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May 04, 2020 11:04

• Two residents of Chechnya publicly repent of violating self-isolation

  Residents of the Gudermes District have apologized for violating the self-isolation regime; it follows from the video posted on the Instagram. Social network users have criticized law enforcers who gathered some 15 detainees in one room.

May 04, 2020 10:59

• Azerbaijani activist Gumbatov left in mental hospital for another month

  Agil Gumbatov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), who was placed into a psychiatric hospital, has been left there for another month, his wife said.

May 04, 2020 10:50

• Karachays commemorate deportation victims with social network posts

  On the Revival Day of the Karachay Nation, residents of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) pay tribute to victims of deportation online; rallies are banned due to quarantine introduced because of coronavirus. Rashid Temrezov, the head of the republic, has visited the Memorial to Repression Victims of in Karachaevsk.

May 03, 2020 12:14

• After search at PFPA activist in Baku, law enforcers took away phone and PC

  Saadat Djakhangir, a member of the Presidium of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) and an employee of the "Azadlyg" newspaper, has told about an eight-hour-long interrogation after a search of her apartment. Her fellow party members fear a new provocation against their leader Ali Kerimli.

May 03, 2020 11:24

• Because of nostalgia for the past, Tskhinvali residents approve the name "Stalinir"

  Elderly residents of Tskhinvali said that the word "Stalinir" is associated with their own youth.

May 03, 2020 11:03

• NKR accuses Azerbaijan of 170 shelling attacks during week

  The Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has reported 170 cases of ceasefire violation by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces committed during the last week.

May 02, 2020 18:46

• Residents of Dagestan district centre claim threat of mass deaths

  In the Gergebil District of Dagestan, hospitals are overcrowded; in a few days, 12 people died, local residents report, complaining about the absence of drugs and ALV (artificial lung ventilation) devices in hospitals.

May 02, 2020 18:22

• Azerbaijan claims 25 shelling attacks on the frontline

  During the last 24 hours, the Azerbaijani positions deployed on the Armenian border and in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled for 25 times, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

May 02, 2020 18:01

• Sochi townspeople meet mask regime with complaints about high prices in pharmacies

  Since April 30, the authorities of the Krasnodar Territory introduced the mandatory wearing of medical masks in public places. Sochi residents have complained about high prices on masks in pharmacies, and said that they have to sew them themselves.

May 02, 2020 17:34

• Kadyrov ignores appeals of two detainees' mothers

  Chechen women have complained to Ramzan Kadyrov about the arrest of their sons, Magomed and Akhmed Khaikharoev, who have been in custody for five months. Instagram users spoke in support of mothers.

May 02, 2020 17:14

• Georgian villagers prevent hospitalization of COVID-19 infected persons

  An attempt to hospitalize ten residents of the quarantined village of Musevani of the Bolnisi District resulted in a villagers' clash with policemen and medics. The Bolnisi District accounts for 18.9% of all Georgia's coronavirus infected patients.

May 02, 2020 11:49

• Rights defenders react to transgender's self-arson in Tbilisi

  A transgender woman has set herself on fire in front of the Tbilisi Mayoralty in protest against the growth of transphobia that she faced due to quarantine self-isolation. The organization "Movement for Equality" has called on the authorities to pay attention to the people deprived of social support and relatives' help.

May 02, 2020 11:32

• Public transport completely stopped in Chechnya

  The republic's authorities have announced a complete shutdown of the urban public transport in connection with the spread of coronavirus infection.

May 02, 2020 11:19

• Akhmetkhanov's homecoming reveals his social kinship with Kadyrov people

  Ramzan Kadyrov has allowed Aslambek Akhmetkhanov to return home, since the businessman is a socially close person to the Chechen leadership and has accepted the inflicted insult, while his financial resources may be useful for the authorities, the Caucasian researchers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

May 02, 2020 08:30

• Instagram users complain about selectivity of help from Chechen authorities

  Chechen authorities are regularly reporting about distribution of food packages to the poor, but many families in need have never received them. Those who have lost their income due to the quarantine are offered to apply for benefits after it has ended.

May 02, 2020 08:17

• Sources report Stavropol official detained in Spain

  Andrei Murga, a former deputy chairman of the government of the Stavropol Territory, who had been on the international wanted list, has been detained in Spain; the issue of his extradition to Russia is being decided, sources have informed.

May 01, 2020 22:28

• Dagestan registers largest increase in number of coronavirus cases in Northern Caucasus

  In the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), the number of cases of the coronavirus infection increased by 481 over 24 hours. The largest number of new coronavirus-infected patients was registered in Dagestan.

May 01, 2020 22:14

• Courts report on punishment of 64 rally participants in Vladikavkaz

  Today, in North Ossetia, courts have fined two more participants of a protest action in Vladikavkaz, and the total number of court's decisions on fines and arrests of activists reached 64, the joint press service of the courts reports.

May 01, 2020 18:02

• Dagestani Ministry for Public Health responds to doctor's complaints about lack of masks and medicines

  In the city hospital of Dagestanskiye Ogni, an official inspection of the chief physician has been launched to verify complaints of a medical officer, the Ministry for Public Health of Dagestan reported. At the medical institution, personnel work in home-made masks, and doctors have to pay their own money to purchase medicines and protective items, the hospital anaesthesiologist complains.

May 01, 2020 17:44

• Former "Kingcoal" employees complain about their bad situation

  In Gukovo, miners appealed to the Governor of the Rostov Region and to the President of Russia. The miners demand to pay 96 million roubles of wage arrears.