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November 20, 2021 13:07

• Sapper blows himself by a mine near Zangelan

  Vagif Alizad ogly Babaev, an employee of the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA), was hospitalized in critical condition after a mine blast in the Zangelan District.

November 20, 2021 13:01

• Sanctions deal another blow to Kadyrov's favourite hobby

  The Arab racehorse coach has lost his license because of his ties with Ramzan Kadyrov. This measure hit the head of Chechnya, Alexei Malashenko, a political analyst, believes. Magomed Khamidov, another political analyst, has noted that residents of the republic treat Kadyrov's hobby for horses as a whim of a rich man.

November 20, 2021 12:49

• Armenian opposition demands to arm villagers living near Azerbaijani border

  The population of the villages located near deployment of Azerbaijani troops should be armed and trained. For this, legislative amendments are needed to allow villagers to possess weapons for self-defence, the participants of the "National Democratic Pole" action held in Yerevan have stated.

November 19, 2021 23:50

• Ingush policeman convicted for refusing to disperse protesters

  A court found Magomed Dolgiev, the former employee of the patrol-and-post police service, guilty of failure to comply with an order during a rally in Magas and pronounced a verdict of a suspended sentence.

November 19, 2021 23:14

• Georgian Ombudsperson reports threat to Saakashvili’s life

  The Ombudsperson of Georgia reports that the heath state of Mikhail Saakashvili, who has been on hunger strike, is life threatening and demands to transfer the former president of Georgia to a civil hospital. A member of the ruling party urges to wait for the new results of the medical examination of the politician.

November 19, 2021 23:09

• Shootouts worsen prospects for demarcation of border between Armenia and Azerbaijan

  Armed incidents on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan were initiated to disrupt the OSCE Minsk Group format for resolving the conflict between the two countries. Armenia can refuse the agreement on demarcation and delimitation of the border by proposing to appeal to the International Court of Justice, the Armenian political analysts note.

November 19, 2021 21:17

• Armenia announces its death toll in hostilities on Azerbaijani border

  Six Armenian military servicemen perished during the recent hostilities that broke out on the border with Azerbaijan on November 16, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

November 19, 2021 20:32

• Complaints of Ingush law enforcers made grounds for persecuting "Memorial"*

  Most of the complaints about the absence of due marking, which have formed the basis of the lawsuits demanding to liquidate the "International Memorial" and the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", were lodged by the Ingush branch of the Russian FSB. Human rights defenders treat it as a revenge for supporting the protesters in Magas against the agreement on the realignment of the border with Chechnya.

November 19, 2021 20:27

• After reports about Saakashvili's fainting, oppositional MP goes on dry hunger strike

  Bachuki Kardava, an MP from the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party, who has been on a hunger strike for the sixth day in support of Mikhail Saakashvili, has refused to drink water after the third president of Georgia got into the intensive care unit. Two doctors' councils and the head of the Georgian Ministry of Public Health came to the conclusion that Saakashvili needed treatment in a civilian clinic.

November 19, 2021 15:52

• Saakashvili's fainting changes plan of protest actions

  After the transfer of Mikhail Saakashvili into the intensive care unit, the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party has cancelled the protest march and called on activists to gather for a large-scale rally on November 19. The leader of the "Georgian Dream" Party threatened the supporters of Saakashvili's transfer to a civil clinic with responsibility for possible incidents, which caused a protest of the country's Ombudsperson.

November 19, 2021 15:50

• Persecution of "Memorial" is a blow on civil society

  The enforcement practice of the law on foreign agents has created unprecedented pressure on human rights organizations, the participants in a press conference in Moscow have stated. The liquidation of the "Memorial" will inflict great damage to human rights activities in Northern Caucasus and to the defence of Russian citizens' rights at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), human rights defenders believe.

November 18, 2021 23:58

• Baku analysts assess results of battles at border with Armenia

  Military actions that took place on November 16 at the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan provided a tactical advantage for the Azerbaijani armed forces, but at the cost of heavy losses, analysts in Baku say.

November 18, 2021 23:53

• Villagers of Armenia complain about actions of Azerbaijani militaries

  The burning of the grass and the inability to use pastures near the Azerbaijani positions led to the ruin of cattle breeders in the border regions, and if the authorities do not provide assistance, a mass exodus from the villages will begin, Armenian villagers say.

November 18, 2021 23:49

• Speaker of Chechen parliament criticizes Ingush Council of Teips

  Magomed Daudov, the speaker of the Chechen parliament, accused the Ingush Council of Teips of provocation in connection with the declaration about the land at the border between the two republics and announced his willingness to meet his opponents. Magomed Daudov repeated the Ramzan Kadyrov’s threat to “take off pants” voiced against those dissatisfied with the position of the Chechen authorities.

November 18, 2021 23:46

• Film by KBR director awarded by European Film Academy

  The Ossetian-language film "Unclenching the Fists" by Kira Kovalenko, a director from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has won the prize of the European Film Academy for the best film editing.

November 18, 2021 23:44

• Azerbaijan reports shelling its positions on Armenian border

  In the evening on November 17, from their positions in the Tavush District, Armenian militaries shelled the Azerbaijani positions, after which Azerbaijani militaries opened response fire, the Azeri Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

November 18, 2021 21:43

• Baku hands Armenian soldier's body over to Yerevan

  Azerbaijan has handed over to Armenia, through the mediation of Rustam Muradov, a deputy commander of the Southern Military District of Russia, the body of an Armenian soldier who perished in the recent hostilities on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.

November 18, 2021 21:30

• Heads of Ingush and Chechen border districts agree to work on Fortanga

  The heads of the Sunzha District of Ingushetia and the Sernovodsky District of Chechnya have agreed that the Chechen party will coordinate any works on the bank of the Fortanga River with the administration of the neighbouring district of Ingushetia.

November 18, 2021 14:16

• Pashinyan invites Azerbaijani authorities to sign peace treaty

  Armenia has repeatedly appealed to Azerbaijan offering to sign a peace treaty, as well as to start the process of border delimitation and demarcation, but received no reaction from Baku. All the proposals remain in force, the Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, has stated.

November 18, 2021 14:11

• After visiting "Tangim" Mosque, Dagestani resident complains about "prophylactic registration"

  Law enforcers have summoned a resident of Kaspiysk to the police station and threatened to put him on the so-called "prophylactic register" as an extremist. They were interested in the man because of his visit to the "Tangim" Mosque, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has informed.