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August 04, 2021 18:52

• Armenia accuses Azerbaijan of using an UAV at border

  The Armenian armed forces have suppressed an attempt by an Azerbaijani unmanned aerial vehicle to fly over the territory of the Gegarkunik Region, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia reports.

August 04, 2021 18:37

• Crypts of “City of the Dead” in Dargavs to be closed due to wide public outcry about a video

  The “City of the Dead” complex has got enhanced security, and it has been decided to block openings into all the crypts, Batraz Tsogoev, the director of the National Museum of North Ossetia, reports.

August 04, 2021 15:28

• ECtHR communicates complaint of law enforcers fired after rally in Magas

  In their complaint submitted to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), the former inspectors of the patrol-and-post service (PPS) of the Ingush Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), claimed the political pretext of their firing.

August 04, 2021 15:09

• After brawl in Saratov, Public Chamber members stand up for Chechen youngsters

  The criminal prosecution of five young guys from Chechnya for a brawl with law enforcers in Saratov needs to be checked by the Prosecutor's Office, Mansur Soltaev, a member of the Public Chamber of Russia, has stated. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), four policemen who tried to stop the brawl were beaten up. In its turn, the defence insists that the policemen were drunk and attacked the young guys themselves, the defence claims.

August 04, 2021 14:56

• Court finds law enforcer's actions against Diana Dibirova to be illegal

  On August 3, the Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan upheld the decision of the Sovietsky District Court of Makhachkala, which found the actions of the policeman, who had declared a warning to the student, Diana Dibirova, for a solo picket she never held.

August 04, 2021 11:26

• Council of Teips members claim in court about provocations at rally in Magas

  At the session of the court that considers the so-called "Ingush case", members of the Ingush Council of Teips (family clans) have testified that at the rally held in Magas in March 2019, young people were provoked to use violence, while the defendants tried to calm them down.

August 04, 2021 11:07

• Journalists demand to lift restrictions on their work in Armenian Parliament

  More than ten Armenian journalistic and human rights organizations have criticized the restrictions introduced on the journalists accredited at the Parliament. In a joint statement, they demanded to cancel the novelties that hinder their work in the parliament building.

August 04, 2021 08:48

• Azerbaijani MP Salimov arrested for three months

  A Baku court has arrested Eldaniz Salimov, an MP, who was deprived of his parliamentary immunity, under a case of abuse of office.

August 04, 2021 08:32

• Kuban hoteliers suffer losses due to demand of tourist vaccination

  When accommodating into a hotel in the Kuban (the Krasnodar Territory, called like that by the name of the main river, – note of the "Caucasian Knot"), tourists must present vaccination certificates or a promise to get the first vaccination within three days. The accommodation demands have reduced, as these demands scare tourists away, tourism professionals report.

August 03, 2021 22:20

• Fellow villagers report about release of disappeared native of Chechnya

  Ibragim Musaev, a resident of the Chechen village of Sernovodskoye, who disappeared in June on his way from the Magas airport after his return from Greece, is at home, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”* reports today.

August 03, 2021 21:13

• Astrakhan family complains about non-admission of an autistic child to water park in Volzhsky

  In the city of Volzhsky, employees of the water park unreasonably refused to let in a family with a disabled child who had come to rest from Astrakhan, the boy’s parents complained. The Prosecutor’s Office launched an investigation into the incident.

August 03, 2021 19:07

• “Alliance of Patriots of Georgia” requests President Putin to restore dialogue with Tbilisi

  Activists of the opposition “Alliance of Patriots of Georgia” Party have addressed an open letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin, in which they asked him for assistance in settling the Georgian-Russian relations, the “Georgia Online” reports today with reference to Irma Inashvili, the leader of the “Alliance of Patriots of Georgia” Party.

August 03, 2021 18:53

• Chechen resident sentenced for assisting in terrorist activities

  A court found Mokhyamadkhan Abdulvakhabov, a resident of Chechnya, guilty of transferring money to a friend for travelling to Syria and sentenced him to six years of imprisonment in a penal colony.

August 03, 2021 14:12

• Almost 90 mass wedding participants fined in Azerbaijan

  In Azerbaijan, 89 persons who attended weddings have been fined for violating the quarantine restrictions; 2700 more people were not let to the celebrations because of absent of COVID-19 passports, the Azeri Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has informed.

August 03, 2021 13:57

• Remains of four militaries found in Fizuli District

  In the Fizuli District, Karabakh rescuers have found remains of four military servicemen who perished in the Nagorno-Karabakh hostilities. The total number of bodies and remains of Armenian militaries found has reached 1623.

August 03, 2021 13:44

• In new football season, Chechnya retains practice of forcing fans to attend "Akhmat" FC's matches

  In the first home match of the Russian Premier League football championship, the "Akhmat" Football Club (FC) lost to "Sochi" FC. Residents of Chechnya complained about being forced to attend the team's match.

August 03, 2021 11:34

• Baku: rights defenders argue about sentences to Armenian militaries

  The human rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have diverged in their opinions regarding the sentences passed to Armenian militaries: some treat them to be adequate to the imputed crimes, while others treat the sentences to Mkrtchyan and Khosrovyan as excessively lenient and compared them with those passed to Azerbaijani oppositionists.

August 03, 2021 11:19

• Abdulmumin Gadjiev's colleagues hold pickets in Makhachkala

  In Makhachkala, solo picketers have demanded to release Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist of the "Chernovik" (Draft) portal, and all political prisoners; they also called to stop arrests without proofs.

August 03, 2021 08:36

• Woman from Chechnya suspected of torturing children

  A 53-year-old resident of Chechnya, whom investigators have suspected of torturing two children, was detained.

August 03, 2021 08:24

• Baku court sentences two Armenian militaries to long prison terms

  A military court in Baku has found Ludvig Mkrtchyan and Alyosha Khosrovyan guilty of torturing Azerbaijani soldiers during the first Karabakh war and sentenced each to 20 years in prison.