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August 31, 2020 19:13

• On August 24-30, 2020, one person fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of August 24-30, 2020, at least one person fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

August 31, 2020 18:52

• Dagestani resident detained on suspicion of financing IS*

  Six persons were detained in five regions of Russia, including a resident of Dagestan, who, according to investigators, organized raising and transferring money for militants from a terrorist organization in Syria, the law enforcement bodies reported.

August 31, 2020 18:39

• Yerevan reports negotiations with Russia on purchase of fighter aircrafts

  Yerevan is negotiating with Russia to purchase Su-30SM fighters, reports David Tonoyan, Minister of Defence of Armenia.

August 31, 2020 13:54

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 24-30, 2020

  Spread of the coronavirus infection in the Caucasus; unrest in Tskhinvali after the detainee's death; capture of an Armenian officer in Azerbaijan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of August 24-30, 2020, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

August 31, 2020 13:32

• Azerbaijani SSS reports extradition of alleged militant from Russia

  Russia has handed Falig Valiev over to Azerbaijan; Valiev had been put on the international wanted list on charges of links with militants, the country's State Security Service (SSS) has reported.

August 31, 2020 13:16

• Chechen law enforcers publicly scold detainees for drinking alcohol

  Seven men detained in Kurchaloi District were reprimanded at the police station, shows the video posted on the Instagram. Some social network users have criticized law enforcers for publicly humiliating people.

August 31, 2020 11:06

• Bagaudin Evloev's arrest draws attention to law enforcers' practices in Ingushetia

  The practice when detainees "disappear" for some time after arrest is quite common in Ingushetia, human rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted in their comments on the difficulties with the admission of an advocate to Bagaudin Evloev, detained after a counter-terrorist operation (CTO) conducted in Nazran and Sagopsh on August 6.

August 31, 2020 10:53

• Baku analysts claim remaining Armenian-Azerbaijani tensions

  Despite the decreasing number of shootouts on Armenian-Azerbaijani contact line, the situation in the Karabakh conflict zone and on the border remains tense, Baku analysts assert. In their opinion, the internal political situation in Armenia is affecting the escalation.

August 31, 2020 10:40

• New fights involving Kadyrov's children announced in Chechnya

  Boxing fights of four Ramzan Kadyrov's sons are scheduled for September 3, despite the Kremlin's criticism of the earlier children's fights, as well as by the children's ombudsperson and the Russian Sport Ministry.

August 30, 2020 09:59

• Kadyrov creates agency to help "good" Chechens in Europe

  A new national agency is ready to provide help to immigrants from Chechnya living abroad, but they must "watch their own language," Ramzan Kadyrov has stated.

August 30, 2020 09:55

• Court cancels verdict to Azerbaijani journalist Anar Mamedov

  The Court of Appeal (CoA) has overturned the conviction of Anar Mamedov, editor-in-chief of the "Criminal.az" website, and sent the case for reconsideration.

August 30, 2020 09:43

• Instructions by Kadyrov's adviser trigger irritation in social networks

  The appeal of Adam Delimkhanov, the adviser to the head of Chechnya, not to commit offenses outside the republic is formulated humiliatingly towards local residents, social network users have pointed out.

August 30, 2020 09:31

• Sources report brutal beatings of two more detainees in South Ossetia

  Nikolai Tskhovrebov, detained within the attempt case on the head of the South-Ossetian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), was hospitalized with traces of beatings; he cannot walk, the hospital staff has stated. Another suspect, Gennady Kulaev, has been denied advocates' access for a week; information has appeared that he had been beaten and tortured with electric current.

August 29, 2020 23:49

• Caucasian experts treat detention of Chechen envoy as signal for Kadyrov

  The detention of the representative of the head of Chechnya in the Ivanovo Region of Russia was demonstratively disrespectful and was widely covered in the media, but for Ramzan Kadyrov it is advantageous to leave the incident without reaction, analysts believe.

August 29, 2020 23:45

• Tskhinvali protesters go home

  The protesters who gathered in front of the building of the Cabinet of Ministers (CoM) in Tskhinval and demanded resignation of the head of South Ossetia have gone home, said Merab Pukhaev, the acting head of the republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

August 29, 2020 23:35

• Martin Kochesoko's fellow villagers urge authorities to ensure trial objectivity

  An initiative group of Verkhniy Kurkuzhin villagers is seeking a meeting with Kazbek Kokov, the head of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), to discuss the case initiated against Martin Kochesoko. His fellow villagers are sure of his innocence.

August 29, 2020 11:27

• Armenian analysts explain impossibility of Guliev's and Askerov's transfer to Azerbaijan

  The exchange of Azerbaijani citizens, Shakhbaz Guliev and Dilgam Askerov, convicted in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), for Armenian prisoners is impossible, as it will pose a threat to the safety of residents of border villages, experts in Armenia believe. According to the Red Cross, there are five Armenian prisoners in Azerbaijan.

August 29, 2020 11:18

• Georgian rights defenders demand police's reaction to attacks of LGBT opponents

  For several months already, opponents of LGBT people have been attacking the office of the human rights organization "Tbilisi Pride" in Tbilisi, while law enforcers have still failed to present the results of the investigation, human rights defenders have stated.

August 29, 2020 10:02

• Azerbaijani political prisoner's wife reports his health worsening due to hunger strike

  After ten days of hunger strike, Emin Sagiev, an Azerbaijani political prisoner, has health problems; however, he intends to continue his action until his demand for release is fulfilled, his wife said.

August 29, 2020 09:58

• Torture traces on South-Ossetian resident horrify social network users

  Social networks have posted photos of the body of Inal Djabiev, who died after detention for an attempt on Igor Naniev, the head of South-Ossetian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). Facebook users have urged to punish the people who had severely beaten Djabiev up.