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April 10, 2020 22:27

• Social network users recall shocking videos of Malika Djikaeva detained in Chechnya

  Malika Djikaeva, a blogger from North Ossetia, well-known for her provocative videos in hijabs, was arrested in Chechnya in a case on drug possession, sources reported. Some social network users wrote they were glad to learn such news and thereby caused reproaches from their opponents for unethical behaviour.

April 10, 2020 22:16

• Ramzan Kadyrov demands to isolate quarantine violators in prison cells

  The leader of Chechnya condemned participants of a mass memorial event held in a village of the Shali District. Ramzan Kadyrov demanded from his subordinates to tighten the punishment for violation of the quarantine regime. Residents of the Chechen Republic expressed their concern over the above fact.

April 10, 2020 13:26

• Funeral participants in Chechen village get into coronavirus risk group

  The funeral in the village of Malye Atagi of the Shali District, which was attended by many people, threatened them with coronavirus infection, since it was found in family members of the deceased. The Speaker of the Chechen Parliament called on the rite participants to observe self-isolation. However, earlier, officials themselves ignored the self-isolation measures.

April 10, 2020 13:21

• Discussants deal with role of 1989 Tbilisi events in USSR collapse

  The dispersal of protesters in Tbilisi in April 1989 sharply opposed the society against the country's leadership, the participants in the discussion organized by the Russian Federal Georgian National-Cultural Autonomy (RFGNCA) have noted.

April 10, 2020 13:12

• Mufti of Dagestan urged believers to pray at home

  Believers should not attend mosques due to the aggravated situation with the coronavirus spread; it's better to administer namaz (prayer) at home. This was stated by Shamil Alikhanov, the chairman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM, or Muftiate) of Dagestan. Instagram users have supported the recommendation.

April 10, 2020 12:59

• Defence demands to release Armenian ex-president Kocharyan from SIZO

  Advocates of the second president of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan have lodged lawsuits demanding to release their client from SIZO (pre-trial prison) before the end of the pandemic. Kocharyan is in the coronavirus risk group; therefore, his stay in the SIZO is comparable to torture, the advocates claim.

April 10, 2020 10:51

• Kadyrov calls on his critics to leave Russia

  The head of Chechnya has expressed his dissatisfaction with the comments in social networks about quarantine measures in Chechnya, and of the border agreement with Ingushetia. He advised the authors of such comments to leave the country.

April 10, 2020 10:49

• Relatives of Malika Djikaeva, scandalous blogger, report her detention in Chechnya

  Malika Djikaeva, a blogger from North Ossetia, who became known for her provocative videos, was detained with narcotic drugs in Chechnya, her relatives have informed.

April 10, 2020 10:39

• Two oppositional activists arrested in Azerbaijan

  Vafadar Aliev, a member of the Movement for Democracy and Welfare (MDW), and Ruslan Amirov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), were arrested for 30 days. The opposition has condemned the arrests in the face of the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

April 09, 2020 23:57

• Azerbaijani oppositionist arrested for a month

  Faig Amirli (Amirov), the assistant to the chairman of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), whose kidnapping had been claimed by his spouse, was arrested for 30 days.

April 09, 2020 23:55

• Appeal of Aslambek Akhmetkhanov's wife to Chechen leader violates traditions

  A wife of Aslambek Akhmetkhanov violated the Chechen traditions when the woman asked Ramzan Kadyrov to forgive her husband. The woman's appeal was caused by hopelessness and well-founded fears for the safety of her husband, noted Caucasus experts and human rights defenders.

April 09, 2020 23:49

• Chechen social network users refuse to accept apologies from Telegram channel's authors

  Four more natives of Chechnya publicly apologized for their posts on a Telegram channel. Their repentance did not reassure Instagram users who found offensive posts unacceptable.

April 09, 2020 19:44

• Azerbaijan toughens quarantine regime

  Starting from April 9, residents of Azerbaijan who have no signed labour contracts with employers and workers over 65 years old may not leave their homes for the period of quarantine. Managers of companies should reduce the number of employees at working places to the required minimum.

April 09, 2020 18:59

• Quarantine hits family budgets in KBR

  A week after the introduction of self-isolation regime, residents of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) have complained to Kazbek Kokov by means of social networks that they were left without a livelihood.

April 09, 2020 18:53

• Rights defenders treat Caucasian inmates' chances for pardoning as high

  The call to pardon prisoners due to coronavirus threat will be heard by Russian authorities; and North-Caucasian activists will fall under amnesty, the rights defenders who have supported the petition for inmates' release believe.

April 09, 2020 11:58

• Residents of Sochi complain about survival problems under quarantine

  More than 250 protocols for violating the quarantine regime have already been drawn up in Sochi. Townspeople tell about severe restrictions imposed due to the coronavirus and complained about financial problems caused by inability to work.

April 09, 2020 11:30

• Sources treat murder in Ingushetia as blood feud

  Murad Nalgiev, a resident of the village of Surkhakhi in the Nazran District, fell victim to the blood feud, his relative and an Ingush official has reported.

April 09, 2020 11:25

• 36 families isolated in Karabakh village due to coronavirus

  About 170 people live in the village of Mirik, which was closed for quarantine, because a villager is sick with coronavirus. The villagers said that they observe the self-isolation regime. All the vehicles entering the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) from Armenia are disinfected.

April 08, 2020 21:44

• Akhmat Kadyrov Foundation intensifies its activities amid pandemic

  The quarantine regime gave the Chechen authorities the opportunity to regularly report about charity events of the Akhmat Kadyrov Foundation. In two days, four stories were reported by the Chechen TV Channel with statements of gratitude for food aid packages voiced by residents of Chechnya and other regions. However, some Instagram users considered the Akhmat Kadyrov Foundation's activities to be demonstrative.

April 08, 2020 21:43

• Spouse of Azerbaijani oppositionist claims his kidnapping

  Faig Amirli (Amirov), an assistant to the chairman of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has been kidnapped in Baku, and his whereabouts is unknown, his spouse reports. Colleagues of Faig Amirli from the PFPA associated the incident with the oppositionist's political activities.