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February 17, 2022 13:08

• Turkish media give details of plotting attacks on Chechen oppositionists

  Eight people, whose case has been brought to court in Turkey, had been plotting assassination attempts on political emigrants. One of the defendants, according to investigators, maintained contacts with Adam Delimkhanov, a Russian State Duma MP, Turkish media have reported.

February 17, 2022 11:27

• Activists demand from UN to ensure preservation of Armenian cultural monuments

  At their action in Yerevan, protesters have demanded from the UN to stop the destruction of the Armenian cultural heritage located in the territories of Nagorno-Karabakh that came under Azerbaijan's control, and urgently send UNESCO officials there.

February 17, 2022 11:12

• Kadyrov people launch disinformation war with oppositional Telegram channel

  Authorities of Chechnya are trying to undermine the credibility of the messages posted by the oppositional "1Adat"* channel, that is why they refute its information and may deliberately misinform its authors, the human rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

February 17, 2022 10:58

• Zakuskin apologizes to elderly Chechen woman Yusupkhadjieva

  On February 16, Alexander Zakuskin, the head of the council of deputies of the Meschansky District of Moscow, personally met Salima Yusupkhadjieva and apologized to her for the incident at the mosque. Yusupkhadjieva forgave him, as follows from the video of their meeting.

February 17, 2022 08:40

• Sources link disappearance of Stavropol woman with "1Adat"* operation

  Marina Ivanova, a resident of the Stavropol Territory, could have been abducted and taken to Chechnya due to her publications in the "1Adat"* Telegram channel, the "Baza" has reported with reference to investigators' data.

February 17, 2022 08:21

• Growth in number of signatures to petition for Kadyrov's resignation slows down

  The growth rate of signatures to the petition for the resignation of Ramzan Kadyrov from the post of the head of Chechnya has slowed down significantly compared to the first days after the publication of the petition, the "Caucasian Knot" has analyzed.

February 16, 2022 22:42

• Prosecutors order law enforcers to investigate kidnapping of a native of Dagestan in Moscow

  In Moscow, the Prosecutor’s Office has recognized illegal the refusal of investigators to institute a criminal case on the kidnapping by Chechen law enforcers of Ibragim Selimkhanov, a native of Dagestan, his advocates report.

February 16, 2022 22:28

• Ramazan Dugiev arrested in a Magas protest case

  In Nalchik, a court has placed under arrest until March 24 Ramazan Dugiev, an Ingush sign language interpreter, who is accused of causing grievous bodily harm to law enforcers during protests in Magas in 2019, advocate Visit Tsoroev reports.

February 16, 2022 17:54

• Appointment of Vice-Premier of Chechnya highlights principles of Kadyrov’s personnel policy

  Abdul-Kerim Edilov, the head of the secretariat of the leader of Chechnya and former coach of Ramzan Kadyrov’s children, has been appointed the vice-premier of the republic. The appointment of Abdul-Kerim Edilov has continued the trend of the creation by Ramzan Kadyrov of a power vertical built on close relationships.

February 16, 2022 17:43

• Historians report about search for remains of victims of Stalinist terror in Khelvachauri

  Signs on the remains from a mass grave in Khelvachauri indicate that they belong to victims of the Stalinist repressions, scientists point out. Among the victims of terror in Adzharia were not only Georgians, but also Abkhazians, Russians, Germans, and Poles.

February 16, 2022 13:33

• Nagorno-Karabakh accused Azerbaijan of shelling a villager

  A resident of the village of Khramort was shelled from the Azerbaijani side while doing his agricultural works; the bullets damaged his tractor, the Nagorno-Karabakh police have informed.

February 16, 2022 13:19

• Abdulmumin Gadjiev tells details of life in SIZO

  In his interview with the "Kavkaz.Realii"* outlet from the SIZO (pre-trial prison), Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a Dagestani journalist, told about his custody conditions, and on how he manages to post his materials on the "Chernovik" (Draft) portal and in the Instagram. Gadjiev said that the support of the society helps him to defend both his own rights and other inmates' rights.

February 16, 2022 11:32

• Azerbaijani soldiers' relatives achieve authorities' attention

  The protesters in Baku, who demanded that their sons be given the status of shahids (martyrs), have been invited to the presidential administration, and their applications were taken, protesters have informed.

February 16, 2022 11:18

• Within last 24 hours, almost 3000 new signatories demand Kadyrov's resignation

  The electronic petition to Vladimir Putin demanding the resignation of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov has gained more than 216,000 signatures; over the last 24 hours, the number of signatories has grown by 2928.

February 16, 2022 08:32

• Stepanakert announces serviceman's wounding

  Khachatur Khachatryan, a military serviceman, was wounded by shelling from the Azerbaijani side, the Nagorno-Karabakh Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported. Its counterpart, the Azeri MoD, has treated this information as a fake.

February 16, 2022 08:20

• Advocates outline prospects for criminal proceedings against Zakuskin

  The actions of Alexander Zakuskin, a deputy of the Meschansky municipal district of Moscow, who used a gas spray against a pensioner from Chechnya, contain signs of inflicting harm to one's health and abuse of power, Nadezhda Ermolaeva, an advocate, believes. Zelimkhan Arapiev, another advocate, has added that Zakuskin may be released from criminal liability because of reconciliation or compensation for damage.

February 15, 2022 21:31

• Comic Mirzalizade’s ban on entry into Russia reduced to 14 years

  The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) enforced the decision of the Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow by cancelling a life-long ban on entry into Russia for Talysh comic Idrak Mirzalizade. The ban expires on August 27, 2035, comic’s advocate Sergey Badamshin reports.

February 15, 2022 21:17

• Journalists complain about being beaten after their detention in Baku

  Law enforcers beat freelance journalists Fatima Movlanly and Sevindj Sadykhova, who were detained for filming videos near the building of the presidential administration of Azerbaijan, the victims themselves said.

February 15, 2022 19:06

• Defence reports about Musaeva’s refusal to be hospitalized

  Despite deterioration of her health state, Zarema Musaeva refused to be transferred to a hospital for fear of contracting the coronavirus, her advocate said. According to the defender, Zarema Musaeva is being kept in a separate cell of the Grozny SIZO (pre-trial prison) under the supervision of doctors.

February 15, 2022 18:52

• In Baku, journalists detained at picket site of soldiers’ relatives

  The police pushed killed soldiers’ relatives who had come to a picket from the building of the presidential administration of Azerbaijan and detained three journalists who had come to cover the protest action.