkaz and violation of the regime of self-isolation by residents of the republic.

April 27, 2020 16:51

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of April 20-26, 2020

  Increase in the number of coronavirus-infected people in Southern Russia and in the countries of Southern Caucasus; new forms of actions in memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire; beginning of Ramadan without collective prayers in Southern Russia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of April 20-26, 2020, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

April 27, 2020 14:47

• Azerbaijan announces shelling attack on its village on border with Armenia

  The positions of the Azerbaijani troops in a village on the border with Armenia and in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled 25 times within 24 hours, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reports today.

April 27, 2020 14:31

• General Prosecutor's Office to investigate beating of advocate's relatives in Armenia

  On April 26, the General Prosecutor's Office of Armenia reported a launch of an investigation into a criminal case on a hooligan attack on relatives of advocate Seda Safaryan. The advocate herself associated the incident with her professional activities.