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February 05, 2021 15:21

• For Grozny woman, appeal to witch turns into public scolding

  Khadizhat Malaeva, a resident of Grozny, tried to turn to a sorceress for a promotion at work; but after a conversation with Adam Elzhurkaev, a theologian, she admitted that she had violated Islamic traditions, the republic's TV channel has reported.

February 05, 2021 15:07

• ECtHR requests data on POWs from Azerbaijan and Armenia

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has received complaints about rights violation from 228 captured residents of Armenia, and from 13 captured citizens of Azerbaijan, the ECtHR reported on February 4 and demanded from the authorities of both countries to provide information about all these prisoners of war (POWs).

February 05, 2021 14:54

• Action of Inal Djabiev's relatives in Tskhinvali lasts for two months

  Participants of the round-the-clock action organized by the widow and mother of Inal Djabiev, who died after being interrogated by the police, stay in the square in Tskhinvali for 60 days already.

February 05, 2021 11:49

• Search for perished militaries in Nagorno-Karabakh suspended

  Since February 3, the Azerbaijani party does not allow Karabakh rescuers to carry out their searches in the places of hostilities, rescuers have complained.

February 05, 2021 11:33

• LGBT Network reports kidnapping of Chechen natives in Nizhny Novgorod

  Law enforcers are bringing two natives of Chechnya detained in Nizhny Novgorod to Gudermes, the Russian LGBT Network has reported. The detention of young people may have to do with their activeness in the oppositional Telegram channel, David Isteev, the coordinator of the Network's emergency help programme, has suggested.

February 05, 2021 08:51

• Political analysts predict decay of protests in Southern Russia

  Navalny's arrest triggered no mass protests in Krasnodar, Volgograd and Rostov-on-Don, since many of the participants in the January actions were not his supporters, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted and predicted a further decay of protest activeness in the regions.

February 05, 2021 08:40

• Polad Aslanov removed from session after skirmish with judge

  Polad Aslanov, a journalist, accused of treason, expressed dissatisfaction with the presence of law enforcers at the court session on his case under the guise of journalists, and was removed from the courtroom.

February 04, 2021 22:57

• Djumaev's friends respond to a campaign to discredit him on social media sites

  Authors of a video collage, who tried to show Said-Mukhammad Djumaev as a cheeky person, distorted the facts by editing the video footage, claim friends of the Chechen native in their response video. Instagram users criticized attempts to discredit Said-Mukhammad Djumaev with fakes.

February 04, 2021 22:17

• Armenian authorities set payments to residents of Shurnukh and Vorotan

  Residents of the villages of Shurnukh and Vorotan, whose houses are in the territory controlled by Azerbaijan, will receive a one-time assistance in the amount of 300,000 drams and monthly payments in the amount of 68,000 drams, reports Mesrop Arakelyan, Armenian Minister of Labour and Social Affairs. The government also announced the construction of new houses for those people.

February 04, 2021 18:56

• Rights defenders oppose an idea of "special forces" tour to Chechnya on February 23

  Organization of "special forces" tours to Chechnya on the anniversary of the deportation of the Vainakh people offends the feelings of the republic's residents, Ruslan Kutaev, the president of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations, and human rights defender Oyub Titiev believe.

February 04, 2021 18:43

• Russian media to repost materials of "Mediazona"

  Independent Russian media announced their decision to repost materials of the "Mediazona" in protest against the prosecution of its editor-in-chief Sergey Smirnov, who was arrested for 25 days on the charge of violating the procedure for holding a public event.

February 04, 2021 14:45

• Defence of Ingush activists criticize testimony of secret witness

  At the trial of the leaders of Ingush protests, two prosecution witnesses have spoken. One of them described the participants in the March 2019 protest action as extremists, but was unable to justify his statement with specific facts. The second witness testified in favour of the defendants.

February 04, 2021 14:30

• Chechen theologian publicly scolds Ingush woman for witchcraft

  Adam Elzhurkaev, a theologian, has reprimanded Lida Ausheva, a native of Ingushetia, for rendering occult services; it follows from the report broadcast by the "Grozny" ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Company) TV Channel.

February 04, 2021 11:21

• Political analysts treat unification of Armenian opposition as fragile

  The actions of the coalitional "Movement to Save Motherland" demanding resignation of the Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, are becoming less massive, since the movement has no clear political programme; and no more than five out of 17 parties-coalition members have real influence, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

February 04, 2021 11:05

• Over the past 24 hours, 38 refugees return to Stepanakert

  Other 38 refugees arrived in Nagorno-Karabakh from Armenia escorted by peacemakers, making the total number of returnees by the evening of February 3 equal to 52,096 people, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

February 04, 2021 09:00

• By his criticism, Kadyrov provokes new wave of Djumaev's heroization

  Chechen authorities are concerned about the glory of Said-Mukhammad Djumaev, and are now trying to humiliate him in every possible way, as YouTube users have commented on Kadyrov's criticism of Djumaev, calling the latter a "real hero."

February 04, 2021 08:46

• Imanly left in custody under COVID-19 spread case

  The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) has refused to transfer Mukhammed Imanly, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), under house arrest. The oppositionist was groundlessly accused of spreading coronavirus, his advocate insists.

February 04, 2021 08:36

• Pyatigorsk townspeople complain about unjustified detentions and arrests

  During actions in support of Navalny in Pyatigorsk, law enforcers inhumanly treated the detainees, while the court ruled on administrative cases, despite absence of proofs, the arrested townspeople assert.

February 03, 2021 23:59

• Kadyrov criticizes Djumaev for supporting Navalny

  Said-Mukhammad Djumaev harmed the people of Chechnya and acted not as a man while hiding from the police after a protest action in support of Alexei Navalny, Ramzan Kadyrov says.

February 03, 2021 23:26

• Court postpones eviction of large family from their home in Nartan

  The Court of Cassation decided not to evict the family of Khamid Indreev pending consideration of his complaint. The challenged decision of the first instance court violates the rights of minor children, who cannot be evicted from their only home, notes lawyer Fatima Kardanova.