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May 29, 2021 17:34

• Armenia declares its readiness to withdraw troops from Azerbaijani border

  Armenian militaries can be withdrawn from the Azerbaijani border at any moment, provided the simultaneous withdrawal of Azerbaijani troops, Nikol Pashinyan, the Acting Prime Minister of Armenia, has stated.

May 29, 2021 16:56

• Social network users outraged by unsanitary conditions on Makhachkala beaches

  The Dagestan branch of the "Rospotrebnadzor" (Russian Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing) has banned swimming and bathing on the beaches of Makhachkala, explaining this by the risk of getting parasitic and intestinal infections. Instagram users demanded to liquidate the unsanitary status of beaches instead of closing them.

May 29, 2021 16:29

• France: rights defenders demand to stop deporting Chechen natives

  French authorities are deliberately violating international rules by deporting natives of Chechnya from France to Russia, where they are at risk of torture and ill-treatment, French human rights defenders have declared in their joint statement.

May 29, 2021 13:55

• Vladikavkaz: Conversation Club draws attention to problem of preserving Ossetian language

  Lana Sokhieva, a young philologist from Vladikavkaz, has created a linguistic conversation club of the Ossetian language. The first session was attended by 13 people, but many residents of the republic are interested in the club, the creator has noted.

May 29, 2021 13:35

• Detained opponents of Namakhvan HPP released

  The Kutaisi City Court has postponed the trial of the protesters against the construction of a hydroelectric power plant (HPP) in the Rioni Gorge. Eight detainees were released in the courtroom.

May 29, 2021 08:45

• Azerbaijani militaries' invasion deprived Kut villagers of their pastures

  The pastures of the village of Kut in the Gegarkunik Region of Armenia have come under the control of Azerbaijani troops; and in the absence of land for cattle breeding, villagers will have to leave their houses, a local resident has stated.

May 29, 2021 08:34

• Relatives of Kuban resident treat the case of his participation in Basaev's raid on Dagestan as fabricated

  The advocate of Alexander Ponomarenko, accused of involvement in the attack on Dagestan with the militants of Basaev and Khattab, has stated that the charges had not been proved; however, the court has upheld the decision to arrest him.

May 29, 2021 08:22

• EU supports Pashinyan's idea of observers on Azerbaijani border

  The Foreign Service of the European Union (EU) has welcomed the offer to place observers on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, urging the parties to start talks on the border delimitation.

May 28, 2021 22:05

• Chechen athletes continue Kadyrov’s immunity trend

  While commenting on an attack on a referee and players of the Moscow football club during a match with the “Akhmat” Football Club (FC) in Grozny, human rights defenders Svetlana Gannushkina and Ruslan Kutaev have noted that in Chechnya, athletes feel like an elite and try to copy the behaviour of the republic’s leaders.

May 28, 2021 21:43

• Beating in Erzi Nature Reserve results from demarcation of border between Chechnya and Ingushetia

  As a result of the agreement on the new administrative border between Ingushetia and Chechnya in September 2018, the third part of the Erzi Nature Reserve ended up on the territory of Chechnya. After the beating of the employees of the natural park, the work in the Chechen sector is no longer carried out, the administration of the Erzi Nature Reserve reports.

May 28, 2021 21:25

• Kadyrov explains his threats to opponents of vaccination

  In response to the media reports about threats against residents of Chechnya who do not want to be vaccinated against coronavirus, Ramzan Kadyrov has said that the tough anti-epidemic measures taken by the Chechen authorities do not contradict the policy of President Vladimir Putin.

May 28, 2021 20:22

• Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of wounding a soldier

  The positions of the Azerbaijani armed forces were shelled from the Armenian side on the border with the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic, and soldier Elkhan Muradov was wounded as a result of the shelling attack, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported. Armenian military officials called the information unreliable.

May 28, 2021 20:07

• Three “Akhmat” football players suspended from training after a fight at stadium

  The “Akhmat” Football Club (FC) has suspended football players Lechi Sadulaev, Abdul-Malik Djakuev, and Turpal-Ali Ibishev from training after a massive fight that took place during a match with the “Lokomotiv” FC. The football players will also not participate in a special training camp, the “Akhmat” FC reports today.

May 28, 2021 14:27

• Twenty Azerbaijani citizens returned from Syria

  On May 27, Azerbaijani authorities returned six women and 14 children to their homeland. They had been kept in the Amerna Camp in the city of Djerablus in Syria, the "Apa" News Agency has reported today with reference to the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).

May 28, 2021 14:08

• Akhmed Pogorov's arrest triggers criticism of the court

  The return of Akhmed Pogorov, a co-chairman of the World Congress of the Ingush People, back into custody testifies to possible pressure on the court in Essentuki, since this decision contradicts the position of the Supreme Court (SC) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), which released Pogorov a few days ago, Magomed Pogorov, Akhmed's brother, Zakriy Mamilov, an MP, and Issa Kostoev, a lawyer, have suggested.

May 28, 2021 12:29

• Militaries blown up by mine in Azerbaijan

  On May 27, in the Kelbadjar District of Azerbaijan, located on the Armenian border, a car with Azerbaijani military servicemen got blown up by a mine, the Azeri Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated without confirming the information about any casualties or wounded persons.

May 28, 2021 12:11

• Eight people detained at protest against construction of Namakhvan HPP

  Law enforcers have detained opponents of the construction of a hydroelectric power plant (HPP) in the Rioni Gorge for disobeying the police, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has informed.

May 28, 2021 08:33

• Pashinyan offers Azerbaijan to simultaneously withdraw troops from border

  Armenia and Azerbaijan should simultaneously withdraw their troops from the border and let international observers there, Nikol Pashinyan, the Acted Premier, has suggested after his trip to the border village of Kut, treating the situation as "explosive".

May 28, 2021 08:20

• Resident of Ingushetia suspected of links with Syrian militants

  A 43-year-old resident of the Sunzha District of Ingushetia is suspected of participating in a terrorist organization, an illegal armed formation (IAF) and undergoing training in terrorist activities.

May 27, 2021 23:46

• Human rights defenders concerned about Gadaev’s rejection of second advocate

  Magomed Gadaev, a native of Chechnya, who was deported from France, rejected the services of Alexander Nemov, the second private advocate. Magomed Gadaev was forced to deprive himself of the right to defence, human rights defenders suggested.