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May 08, 2020 11:47

• Azerbaijani authorities threaten to toughening quarantine measures

  During the past 24 hours, Azerbaijan revealed 77 cases of coronavirus infection; and the total number of infected persons has reached 2204. For the third day in a row, the increase in the number of infected exceeds that of recovered persons; authorities attribute it to non-observance of the quarantine and did not exclude the tightening of restrictive measures.

May 08, 2020 11:43

• "Novaya Gazeta" allowed returning part of article on coronavirus in Chechnya back to website

  The "Roskomnadzor" has specified to which sections of the article by Elena Milashina in the "Novaya Gazeta" newspaper on the situation with the coronavirus in Chechnya access should be restricted, thus, giving the right to open most of the material for readers.

May 08, 2020 11:38

• Journalists treat renaming of Tskhinvali into Stalinir as populism

  Residents of South Ossetia are not using the name "Stalinir" to denote Tskhinvali; and the decree on the temporary renaming of the city is populist and designed for Stalin's supporters, journalists and a political analyst assert.

May 07, 2020 23:57

• Court extends arrest of North-Ossetian native accused of financing terrorism

  A court has extended until June 12 the arrest of Giorgi Guev, a native of North Ossetia, who was accused of financing terrorism.

May 07, 2020 23:55

• Chechen speaker: men to be punished for quarantine violation by their female relatives

  Chechen women take advantage of the fact that local law enforcers do not detain them for violation of the quarantine regime, and now men from their families will be responsible for their quarantine violations, states Magomed Daudov, the speaker of the Chechen parliament.

May 07, 2020 23:54

• ECtHR finds violation of journalist Khadija Ismayilova's rights

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) granted a complaint filed by journalist Khadija Ismayilova against the Azerbaijani authorities. The ECtHR obliged Azerbaijan to pay the journalist 6000 euros of compensation.

May 07, 2020 16:40

• Dagestan doctor calls for protecting colleagues from COVID-19

  Authorities should provide the doctors who treat coronavirus patients with protective garments, Salim Khalitov, a former head of the radiation diagnostics ward at the orthopaedic and trauma centre, has declared at a protest action in Makhachkala.

May 07, 2020 16:35

• Azerbaijani journalist complains of beating

  Zaur Ganbarov, a correspondent of the Azerbaijani news website, has stated that he was beaten up by two people, including an employee of the social protection fund.

May 07, 2020 09:32

• Rights defenders rebuke authorities for conniving female circumcision in Ingushetia

  Some communities in Ingushetia are practicing the prohibited practice of female genital mutilation, while the authorities are not serious enough about this problem, human rights defenders have stated. The mutilating women's surgeries are inadmissible, residents of the republic believe.

May 07, 2020 09:31

• Kadyrov's anger over videos in social networks reveals his phobias

  Ramzan Kadyrov has threatened to send authors of video clips about detentions of quarantine violators in Chechnya to public works, because he fears protests in his republic, said Ruslan Kutaev, a researcher of the Caucasus.

May 07, 2020 09:29

• Analysts point to Kadyrov's indifference to restrictions he introduced in Chechnya

  The Iftar (de-fasting), held by Ramzan Kadyrov with doctors, has demonstrated that the head of Chechnya is unwilling to change his lifestyle because of the restrictions imposed because of coronavirus, human rights defenders believe. A lawyer did not rule out the presence of an administrative offense in Kadyrov's actions.

May 07, 2020 09:05

• Gas workers' call not to accumulate debts during pandemic turns into Chechen people's complaints about lack of money

  In Chechnya, gas services have demanded from local residents to pay their bills on time, despite the strict quarantine regime. In their turn, locals who are forced to stay out of work because of coronavirus, complain about absence of incomes.

May 06, 2020 23:54

• In Dagestan, charitable foundations experience increased burden amid pandemic

  Residents of Dagestan, who found themselves short of money because of the forced self-isolation, most often ask to help them with food and housing, members of Dagestani charitable foundations report.

May 06, 2020 23:51

• Baku court leaves religious activist in custody

  Khikmet Agaev, an activist of the movement "Muslim Unity", filed an appeal against his arrest. During the consideration of his appeal, the activist denied the accusations of violating the quarantine regime and disobeying the police. Khikmet Agaev also claimed being tortured. However, the court dismissed his appeal.

May 06, 2020 23:49

• Chechen residents obliged to wear masks despite statement of Minister for Public Health

  In Chechnya, Magomed Daudov, the head of the local operational headquarters, has announced imposing a mandatory "mask regime." He has threatened to fine violators. Earlier, the Chechen Minister for Public Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) have announced that masks do not protect people from the coronavirus infection, Instagram users and residents of the republic recall.

May 06, 2020 22:56

• Instagram users discuss Chechen authorities' position on food aid

  A family from the Nadterechny District should not have asked for help, since they could have killed their poultry, claims Magomed Daudov, the speaker of the Chechen Parliament.

May 06, 2020 18:43

• Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of shelling two villages

  Within the past 24 hours, the positions of the Azerbaijani Army stationed in the villages on the border with Armenia and in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled for about 25 times, including from machine guns and sniper rifles, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

May 06, 2020 18:42

• Two residents of Chechnya suspected of links with IS

  A Grozny resident and a resident of the Sernovodsk District of Chechnya left for Syria, where they joined the "Islamic State" (IS) a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court, and participated in hostilities, investigators assert.

May 06, 2020 11:35

• Minnesota state recognizes NKR's independence

  The Minnesota State Senate has passed a resolution recognizing the independence of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR). Minnesota is the tenth US state to recognize the NKR independence.

May 06, 2020 11:32

• Dagestani benefactors help Azerbaijanis after border closure

  The Azerbaijanis who have arrived at the border in the Derbent District had to live in the street for several days, said one of the citizens of Azerbaijan who is waiting to return to his homeland. Dagestani officials and sponsors have incurred the cost of accommodating about 600 Azerbaijanis in hotels and resorts until the border is reopened.