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July 22, 2021 08:42

• Marina Tumgoeva achieves permit to visit her brother in colony

  Marina Tumgoeva, a resident of North Ossetia, has met the head of the Department of the Russian FSIN (Federal Penitentiary Service) for the Saratov Region and received permit to visit her convicted brother, who complains about custody conditions at his colony and pressure over his beard.

July 22, 2021 08:30

• Pandemic increases popularity of Eid al-Adha sacrifices through funds

  The Dagestan "Nadezhda" (Hope) Fund has organized, at people's requests from Makhachkala, Kaspiysk and other cities, conducting sacrifices on Eid al-Adha, followed by freezing and gradual distribution of meat to those in need. The option to order a sacrifice remotely has turned out to be very much in demand during the pandemic, the staff of the Fund has explained.

July 21, 2021 21:16

• Maikop residents claim death of their relative after being beaten by law enforcers

  Pavel Zaporozhtsev, a resident of Maikop, was severely beaten by law enforcers and died from injuries in a hospital, his relatives claimed. According to Valery Brinikh, a member of the Human Rights Council (HRC) under the leader of Adygea, investigators are trying to hush up the case.

July 21, 2021 21:04

• Tumgoev’s sister demands to improve conditions in penal colony

  Today, in Saratov, a sister of prisoner Timur Tumgoev has held a solo picket and claimed that the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) and the Prosecutor’s Office should take measures to protect her brother, a native of North Ossetia, who complains about the conditions of detention in the penal colony in the Saratov Region.

July 21, 2021 20:47

• Professor Charchyan released from arrest in case on pressure on voters

  Today, in Yerevan, a court has granted the defence motion for the release on bail of Armen Charchyan, the chief of the Izmirlian Medical Centre, who spent a month under arrest in a case on pressure on his subordinates before the parliamentary elections.

July 21, 2021 20:09

• Two Chechen natives arrested in Austria in case on attempted murder of Magomadov

  The Austrian police are investigating a case on an attempt to blow up refugee Said-Khusein Magomadov, who criticized Ramzan Kadyrov in his blog.

July 21, 2021 14:35

• Residents of Syunik Region of Armenia complain about Azerbaijani militaries

  Soldiers of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces prevent residents of the border community of Tekh in the Syunik Region of Armenia from working in the fields; they detained a local combine operator and threatened him, Arman Tatoyan, the Armenian Ombudsperson has made public villagers' complaints today.

July 21, 2021 13:54

• KBR residents complain about water supply problems

  The cities of Nalchik and Baksan, as well as villages of six districts of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), see systematic water supply outages, local residents complain.

July 21, 2021 11:33

• Six more journalists found to be victims of riots in Tbilisi

  On July 20, it became known that six more journalists received the status of victims in the case of the July 5 riots, including Marika Gotsiridze, a reporter of the "Rustavi-2" TV Company.

July 21, 2021 11:17

• Network users dispute about tourists' safety in Dagestan

  The Dagestani natural attractions are poorly prepared to receive visitors, Instagram users have emphasized in their comments to the indignation of s female tourist after visiting the Sulak Canyon. However, other commentators assert that the beauty of nature should not be spoiled by metal fences.

July 21, 2021 06:44

• During Eid al-Adha, flow of visitors to Chechen mosques drops because they demand vaccination certificate

  On July 20, in Chechnya, collective prayers were attended by thousands of believers, Ramzan Kadyrov has informed. However, some residents of the republic refused to visit mosques, as they have not vaccinated against coronavirus.

July 21, 2021 06:27

• Political analysts point to destabilization reasons on Armenian-Azerbaijani border

  Azerbaijan is trying to put pressure on Armenia in order to get concessions from it, while Russia is interested in maintaining stability in the region, and not in defending Armenia's interests in specific border sections, Armenian and Russian political analysts have noted.

July 20, 2021 23:33

• Activists call for tougher anti-COVID measures in Abkhazia

  In their appeal to the government of Abkhazia, activists claim that the authorities should increase fines for crowded wedding parties and memorial meetings, prohibit mass events, and impose mandatory PCR tests or require vaccination certificates for tourists.

July 20, 2021 23:21

• Armenian Defence Minister resigns

  Vagarshak Arutyunyan, who was appointed the Armenian Defence Minister after the end of the war in Nagorno-Karabakh, submitted a letter of resignation.

July 20, 2021 19:08

• Number of people detained in case on riots in Tbilisi rises to 26

  The police detained a person suspected of involvement in riots in Tbilisi on July 5, and the total number of the suspects detained in the case reached 26, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reported.

July 20, 2021 18:29

• Authorities’ report about water supply to villagers provokes criticism in Chechnya

  The Kadyrov Foundation has held a charity event by organizing water supplies to residents of Chechen villages, the “Grozny” state-run TV Channel reported. The authorities should solve the problem of water supply to the villages by laying water pipes, local residents note.

July 20, 2021 14:18

• Batumi rally demands to punish attackers on journalists

  On July 19, a protest rally was held in front of the Sheraton Hotel in Batumi; the participants called on the President of the European Union Charles Michel to take action against Georgian authorities, whom they believe responsible for the violence during the July 5 rally.

July 20, 2021 14:06

• Stavropol Territory: cemetery campaigning for vaccination angers Instagram users

  Mikhail Minenkov, Mayor of Nevinnomyssk, has posted in his Instagram page an appeal of Oleg Kolpakov, the director of the city cemetery, to townspeople to get vaccinated. When addressing the people, Kolpakov is shown standing in the cemetery. Many social network users were outraged by the choice of the place for campaigning.

July 20, 2021 11:24

• Armenian MoD report mortar shelling of its positions

  Soldiers of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces are shelling Armenian positions in the vicinity of the village of Eraskh from various weapons, including mortars, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported. In its turn, the Azerbaijani MoD has claimed that Azerbaijani militaries were shelled from the territory of Armenia and opened fire in return.

July 20, 2021 11:11

• Use of spyware by authorities worries Azerbaijani activists

  There is no surprise in shadowing journalists and human rights defenders, but the introduction of spyware into smartphones raises concerns, journalists and rights defenders have noted.