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December 23, 2019 21:25

• HRC "Memorial" puts Yegor Lesnykh on the list of political prisoners

  Over the past two months, nine more persons have been added to the list of Russian political prisoners, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has declared. The updated list includes Yegor Lesnykh, a native of the city of Volzhsky, convicted under the "Moscow case".

December 23, 2019 21:19

• Resident of Dagestan fined for keeping IS flag

  The court has fined a resident of the Rutul District of Dagestan, at whose home law enforcers found a flag of the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization banned in Russia by he court, the FSB has informed.

December 23, 2019 16:48

• Lubyanka attack reminds of attacks in Caucasus

  A man who attacked a FSB building in Moscow could have been taken alive, but he was killed, like it often happens during special operations in the Caucasus, notes Caucasus expert Alexei Malashenko. The attack occurred against the backdrop of a speech by President Vladimir Putin, and that recalled the events of 2014, when militants attacked Grozny on the day of the Russian President's address to the Federal Assembly.

December 23, 2019 16:41

• Azerbaijan claims sniper shelling attacks in conflict zone

  The positions of the Azerbaijani troops in the Karabakh conflict zone and in villages on the border with Armenia were shelled 23 times within 24 hours, including from sniper rifles, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported.

December 23, 2019 12:37

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of December 16-22, 2019

  President Putin's answers to questions on the problems of the southern regions of Russia; sentence to a Georgian doctor in South Ossetia; trials in cases against Ingush activists in the Stavropol Territory; attack on a son of the first president of Georgia in Tbilisi; opening of a monument to Stalin in Volgograd, and request of the Georgian Communists to restore the monument to the Soviet leader in Gori, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of December 16-22, 2019, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

December 23, 2019 11:32

• "Spiegel" reveals details of transferring data on Khangoshvili to Germany

  Back in 2012, an official of the Russia's FSB handed information about the wanted Zelimkhan Khangoshvili over to German law enforcement bodies, "Der Spiegel" writes.

December 23, 2019 11:29

• Georgian Communists demand to return Stalin's monument to Gori

  On Stalin's birthday, members of the Georgian Communist Party and their supporters held a rally in his homeland, the city of Gori, demanding t0 reinstall hat the monument to the former Soviet leader, which was dismantled nine years ago.

December 23, 2019 11:27

• Instagram users outraged at video with rape victim in Dagestan

  The Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has posted on the Instagram a video depicting a testimony of the minor, of raping whom Musa Aliev, a resident of Mutsalaul, who has reported torture, is suspected. Users have criticized the MIA for posting the video with a child.

December 22, 2019 11:36

• Rostov-on-Don townspeople hold action in support of political prisoners

  On December 20, solo pickets were held in Moscow, Saint Petersburg and Rostov-on-Don, demanding to release political prisoners. In Rostov-on-Don, protesters went out to their action with posters in support of activists Vladislav Mordasov, Yan Sidorov, and Anastasia Shevchenko.

December 22, 2019 11:18

• Georgian activists hold bicycle marathon in support of Gaprindashvili

  On the border with Abkhazia, members of the Georgian "Golos" (Vote) movement have held an action demanding to liberate doctor Vazha Gaprindashvili, convicted for violating the Georgian-South-Ossetian border.

December 22, 2019 11:04

• Kocharyan's supporter suspected of bribing witness in March 1 case

  Varuzhan Mkrtchyan has been detained on suspicion of offering a bribe to a participant in the trial of the case of Robert Kocharyan, the second President of Armenia. As an exception, the Mkrtchyan's case was handed over to the Special Investigating Service (SIS).

December 21, 2019 18:02

• Czech Republic extradites Serzh Sargsyan's nephew to Armenia

  Narek Sargsyan, accused of possessing drugs and weapons, has been extradited from the Czech Republic and brought to Yerevan.

December 21, 2019 16:07

• Residents of Chechnya distrust Amaev's video appeal

  A statement by Mairbek Amaev, a resident of Grozny, who has denied any links of his disappearance with law enforcers, has sparked disputes on the Instagram. The Amaev's story that he had spent a week without telling his family about resting with friends in Pyatigorsk, does not look like the truth, local residents believe.

December 21, 2019 15:55

• Five persons detained after assassination attempt on Tsotne Gamsakhurdiya

  On December 20, the police detained a suspect of attacking Tsotne Gamsakhurdiya, a son of the country's first president, and four other persons, who failed to report about the prepared crime.

December 21, 2019 15:37

• Gaprindashvili's relatives demand meeting with Georgia's Prime Minister

  Relatives of the Tbilisi doctor Vazha Gaprindashvili, who was convicted in South Ossetia for violating the border, insist on setting up a coordinating council for addressing issues regarding his liberation. The Georgian Bar Association has imposed on Russia the responsibility for Gaprindashvili's life and freedom.

December 21, 2019 13:42

• Relatives of defendants in "Ganja case" hold protest action in Baku

  At the protest action held in the yard of the Baku Court of Appeal (CoA), relatives of those accused under the "Ganja case" have demanded the release of the defendants.

December 21, 2019 13:25

• US calls on South-Ossetian authorities to release Gaprindashvili

  The US Embassy in Georgia has demanded the release Vazha Gaprindashvili, an orthopaedist, convicted in South Ossetia for violating its border with Georgia.

December 21, 2019 13:13

• Family links attack on Tsotne Gamsakhurdiya with case of his father's death

  Tsotne Gamsakhurdiya, a son of Zviad Gamsakhurdiya, the first president of Georgia, had feared for his life, while seeking punishment for the alleged killers of his father, his friends and relatives have stated.

December 21, 2019 13:00

• Law enforcers gather data of parishioners of Makhachkala mosque

  On December 20, law enforcers conducted their regular raid near the "Tangim" Mosque in Makhachkala. One of the believers said that later those, whose personal data are recorded during such raid, have talks with their district policemen. In the opinion of journalist, Idris Yusupov, the data collection has to do with the so-called "prophylactic registration".

December 21, 2019 08:24

• Ingush activists complain about custody conditions in Pyatigorsk SIZO

  The six Ingush activists, whose cases are being considered in Zheleznovodsk, have declared unacceptable custody conditions in the SIZO (pre-trial prison) and transportation to the court.