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March 15, 2021 19:57

• "Novaya Gazeta" posts eyewitness testimony of extrajudicial executions in Chechnya

  Today, the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" has made public a testimony of Chechen law enforcer Suleiman Gezmakhmaev. According to his story, residents of Chechnya, detained in January 2017, were tortured and forced to incriminate themselves before the extrajudicial killings, and the law enforcer witnessed those events.

March 15, 2021 18:31

• Armenia rejects bill on abolition of martial law

  Today, a member of the "Prosperous Armenia" Party has stated that the in-force martial law impedes all political processes in the country. However, the parliamentary Committee on Defence, National Security, and Internal Affairs has refused to consider a bill on the abolition of martial law.

March 15, 2021 14:10

• More than third of all Russian dilapidated school buildings are in Dagestan

  Mould and fungus on walls, rotten floors and leaking roofs remain a reality in Russian public schools in the 21st century. More than a third of the country's dilapidated school buildings are in Dagestan, as journalists of the "Vazhnye Istorii" (Important Stories) report.

March 15, 2021 13:24

• On March 8-14, one person perished in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of March 8-14, 2021, in the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, at least one person perished; no information about the wounded persons was reported. These are the results of the calculations run by "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

March 15, 2021 11:38

• Oppositional Azerbaijani blogger wounded in France

  Mukhammed Mirzali, who lives in France, was attacked by an unknown man who stabbed him several times.

March 15, 2021 11:13

• Relatives report deportation of native of Chechnya from France to Russia

  Ilyas Saduev, deprived of his refugee status by French authorities, was deported to Russia, his relatives said. Authorities of both countries failed to inform Saduev's relatives about his deportation and whereabouts.

March 15, 2021 10:54

• Yerevan protesters get tents ready for provincial activists

  Two additional tents will be set up near the parliament building in Yerevan for activists from the regions of Armenia, said the opposition's spokesman. About 150 activists stayed overnight in the tent camp.

March 15, 2021 10:41

• Kutaisi: protesters voice out ultimatum to authorities

  Large-scale protests will start in Tbilisi should authorities ignore the demands of the opponents to the construction of the Namakhvan hydroelectric power plant (HPP), the participants in the rally held in Kutaisi on March 14 have warned.

March 14, 2021 11:21

• Activists tried to prevent Pashinyan from leaving President's residence

  Protesters have blocked the gates of the presidential residence and confronted the police. Activists failed to prevent Nikol Pashinyan, the Armenian Prime Minister, from leaving after his meeting with President Armen Sargsyan.

March 14, 2021 11:18

• Georgian farmer arrested within case of labour slavery and worker's death

  A Russian citizen was taken into labour slavery and died after severe beatings, the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Georgia has stated. The owner of the farm is in custody.

March 14, 2021 11:16

• Defence of Ingush activist Sautieva complains about law enforcers' pressure

  Law enforcers are seeking to return Zarifa Sautieva to SIZO (pre-trial prison) by exerting pressure on the owner of the apartment where the she is kept under house arrest, her advocate, Magomed Bekov, has informed.

March 14, 2021 10:50

• CoE calls on Azerbaijani authorities to fulfil ECtHR's decisions on activists

  The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (CoE) has urged Azerbaijani authorities to immediately enforce the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on the "Ilgar Mamedov Group" – to cancel the current and remove earlier convictions.

March 13, 2021 22:57

• Analysts doubt law enforcers' version about reasons for CTO in Makhachkala

  The introduction of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime in Makhachkala, despite the fact that the casualty was seriously ill, was justified, analysts believe. However, it could have been avoided if law enforcers could foresee that this man is able of committing crimes again.

March 13, 2021 11:43

• Circassian activist Martin Kochesoko challenges verdict

  A complaint against the verdict to Martin Kochesoko, a Circassian activist, convicted for drug possession, has been lodged to the Supreme Court (SC) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), his advocated has informed.

March 13, 2021 11:29

• Armenian President rejects government's meeting with opposition

  The format of the meeting of Nikol Pashinyan, the Premier with oppositional leaders offered by President Armen Sargsyan to discuss ways out of the crisis turned out to be unrealizable. The "Prosperous Armenia" parliamentary faction and the "For Fatherland's Salvation" movement have evaded the set agenda, proposing their own one, the office of the head of state has informed.

March 13, 2021 11:21

• Flaws of Armenian opposition minimize protests' chances of success

  The format of protests in Armenia is no threat to the Armenian authorities – the opposition is weakened by internal contradictions and is unable to offer any constructive ideas for overcoming the crisis. If Nikol Pashinyan's opponents fail to change this format, protests will fade away by themselves, analysts believe.

March 13, 2021 11:15

• North-Ossetian blogger Malika Djikaeva convoyed to a colony

  The decision of the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya, which upheld the verdict to Malika Djikaeva, an Instagram blogger from North Ossetia, has come into force – she has been sent to a colony. The family will appeal against this decision.

March 12, 2021 23:59

• Bad weather thins out opposition rally in Yerevan

  Despite the deteriorating weather conditions, more than 100 opposition supporters remain in a round-the-clock camp in front of the Armenian parliament and continue to block the entrances and exits of the building. The protesters announced that they would leave the territory only after the resignation of the Armenian Prime Minister.

March 12, 2021 23:57

• Heroes of "Editors" film criticize authors for tendentiousness in depiction of Caucasus

  When they participated in the filming, Beka Kurdanov and Darina Taova, musicians from Nalchik, did not know that the film of the "Editors" project would be devoted to the situation with the women's rights in Northern Caucasus.

March 12, 2021 22:41

• Political analysts explain Sarkisyan's refusal to participate in resignation of chief of General Headquarters

  Armenian President Armen Sarkisyan seeks to avoid confrontation with Nikol Pashinyan amid the scandalous change in the administration of the General Headquarters of the Armenia's Armed Forces. The President of Armenia also wants to maintain neutrality in the confrontation between the Prime Minister and the opposition, political analysts suggest.