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July 29, 2021 23:19

• Dagestani activist sues law enforcers after his detention

  Eduard Ataev demanded to declare illegal the actions of the law enforcers who kept him at a police station. The rights of the activist were not violated, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan reported.

July 29, 2021 23:18

• Internet commentator publicly apologizes for insulting Kadyrov

  The author of an offensive comment on the Internet to the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has publicly apologized to him, explaining his behaviour by the fact that he was drunk, as it follows from the publication in Chechen Instagram-publics. Some social media users have criticized the young man for insulting Kadyrov; others treated his public scolding as inappropriate.

July 29, 2021 22:58

• Pashinyan urges Russia to intervene in conflict on Azerbaijani border

  In connection with the escalation of the border conflict, Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, has called on Russia to place its military strong points on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.

July 29, 2021 15:48

• Kadyrov ignores criticism for expensive gifts

  Residents of Chechnya criticize Ramzan Kadyrov for expensive gifts he makes to famous people, but the head of Chechnya had hardly expected to increase his personal popularity by giving a car to the blogger Khasbulla Magomedov. Kadyrov is indifferent to criticism of his generosity, even on the eve of elections, analysts believe.

July 29, 2021 15:46

• Tumso Abdurakhmanov reports kidnapping of Chechen blogger

  A native of Chechnya, known in social networks as Ayub Vakhaevich, has disappeared after posting a video criticizing local authorities, the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, has informed. Ayub's subscribers on the YouTube are concerned about his fate.

July 29, 2021 13:23

• Azerbaijani oppositionist Yagublu intends to go abroad through the court

  Tofig Yagublu, an oppositional politician, sentenced to conditional imprisonment, has asked the court to allow him to travel to Georgia to attend his mother's funeral. The Azerbaijani Ministry of Justice (MoJ) opposed such a permit.

July 29, 2021 11:49

• Observers predict impact of sentence to Tskaev on law enforcers' torture practicу

  The court judgement on the death of Vladimir Tskaev, a resident of Vladikavkaz, will not change the situation with torture in law enforcement bodies, Zarina Britaeva, a journalist, believes. The verdict will force law enforcers to think about the treatment of detainees, said the acquaintance of Tskaev's widow, in her turn.

July 28, 2021 23:51

• Armenia reports deaths of three soldiers in border hostilities

  Three Armenian soldiers perished and three more were wounded in battles on the border of the Gegarkunik Region, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed. Azerbaijani militaries have shelled two villages, Arman Tatoyan, the Ombudsperson has stated.

July 28, 2021 23:36

• Tskaev’s widow calls sentences to Ossetian law enforcers too lenient

  The verdict in a case on the death of Vladikavkaz resident Vladimir Tskaev is not fair, his widow concludes. Zemfira Tskaeva announced her intention to appeal against the court’s decision.

July 28, 2021 23:29

• Residents of Armenia sentenced in Baku on espionage case

  David Davtyan and Gevorg Sudjyan were sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment. The defendants pleaded guilty only to illegal crossing of the border of Azerbaijan. Gevorg Sudjyan claimed that he visited Nagorno-Karabakh for humanitarian purposes.

July 28, 2021 22:58

• Armenian MoD discloses details of battles at Azerbaijani border

  Azerbaijani military units occupied an Armenian military post, but were then driven out of there, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia reported. Military operations will not go beyond the positional warfare, expert Robert Nazaryan and political analyst Armen Vardanyan suggest.

July 28, 2021 21:42

• Two Chechen residents sentenced for transferring money for travelling to Syria

  A court of Rostov-on-Don sentenced Anvar Bolotkhanov to 5.5 years of imprisonment for transferring money to his friend for travelling to Syria. Kamil Eldarov, who provided his bank card for making the money transfer, was sentenced to five years of imprisonment. Both residents of Chechnya pleaded guilty.

July 28, 2021 11:58

• Dagestani court sentences fugitives from colony

  Six prisoners who escaped from the colony in Shamkhal have been sentenced to two years in prison each, which has been added to their basic terms. Three of their accomplices received conditional prison terms.

July 28, 2021 11:28

• Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of wounding two soldiers

  The positions of the Azerbaijani Army stationed in the Kelbadjar District were shelled from the Armenian side. As a result, the militaries, Aliev Sadig Nizami oglu and Imranly Imran Dilgam oglu, suffered; their lives are out of danger, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

July 28, 2021 09:16

• Azerbaijan blames Armenia for shelling its positions

  The positions of the Azerbaijani Army stationed in the border Kelbadjar District were shelled by the Armenian Armed Forces; there are no losses, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

July 28, 2021 09:11

• Analysts treat convicted Cheldiev's supporters as victims of crowd effect

  The participants in the Vladikavkaz protest action against self-isolation held in April 2020, sentenced to real prison terms, were not known to the public, observers said. In their opinion, the convicts were only like-minded people with Vadim Cheldiev, whom investigators regard as the organizer of the rally.

July 28, 2021 00:00

• Dagestani fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov tops Russian Forbes star rating

  The Dagestan mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, Khabib Nurmagomedov, has overtaken other Russian celebrities in terms of references in media and the number of subscribers in social networks, the Forbes has calculated.

July 27, 2021 23:41

• Film by Nalchik director included in programme of Venice Film Festival

  The film by Nalchik director Vladimir Bitokov “Mama, I’m home” was included in the new programme “Horizons Extra” of the Venice Film Festival. The film producer considered the interest of the international film festival organizers to the film a great success.

July 27, 2021 23:27

• Azerbaijani Prosecutor’s Office reports 30 deaths from mine explosions after autumn war

  During a search work in Azerbaijan, a demining specialist was blown up by a mine and was injured. In total, after the autumn war of 2020, 30 people were killed and 125 others were wounded in mine explosions in the Karabakh conflict zone, the Prosecutor’s Office of Azerbaijan reported.

July 27, 2021 23:00

• Five protesters against quarantine in Vladikavkaz sentenced to imprisonment

  In Rostov-on-Don, a court sentenced five participants of a protest action against self-isolation, which took place in Vladikavkaz in April 2020. Aslan Gasiev and Zaza Tsaritov were sentenced to five years, David Okruashvili and Arthur Bugulov – to five years and three months, and Magomed Kadyrov – to five and a half years of imprisonment.