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April 26, 2021 11:02

• Yerevan residents grateful to US authorities for recognizing genocide

  Until late at night on April 24, in Yerevan, people kept coming to the "Tsitsernakaberd" Memorial Complex to the victims of the Armenian Genocide, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

April 25, 2021 11:58

• US State of Idaho proclaimed April 24 a Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide

  The US state of Idaho declared April 24 as the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Armenian Genocide and recognized the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh, the Armenian National Committee of America reported on Facebook.

April 25, 2021 11:55

• Human rights activists declared the unwillingness of investigators to investigate the case of torture of boxer Khamkhoev

  The torture case against Albert Khamkhoev, a resident of Ingushetia, was suspended 13 times, although the main evidence in the case has already been collected. Further, everything depends on the initiative of the investigation, said the lawyers of the "Committee against Torture" Magomed Alamov.

April 25, 2021 11:51

• Natives of Caucasus take part in protest hunger strike in colony

  In one of the colonies, located in the Smolensk Region, three prisoners from Dagestan, a native of Azerbaijan and six other convicts have gone on a hunger strike. Their relatives have filed complaints about systematic bullying of inmates in the colony.

April 25, 2021 11:48

• Residents of Nagorno-Karabakh commemorate victims of Armenian Genocide

  The participants in commemorative events in Stepanakert have demanded that the world community to recognize the Armenian Genocide and the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh. Flowers and wreaths were laid at the monument in memory of those who perished in the Ottoman Empire in 1915, and at the war memorial.

April 25, 2021 11:45

• Turkey and Azerbaijan criticize Biden for recognizing Armenian Genocide

  The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has treated the statement made by US President, Joe Biden, on the Armenian Genocide as populism; and Baku accused him of distorting the historical truth.

April 25, 2021 11:42

• Offline events are planned in Nalchik for Day of Circassian Flag

  On April 25, the city of Nalchik, the capital of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) will host a concert, dances and a flash mob on the occasion of the Circassian Flag Day. Circassians are scattered across many countries and especially need such a unifying symbol as a flag, the organizers of the events believe.

April 24, 2021 11:40

• Yerevan townspeople commemorate genocide victims with torchlight march

  In Yerevan, a torchlight march in memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire was held under the motto "Recognition, Condemnation, Compensation!" The marchers called for seeking compensations from Turkey.

April 24, 2021 11:22

• Head of KBR's boxing federation reacts to Kadyrov son's victory

  The victory of Adam Kadyrov in the fight with Aslan Bittirov was staged; and Bittirov's coaches were not independent when deciding to stop the fight, Nazhmudin Berbekov, the head of the boxing federation of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has suggested.

April 24, 2021 11:18

• ECtHR demands information from Baku on condition of imprisoned ex-MP Gusein Abdullaev

  The health condition of Gusein Abdullaev, a former Azerbaijani MP, who is serving his term in a colony, is critical, but the Penitentiary Service would not send doctors to him, his advocate has stated. The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has demanded information from Azerbaijani authorities about Abdullaev's state of health and the measures taken to provide him with medical care.

April 24, 2021 11:15

• Analysts assess chances of Biden's recognizing Armenian Genocide

  The change in the US geopolitical strategy and the deterioration of US-Turkish relations increase the chances that President Joe Biden will pronounce the word "genocide" on April 24, Ruben Safrastyan, a Turkologist, and Suren Sargsyan, an Americanist, assert.

April 24, 2021 11:10

• Investigators interested in threats to editor-in-chief of Ossetian edition

  Investigators are checking the application of Timur Mazaev, the editor-in-chief of the "Ossetia News" about the threats he received from a son of the former head of North Ossetia. Timur's colleagues find it necessary to achieve punishment of the author of threats.

April 23, 2021 23:58

• Armenia demonstrates its dependence on Russia’s position on Karabakh

  The authorities of Armenia did not react in any way to the refusal of Russian delegates to discuss the problem around the return of prisoners of war (POWs) by Azerbaijan, as they are afraid to worsen relations with Moscow, Armenian political analysts note.

April 23, 2021 23:55

• “Voice of Beslan” activists follow Navalny and stop their hunger strike

  Ella Kesaeva, the co-chair of the “Voice of Beslan” public committee, and three other activists, who had been on hunger strike with the demand to let a doctor visit oppositionist Alexei Navalny in a penal colony, stopped their protest action.

April 23, 2021 23:51

• ECtHR obliges Azerbaijan’s authorities to pay 33,000 euros to activist and two journalists

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) granted the complaints lodged by journalists Avaz Zeinalov and Elchin Gasanov, as well as activist Bakhtiyar Gadjiev. As a result, the Strasbourg Court obliged the Azerbaijan’s authorities to pay compensation to the complainants in the amount of 33,350 euros. For almost 20 years of Azerbaijan being under the jurisdiction of the ECtHR, sanctions for 20 million euros have been announced against the country, says Khalid Agaliev, a lawyer of the Media Rights Institute.

April 23, 2021 20:30

• Analysts argue about benefits of training programme in Northern Caucasus

  The programme of professional training for residents of Northern Caucasian for their employment, announced by the Worldskills Foundation, will not meet expectations, as there are few jobs for highly skilled workers in the region, some analysts suggest. Their opponents argue that high-tech professions are in demand everywhere, and specialists can work online.

April 23, 2021 20:29

• Kadyrov’s son announces his readiness to fight again after being accused of unfair victory

  A son of the leader of Chechnya calls on those who doubt his fair victory over a boxer from Kabardino-Balkaria to bet on the winner in a new fight.

April 23, 2021 20:27

• Georgian rights defenders warn authorities against pardoning law enforcers

  Amid pardoning political prisoners, Georgian authorities should not pardon the policemen who participated in the harsh dispersal of the rally in June 2019, human rights defenders have stated.

April 23, 2021 20:25

• Wall Street Journal reports on Biden's plans to recognize Armenian Genocide

  On April 24, US President Joe Biden intends to voice his attitude to the events of 1915, which the House of Representatives of the Congress had recognized as genocide, The Wall Street Journal has reported. More than 100 members of the Congress have called on Biden to recognize the Armenian Genocide.

April 23, 2021 12:01

• Volgograd activist arrested for 25 days after Navalny support action

  A court in Volgograd has arrested Maria Khudoyarova, an activist of the local Alexei Navalny's office, for 25 days; she was detained after an action in support of the opposition leader.