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August 27, 2020 17:14

• Azerbaijani activist treats exclusion from municipal council as unjustified

  Vafa Nagi, an activist, removed from work at the municipal council of the village of Khol Garagashly, intends to challenge this decision, treating it as biased and illegal. The Azerbaijani Central Election Commission (CEC) has pointed out the illegality of depriving members of the municipal council of their powers in the extrajudicial order.

August 27, 2020 10:58

• After Gadamauri's murder, European rights defenders worry about extradited Chechens

  After the murder in the counter-terrorist operation (CTO) held in Ingushetia of Khusen Gadamauri, a native of Chechnya, who had been extradited from Germany, it is necessary to reconsider the practice of extraditing Chechens to Russia, said Ekkehard Maas, the head of the German-Caucasian Society. The death of Gadamauri raises concern for the fate of other Chechens who have been extradited or are awaiting it, said Pascal Chaudot, the head of the Chechnya Committee in France.

August 27, 2020 10:55

• KBR resident commits suicide after detention for hemp bush near his house

  During a search conducted in the yard of Nikolai Zakharchenko, a resident of the village of Nartkala, law enforcers deliberately walked to the place where the hemp bush was found; while at the police station, they persuaded him to sign empty protocols, the wife of the 85-year-old pensioner who had committed suicide asserts. The widow intends to rehabilitate him, the "Mediazona" reports.

August 27, 2020 10:47

• Case transfer to Azerbaijani GPO encourages Eldar Gasanov

  At the request of the defence, the criminal case against Eldar Gasanov, a former Azeri Ambassador to three Balkan countries, has been transferred from the State Security Service (SSS) to the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO). The defence was satisfied with the "objective" consideration of the motion. The decision has increased Gasanov's hope for a fair trial, his defence has stated.

August 26, 2020 23:44

• NAC releases video of CTO in Ingush Ali-Yurt

  The National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) has confirmed the killing of a suspected militant in the Nazran District of Ingushetia and released a video of the counterterrorist operation (CTO).

August 26, 2020 22:59

• Georgian politician's visit provokes political conflict in Abkhazia

  The Abkhazian opposition demands the resignation of the presidential adviser, who organized the trip of Irma Inashvili, the leader of the "Alliance of Patriots of Georgia" Party, to the Gali District. The politician's visit was coordinated with Russia, Georgian political analysts suggest.

August 26, 2020 17:18

• Chechen law enforcers publicly reprimand driver for violation committed two years ago

  According to a video posted on Instagram, a resident of the Kurchaloi District was reprimanded at a police station for careless driving in 2018. Social network users were surprised that the law enforcement bodies were interested in highlighting the violation committed two years ago.

August 26, 2020 17:15

• CTO in Ali-Yurt becomes sixth in Ingushetia since early 2020

  Today, one of the suspected militants has been killed in a counterterrorist operation (CTO) held in the village of Ali-Yurt in the Nazran District. The CTO in Ali-Yurt was preceded by four other special operations in the Sunzha District and one in Nazran conducted in 2020.

August 26, 2020 16:47

• Action in support of Belarusians turns into persecution of Rostov activists

  Administrative protocols have been drawn up against 14 Rostov activists for violating the procedure for holding a picket and laying flowers in support of citizens of Belarus.

August 26, 2020 16:41

• Dagestani resident accused of links with extremist grouping

  The inquiry into the case of a 38-year-old resident of the Khasavyurt District, accused of membership in a unit of the "At-Takfir Wal-Hijra", a religious extremist organization banned in Russia, is over, investigators have informed.

August 26, 2020 10:28

• Experts on Caucasus regard laying flowers to Akhmat Kadyrov's obelisk alien to Islamic traditions

  Some rituals of honouring the dead, for example, laying flowers on graves, date back to Soviet times, but are alien to the Islamic and Chechen traditions, Caucasian scholars have noted in their comments on the celebrations of the 69th birthday of Akhmat Kadyrov, the ex-head of Chechnya.

August 26, 2020 10:23

• Armenian analysts dispute on exchange of officer captured in Azerbaijan

  The exchange of Gurgen Alaverdyan, the captured Armenian officer, for the Azerbaijanis convicted for committing murder in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) is unequal and will be a mistake, the analysts, Ayk Khachikyan and Vlad Vartanyan, believe. The likelihood of the exchange is high given the change of the NKR leadership, Naira Airumyan, a political observer, has noted.

August 26, 2020 10:20

• Azerbaijan: Armenian officer faces criminal charges

  Gurgen Alaverdyan, the Armenian officer detained by Azeri militaries, was charged with espionage and waging an aggressive war.

August 26, 2020 10:16

• Residents of Chechnya note modest help to those in need from Kadyrov's Foundation

  The Kadyrov Foundation has organized a large-scale charity campaign of distributing food packages among those in need on the anniversary of the birthday of Akhmat Kadyrov, the former head of Chechnya. Residents of the republic have treated the amount of help as insignificant and complained that it failed to reach all the poor.

August 26, 2020 10:11

• After sending another group, about 800 people stay in Kullar camp

  On Tuesday, August 25, 400 Azerbaijani citizens were taken from the camp near Kullar to the Azerbaijani border. About 800 other citizens are still awaiting their return to homeland. The number of people arriving in Dagestan for sending to Azerbaijan will only grow, Afig Allakhverdiev, a deputy chairman of the National Cultural Autonomy of Azerbaijanis in the Moscow Region, has suggested.

August 26, 2020 10:08

• Analysts associate "Moral Guards" in Europe with Chechen authorities' policy

  The Chechen Diaspora has many members who support Ramzan Kadyrov and share his attitude to women, Alexei Malashenko, a political analyst, and Svetlana Gannushkina, a rights defender, believe. The appearance of the "Moral Guards" is due to the conservative lifestyle of Chechens, said Ruslan Kutaev, an activist.

August 25, 2020 23:52

• Azerbaijan claims 45 shelling attacks in conflict zone

  The positions of the Azerbaijani troops were shelled in two border areas, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported.

August 25, 2020 23:51

• 12 people fell victim to teip conflict in Ingushetia

  In Sunzha, nine participants of a conflict with a shooting were wounded, while three others were injured during a fight, sources reported.

August 25, 2020 18:32

• About 50 residents of Georgian Kobuleti face threats of eviction

  A businessman privatized a house in Kobuleti, which was home to 12 families in a difficult situation. Tenants held a protest action with the demand not to evict them from the building or provide them with housing.

August 25, 2020 18:26

• Law enforcers find hideout with weapons near Sergokala in Dagestan

  A submachine gun, a pistol, a grenade and cartridges were found in a forest hideout in the Sergokala District of Dagestan, the "Rosgvardia" (Russian National Guard) has informed.