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January 20, 2021 08:28

• After Navalny's arrest, FBK issues inquiry into Putin's palace in Gelendjik

  The Anti-Corruption Foundation (headed by Alexei Navalny and known under the Russian abbreviation of FBK) has issued an investigatory film about Putin's palace near the city of Gelendjik in the Krasnodar Territory, the largest private house in Russia, which is being built for the money of state-owned companies. The total area of the palace is over 17,000 square meters; a land plot of 7000 hectares is adjacent thereto; this area could house 39 Monaco principalities, says Alexei Navalny.

January 19, 2021 22:53

• In Tskhinvali, protest action continues despite Epiphany frosts

  Last night was the coldest during 1.5 months of the round-the-clock protest action being held in the central square of Tskhinvali. Relatives of Inal Djabiev claim they will continue their protest, despite the forecast of a further cold snap.

January 19, 2021 22:35

• Residents of Syunik Region block road for opposition

  In the Syunik Region, local residents came to a protest action. They believe that the opposition and, in particular, Vazgen Manukyan, are responsible for the current situation in Armenia.

January 19, 2021 22:19

• Two Armenian rescuers injured after a mine explosion

  Rescuers of the Armenian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) were taken to the Kapan hospital after they had been blown up by a mine near the town of Megri.

January 19, 2021 17:42

• South-Ossetian users express indignation at lack of oxygen in hospitals after closure of Transkam

  The authorities of South Ossetia should supply hospitals with oxygen stations for treatment of coronavirus-infected patients in order to avoid a shortage of oxygen when the Transcaucasian highway is closed, Instagram users note.

January 19, 2021 17:28

• Idea to create a Moscow centre for teaching native languages supported in North Caucasus

  The study of native languages in Moscow schools is being hampered by the lack of teachers and the specifics of the school group formation, members of the Moscow ethnic communities say. The activists proposed Mayor Sergey Sobyanin to organize distance learning in native languages and create a Centre for the Study of Languages of the Peoples of Russia.

January 19, 2021 13:42

• Remains of eight casualties found in Nagorno-Karabakh

  During the search works conducted in the Karabakh conflict zone, remains of a resident of Gadrut and seven Armenian soldiers were found, the State Emergency Service of Nagorno-Karabakh has informed.

January 19, 2021 13:26

• Over the past 24 hours, 175 refugees return to Nagorno-Karabakh

  Peacemakers have escorted another group of refugees from Yerevan to Stepanakert. A total of 50,002 people have already returned to their homes in Nagorno-Karabakh, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

January 19, 2021 10:33

• Makhachkala residents blame bureaucrats for garbage collapse

  In the conditions of a garbage collapse, the Makhachkala communal services have to load the garbage manually or with the help of tractors and take it out in ordinary trucks, since they have no specialized machinery, the "Makhachkala-1" municipal institution has explained. Both performers and officials are to blame for the garbage collapse, local residents assert.

January 19, 2021 10:31

• After beating up by law enforcers, resident of Stavropol Territory may face disability

  Archil Parsalashvili, a resident of the village of Kurskaya, Stavropol Territory, who was beaten last December by law enforcers, has been discharged from hospital; however, as stated by his father Nikolai, he will not be able to fully recover his health.

January 19, 2021 08:15

• Tumso disputes on Navalny with Dagestani blogger

  On the eve of Alexei Navalny's return to Russia, Kurban Askandarov, a popular Dagestani blogger, had criticized Alexei, to which Tumso Abdurakhmanov, a well-known Chechen blogger, has treated in his new video this fact as an example of deliberate discrediting of Navalny in the Caucasus.

January 19, 2021 08:09

• Karabakh residents ask peacemakers to provide alternative link with Armenia

  Residents of Nagorno-Karabakh should be able to drive to Armenia through the Azerbaijan-controlled territory, not only along the Lachin Corridor, protesters have claimed.

January 18, 2021 23:33

• Azerbaijani MoD reports names of 2855 deceased soldiers

  According to the list of the deceased soldiers and officers released by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD), 2855 military men killed during the combat actions for Nagorno-Karabakh in the autumn of 2020 were buried. Other fifty military personnel are declared to be missed in action.

January 18, 2021 23:18

• Court arrests Alexei Navalny

  Today, the Khimki City Court has arrested oppositionist Alexei Navalny until February 15, his press secretary and advocate report.

January 18, 2021 22:44

• Activist associates resumption of pickets with unresolved land problem in Dagestan

  Today, Bektemir Salikhov, a member of the Alburikent village community, has come to a picket in the centre of Makhachkala.

January 18, 2021 18:23

• HRC "Memorial" recognizes Alexei Navalny as a political prisoner

  The detention under a far-fetched pretext of Alexei Navalny, who was not hiding from anyone, is a political reprisal, and the authorities must immediately release the oppositionist, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reports today.

January 18, 2021 18:05

• Almost 190 refugees return to Nagorno-Karabakh over 24 hours

  More 189 refugees arrived in Stepanakert from Yerevan, being accompanied by Russian peacekeepers. In total, 49,827 people returned to their homes after the end of the combat actions in Nagorno-Karabakh, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) reported.

January 18, 2021 16:55

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of January 11-17, 2021

  Return of refugees, post-war victims, new agreement on the Karabakh conflict, and the human rights defenders' demand to investigate war crimes; coronavirus infection spread statistics in Caucasus; verdict in a case on attempted murder of a Chechen blogger in Sweden, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of January 11-17, 2021, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

January 18, 2021 13:28

• Armenian Parliament refuses to discuss legality of peace agreement

  Today, the MPs from the "My Step" faction have opposed the discussion of the opposition's initiative, which criticizes the ceasefire agreement on Nagorno-Karabakh.

January 18, 2021 13:08

• Bodies of three soldiers found in Nagorno-Karabakh

  During the last 24 hours, remains of three military servicemen were found in the Karabakh conflict zone; thus, the total number of found bodies has reached 1238, the Karabakh rescuers have informed today.