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January 29, 2021 23:20

• In Yerevan, five protestors still kept in SIZO

  The Investigative Committee of Armenia launches an investigation into a criminal case on an attempt to seize the building of the Armenian government. Five participants of a protest action in Yerevan are detained.

January 29, 2021 23:14

• Kadyrov's critics report intensifying campaign in his support

  After the Chechen Minister of Information and Press had been replaced, the number of comments in defence of Ramzan Kadyrov under his opponents' posts increased, the opposition 1Adat Movement reports. Blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov has also noticed the above-mentioned trend: his video appeal to the leader of Chechnya gained dozens of critical comments.

January 29, 2021 21:11

• Lawyer of rights defender Timur Kuashev's family highlights new facts in investigations by The Insider and Bellingcat

  An investigation conducted by The Insider and Bellingcat has revealed new details in the case on the Nalchik human rights defender Timur Kuashev's death, a lawyer for the victim's family reports. The release of the journalistic investigation will not be a reason for law enforcers to reopen the investigation into his death, a father of Timur Kuashev suggests.

January 29, 2021 21:06

• Azerbaijani combat engineer blown up by a mine in Nagorno-Karabakh

  Today, 39-year-old Elmeddin Mirzoev has been injured during mine clearance in the Agdam District, and doctors had to amputate his foot, the Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan reported.

January 29, 2021 20:48

• Karabakh refugees demand compensation from Armenian authorities

  At a protest action in Yerevan, residents of the Kashatag District of Nagorno-Karabakh, who fled their homes after the autumn war, announced having problems with housing and demanded compensation for their lost property.

January 29, 2021 16:19

• Military experts treat Azerbaijani and Turkish exercises as related to Karabakh

  The announced February 2021 military exercises of Azerbaijan and Turkey evidence their readiness for a joint response in case of revenge from Armenia and Karabakh, analysts believe.

January 29, 2021 16:10

• Chechnya: lawyer's wife complains about financial difficulties after his detention

  A court in Chechnya has found the arrest of the lawyer, Sergey Marakov, accused of hooliganism, to be legitimate. Marakov repeatedly helped his clients and colleagues for free, but after his arrest his family has faced financial difficulties, since there is practically no support, said the lawyer's wife.

January 29, 2021 13:11

• Kutaisi townspeople demand to ease quarantine restrictions

  Protesters in Kutaisi have demanded to resume the work of public transport, and reopen marketplaces and shopping centres. People cannot afford to get to workplaces by taxi; and workers in marketplaces and shops are left without livelihood, they have stated.

January 29, 2021 13:05

• Nagorno-Karabakh residents commemorate war casualties

  In Stepanakert, on the Day of Armenian Army and Fatherland Defender, clergymen held a memorial service for those who perished in the recent war; and local residents laid flowers and wreaths to the Memorial Complex.

January 29, 2021 10:12

• Journalists report secret Moscow real estate of Kadyrov's relatives

  Chechen officials from among Ramzan Kadyrov's relatives own apartments in an elite Moscow residential complex, but fail to mention them in their declarations, as follows from the investigation of the "Important Stories" media project. By non-disclosing the data about the real estate, these officials risk being fired for a loss of trust, the anti-corruption centre Transparency International has explained.

January 29, 2021 10:08

• Armenia and Azerbaijan exchange POWs

  On Thursday (January 28), Azerbaijan returned five prisoners of war (POWs) to Armenia; and Yerevan handed one POW over to Baku, the commander of Russian peacemakers has informed. The total number of POWs returned to Armenia has reached 62, and to Azerbaijan – 15.

January 29, 2021 10:00

• Relatives of Chechen who brawled with law enforcers share his responsibility

  Responsibility for Said-Mukhammad Djumaev, a native of Chechnya, who was detained after a brawl with law enforcers at a rally in support of Alexei Navalny, rests on all his relatives, Djumaev's uncle told the Speaker of the Chechen Parliament.

January 28, 2021 23:59

• Georgian tourism businesses are desperate to achieve lifting of restrictions

  Organizers of protests demanding to lift coronavirus restrictions in the tourism sector have lost hope of reaching an agreement with the Georgian authorities. They are preparing a lawsuit to the Constitutional Court. Hotel owners complained about the lack of guests.

January 28, 2021 23:57

• In Armenia, 26 people detained after a rally demanding Pashinyan's resignation

  Opponents of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan did not manage to break into the building of the Armenian government. Twenty-six activists were brought to police stations.

January 28, 2021 20:10

• Chechen native accused of beating Moscow law enforcers at a rally for Navalny

  A detained native of Chechnya was accused of using violence against law enforcers at a protest action in support of Alexei Navalny. In the course of the interrogation, the young man pleaded guilty, a source from the law enforcement bodies reported.

January 28, 2021 20:04

• Dagestani journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev refuses to plead guilty in court

  Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a correspondent of the Dagestani newspaper "Chernovik" (Rough Draft), accused in a case on financing of terrorism, refused to admit the charge brought against him and called it "abstract."

January 28, 2021 20:00

• Armenian Fund reports payments to 1111 families of combatants in Nagorno-Karabakh

  The Military Insurance Fund have paid compensations to 1527 military families, of which 1111 were families of the combatants who took part in the last autumn escalation of the Karabakh conflict.

January 28, 2021 19:54

• Native of Chechnya detained after brawl with Moscow law enforcers

  Said-Mukhammad Djumaev, a native of Chechnya, who used violence against law enforcers at a Moscow rally in support of Alexei Navalny, was detained in the Pskov Region.

January 28, 2021 14:46

• Story of Derbent girl indicates legal gap in early marriage situation

  Early marriages in Northern Caucasus are promoted by parents' poverty; and family members usually bear no responsibility under the law in such situations, said Saida Sirazhudinova, the head of the "Caucasus. World. Development" Centre for Studying Global Issues of Modernity and Regional Problems.

January 28, 2021 14:42

• Political analysts reproach Pashinyan for his indifference to Nagorno-Karabakh residents' problems

  The Armenian government has withdrawn from addressing Nagorno-Karabakh problems, including the issue of transport corridor via Karvachar. In fact, all issues of life of its residents are resolved by Azerbaijan and Russia, political analysts in Yerevan believe.