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December 06, 2019 08:42

• ECtHR awards compensations for persecutions of Azerbaijani journalists

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found a violation of the freedom of expression in the criminal cases initiated against the late publicist, Rafig Tagi, and the journalist, Samir Sadagatoglu. The ECtHR has ruled that compensations should be paid to Sadagatoglu and Tagi's widow in the total amount of over 25,000 euros.

December 06, 2019 08:32

• Kadyrov Fund activities question transparency of Chechnya's budget

  According to calculations of the "Caucasian Knot", over the past six days, officials of the Chechen Republic, which is subsidized from the Russian federal budget, have reported on at least 12 infrastructure and social projects financed by the Akhmat Kadyrov Fund.

December 05, 2019 21:36

• Azerbaijan schedules date of parliamentary elections

  Ilham Aliev has signed a decree on the dissolution of parliament, and the parliamentary elections are scheduled for February 9, 2020.

December 05, 2019 21:29

• Chechen resident apologizes in pubic for his complaint about lack of surgical filaments

  A video message posted on Instagram by a resident of Chechnya who reported that he had to buy additional medical materials for his brother who was to undergo surgery turned into a new episode of the public apology campaign.

December 05, 2019 18:37

• "Mediazona" reveals jury's role in case of blood feud against Dagestani native

  The jury twice pronounced verdicts of acquittal in the case on the murder in 2016 of Zhalalutdin Sungurov, a resident of Dagestan, and the cassation court acquitted the defendant in spite of the requests voiced by public prosecutor, the "Mediazona" reports today.

December 05, 2019 18:17

• Defence sees political motives in Rostov court's verdict in Hizb ut-Tahrir* case

  Today, the Southern District Military Court has sentenced Muslim Enver Seitosmanov, accused of involvement in a Sevastopol unit of an organization banned in Russia by the court, to 17-year-old of imprisonment in a penal colony. The defence treats the court's decision as politically motivated.

December 05, 2019 18:05

• "Roskomnadzor" draws up two new protocols against HRC "Memorial"

  Following the FSB Department for Ingushetia, an individual filed a complaint to the "Roskomnadzor" (Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media) about the fact that the materials of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" were released without a "foreign agent" mark. As a result, the number of administrative protocols drawn up against Alexander Cherkasov, the chairman of the HRC's Council, reached eight.

December 05, 2019 14:53

• Colleagues of Ogtai Gyulyalyev concerned over plans to return him to Azerbaijan

  The Heydar Aliyev Foundation decided to stop financing the Ogtai Gyulyalyev's stay at a clinic in Istanbul and to return him to Azerbaijan, where medical treatment might be less effective, the Committee against Repression and Torture voiced its fears on December 4.

December 05, 2019 14:38

• In Nagorno-Karabakh, state museum employees complain of its emergency condition

  Employees of the Nagorno-Karabakh State Museum of History and Local Lore are trying to attract young people to study the history of Artsakh, but the emergency condition of the building does not allow holding mass events in it.

December 05, 2019 11:21

• Ingush CCE investigates Zelimkhan Khangoshvili's case since 2008 - Interfax

  Starting from 2008, the activities of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, who was recently murdered, were investigated by the Centre for Combating Extremism (also known as CCE or Centre "E") of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Ingushetia in a case on involvement in terror acts on the territory of the Ingush republic, the "Interfax" reports.

December 05, 2019 11:11

• Chechnya to spend 4.6 million for orders and medals named after Akhmat Kadyrov

  The amount of 4.6 million roubles was allocated from the Chechen budget for the manufacture of orders and medals named after Akhmat Kadyrov. According to the materials of the public procurement website, the orders and medals are to be made of gold and precious stones.

December 05, 2019 10:55

• Serzh Sargsyan rejects charge of embezzlement

  Former Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan does not agree with the charge of embezzlement and treats a case against him as political persecution, his office reports.

December 05, 2019 08:36

• Social network users reproach Germany for soft reaction to Khangoshvili's murder

  The German Chancellor has confirmed that the decision of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to expel two Russian diplomats had to do with the Russia's unwillingness to help in the investigation of the murder of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili. Social network users have expressed bewilderment at the absence of real sanctions against Russia.

December 05, 2019 08:26

• Defence of Kurbanov brothers doubts investigators' findings

  In 2015-2016, Ismail and Mukhtar Kurbanov from Dagestan were in their native village and did not fight in Syria, their advocate has stated in court and presented the confirming documents.

December 04, 2019 21:15

• Decision to dissolve Azerbaijani parliament approved amid criticism of local analysts

  The Constitutional Court of Azerbaijan approved the decision of the Milli Majlis [the parliament of Azerbaijan] to recommend the President to dissolve the legislative body and announce early parliamentary elections.

December 04, 2019 21:03

• German court obliges Chechen refugee to return children to Russia

  The court pronounced a decision, according to which Rashid Chataev, a native of Chechnya, should return to his former wife their two daughters taken by him to Germany. Rashid Chataev hopes that in Grozny, the court will pronounce an opposite decision and leave the children with him.

December 04, 2019 19:57

• Zelimkhan Khangoshvili's murder threatens sanctions against Russia

  Confirmations of the version on the involvement of the authorities of Russia or Chechnya in the murder of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili can complicate the economic cooperation between Russia and Germany, The Wall Street Journal reports.

December 04, 2019 19:38

• OSCE observers find no violations in Karabakh conflict zone

  Today, the OSCE Mission has not registered any shooting attacks on the contact line between the troops of Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh.

December 04, 2019 19:16

• In Chechnya, detainees publicly repent of drug use

  On December 3, the Muftiate of Chechnya reported that in the Urus-Martan District of Chechnya, several young people repented of using psychotropic substances. The Chechen Muftiate also posted a photo of a "warning conversation" held by law enforcers for the detainees. Instagram users and residents of the Chechen Republic considered such a public humiliation as excessive.

December 04, 2019 14:50

• Grozny resident suspected of links with Syrian militants

  A 23-year-old native of Grozny has been fighting in Syria on the side of militants since 2015, a source from the Chechen prosecutor's office has announced today the investigators' version.