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February 15, 2021 10:48

• Volgograd activists hold solo pickets in Navalny's support

  Three solo pickets were held in Volgograd demanding to release the opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, and other political prisoners. Policemen treated one of the pickets as a group one, because a passerby helped the picketer collect her posters flying in the wind.

February 14, 2021 12:04

• Residents of Dagestani settlement of Tarki report detentions

  Law enforcers have detained three residents of Tarki who counteracted to drug dealing in the dwelling settlement, locals have stated.

February 14, 2021 12:00

• Ossetian food blogger becomes famous for spreading food among those in need

  Aslan Gabuev, a resident of North Ossetia, has become a popular food blogger thanks to his charity actions – he cooks food and gives it out to those in need. The "Life Food" Association of Charitable Funds is organizing nutrition at Vladikavkaz orphanages and treats pensioner in the local flea market.

February 14, 2021 11:57

• After earthquake, 25 Armenian residents turn to hospitals

  Doctors have rendered help to 25 residents of Armenia who complained of abrasions and bruises as a result of the earthquake. In its turn, the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) has assured that no repetition of equally strong shocks in the near future is likely.

February 13, 2021 12:58

• Relatives of Tsetiev and Razhapov, residents of Chechnya, treat compensations for their criminal prosecution as scanty

  After termination of his criminal case, Khusein Tsetiev, a native of Chechnya, cannot find a decent job; his family, whom he supported before his arrest, is in dire need of money, while the compensations appointed by the court cannot solve these problems, his mother said.

February 13, 2021 12:51

• Remains of three soldiers found in Nagorno-Karabakh

  Rescuers have found remains of three soldiers in the Kashatagh District; the total number of remains and bodies found in the battle zone has reached 1374, the Emergency Service of Nagorno-Karabakh has reported.

February 13, 2021 12:45

• Fatwa on COVID vaccine postponed until halal lab test

  The Russian vaccine contains no animal components; its use has already been approved in a number of Muslim countries, the developers of the "Sputnik V" vaccine have stated. However, believers have reasonable doubts about the safety of the vaccine; and some Muslims have come under the influence of conspiracy theories, clergymen and Islamic scholars have stated.

February 13, 2021 11:57

• Journalists in Yerevan are outraged by restricted access to border villages

  The National Security Service (NSS) of Armenia has banned journalists from working in the border villages of the Syunik Region without special permits. This ban is contrary to the Armenian Constitution and points to possible new territorial concessions from Yerevan, journalists have stated.

February 13, 2021 11:53

• Advocates of "Russian LGBT Network" stop trying to meet Magamadov and his brother

  Two advocates of the Telegram chat moderators, who had been taken from Nizhny Novgorod to Chechnya, have left the republic without having achieved a meeting with their clients, but appealed in court their the non-admission to the brothers, the "Russian LGBT Network" has informed.

February 13, 2021 11:49

• Police rule out terror act version in Vladikavkaz

  In the place of the explosion in a supermarket in Vladikavkaz, no traces of explosives were found; the version of a terror act is out of question, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has stated. No casualties were found under the rubble, the North-Ossetian authorities have reported.

February 13, 2021 00:16

• Relatives of arrested Derbent residents hold pickets against removal of advocate

  At a picket in Makhachkala, female relatives of Islam Barzukaev and Gasan Kurbanov, residents of Derbent, claimed that an investigator ordered to remove the advocate of the defendants and thus deprived them of their right to defence. A mother of Mirzaali Mirzaliev, the third defendant in the case on terrorism, complains that investigators are forcing him to incriminate Islam Barzukaev and Gasan Kurbanov.

February 12, 2021 23:56

• South-Ossetian Ministry of Construction: boycott of parliament can disrupt works

  The reconstruction of the Tskhinvali water intake, as well as the construction of a school and eight more facilities will be stopped if MPs do not approve the budget of South Ossetia in the next month, the Minister of Construction announces. The opposition disrupted one more session of the parliament, because the agenda did not include the issue of the General Prosecutor's resignation, MP David Sanakoev explains.

February 12, 2021 21:55

• Three Ingush natives wanted in case on Eldjarkiev's assassination

  The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) brought charges against three more Ingush natives in absentia in a case on an attack on Ibragim Eldjarkiev, the chief of the Ingush Centre for Combating Extremism (CCE, also known as Centre "E"), and put them on the wanted list, a source reported. One of the new suspects was arrested in absentia.

February 12, 2021 19:55

• ECtHR awards compensation to believers for persecution in Azerbaijan

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) approved a proposal of the Azerbaijan's authorities to pay 4000 euros to each of seven believers who complained about violation of their rights. Officials are trying to settle the claims lodged to the ECtHR before its verdict, since the European Court proactively awards higher compensations, lawyer Khalid Agaliev explains.

February 12, 2021 15:41

• Tkibuli miners suspend their strike

  After their meeting with the MP, who invited them to discuss their demands with the mining company, workers of a Tkibuli mine agreed to suspend their protest strike. No official agreements have been reached yet; and if their demands are not met, the strike will be resumed, miners have stated.

February 12, 2021 15:34

• Two disobedience marchers to COVID-19 restrictions detained in Tbilisi

  An action in Tbilisi against the curfew introduced due to coronavirus has ended in a clash with law enforcers; two activists were arrested for disobeying the police.

February 12, 2021 15:27

• In protest, relatives of missing military servicemen block Yerevan street

  Relatives of missing servicemen blocked traffic in the street near the building of the Armenian Government for an hour. They demanded from authorities to urgently approve the list of those who are still in Azerbaijani captivity.

February 12, 2021 15:24

• Case of Mamed Ibragim's son reveals persecution practice of activists' relatives in Azerbaijan

  Mekhti Ibragimov, a son of Mamed Ibragim, a member of the Presidium of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), convicted to conditional imprisonment for coronavirus spread, is being persecuted because of his father's political activities, human rights defenders assert, noting that the practice, when relatives suffer because of activists' viewpoints, is widespread in Azerbaijan.

February 12, 2021 11:34

• Political motives named as defining factor in Djumaev's case

  The verdict to Said-Mukhammad Djumaev, a native of Chechnya, who was arrested after a fight with law enforcers at a rally in Moscow, depends on political circumstances, but now he should not expect any leniency, Timofei Shirokov, a lawyer, believes. Close attention to Djumaev's case can bring both pros and cons in sentencing, said Svetlana Gannushkina, the chair of the "Civil Assistance" Committee.

February 12, 2021 11:31

• Doctors warn of danger of Kadyrov's order to cancel mask regime

  Amid some decrease of coronavirus cases, it is reasonable to cancel the mask mode regime only after a gradual lifting of all other restrictions, Andrei Makashov, a virologist believes. It is difficult to say unequivocally what the reason for the drop of the incidence is; therefore, it is worth observing the sanitary measures as long as possible, Alyona Vilina, a doctor, has noted.