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July 27, 2021 18:33

• UNESCO includes four protected areas of Georgia in World Heritage List

  The tropical forests and swamps of Kolkheti are included in the UNESCO World Natural Heritage List, together with the Kolkheti National Park and the Mtirala National Park, the protected areas of Kobuleti and Kintrishi.

July 27, 2021 18:25

• Caucasian scholars sceptical about using Chechen patrols to guard town near Moscow

  The decision of the authorities of the town of Troitsk located near Moscow to hire a private security company consisting of natives of Chechnya to protect law and order is unwise and could aggravate the interethnic relations, experts believe.

July 27, 2021 18:12

• Serviceman perishes in Nagorno-Karabakh

  On July 26, Sarkis Grigoryan, a military serviceman, was wounded under unclear circumstances, and later dies, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh has informed on the Facebook.

July 27, 2021 13:24

• Kadyrov sets out to vaccinate everyone in Chechnya against COVID

  Absolutely all the adults in Chechnya must be vaccinated against coronavirus, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated amid the human rights defenders' report about the massive coercion of republic's residents to get vaccinated.

July 27, 2021 13:22

• Resident of Dagestan complains about prophylactic registration

  A resident of Kaspiysk has contacted the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"* after learning that he had been put on the so-called "prophylactic registration". He fears that this may negatively affect his work and believes that his rights and freedoms are being violated.

July 27, 2021 11:49

• Dagestan: activist Diana Dibirova achieves victory in her detention case

  The judgement about the unlawfulness of the detention of the student, Diana Dibirova, gives grounds to demand a disciplinary punishment of the law enforcer, Marat Ismailov, an advocate, has noted. Diana is ready to express her civil stand despite calls to the police and threats of expulsion from the arts school.

July 27, 2021 11:45

• Residents of Chechnya complain to rights defenders about coercion to get vaccinated

  In Chechnya, the budget-funded state servants have to get vaccinated under a threat of dismissal, while law enforcer take away cars from unvaccinated drivers, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"* has informed.

July 27, 2021 11:40

• Abdulmumin Gadjiev's colleagues support him with pickets in Makhachkala

  Makhachkala picketers demand to stop persecuting Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist of the "Chernovik" (Draft) portal, and the practice of arrests without proofs, as well as release political prisoners.

July 26, 2021 23:24

• Fellow villagers support Dagestani native Bashirov after his detention

  In Makhachkala, residents of the Khasavyurt District held an action of solidarity with Makhach Bashirov, detained in a case on the extremist community, and recorded a video, calling him a respectable person.

July 26, 2021 23:22

• Azerbaijani soldiers return lost Karabakh villager

  In search of lost livestock, a resident of the border village of Machkalashen in Nagorno-Karabakh entered the territory controlled by Azerbaijan. The man returned home due to the mediation of Russian peacekeepers. Residents of border villages do not always understand where the demarcation line lies, the Ombudsman of Nagorno-Karabakh says.

July 26, 2021 23:21

• Chechen native put on wanted list in case on murder of a Stavropol police officer

  Zaurbek Keniev has been named the second suspect in the murder of police officer Ruslan Abovyan. In 2015, the latter participated in a Grozny special operation of the Stavropol law enforcers, which angered Ramzan Kadyrov.

July 26, 2021 23:19

• Kadyrov’s expensive gift to Dagestani blogger provokes criticism on social media

  After Ramzan Kadyrov met popular Dagestani blogger Khasbik, YouTube users have noted that the leader of Chechnya donates expensive cars at the expense of the republic’s budget. Ramzan Kadyrov organizes such meetings for the sake of the maximum number of mentions about himself, blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov points out.

July 26, 2021 21:52

• Week of July 19-25 passed without victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week from July 19 to July 25, 2021, of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, there was no information about any perished or wounded persons. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.

July 26, 2021 21:50

• Armenian MoD reports new shootout on Azerbaijani border

  Armenian militaries were shelled from the Azerbaijani side in Gegarkunik and Ararat Regions and opened fire back, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated. Because of the shelling in the Karabakh conflict zone, workers of the Sotk mine were evacuated.

July 26, 2021 11:40

• ECtHR's decision on Gugov's complaint disappoints rights defenders

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found the complaint lodged by Islam Gugov, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria about his second sentence for the same crime to be unacceptable. The ECtHR's decision in Gugov's case could become a landmark for Russia, where the practice of repeated prosecution for the same crime is becoming increasingly common, said Oleg Orlov, a board member of the Human Rights Centre HRC) "Memorial"*.

July 26, 2021 11:38

• Timur Tumgoev, native of North Ossetia, complains about pressure on witnesses in colony hunger strike case

  Timur Tumgoev, a native of North Ossetia, who is in colony in the Saratov Region, told his sister that they stopped persecuting him for his refusal to shave his beard. He complained that pressure was being exerted on witnesses in the new case on charges of disrupting the colony.

July 26, 2021 11:35

• Police report 29 detainees under Tbilisi riot case

  A total of 25 suspects in the attack on journalists at the protest against the gay parade in Tbilisi have been detained; four others are suspected of smashing the "Tbilisi Pride" office and attacking a passer-by.

July 26, 2021 11:32

• Mother of Dagestani native asks Putin for help in releasing her son

  Makhach Bashirov, a native of Dagestan, who was declared a supporter of an extremist organization, was kidnapped by people in camouflage uniforms and masks, his mother asserts in her video message to Russian President Vladimir Putin. She insists that her son is innocent.

July 25, 2021 12:33

• Rights defenders claim torture of religious activist in Azerbaijan

  Razi Gumbatov, an activist of the "Muslim Unity" movement, gave confessions within the case of illegal drug dealing under torture, the NGO "Defence Line" has stated.

July 25, 2021 11:49

• Stavropol policeman dies in hospital after attack

  A deputy head of the Criminal Investigation Division in Stavropol received gunshot wounds in the attack and died in the intensive care.