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December 17, 2021 02:12

• Return of Mitsaeva to Chechnya becomes Kadyrov’s political trump card

  The political influence of Rubati Mitsaeva, a former comrade-in-arms of Akhmed Zakaev, is not great, but the Chechen authorities got an opportunity to present her return to the republic as their achievement, sources of the “Caucasian Knot” suggest. According to lawyers, Rubati Mitsaeva will not face criminal prosecution in her homeland.

December 17, 2021 02:09

• Azerbaijani activist Salekh Rustamov ends his hunger strike

  Azerbaijani activist Salekh Rustamov agreed to end his hunger strike on the 41st day, doctor Adil Geibulla reported. Advocates and human rights defenders plan to continue to seek the release of Salekh Rustamov from prison.

December 16, 2021 17:31

• Native from Stavropol Territory sentenced for preparing terror act in Grozny

  The Military Court in Rostov-on-Don has sentenced a minor girl from the Stavropol Territory to 6 years in an educational colony, having found her guilty of preparing a terror act in Grozny.

December 16, 2021 16:24

• Baku court sets activist Rustam Ismayilbeili free

  The case against Rustam Ismayilbeili, a student, accused of violating anti-covid measures at the action in support of Salekh Rustamov on December 1, has been dismissed, the "Meydan" TV has informed.

December 16, 2021 16:16

• Advocates and relatives of Ingush activists shocked by court verdict

  There were no doubts that the sentence on the Ingush activists' case would be politically motivated, but everyone hoped for a softer punishment than the prosecution demanded, the advocates have stated. The convicts' relatives have lost faith in a fair trial.

December 16, 2021 16:10

• Doctor manages to convince Salekh Rustamov to agree to supportive treatment

  Salekh Rustamov, an Azerbaijani activist, who has been on his protest hunger strike for 40 days, has agreed to take supportive treatment, Adil Geibulla, a doctor, has informed. According to the doctor, Rustamov's health condition is relatively stable; doctors are doing everything to prevent coma.

December 16, 2021 15:19

• Pompous meeting of Rubati Mitsaeva in Grozny surprises social network users

  The welcoming ceremony at the Grozny Airport of Rubati Mitsaeva, a former associate of Akhmed Zakaev, with the participation of ministers and a Chechen MP has surprised social media users. At the same time, many reacted kindly to Mitsaeva's return to homeland.

December 16, 2021 14:18

• Social media users support participants of protest at market in Grozny

  The authorities of Chechnya perceive all protests as disloyalty, and therefore, an open expression of dissatisfaction with the increase in rent at the Berkat market is a bold step for which entrepreneurs are threatened with reprisals. This was stated by social media users.

December 16, 2021 14:15

• German court sentences a man accused of Khangoshvili’s murder to life imprisonment

  The Russian citizen, whom a witness identified as Vadim Krasikov, an agent of the Russian special services, was sentenced by a Berlin court to life imprisonment in a case on the murder of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, a former Chechen field commander.

December 16, 2021 12:02

• Police detain supporters of Salekh Rustamov

  In Baku, the police disrupted a protest action. The protestors demanded to release activist Salekh Rustamov, who has been on hunger strike for the 40th day. More than 20 people are detained.

December 16, 2021 02:03

• Nine Rustamov's supporters fined in Baku

  At an action in Baku, where the participants demanded to release Salekh Rustamov, a hunger-striking activist, from custody, 43 people were detained; nine of them were fined for violating the quarantine regime.

December 15, 2021 23:42

• Sources disclose details of case on preparation of terror act in Sunzha

  Two residents of Ingushetia intended to blow up the administrative buildings of the department of private security and patrol-and-post service in Sunzha, sources reported.

December 15, 2021 14:44

• Aliev and Pashinyan agree on border delimitation and railway communication

  At their meeting in Brussels, the leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia have agreed to create a temporary working group for delimiting the mutual border and unblocking the railway.

December 15, 2021 14:38

• Leaders of Ingush protests sentenced to long prison terms

  The court in the Stavropol Territory has sentenced Akhmed Barakhoev, Musa Malsagov, Malsag Uzhakhov, Ismail Nalgiev, Bagaudin Khautiev, Barakh Chemurziev and Zarifa Sautieva to prison terms from 7.5 to 9 years.

December 15, 2021 14:31

• ECtHR awards compensation for torture to 11 natives of Northern Caucasus

  The complaints about torture and unfair trial submitted by residents of Chechnya, Dagestan and Ingushetia were considered by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Each of the applicants was awarded compensation in the amount of EUR 52,000.

December 15, 2021 14:23

• Emigrant Rubati Mitsaeva returns to Chechnya

  Rubati Mitsaeva, a former associate of Akhmed Zakaev, has arrived in Grozny. At the airport she was met by Magomed Khambiev, a Chechen MP, and Musa Dudaev, the Chechen Minister of Sports.

December 15, 2021 14:19

• Ahead of meeting in Brussels, Aliev and Pashinyan exchange mutual claims

  The Zangezur Corridor, which Baku is seeking to open, should work on the same conditions as the Lachin one, Azerbaijani President, Ilham Aliev, stated in Brussels, at a meeting with the NATO Secretary General. The Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, has accused the head of Azerbaijan of trying to drive the topic of opening regional communications into a dead end.

December 15, 2021 14:11

• Seven persons are on hunger strike in solidarity with Salekh Rustamov

  A hunger strike is underway in Baku demanding the release of Salekh Rustamov, who has been on his hunger strike for 39 days; and for the last two days, he has been on a dry hunger strike – refuses to drink water and take medicines. Salekh's brother and six other activists are hunger-striking in solidarity with him.

December 15, 2021 13:59

• Rights defenders find it their duty to support "Memorial"* near courthouse

  The "International Memorial"* has been long successfully engaged in historical and educational work "without silencing and varnishing"; this work should not stop. This was stated by the human rights defenders who gathered in front of the building of the Russian Supreme Court (SC), where the trial was taking place on the lawsuit lodged by the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) against the "Memorial"*.

December 15, 2021 13:48

• Salekh Rustamov’s health state deteriorates sharply after start of a dry hunger strike

  Salekh Rustamov has been on the hunger strike for 39 days, and on the second day of his dry hunger strike, he felt chills, his blood pressure and blood sugar dropped, his advocate and relatives reported. The Azerbaijani authorities did not react to the appeals for pardoning Salekh Rustamov, human rights defender Rufat Safarov said.