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February 22, 2020 19:24

• Inquiry into death of Russian militaries in Abkhazia stopped

  An armoured personnel carrier (APC) with Russian military servicemen fell into a gorge in Abkhazia due to a driver's fault, investigators have concluded. The criminal case has been stopped, because the driver was one of the three casualties of the road accident.

February 22, 2020 19:09

• Russian diplomats criticize US for accusations of cyber attack on Georgia

  US authorities have unreasonably accused Russia of a cyber attack on Georgia, the Russian Embassy in Washington has stated.

February 22, 2020 18:52

• Azerbaijan fixes 22 shelling attacks on the frontline

  The positions of the Azerbaijani army were shelled on the border with Armenia and in the Karabakh conflict zone, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed today.

February 22, 2020 12:18

• Azerbaijani opposition journalist reports preparation of attempt on him

  Tyurkel Alisoy has said that Dutch law enforcement agencies have taken his family under guard in connection with information about the preparation of the assassination attempts on political emigrants from Azerbaijan.

February 22, 2020 12:07

• Incident with disappearance of Derbent residents worsened Chechen authorities' image

  The police have failed to find the three residents of Derbent who stopped to get contacted during their trip to Grozny, said the wife of one of the missing people. Their disappearance undermines the image of Chechen authorities, the residents of Chechnya interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" assert.

February 22, 2020 11:53

• Analysts explain detentions of district officials in Azerbaijan

  Ismail Veliev, a former head of the Neftchala District, and his subordinates have been detained under the case of bribes and embezzlements, the State Security Service (SSS) of Azerbaijan has informed. As noted by the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", the resonant officials' are intended to distract people's attention from falsifications at parliamentary elections.

February 22, 2020 11:39

• Baksan woman claims threats received from VBON members

  Zalina Marshenkulova, a journalist and an activist from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), has turned to human rights defenders because of the threats she received on behalf of the community "For the Good of the Common People" (known as VBON).

February 22, 2020 08:44

• Residents of Chechnya associate absence of salary growth with employers' tricks

  Real salaries and wages in Chechnya are lower than those declared, local residents assert amid a report of the "Chechenstat" about the growth of local citizens' earnings.

February 22, 2020 08:28

• Entrepreneurs stop importing large batches of goods into South Ossetia

  In order to bypass strict rules of Russian customs, entrepreneurs bring goods to South Ossetia in passenger cars, which led to price growth.

February 21, 2020 21:41

• Makhi Idrisov flees arrest in Makhachkala

  Ramzan Kadyrov's friend Makhi Idrisov, who was placed under house arrest in a case on illicit arms trafficking, fled investigation. Makhi Idrisov was put on the federal wanted list, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan reports today.

February 21, 2020 21:27

• Court refuses to release two Magas protesters

  On February 20, the Supreme Court (SC) of Kabardino-Balkaria dismissed a complaint filed about arrests of Isropil Nalgiev and Amirkhan Bekov. The activists were taken into custody on suspicion of using violence against law enforcers during a rally in Magas, an advocate reported.

February 21, 2020 18:32

• Opposition activist shocked by police refusal to investigate use of force at Azerbaijani elections

  The Azerbaijani law enforcement bodies refuse to institute criminal proceedings in a case on the use of force against Zhalya Bairamova at a polling station during parliamentary elections. This was stated by her father, opposition politician Gubad Ibadoglu.

February 21, 2020 18:20

• Reaction of Edinaya Rossiya to Shtygashev's phrase provokes new protest in Kalmykia

  Kalmyk activists expressed their dissatisfaction with a party penalty as the only response to the statement about the deportation of Kalmyks voiced by Vladimir Shtygashev, the speaker of the parliament of Khakassia, a member of the "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia) Party. The activists announced holding a next action.

February 21, 2020 18:07

• Authorities refuse to sanction rally in memory of Boris Nemtsov in centre of Volgograd

  The Volgograd administration did not sanction a rally in memory of Boris Nemtsov in the city centre with reference to an alleged need for cleaning and landscaping.

February 21, 2020 13:50

• People alarmed about Ramzan Kadyrov's decision to take away Grozny residents' houses

  Ramzan Kadyrov has ordered the Grozny City Mayoralty to seize private houses looking like abandoned if owners do not agree to put them in order. Residents of Grozny are concerned over the officials' plans.

February 21, 2020 13:36

• Court refuses to consider Ali Kerimli's claim against Azerbaijani MIA

  The Baku court refused to consider a claim filed by Ali Kerimli, the leader of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), about the refusal to issue a passport for him. The opposition leader regarded the court's decision as politically motivated and announced his intention to challenge it.

February 21, 2020 11:51

• Kadyrov's guard appointed deputy prime minister of Chechnya

  Ramzan Kadyrov has appointed Abuzayd Vismuradov, the head of his guard and close childhood friend, to the post of the deputy chairman of the government in charge of the power block.

February 21, 2020 11:34

• Rights defenders urge to punish law enforcers for provoking "honour killing" in Ingushetia

  Employees of the "Legal Initiative" have called to prosecute law enforcers in connection with the murder of a girl, who got into the operative footage in Ingushetia. Human rights defenders also insist that the authorities should ensure the safety of the second girl, also captured by the video.

February 21, 2020 11:20

• ECtHR upholds complaints of Azerbaijani Jehovah's Witnesses*

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has made two decisions on complaints of Azerbaijani Jehovah's Witnesses*, obliging the government to pay them more than 24,000 euros of compensations.

February 21, 2020 07:38

• Court sends the Ingush activist Myakiev to colony

  Bagaudin Myakiev, a member of the Council of Teips of the Ingush nation, was sentenced to one year and ten months in a colony. The prosecution failed to politicize Myakiev's actions, his advocate has stated.