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June 22, 2021 22:23

• ECtHR obliges Russia to pay compensation to residents of Borozdinovskaya village

  The Strasbourg Court has found that the Russian authorities are responsible for the disappearance during a special operation and the probable deaths of eleven residents of the Borozdinovskaya village in Chechnya, ill-treatment, discrimination, and torture. The European Court has obliged Russia to pay compensation to 71 villagers in the amount exceeding 1.8 million euros.

June 22, 2021 19:21

• After conflict with singer Getagazova, Merzhoev explains his behaviour

  Elez Merzhoev, a resident of Ingushetia, explained his conflict with singer Aina Getagazova in a café in Nazran by a sudden outbreak of aggression and a loss of self-control. The man has emphasized he admits he was wrong.

June 22, 2021 19:01

• Kocharyan to challenge election results in court

  The “Hayastan” bloc is preparing materials to file an appeal against the results of the parliamentary elections to the Constitutional Court of Armenia in connection with numerous violations committed during the voting. This has been announced by Robert Kocharyan, the leader of the “Hayastan” bloc.

June 22, 2021 18:44

• BCA releases athlete Mamedzade

  The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) replaced the real term of imprisonment with a suspended sentence for athlete Said Mamedzade, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, charged with disorderly conduct after his open support for the opposition.

June 22, 2021 15:11

• Islam Vagabov detained in Dagestan

  Dagestan police have detained a mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, Islam Vagabov, who was put on the wanted list after a brawl in Makhachkala, the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has informed.

June 22, 2021 14:43

• Bodies of three servicemen found in Nagorno-Karabakh

  In Fizuli, Karabakh rescuers found remains of three military servicemen, bringing the total number of bodies and remains found in the battle zone up to 1583, the Emergency Service of Nagorno-Karabakh has informed.

June 22, 2021 11:13

• Two Nagorno-Karabakh residents go on hunger strike demanding Arutyunyan's resignation

  Mary Davtyan, the chair of the NGO "Gadrut De-Occupation", and David Avanesyan, a Stepanakert resident, have gone on a hunger strike after the rally, where a resignation demand of Araik Arutyunyan, the Nagorno-Karabakh President, was put forward.

June 22, 2021 10:57

• Makhachkala: picketers express support for Abdulmumin Gadjiev

  In Makhachkala, Ramazan Ramazanov, a student, and Magdi Kamalov, the founder of the "Chernovik" (Draft) portal, have held solo pickets in support of journalist, Abdulmumin Gadjiev, and against groundless arrests.

June 22, 2021 08:37

• Karabakh residents demand Arutyunyan's resignation because of his support for Pashinyan

  In Stepanakert, a rally was held demanding the resignation of Araik Arutyunyan from the post of Nagorno-Karabakh President. The protesters are unhappy that Arutyunyan has supported Nikol Pashinyan and congratulated the Acting Prime Minister of Armenia on his victory at the parliamentary elections.

June 22, 2021 08:26

• Week of June 14-20 passed without victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week from June 14 to June 20, 2021, during the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, no information about any casualties or wounded persons was reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

June 21, 2021 21:44

• Following Chechnya and Dagestan, North Ossetia disputes around clothing

  The “Khotæ” (Sisters) movement urges to stop the harassment of Irina Makoeva, the leader of the North-Ossetian Women’s Committee, provoked by her call on young women to give up miniskirts and ripped jeans. Residents of Vladikavkaz told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent about their attitude to the initiative of the North-Ossetian Women’s Committee.

June 21, 2021 21:28

• Social media users criticize Akhmadov for threats to kill Kadyrov’s enemies

  Enemies of Ramzan Kadyrov are the enemies of the entire Chechen people, and they must be fought in various ways, including murders, declares Chingiz Akhmadov, the director of the “Grozny” ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Broadcast Company).

June 21, 2021 18:23

• Mask regime at Grozny airport proves Kadyrov’s loyalty to Kremlin

  The leader of Chechnya has tightened the anti-epidemic measures at the Grozny airport out of a wish to please the federal centre, dissatisfied with the increase in the number of infections, Ruslan Kutaev, the president of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations, and Caucasian expert Akhmet Yarlykapov note.

June 21, 2021 18:12

• Election violations threaten Pashinyan’s control over government

  According to lawyer Gohar Meloyan, numerous violations give grounds for revising the results of the voting for the National Assembly of Armenia, and the right of the Nikol Pashinyan’s “Civil Contract” Party to solely determine the composition of the government has not yet been confirmed.

June 21, 2021 17:56

• Azerbaijani General Prosecutor’s Office accuses Armenia of cutting down Lachin forests

  1818 units of endangered species of trees were cut down during the time when Lachin was under the control of Armenia, and the damage amounted to about 890,000 US dollars, the General Prosecutor’s Office of Azerbaijan declares today.

June 21, 2021 14:19

• HRC "Memorial"* assesses human rights situation in Northern Caucasus

  The Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"* has published a bulletin describing and analyzing the main events of the three spring months in Northern Caucasus – the new data on the "execution case" in Chechnya; the expulsion of North-Caucasian natives from the European Union (EU); the "Ingush trial"; and decisions of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on complaints received from residents of the region.

June 21, 2021 14:01

• Georgian CEC refuses to register referendum on Namakhvan HPP

  The Central Election Commission (CEC) of Georgia has denied the initiative of a group of activists to hold a referendum on the construction of a cascade of hydroelectric power plants (HPPs) in Namakhvani, the "News-Georgia" Agency has reported today citing the CEC.

June 21, 2021 13:45

• Police fixed 47 violations at early elections in Armenia

  Out of the 47 recorded violations, in which there are crime attributes, 41 are associated with the voting process, four with voters' bribery, and three with the direction of voters, the Armenian Police have announced.

June 21, 2021 11:39

• 400 people are waiting in Dagestan camp to return to Azerbaijan

  Every week, citizens of Azerbaijan are taken home from the "Ogonyok" camp located in the Kaitag District of Dagestan, but 400 people are still in the camp, the district administration has informed.

June 21, 2021 11:27

• Four people detained at action in Batumi

  Relatives of seven arrested opponents of the construction of the Namakhvan hydroelectric power plant (HPP) have held a march in Batumi. At the building of the Adjara Government, they had clashes with policemen; at least four activists were detained.