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July 19, 2022 13:31

• Political analysts treat Georgian authorities' situation on "deoligarchization" as hopeless

  Bidzina Ivanishvili, a Georgian oligarch, has managed to export his huge capitals from Russia, and in exchange for this he could take on the commitment to promote the pro-Russian agenda in Georgia. However, authorities of the European Union (EU) have toughened their position towards reducing Ivanishvili's influence on the decisions of Georgian authorities; and the ruling "Georgian Dream" Party can only use the "deoligarchization" in order to increase its ratings before the 2024 parliamentary elections, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted.

July 19, 2022 13:14

• Prosecutor demands to cancel court ruling on Pyotr Parpulov's release

  The court has decided to release Pyotr Parpulov, a resident of Sochi, due to his grave disease, but the prosecutor has challenged this ruling.

July 19, 2022 10:43

• Rights defenders count losses among militaries of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh

  In the first half of this year, as a result of violating the ceasefire regime, nine military servicemen of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh perished, while during the same period of 2021, there were only three casualties, human rights defenders have informed. On the contrary, the non-combat losses decreased by five people.

July 19, 2022 10:26

• Salim Khalitov reports law enforcers' attempts to interrupt his picket in Gadjiev's support

  A solo picket in support of the journalist, Abdulmumin Gadjiev, was held in central Makhachkala by Salim Khalitov. According to Salim, law enforcers tried in every possible way to force him to come to the police station and even informed him about the allegedly available information that he wanted to jump under a car during the picket.

July 19, 2022 08:35

• Power experts promise to restore electricity supply to protesting Makhachkala residents

  The reason for the mass power blackouts in Makhachkala was the increased electricity consumption because of heat and the use of air conditioning systems, the head of the "Dagenergo" Company, who came to the protesters in the Reduktorny neighbourhood of Makhachkala, and promised to restore the power supply this evening.

July 19, 2022 08:22

• Benyash's case on discrediting army postponed due to judge's self-withdrawal

  The court session on the administrative case on discrediting the Russian Army opened against Mikhail Benyash, a Krasnodar lawyer did not take place. The judge has self-withdrawn because he is running another case against the lawyer.

July 18, 2022 22:49

• Azerbaijani oppositionist Salaev stops his hunger strike, police report

  Oppositionist Alizamin Salaev had been refusing food for four days, after which he stopped the protest against his arrest, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reported. Relatives of Alizamin Salaev have information that he did not stop the hunger strike, his son says.

July 18, 2022 22:31

• Irganai migrants urge Melikov to take control of problem with payments

  In their video message to Dagestani leader Sergey Melikov, residents of Irganai and other villages of the Untsukul District asked the republic’s leader to take control of the unresolved issue of compensation for flooded lands and gardens.

July 18, 2022 19:03

• Audience of performance about Eid al-Adha in Makhachkala compares it with Marvel sequels

  More than 2000 people, including children from orphanages and boarding schools, attended a charity performance in Makhachkala dedicated to Eid al-Adha. The audience compared its scenario, in which positive heroes teamed up against villains of Russian and Dagestan fairy tales, with famous Marvel sequels.

July 18, 2022 18:41

• Kadyrov proposes to place air defence base in mountains of Chechnya

  Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has stated that air defence systems are in demand due to the need to introduce new strategic military solutions in Russia in the mountains of Chechnya, on the southern borders of Russia.

July 18, 2022 18:26

• Saakashvili’s relatives succeed in involving forensic experts from United States to his case

  Forensic medical specialists from the United States will examine the general health state of former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, carry out a psychiatric examination and make their legal opinion, advocate Shalva Khachapuridze reports.

July 18, 2022 14:31

• Kadyrov reports staffing "North-Akhmat" regiment

  The "North-Akhmat" regiment under the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) is staffed with the "fighters experienced in military operations in Syria and Ukraine," the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has stated.

July 18, 2022 14:09

• LGBT opponent dies after suicide attempt at action in Tbilisi

  A participant in a rally of homophobic groups against the LGBT Week held in Tbilisi on July 2 has died in a Tbilisi hospital.

July 18, 2022 13:45

• Relatives of Azeri veteran reproach authorities for neglecting his problems

  Khayal Abbasov, a veteran of the Second Karabakh War, received three wounds in battles, but failed to document his disability category. His relatives assert that he lives in difficult conditions, and none of the authorities are interested in his problems.

July 18, 2022 11:07

• Instagram* users called for check of land deals in KBR

  The searches conducted in the Elbrus District have to do with the sale of resort lands, social network users have suggested and called for checking the land deals concluded in other districts of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR).

July 18, 2022 10:48

• Recruitment to Chechen battalions goes amid Kadyrov's threats of hell for those who refuse to go to Ukraine

  In Chechnya, recruitment is underway into battalions of the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD); future fighters are promised salaries of 50,000 roubles or more, the republic's military commissariat (registration and enlistment office) has reported. The recruitment of contractors was announced amid Ramzan Kadyrov's threats with hell to those who would only admit the idea of refusing to go to Ukraine.

July 18, 2022 10:12

• Employee of Georgian Ombudsperson' office claims Soso Gogashvili's physical injuries

  After meeting Soso Gogashvili, a detained former deputy head of the Georgia's State Security Service (SSS), Ketevan Khvedeliani, a staff member of the Georgian Ombudsperson, has confirmed that he had external bodily injuries.

July 18, 2022 09:57

• Evgeny Bukhantsev applies for US asylum

  Evgeny Bukhantsev, a resident of the Krasnodar Territory, who left Russia for the USA due to fear of criminal prosecution for his pacifist actions, has asked for asylum there.

July 17, 2022 11:58

• Baku authorities refused to sanction action demanding opening of land borders

  The Mayoralty of the Azerbaijani capital has found it inappropriate to hold a picket under the pandemic and recommended the organizer, Tofig Yagublu, a member of the coordination centre of the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) and the "Musavat" Party, to send his demands to the government.

July 17, 2022 11:56

• Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia outline their positions at meeting in Tbilisi

  Ararat Mirzoyan, the head of the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has pointed out that the OSCE Minsk Group should take part in settling the Karabakh conflict.