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December 25, 2019 22:29

• In Chechnya, relatives of Aidamirova sisters claim no trust in investigating bodies

  A sister of the Aidamirova sisters who disappeared in Chechnya does not believe that the investigating bodies are interested in solving the crime involving law enforcers. Relatives of the Aidamirova sisters expect to get compensation at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) for an ineffective investigation.

December 25, 2019 18:45

• Campaign against fortunetellers results in public repentance of Chechen woman

  On the air of the Chechen TV Channel, Rovzan Yusupova, a resident of Gudermes, apologized for her engagement in the activities related to fortunetelling and witchcraft. Some Instagram users have criticized the public humiliation of the woman.

December 25, 2019 18:40

• Azerbaijan registers shelling attacks on two border villages

  The positions of the Azerbaijani troops on the border with Armenia and in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled 22 times within 24 hours, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported.

December 25, 2019 11:29

• Kadyrov's idea of new fight with Emelianenko causes scepticism in social networks

  The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has called Alexander Emelianenko to a fight; two years ago the latter deliberately lost a friendly fight to Kadyrov. Social network users have questioned the honesty of that fight.

December 25, 2019 11:26

• Comedian Maxim Galkin explains his reluctance to go to Chechnya by practice of public apologies

  The practice of public apologies to Ramzan Kadyrov for careless statements is keeping Maxim Galkin from performing in Chechnya, the comedian said in his interview.

December 25, 2019 11:22

• Ingush activist Musa Pliev sentenced to 18 months in colony

  The court has sentenced Musa Pliev, a participant of the March rally in Magas, to 18 months in colony. He will be back at large on January 9, 2020, as the court included the time spent in custody into the sentence.

December 25, 2019 11:20

• Kadyrov declares his readiness to present disputed land plot to Dagestan

  Chechnya can transfer ten hectares of land over which there is a dispute in court to Dagestan, if the latter asks for it, Ramzan Kadyrov said at a press conference.

December 24, 2019 23:58

• Rights defenders achieve resumption of Aidamirov sisters' murder case in Chechnya

  Investigators have resumed the case of the Aidamirov sisters who had disappeared in Chechnya. Investigators should clear out law enforcers' involvement in the murder, but there is no hope of punishing the perpetrators; a complaint is being prepared to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), Dmitry Piskunov, the head of the North-Caucasian branch of the Committee against Torture (CaT), has informed.

December 24, 2019 23:55

• Azerbaijani journalist denied removal of criminal record

  Mustafa Gadjibeili, a journalist, has treated the court's refusal to cancel his criminal record, which impedes his running for parliament at elections in Azerbaijan, as political.

December 24, 2019 18:12

• Chechen MP forces extortionists to apologize to blogger Davidych

  Blogger Erik Kituashvili, who complained of extortionists who called themselves "Kadyrov's people," announced a solution to the problem after meeting with Adam Delimkhanov, a State Duma member from Chechnya, on December 23.

December 24, 2019 18:05

• Makhachkala native sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment for helping Syrian militants

  In Rostov-on-Don, the military court found a native of Makhachkala guilty of transferring money to his nephew, who fought in Syria on the side of the "Islamic State" (IS), recognized as a terrorist organization in Russia.

December 24, 2019 17:57

• Ramzan Kadyrov ceases to deny information about conspiracy

  In response to a question about the conspiracy, the leader of Chechnya said that he had stopped some negotiations between officials. Ramzan Kadyrov mentioned Ibragim Temirbaev, the former Mayor of Argun, as his detractor.

December 24, 2019 17:49

• Refugees occupy ministry building in Georgia

  Since September, internally displaced persons (IDPs), or forced migrants, have been conducting a protest rally at a building of the Ministry of Refugees, Labour, Health, and Social Affairs of Georgia, where they have arranged a sleeping corner for themselves. The protestors claim that the money allocated by the state for rented housing is not enough.

December 24, 2019 17:38

• Kadyrov approves murder of Khangoshvili

  At a press conference held on December 23, Ramzan Kadyrov declared the authorities of Russia and Chechnya were not involved in the killing of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili in Berlin. Following President Vladimir Putin, Ramzan Kadyrov also called Zelimkhan Khangoshvili a terrorist.

December 24, 2019 11:34

• Social network users criticize words of commander of Kadyrov regiment about "traitors"

  Ironic comments were made by social network users to the video with the speech by Zamid Chalaev, the commander of the Akhmat Kadyrov patrol-and-post service (PPS) regiment in Chechnya; while local residents report about the escalation of anxiety atmosphere in the republic.

December 24, 2019 11:27

• Law enforcers raid Astrakhan mosque

  On December 23, law enforcers were on duty during prayer at the Red Mosque in Astrakhan, and also conducted house-to-house raids in the district where Muslims live. Such law enforcers' raid was not the first one in the city.

December 24, 2019 08:52

• PFPA treats arrest of its activist in Azerbaijan as political

  On December 22, Kenan Azizli, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was arrested for ten days on charges of disobedience to the police. The PFPA believes that he is prosecuted on the basis of trumped-up charges for political reasons.

December 24, 2019 08:48

• Prosecution mitigates charges against Chechen law enforcers accused of kidnapping Khasavyurt resident

  Two Chechen law enforcers accused of kidnapping Alexei Kardashov, a resident of the city of Khasavyurt, were transferred from SIZO (pre-trial prison) under house arrest; and the charge itself has been eased, the Committee against Torture (CaT) has reported. Israeli activists link the slip in the investigation with the interest of Chechen authorities.

December 23, 2019 22:37

• Observers report violations at elections in Azerbaijan

  Ballot papers throws-in, "carousels", removal of observers from polling stations and other irregularities have been fixed at the municipal elections in Azerbaijan by the Centre for Election Monitoring and Democracy Education (CEM&DE). Analysts pointed to the absence of an acute rivalry among candidates.

December 23, 2019 22:33

• Journalists urge ICRF head to take up Gadjiev's case

  Colleagues of Abdulmumin Gadjiev have timed their action demanding to objectively investigate the case of the arrested journalist of the "Chernovik" weekly to the visit of Alexander Bastrykin, the head of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) to Dagestan.