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June 09, 2020 21:12

• Manas residents demand to release their detained fellow villagers

  In the Dagestani village of Manas, local residents organized a gathering after the police had detained several villagers. In their comments left under a video of the detention disseminated on a social network, users criticized law enforcers who used force against an elderly man.

June 09, 2020 18:48

• Zarifa Sautieva's arrest extended despite guarantees of human rights defenders

  In the Stavropol Territory, the court extended the detention of Ingush activist Zarifa Sautieva until June 25. Meanwhile, human rights defenders, including Nikolai Rybakov, the leader of the "Yabloko" Party, Alexander Cherkasov, the head of the Council of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", and Svetlana Gannushkina and Oleg Orlov, members of the "Memorial", requested the court to release Zarifa Sautieva.

June 09, 2020 18:32

• Azerbaijani citizens suspend their hunger strike in camp on border of Dagestan

  Today, 130 Azerbaijani citizens, who were staying in Dagestan and expecting a permission to return to their homeland, have crossed the border. Their fellow countrymen, who still stay in a tent camp near the village of Kullar, have stopped the mass hunger strike.

June 09, 2020 18:21

• Chechen TV Channel releases an interview with wanted Shaa Turlaev

  The "Grozny" ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Company) has made public an interview with Shaa Turlaev, who was put on the federal wanted list on suspicion of involvement in resonant murders and assassination attempts.

June 09, 2020 14:54

• Residents of Chechnya question ethics of payments from Kadyrov Foundation for buying out brides

  Receiving money from the Kadyrov Foundation to buy out brides is quite an appropriate financial support – some local residents have supported the authorities' idea. However, their opponents assert that such help will put the newlyweds in an awkward position.

June 09, 2020 14:35

• Tough police reaction to spontaneous protest in Baku criticized by opposition

  By their actions, the policemen, who have detained 11 Baku residents during raids against quarantine violators, only stir up hatred for the authorities, and the country risks becoming a police state, activists of the Azerbaijani opposition told the "Caucasian Knot".

June 09, 2020 11:08

• Doctors claim medical crisis in KChR amid coronavirus

  Medical institutions of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) have not enough beds for coronavirus infected patients; due to the shortage of beds in specialized hospitals, patients are hospitalized "through the back door," and medications are in short supply, medics have complained.

June 09, 2020 10:55

• Azerbaijanis on Dagestani border face Baku's indifference

  The citizens of Azerbaijani, who stay in Dagestan, have been waiting for the opportunity to return home for more than a month.

June 09, 2020 10:41

• Conflict in Yugra outlines threats for Kadyrov

  The acute conflict involving Chechens in Yugra will damage Kadyrov's positions and give arguments to his opponents, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted.

June 09, 2020 08:48

• Three residents of Dagestan suspected of spreading fakes about coronavirus

  The reason for initiating criminal cases against three residents of Dagestan was the spread by them in the WhatsApp of information about spraying coronavirus from the air in Dagestan, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has informed.

June 09, 2020 08:37

• Resident of Dagestan explains law enforcers why he was cruel with rare bird

  The Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has spread footage with excuses of a man, who was detained after a resonant video about his ill-treatment of a Red Book eagle caught in a trap. Instagram users were outraged by the absence of detainee's apology.

June 08, 2020 21:20

• Vadim Cheldiev left under arrest

  Vadim Cheldiev, charged in a case on a rally in Vladikavkaz, left in custody until August 18 by the court's decision.

June 08, 2020 21:05

• Akhmat Kadyrov Foundation promises to pay ransom for 207 brides

  The Chechen authorities have promised to allocate more than 10 million roubles in total to bridegrooms who are short of money to pay a traditional ransom for a bride.

June 08, 2020 18:46

• In Karachay-Cherkessia, relatives of coronavirus-infected patients hold solo pickets

  At least six persons took part in solo pickets held in front of a hospital in the Malokarachaevsky District. The protestors demanded to provide coronavirus-infected patients with medicines and medical care.

June 08, 2020 18:29

• In Baku, law enforcers detain 11 participants of a spontaneous protest

  Eleven people were brought to a police station. According to the law enforcement bodies, the detainees were throwing garbage from balconies at the law enforcers who had detained a quarantine violator, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reported.

June 08, 2020 18:15

• In Chechnya, opening of mosques highlights lack of unity among Muftiates in NCFD

  Chechen Mufti Salakh Mezhiev and Ramzan Kadyrov announced the holding of Friday prayers in all juma mosques (Friday mosques) of the republic on June 12, while Kabardino-Balkaria decided not to open mosques. In their comments on Instagram, residents of Chechnya expressed their joy at the resumption of collective prayers.

June 08, 2020 14:07

• Eight Ingush activists put on federal list of extremists

  The names of Ingush protest leaders, accused under the case of extremist community are included into the updated list of people involved in extremist activities published today.

June 08, 2020 13:35

• Three Georgian residents detained on Abkhazian border

  Abkhazian law enforcers have detained three residents of the Georgian village of Muzhava, the Georgia's State Security Service (SSS) has informed.

June 08, 2020 13:22

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of June 1-7, 2020

  Spread of the coronavirus infection in the Caucasus; return to the question on the demarcation of the border between Chechnya and Dagestan; new verdict in a case on the rally in Magas, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of June 1-7, 2020, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

June 08, 2020 13:01

• On June 1-7, there were no victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of June 1-7, 2020, no events related to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were recorded.