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August 17, 2019 12:53

• Kadyrov's criticism of Imam Shamil voiced out amid reassessment of Chechen history

  The Chechen society is rethinking its history, and the debate about Imam Shamil initiated by Ramzan Kadyrov is an embodiment of this process, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

August 17, 2019 12:40

• Wife of journalist Aslanov states restriction of his right to visits

  At the SIZO (pre-trial prison), Azerbaijani journalist Polad Aslanov, accused of treason, is restricted in his rights to meet his relatives and to make phone calls, his wife has stated. According to her story, the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has begun checking the complaint about the violation of her husband's rights in custody and a biased investigation.

August 17, 2019 08:33

• People from Kadyrov's retinue become his representatives in sectors of Chechnya

  Ramzan Kadyrov has split Chechnya into sectors and appointed law enforcers and officials from his close encirclement to control the work of municipalities. Kadyrov has strengthened the manual ruling regime by copying the Russian administrative system at the republic's level, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted.

August 17, 2019 08:27

• Azerbaijan: hunger-striking journalist Ragimov states serious health deterioration

  Journalist Ikram Ragimov, who is on a hunger strike at the SIZO (pre-trial prison), has reported, in a telephone conversation with his cousin, that he continues his protest action despite a serious deterioration of his health.

August 17, 2019 08:18

• MIA reports abduction of minor bride in Ingushetia

  A young man abducted a 13-year-old girl in the city of Nazran aiming to marry her, the republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has informed. Law enforcers returned the girl to her parents.

August 16, 2019 21:48

• Law enforcers associate "Legal Initiative" with protests in Magas

  The rallies in Magas and recent protests in Moscow are backed up by same people, who organize mass riots, the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has stated. The searches conducted in the Moscow and Ingush offices of the "Legal Initiative" were associated with this version, rights defenders assert.

August 16, 2019 21:36

• Tumso invites head of Chechnya to dispute about Kadyrov Senior

  The blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov has invited Ramzan Kadyrov to discuss the historical role of Akhmat Kadyrov, warning that he would ask "uncomfortable questions."

August 16, 2019 18:25

• Lawyers voice conditions for return of Ingush girl to her parents

  The authorities had the legal right to appoint a guardian for an Ingush girl who suffered from violence, and the return of the child to her parents now depends on the decision of the guardian, state family law specialists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

August 16, 2019 18:09

• Azerbaijan claims sniper shelling attacks in conflict zone

  Within the last 24 hours, the positions of the Azerbaijani troops in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled for 22 times, including from sniper rifles, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reported.

August 16, 2019 13:57

• Gazaryan's desertion to Azerbaijan raises questions to Karabakh officers

  There were no soldiers' complaints about discipline in the military unit, where Araik Gazaryan had served; however, the officers of the Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) are indirectly responsible for the fact that their soldier occurred on the side of Azerbaijan, the rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

August 16, 2019 13:45

• "Legal Initiative" reports new search of its office

  The second search in three days of the office of the NGO "Legal Initiative", which was launched today by law enforcers in the city of Nazran, has to do with the defence of the interests of Ingush activists, rights defenders have suggested.

August 16, 2019 11:58

• After cancellation of meeting with Pashinyan, gold mining opponents appoint protest action

  The meeting of opponents of gold mining at the Amulsar mine with the Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, was postponed because of the workload of the Armenian Premier, activists have reported. Residents of the city of Jermuk said they would hold a one-day strike demanding to ban the exploitation of the goldfield.

August 16, 2019 11:47

• After dispute about Imam Shamil, Kadyrov intensifies efforts of his father's heroization

  Ramzan Kadyrov has told Chechens from Jordan about the exceptional role of his father in ending the war and his conversation with Putin. The new efforts to glorify Kadyrov Senior have been caused by a dispute about the person of Imam Shamil, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

August 16, 2019 11:34

• Representatives of Azerbaijani Ombudsperson visit Gazaryan

  Employees of the Ombudsperson of Azerbaijan have visited the Armenian soldier, Araik Gazaryan, who was detained on the frontline on August 12. According to the Ombudsperson's press service, the soldier had no complaints about his custody conditions and treatment.

August 16, 2019 01:06

• Ingush SC would not reconsider judgement on MPs' lawsuit to Parliament

  Today, the Collegium of the Supreme Court (SC) of Ingushetia has dismissed the complaint of a group of republic's MPs, who disputed the outcomes of the voting on the bill on the border with Chechnya.

August 16, 2019 00:55

• Widow of co-founder of "Rustavi-2" demands to stop sale of TV Company

  Iya Kitsmarishvili, the widow of one of the founders of the "Rustavi-2" TV Company, has called on the court to promptly consider and satisfy her lawsuit and return the stake in company to her. Meanwhile, Paata Saliya, the advocate of Kibar Khalvashi, asserts that his client is the legal owner of the TV Company and has the right to sell its shares.

August 15, 2019 22:09

• Azerbaijani authorities admit Ikram Ragimov's hunger strike

  The Azerbaijani Penitentiary Service has confirmed that the journalist, Ikram Ragimov is on a hunger strike. At the same time, a source from the Service has noted that Ragimov has no problems with his health. However, his relatives state his exhaustion.

August 15, 2019 21:35

• Investigator in Tskaev's case tells about practice of torture in law enforcement bodies

  Law enforcers are applying physical violence to detainees, if they fail to get confessions through psychological pressure, said Aslan Khugaev, who investigated the death of Vladimir Tskaev.

August 15, 2019 18:59

• Red Cross starts negotiations to meet Araik Gazaryan

  Members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) started negotiations with the Azerbaijani authorities concerning a meeting with Karabakh soldier Araik Gazaryan. Network users do not believe the version, according to which the soldier voluntary joined the side of Azerbaijan.

August 15, 2019 18:48

• In Yerevan, protesters criticize Amulsar's examination results

  Today, in Armenia, participants of a protest rally held in front of the government building, have claimed that investigators had provided incorrect results of the environmental impact assessment of the Amulsar mine, and the examination itself was incomplete. The activists demanded a personal meeting with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to present their own research results to him.