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April 20, 2022 23:58

• Dagestani activist Ruslan Magomedov achieves cancellation of his fine

  In Makhachkala, a court cancelled the decision of the chief of the district police department to fine activist Ruslan Magomedov, who was detained at a picket in support of freedom of speech.

April 20, 2022 18:40

• Makhachkala activist reports about his detention

  The police detained in Makhachkala Abdulkadir Isaev who held a picket in Moscow in support of political prisoners. According to the activist’s story, a grenade and drugs were planted to him.

April 20, 2022 18:33

• In North Ossetia, policemen convicted in Tskaev’s case avoid public boycott

  According to experts, the Ossetian tradition of expelling violators of the way of life from society is not used now and is not applicable to the policemen who escaped punishment for the death of Vladimir Tskaev.

April 20, 2022 18:27

• Soldier wounded by mine explosion in Azerbaijan

  Aikhan Djamalzade, an Azerbaijani soldier, was hospitalized after a mine explosion in the Kelbadjar District, the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has informed.

April 20, 2022 18:24

• Activist extradited from Germany detained in Azerbaijan

  Samir Ashurov, an Azerbaijani activist, extradited from Germany on March 29, is suspected of attacking a man with a knife. Ashurov has stated falsification of the criminal case, his wife asserts.

April 20, 2022 18:19

• Elchin Guliev acquitted posthumously within "Terter case"

  The Azerbaijani General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has stopped, on rehabilitating grounds, the treason case against the military, Elchin Guliev, who died during the inquiry.

April 20, 2022 12:34

• Politicians and rights defenders support MPs' statement on Nagorno-Karabakh status

  Seven extra-parliamentary parties and more than 80 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have supported the statement of the People's Assembly (Parliament) of Armenia on the status of Nagorno-Karabakh and its right to self-determination.

April 20, 2022 12:30

• Karabakh conflict is among main topics of Putin-Pashinyan talks in Moscow

  An essential part of the agenda of Nikol Pashinyan's visit to Russia, the Armenian Premier called the settlement issue of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.

April 20, 2022 09:57

• Judge of Chechen SC refuses to consider Musaeva's case

  Dmitry Gorbovtsov, a Judge of the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya, has self-withdrawn from considering the case of Zarema Musaeva, referring to close relations with her husband, a former federal judge, Saidi Yangulbaev.

April 20, 2022 09:48

• Yerevan activists put forward conditions for ending hunger strike

  For the second day already, the participants of the protest action in Yerevan, Narek Kirakosyan and Arthur Avagyan, continue their hunger strike in protest against the statements of the Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, on the status of Nagorno-Karabakh.

April 19, 2022 23:59

• Number of victims of torture in “Terter case” increases to 397

  Investigators recognized as victims 397 people who were tortured in military units, and the sentences of 16 people unreasonably convicted in the “Terter case” were cancelled, the General Prosecutor’s Office of Azerbaijan reported. Seven militaries were arrested on the charge of using torture.

April 19, 2022 23:56

• Polad Aslanov’s spouse reports about provocations against him in penal colony

  Polad Aslanov, a convicted Azerbaijani journalist, faces new provocations in a penal colony, while the penitentiary service impedes the investigation of his beating on March 31, a spouse of the convicted journalist says.

April 19, 2022 16:49

• A policeman from Rostov Region convicted of beating a detainee

  A court found former policeman Filipp Mamonov from Bataysk guilty of beating a detainee and sentenced him to three years of imprisonment.

April 19, 2022 16:46

• Authorities of Rutul District report about death of a military man in Ukraine

  Senior Sergeant Saddam Seiranov perished in Ukraine, the administration of the Rutul District reported. Since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, the information about at least 86 perished natives of Dagestan has been officially confirmed.

April 19, 2022 16:43

• Makhachkala townspeople react favourably to pickets in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev

  The two solo pickets in support of the journalist, Abdulmumin Gadjiev, accused of financing terrorism, were welcomed by residents of Makhachkala. According to Magomed Magomedov, one of the picketers, only one citizen doubted that a solo action could solve anything and demanded not to distract people.

April 19, 2022 16:39

• Scout from Volgograd Region dies in Ukraine

  Sergey Bondarenko, a resident of the working settlement of Medveditsky, Zhirnovsky District, has perished in Ukraine. Since the start of the special operation, it has become officially known about the deaths of at least 22 natives of the Volgograd Region.

April 19, 2022 16:34

• At action in Baku, veterans demand insurance payments

  Contrary to the law on compulsory medical insurance, war invalids are not paid the due insurance sums, protesters have declared.

April 19, 2022 16:31

• South-Ossetian law enforcers report detention of 20 border violators in a month

  This March, a total of 20 persons were detained for violating the border; eight of them have already been fined; four others have been expelled from South Ossetia, the republic's State Security Committee (known as the KGB) has informed.

April 19, 2022 16:19

• Police ban activists from setting up tent in Yerevan square

  Opponents of the discussion of the Nagorno-Karabakh status have spent the second night in the Yerevan square, where the police again did not allow them to set up a tent for holding an endless protest action. The health condition of the two activists who are on a hunger strike has not worsened yet, one of them has informed.

April 19, 2022 09:40

• Krasnodar resident fined under article on army discrediting

  A fine of 30,000 roubles for discrediting the Russian Army has been imposed on a resident of Krasnodar, who set fire to a sofa in the street, writing a word with letter Z next to it.