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May 19, 2020 11:23

• Putin joins solving problem of Azerbaijanis on Dagestani border

  Presidents of Russia and Azerbaijan have discussed the situation in border districts of Dagestan, where more than 700 people cannot return to their homeland amid the coronavirus epidemic.

May 19, 2020 11:17

• Azerbaijan: PFPA activist accused of financing terrorism

  Niyameddin Akhmedov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) has been accused of financing terrorism. The PFPA treats the criminal case as a "gross falsification with the aim of political revenge."

May 18, 2020 22:32

• Azerbaijan claims machine-gun and sniper shelling attacks in Karabakh conflict zone

  Over 24 hours, the positions of the Azerbaijani troops in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled from sniper rifles and large-calibre machine guns, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported.

May 18, 2020 22:30

• In Kabardino-Balkaria, villagers complain about officials' indifference

  In Kabardino-Balkaria, officials ignore complaints from residents of the Sovkhoznoye village about harsh living conditions, high unemployment, and absence of possibilities for leasing of land plots. This was claimed by the villagers in their appeal to Yuri Chaika, the presidential envoy to the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD).

May 18, 2020 16:08

• Head of "Azel.tv" denies extortion charge

  Afghan Sadygov, the head of the Azerbaijani edition "Azel.tv", accused of extortion, has been arrested for four months. He himself treats the accusation as slander.

May 18, 2020 15:49

• Kadyrov demands to punish protesters from Gudermes CDH

  The head of Chechnya has ordered to bring the medics of the Gudermes Central District Hospital (CDH), who had complained about the working conditions, to responsibility. The same concerned their relatives, while the author of the message about a doctor's death was blamed as a provocateur, and Kadyrov demanded fire him.

May 18, 2020 15:44

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of May 11-17, 2020

  Spread of the coronavirus infection in the Caucasus; doctors' complaints in Southern Russia about the absence of compensations and protective gear; special operation in Ingushetia; pardon of sentenced oppositionists in Georgia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of May 11-17, 2020, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

May 18, 2020 15:40

• Chechen residents complain about coercion to participate in subbotnik

  Employees of budget-funded organizations were forced to participate in garbage collection and tree whitewashing, despite the restrictions introduced to COVID-19, residents of the Urus-Martan District of Chechnya have informed. The self-isolation regime "passes with benefit," said the head of the district.

May 18, 2020 11:14

• Rights defenders urge Georgian authorities to solve the problems of LGBT community

  On the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Bifobia, the People's Defender (Ombudsperson) of Georgia, Nino Lomzhariya, and several non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have treated the position of LGBT people in the country as depressing, and called on the authorities to support them.

May 18, 2020 11:12

• Week of May 11-17 did with no victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of May 11-17, 2020, no casualties or victims were recorded during the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.

May 18, 2020 11:10

• Story of girl's circumcision in Ingushetia arouses anger of Russian feminists

  Russian authorities should respond to the continued practice of female circumcisions in Northern Caucasus, subscribers of feminist publics in social networks believe.

May 17, 2020 11:40

• Rights defenders predict futility of special operation in Ingushetia

  There are practically no active members of the armed underground in Ingushetia, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" are sure.

May 17, 2020 11:25

• Law enforcers wouldn't release Azerbaijani activist after arrest expiry

  Upon the expiry of his administrative arrest, Niyameddin Akhmedov, an arrested activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was not released; law enforcers took him to some other body, the party members have informed.

May 17, 2020 11:12

• Social network users argue about place of psychology in Islam

  Believers should look for answers to their questions in the Koran, and not turn to psychologists, some commentators to the video about the demand for experts of the Association for Psychological Help to Muslims (APHM) believe. However, their opponents assert that in the modern world, people should use everything that works for their benefit.

May 16, 2020 18:04

• Employees of the Gudermes CDH publicly apologize for their protest

  The staff of the Gudermes Central District Hospital (CDH) has stated, on air of the state television, that their complaints about the deficit of protective means were unjustified. Residents of Chechnya believe that employees of the CDH were forced to apologize.

May 16, 2020 17:44

• Instagram users criticize Stavropol authorities for weakening self-isolation regime

  As of today, the number of COVID-19 infections registered in the Stavropol Territory has reached 1367; 17 patients are in grave condition. Authorities are loosening restrictions, despite the worsening of the coronavirus situation in the region, Instagram commentators believe.

May 16, 2020 16:35

• Azerbaijan counts 23 shelling attacks on frontline

  During the last 24 hours, positions of the Azerbaijani Army were shelled for 23 times a day from the territory of Armenia and on the border with Nagorno-Karabakh, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

May 16, 2020 15:47

• Some 150 doctors and nurses respond to call to help Dagestan

  Medical students, doctors and nurses have agreed to go to work in hospitals where coronavirus patients are treated, activists of the "Companions of Good" movement have informed.

May 16, 2020 12:57

• HRC "Memorial" fined for Facebook post

  A court in Moscow has reconsidered the protocol issued by the "Roskomnadzor" (Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology, and Mass Media) and repeatedly fined the Human Rights Centre "Memorial" by 300,000 roubles for the absence in the publications of its Ingush branch of the notice that the HRC is a so-called "foreign agent".

May 16, 2020 12:45

• Activists demand to intensify fight against epidemic in Dagestan

  Despite the alarming coronavirus situation in Dagestan, an irresponsible attitude towards prophylactic measures is observed among ordinary residents and among state servants, Muslim Gasan-Guseinov, a member of the public headquarters, has stated. Doctors of the region should publicize the problems existing in medical institutions regarding the COVID-19 situation, said Ziyaudin Uvaisov, the head of the NGO "Patient's Monitor".