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July 20, 2022 18:17

• Democratic values as a criterion for Georgia’s accession to NATO

  The issue of Georgia’s integration into NATO directly depends on the implementation by the authorities of the country of the conditions developed by the European Union (EU). The North Atlantic Alliance includes democratic countries, and not only compliance in the field of security and defence is important for a country to become a NATO member, Georgian experts believe.

July 20, 2022 13:24

• Report on creation of military units highlights Kadyrov's loyalty to Putin

  By his statement about the formation of three Chechen battalions and a special forces regiment amid one or two units in other regions, Ramzan Kadyrov demonstrates his loyalty to Putin, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have pointed out.

July 20, 2022 12:56

• Forced migrants' families begin returning to Zangilan District

  A total of 1357 out of 1457 internally displaced persons (IDPs, or forced migrants) have expressed their desire to return to the village of Agaly in the Zangilan District, which, following the results of the 2020 autumn war, came under Azerbaijan's control. At the first stage, it is planned to move 41 families; ten families have already done it.

July 20, 2022 10:47

• Social network users outraged by Cheldiev's sentence

  Ten years in prison, appointed by the court to Vadim Cheldiev, an opera singer from North Ossetia, has outraged social network users. This sentence is unusually severe; it aims at intimidating other people who want to express their protest, users have emphasized.

July 20, 2022 10:29

• Askhabov's case draws attention to rehabs' uncertain status

  At the rehab (rehabilitation centre for drug addicts), where Magomed Askhabov, a resident of Dagestan, ended up, patients were forced to sign agreements; and they were made volunteers, the journalist, Svetlana Anokhina, has stated. The work of rehabs is practically not controlled; such institutions are not required to have licenses, the lawyer, Osip Drozdovsky, has noted.

July 20, 2022 08:50

• The Moscow Times tells about military objectors from Dagestan

  This March, a total of 300 servicemen from Buynaksk left Ukraine without permission; in Dagestan they were met as deserters. Some of them cancelled their contracts, others went back to Ukraine, The Moscow Times outlet has reported.

July 20, 2022 08:39

• Yangulbaev brothers name their mother's kidnappers

  Four law enforcers from Chechnya took part in the abduction of Zarema Musaeva, Ibragim Yangulbaev said, revealing their names. His brother, Abubakar Yangulbaev, entered into a public dialogue with one of these law enforcers when the latter declared that he was "ready for any form of duel."

July 20, 2022 08:27

• Yerevan protesters demand to free political prisoners

  At their action held near the UN office in Yerevan, opposition supporters condemned the practice of criminal prosecution of oppositionists and demanded to release political prisoners.

July 19, 2022 23:43

• Head of Armenian Security Council announces deadline for withdrawal of troops from Nagorno-Karabakh

  Today, Armen Grigoryan, the Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia, has announced that the Armenian troops will be withdrawn from Nagorno-Karabakh by September and that the conscription of Karabakh residents to the Defence Army of the unrecognized republic will be continued.

July 19, 2022 23:23

• Court releases cancer patient Pyotr Parpulov

  Today, a court has ruled that Sochi resident Pyotr Parpulov, sentenced to 12 years of imprisonment in a case on high treason, will be released. Pyotr Parpulov suffers from an oncological disease, and he needs hospitalization, his daughter reports.

July 19, 2022 19:04

• Claims of Kuban National Guard fighters to be unlikely granted, lawyers note

  There are no precedents in Russia when lawsuits for the reinstatement of fighters of the National Guard of Russia who refused to participate in the special military operation in Ukraine are granted, emphasize lawyers interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot”.

July 19, 2022 18:33

• Eleven residents of Reduktorny settlement detained at a protest against blackouts

  On July 18, law enforcers brought to a police department eleven protesters from the Reduktorny settlement of Makhachkala, who protested against frequent blackouts. A protocol for petty hooliganism was drawn up against each detainee, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.

July 19, 2022 18:12

• Vadim Cheldiev sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment

  The Rostov Regional Court found Vadim Cheldiev, an opera singer from North Ossetia, guilty of inciting extremism and sentenced him to 10 years of imprisonment.

July 19, 2022 13:31

• Political analysts treat Georgian authorities' situation on "deoligarchization" as hopeless

  Bidzina Ivanishvili, a Georgian oligarch, has managed to export his huge capitals from Russia, and in exchange for this he could take on the commitment to promote the pro-Russian agenda in Georgia. However, authorities of the European Union (EU) have toughened their position towards reducing Ivanishvili's influence on the decisions of Georgian authorities; and the ruling "Georgian Dream" Party can only use the "deoligarchization" in order to increase its ratings before the 2024 parliamentary elections, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted.

July 19, 2022 13:14

• Prosecutor demands to cancel court ruling on Pyotr Parpulov's release

  The court has decided to release Pyotr Parpulov, a resident of Sochi, due to his grave disease, but the prosecutor has challenged this ruling.

July 19, 2022 10:43

• Rights defenders count losses among militaries of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh

  In the first half of this year, as a result of violating the ceasefire regime, nine military servicemen of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh perished, while during the same period of 2021, there were only three casualties, human rights defenders have informed. On the contrary, the non-combat losses decreased by five people.

July 19, 2022 10:26

• Salim Khalitov reports law enforcers' attempts to interrupt his picket in Gadjiev's support

  A solo picket in support of the journalist, Abdulmumin Gadjiev, was held in central Makhachkala by Salim Khalitov. According to Salim, law enforcers tried in every possible way to force him to come to the police station and even informed him about the allegedly available information that he wanted to jump under a car during the picket.

July 19, 2022 08:35

• Power experts promise to restore electricity supply to protesting Makhachkala residents

  The reason for the mass power blackouts in Makhachkala was the increased electricity consumption because of heat and the use of air conditioning systems, the head of the "Dagenergo" Company, who came to the protesters in the Reduktorny neighbourhood of Makhachkala, and promised to restore the power supply this evening.

July 19, 2022 08:22

• Benyash's case on discrediting army postponed due to judge's self-withdrawal

  The court session on the administrative case on discrediting the Russian Army opened against Mikhail Benyash, a Krasnodar lawyer did not take place. The judge has self-withdrawn because he is running another case against the lawyer.

July 18, 2022 22:49

• Azerbaijani oppositionist Salaev stops his hunger strike, police report

  Oppositionist Alizamin Salaev had been refusing food for four days, after which he stopped the protest against his arrest, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reported. Relatives of Alizamin Salaev have information that he did not stop the hunger strike, his son says.