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February 03, 2020 21:09

• Ural resident publicly apologizes for his phrase about Chechen natives

  According to a video posted on YouTube, in his conversation with natives of Chechnya, Dmitry Kuprin, a resident of the Chelyabinsk Region, apologized for posting his video with offensive attacks against the Chechen people.

February 03, 2020 14:00

• On January 27-February 2, 2020, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of January 27-February 2, 2020, no one fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

February 03, 2020 13:42

• In Makhachkala, shelter administration announces its version of conflict with inmates

  In Makhachkala, victims of violence who lived in the "Warm House on the Mountain" shelter were not forced to work for free and communicate with journalists. A request for the eviction of women is related to the violation by them of the shelter rules, announces the administration of the shelter in response to the article prepared and posted by Svetlana Anokhina.

February 03, 2020 13:27

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events from January 27 to February 2, 2020

  Pickets of Moscow activists and journalists in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev arrested in Dagestan; resonance after spread of collage with Ramzan Kadyrov; protest action against acting head of Elista, Dmitry Trapeznikov; sending to court of case of Serzh Sargsyan, former President of Armenia; bullying a female student after scandalous dance in Vladikavkaz, – read about these events in the weekly review of the main events in the Caucasus during the week from January 27 to February 2, 2020, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

February 03, 2020 12:03

• Attack on a journalist committed in Vladikavkaz

  In the city of Vladikavkaz, the capital of North Ossetia-Alania, two men have forced David Mamedov, a journalist, into a car and searched him by accusing him of spreading narcotic drugs, Mamedov himself announced on February 2. The local branch of the Russian Union of Journalists has called on the police to promptly investigate the attack on Mamedov.

February 03, 2020 11:19

• Ingush lawyers initiate amendments to Constitution

  The proposed amendment can help to restore the "Ingushes' right to the Prigorodny District" and become a "legal basis for resolving territorial disputes and establishing peace in the Caucasus," wrote the lawyer Ozdoev.

February 03, 2020 11:08

• Vagram Avagyan's relatives demand not to treat his death as suicide

  A protest action held by relatives of the soldier, who perished in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) turned into clashes with policemen, who wouldn't let the protesters into Yerevan. The Armenian Minister of Defence has persuaded the soldier's relatives to disperse by promising to revise the suicidal version of his death.

February 03, 2020 10:43

• Tumso unveils version of Chechen blogger's murder in France

  Imran Aliev, a blogger, was killed in France by a native of Chechnya linked with a well-known Chechen official, says the publication of Tumso Abdurakhmanov.

February 02, 2020 11:42

• Opposition claims inhuman custody conditions of Azerbaijani activists

  Arrests of oppositionists under administrative cases have frequented in Azerbaijan, while their custody conditions are inhuman, the oppositional National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) asserts.

February 02, 2020 11:28

• New park in Urus-Martan named after Akhmat Kadyrov

  The first city park has been opened in the city of Urus-Martan. In order to flatter their boss, Chechen officials call any new objects after Akhmat Kadyrov, Ramzan's father, local residents, dissatisfied with the initiative, told the "Caucasian Knot".

February 02, 2020 10:51

• NKR counts 200 shelling attacks during week

  Since January 26, soldiers of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces fired about 1150 shots at positions of the Defence Army, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) reported on February 1.

February 01, 2020 18:04

• Rights defenders criticize Georgian authorities for restricting freedom of self-expression

  Law enforcers stick to especially tough approach with regard to demonstrations critical of the government, and their actions are aimed at restricting the freedom of self-expression, rather than at responding to violations, the NGO "Georgian Democratic Initiative" (GDI) states in its report.

February 01, 2020 17:46

• Azerbaijan claims 24 shelling attacks on frontline

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

February 01, 2020 17:03

• Baiting Vladikavkaz student stopped after flash mob on Facebook

  The Vladikavkaz female student, in support of whom a flash mob on the Facebook was organized, said that threats against her for public dancing have stopped.

February 01, 2020 16:39

• PO offers agreement to Moris Machalikashvili

  The family of Moris Machalikashvili, who is accused of violence during protests in Tbilisi, insists on his conclusion a procedural deal in hope for his speedy release. Machalikashvili denies the charges against him and is ready to admit only that he had accidentally pushed a law enforcer, said his advocate.

February 01, 2020 11:55

• PACE urges Armenian authorities to reduce pressure on Constitutional Court

  The unprecedented level of tensions of the government with the Constitutional Court (CC) threatens the whole judicial system, the co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for Armenia have stated.

February 01, 2020 11:37

• "Beslan Mothers" find law on terror act victims' status a must

  The additional state support promised by Vladimir Putin will help to remove some of the problems faced by the victims of the terror act on Beslan School No. 1. But it is also necessary to adopt a law on the status of terror act victims, the members of the "Beslan Mothers" committee have pointed out.

February 01, 2020 11:21

• Anokhina reports eviction of violence victims from shelter in Makhachkala

  The managers of the Makhachkala shelter for domestic violence victims tried to drive into the street those of their clients, who refused to communicate with the media, Svetlana Anokhina, a Dagestani journalist, has reported.

February 01, 2020 11:10

• Economists criticize unemployment statistics in Northern Caucasus

  The data of the "Rosstat" (Russian Federal Statistics Service) on the record low unemployment in Ingushetia and Chechnya should not be trusted, as it fails to take into account the informal employment, Professor Natalia Zubarevich has noted.

February 01, 2020 08:34

• MIA announces average bribe in Northern Caucasus

  In 2019, employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) revealed that officials at various levels received 244 bribes, said Sergey Bachurin, the head of the Main Department of the Russian MIA for Northern Caucasus, on January 31. "In 2019, the average bribe amounted to 245,000 roubles," the "Interfax-South" quotes him as saying. In total, 101 persons were prosecuted for bribery.