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August 15, 2021 11:59

• Trial of Dagestani journalist, Abdulmumin Gadjiev creates threat of closing "Chernovik"

  Colleagues of the journalist, Abdulmumin Gadjiev, have no hope of a fair verdict and fear the closure of the "Chernovik" (Draft) weekly after the trial, the "Novaya Gazeta" has found out. Residents of Dagestan are afraid to go out to actions in defence of Gadjiev, but his support in social networks is growing, his wife has stated.

August 15, 2021 11:09

• Analysts rule out any transfer of Armenian militaries to Nagorno-Karabakh

  A transfer of troops from Armenia to Nagorno-Karabakh is prohibited by the ban on entry of Armenian military columns into the unrecognized republic, but at the same time, the armistice agreement does not ban the Nagorno-Karabakh's right to ensure the safety of its local residents, Armenian analysts have stated.

August 15, 2021 11:07

• Azerbaijan blames Armenia for border shelling

  Last night, Armenian militaries shelled the Azerbaijani positions in the Tovuz District from the Armenian border territory, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

August 14, 2021 23:13

• Georgian authorities admit problems in ambulance work

  In Georgia, the load on the ambulance service has grown significantly amid the deteriorating epidemiological situation; therefore, calls are served with a delay, the country's Ministry of Public Health (MPH) has explained. Irakli Garibashvili, the Prime Minister, has stated that it is planned to make the vaccination against coronavirus mandatory.

August 14, 2021 14:04

• Armenia claims shelling in direction of Gegarkunik

  Azerbaijani units have shelled the positions of the Armenian Armed Forces stationed in the Gegarkunik border section, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

August 14, 2021 13:51

• Defendants in case of "Sharia patrols" in KBR plead guilty

  Eleven residents of the village of Anzorei in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), whom investigators treated as members of the extremist community, have pleaded guilty in the case of the so-called "Sharia patrols".

August 14, 2021 12:16

• Azerbaijan claims shelling of its positions in two districts

  The Armenian Armed Forces opened fire on the positions of Azerbaijani militaries stationed in the Kelbadjar and Gadabay Districts of Azerbaijan, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

August 13, 2021 23:55

• Azerbaijani activist Alizamin Salaev transferred to medical unit in penal colony

  Alizamin Salaev, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), convicted on the charge of defamation, has succeeded in seeking his transfer to a medical unit in the penal colony. The defence filed a complaint about the court’s refusal in conditional early relief for the oppositionist.

August 13, 2021 23:52

• Colleagues stand up for arrested comic Idrak Mirzalizade

  Dozens of artists recorded a video appeal in support of ethnic Talysh Idrak Mirzalizade, who was arrested for ten days for his joke about xenophobia in Moscow. Comics announced a concert in support of arrested Idrak Mirzalizade.

August 13, 2021 21:07

• Resident of Dagestan sentenced to 11 years of imprisonment for participation in IS

  In Rostov-on-Don, the Southern District Military Court found Murad Abdullagadjiev, a resident of Dagestan, guilty of swearing allegiance to the leader of a terrorist organization and participating in its activities. The defendant pleaded guilty, the press service for the Southern District Military Court reported.

August 13, 2021 21:03

• Arrest of advocate Marakov in Chechnya cancelled for formal violations, lawyers suggest

  The Supreme Court of Chechnya cancelled the decision to extend the arrest of advocate Sergey Marakov not because it considered the strict pre-trial restriction measure unreasonable, but because of formal violations, lawyers suggest. A wife and a 93-year-old mother of the defendant claimed they had not seen him since his detention.

August 13, 2021 20:52

• Georgian activists complain to prosecutor's office about wiretapping

  Activists of three Georgian NGOs have turned to the prosecutor's office with a complaint about the secret wiretapping of their telephone conversations by the Georgian State Security Service (SSS).

August 13, 2021 18:47

• Azerbaijan accused Armenia of shelling

  Armenian militaries have shelled, from the territory of Armenia and from positions located in the Karabakh conflict zone, the Azerbaijani positions stationed in the Lachin, Fizuli and Khodjaly Districts, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

August 13, 2021 12:55

• Authorities urge Askeran townspeople to help Stepanakert in overcoming water supply crisis

  The Mayoralty of Askeran has asked city residents to collect large empty bottles in order to use them for bringing drinking water to the districts of Stepanakert, which have water supply outages.

August 13, 2021 12:53

• Case of North-Ossetian Tumgoev sent to court

  At the court session on the case of Timur Tumgoev, a native of North Ossetia, accused of attacking an employee of a colony in the Saratov Region, prosecution witnesses are testifying.

August 13, 2021 12:48

• UNESCO links damage to Gelati Monastery with restorers' errors

  The ancient frescoes in the Gelati Monastery have been damaged by rainwater due to improper restoration of the roof, the UNESCO has claimed. The Georgia's Ministry of Culture has acknowledged the problem and promised to solve it.

August 13, 2021 12:40

• Investigators promise to follow up application on torture of Derbent residents

  For the tenth time, investigators have refused to initiate a criminal case against the law enforcers who had tortured three residents of Derbent, but the head of the Dagestani branch of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has assured that he would supervise the check, relatives of the Derbent residents have informed.

August 13, 2021 11:45

• Rights defenders tell details of queer girl's abduction by Chechen law enforcers

  The "Russian LGBT Network"* is concerned about the fate of the girl who was abducted a year ago by Chechen law enforcers, and is going to appeal against the decision of the Chechen Supreme Court (SC), which has found the investigator's refusal to investigate the abduction as legitimate. The refusal to investigate the abduction case is unlawful, the advocate has noted.

August 12, 2021 23:53

• Weapon hiding discovered in Ingush village

  A plastic canister with grenades, fuses, and cartridges was found in the village of Dattykh near the border with Chechnya. The canister presumably was hidden in the ground about six years ago, the Department for Ingushetia of the National Guard of Russia reports today.

August 12, 2021 23:46

• Rights defenders explain refusal of a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria to report torture

  After a refusal to file a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), a person convicted in a case on an attack on Nalchik does not even want to talk to human rights defenders by phone, a lawyer of the Human Rights Centre (HRC)“Memorial”* reports. Another complainant died in a penal colony, while the third complainant was transferred to a penal colony with tougher regime of detention.