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January 26, 2021 12:16

• ECtHR communicates complaint of Dagestani woman-domestic violence victim

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has urgently sent questions to the applicant and Russian authorities about the state protection of Gulli Kazanbieva, a resident of Dagestan, after the release of her ex-husband, who was convicted of beating.

January 26, 2021 12:04

• Five activists of Navalny's Krasnodar office arrested

  Sofia Pilyukova, the deputy coordinator of Navalny's office in Krasnodar, and four other activists have been arrested for up to five days. Their advocates assert that law enforcers are presenting ordinary activists as protest organizers.

January 26, 2021 11:46

• Lawyers assess Kadyrov's ability to help brawler with law enforcers

  A Chechen authorities' positive opinion will be a weighty argument during the trial of the young man who had beaten up law enforcers during the rally of Navalny's supporters in Moscow, lawyers believe. In exchange for a softer verdict, officials expect public repentance of the young Chechen guy, Svetlana Gannushkina and Ruslan Kutaev believe.

January 25, 2021 23:27

• Nagorno-Karabakh residents alerted by idea of travelling through Kelbadjar

  Residents of Nagorno-Karabakh fear that in case if an alternative road is open between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan may achieve the closure of the Lachin corridor. Some of the Nagorno-Karabakh residents doubt that travels through the territory controlled by Azerbaijan would be safe.

January 25, 2021 23:05

• President Putin calls video about palace near Gelendzhik compilation and montage

  The Russian President states that a palace from the journalistic investigation conducted by the Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF, recognized in the Russian Federation as a foreign agent) does not belong to him or any of his relatives.

January 25, 2021 22:53

• Instagram users discuss role of Dagestani woman in her daughter's marriage to militant

  A 14-year-old girl from Derbent, who had been kept for more than three months by the law enforcement bodies in Grozny, returned to her homeland, Instagram users report. Social network users argued about the behaviour of her mother, whom Magomed Daudov declared guilty of her daughter's early marriage to a "terrorist."

January 25, 2021 22:46

• Chechen State Duma delegate demands extradition of Akhmed Zakaev to Russia

  After Akhmed Zakaev spoke in support of the suspects killed by law enforcers in the village of Katar-Yurt, Shamsail Saraliev, a delegate to the State Duma from Chechnya, has claimed that the General Prosecutor's Office and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Russia are to achieve the extradition of Akhmed Zakaev from the UK.

January 25, 2021 16:31

• Armenian political analysts assess chances of traffic resumption through Azerbaijan

  The resumption of traffic from Armenia to Nagorno-Karabakh across the territory controlled by Azerbaijan should be a subject of discussion at the talks on the Karabakh conflict, political analyst Armen Vardanyan believes.

January 25, 2021 16:24

• Kadyrov's advisor offers surrender to a participant of a clash with OMON in Moscow

  Adam Delimkhanov, an advisor to Ramzan Kadyrov, addressed a native of Chechnya, who got into a fight with law enforcers at a rally in support of Alexei Navalny in Moscow. The Ramzan Kadyrov's advisor called on the Chechen native to renounce the opposition and promised in return that the leader of Chechnya would help him solve problems with the law.

January 25, 2021 14:25

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of January 18-24, 2021

  Return of refugees, post-war victims, and search for dead bodies in the Karabakh conflict zone; protest actions held by supporters of Alexei Navalny in Southern Russia; special operation in Chechnya; European Court's judgement on Georgia's claim against Russia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of January 18-24, 2021, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

January 25, 2021 11:45

• On January 18-24, 11 persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week from January 18 to January 24, 2021, during the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, eleven persons suffered in the conflict: six of them perished and five were wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other sources.

January 25, 2021 11:37

• Residents of Chechnya condemn Derbent woman for her daughter's early marriage

  The woman from Derbent, who complained to Ramzan Kadyrov about the detention of her 14-year-old daughter, is guilty of the girl's early marriage to a terrorist, Magomed Daudov, Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, has stated.

January 25, 2021 11:28

• Military analysts in Yerevan doubt official data on combat losses

  The forecast about 4000 casualties on the Armenian party during the autumn aggravation of the Karabakh conflict does not inspire confidence, Armenian experts have noted.

January 24, 2021 11:50

• Krasnodar protests are most massive in recent years

  The activists of the local Navalny's office were detained in a coffee shop after the protest action; one of the office volunteers was arrested for five days. In Novorossiysk and Armavir, they detained those who shouted slogans or came out with posters, protesters have informed.

January 24, 2021 11:21

• Stavropol townspeople pointed to protest growth in the city

  Actions in support of Alexei Navalny have covered several cities of the Stavropol Territory. Residents of Stavropol, the capital of the Territory, are now more active in protests, the marchers have noted.

January 24, 2021 11:06

• Volgograd activists demand release of political prisoners

  Russia restricts civil rights and freedoms; activists and oppositionists are persecuted for political reasons, the Volgograd residents interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have explained their participation in the January 23 protest action.

January 23, 2021 19:08

• Suspect of beating Totrov detained in Vladikavkaz

  One of the attackers on the North-Ossetian journalist has been detained; the other has fled abroad and will be put on the wanted list through the Interpol, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has announced.

January 23, 2021 18:16

• Social network users condemn early marriage of 14-year-old girl from Derbent

  Law enforcers must figure out how a 14-year-old girl from Derbent got married, Instagram users demand.

January 23, 2021 17:42

• Police use batons to detain Navalny's supporters in Moscow

  Russian law enforcers are detaining the participants of the unauthorized rally in Moscow in support in Alexei Navalny, acting harshly and using rubber batons. The force is applied to both men and women. Among the detained protesters is the spouse of the opposition leader Yulia Navalnaya, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

January 23, 2021 17:30

• Azerbaijan: decrease in number of political prisoners is no guarantee of real easing of authorities' policies

  The decrease in the number of political prisoners in Azerbaijan does not yet indicate any change in authorities' policies towards their opponents, the human rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent believe.