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April 28, 2020 08:21

• Azerbaijani oppositionist complains of beating by law enforcers

  Law enforcers have beaten up Arif Babaev, an arrested activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), and forced him to abandon his political activities, his brother said.

April 28, 2020 01:50

• Sources report man's death from grenade explosion in Volgograd

  A grenade has exploded in a car parked in a street in Volgograd, killing a man, a source from the city's emergency services has preliminarily reported.

April 27, 2020 21:22

• Ramzan Kadyrov announces step-by-step lifting of coronavirus restrictions

  Chechnya will most likely first open small shops, car service stations, and petrol stations with a small number of employees, the leader of the Chechen Republic has announced today.

April 27, 2020 21:03

• Dagestan remains leader in number of coronavirus-infected people in NCFD

  Over 24 hours, in Dagestan, the number of cases of coronavirus infection increased by 167 and reached 994. These are the highest numbers among the regions of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD).

April 27, 2020 18:03

• Social network users support appeal to Kadyrov about detention of Chechen resident

  A mother of Magomed Khaikharoev from the village of Assinovskaya, who was detained by law enforcers more than four months ago, has appealed to Ramzan Kadyrov. The woman has requested the leader of Chechnya to release her son. Instagram users supported the appeal of the woman.

April 27, 2020 17:45

• Russian watchdog associates outbreak of coronavirus with a rally in Vladikavkaz

  In North Ossetia, the number of coronavirus cases increased by 148 over 24 hours and reached 549. According to the "Rospotrebnadzor" (Russian Federal Agency for Consumer Supervision), the growth of the number of coronavirus-infected people increased significantly because of a mass protest in Vladikavkaz and violation of the regime of self-isolation by residents of the republic.

April 27, 2020 16:51

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of April 20-26, 2020

  Increase in the number of coronavirus-infected people in Southern Russia and in the countries of Southern Caucasus; new forms of actions in memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire; beginning of Ramadan without collective prayers in Southern Russia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of April 20-26, 2020, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

April 27, 2020 14:47

• Azerbaijan announces shelling attack on its village on border with Armenia

  The positions of the Azerbaijani troops in a village on the border with Armenia and in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled 25 times within 24 hours, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reports today.

April 27, 2020 14:31

• General Prosecutor's Office to investigate beating of advocate's relatives in Armenia

  On April 26, the General Prosecutor's Office of Armenia reported a launch of an investigation into a criminal case on a hooligan attack on relatives of advocate Seda Safaryan. The advocate herself associated the incident with her professional activities.

April 27, 2020 11:19

• Eastern Georgia is under strict quarantine due to coronavirus

  On April 26, the Tetritskaro municipality in the Kvemo Kartli Region was closed for quarantine. Block posts have been deployed at entrances thereto, Shota Rekhviashvili, the state representative of Kvemo Kartli, told the "Rustavi-2" TV Company.

April 27, 2020 11:05

• Muslims of Southern Russia deny collective prayers in Ramadan

  Given the ban on collective namazes (prayers), believers of Southern Russia are praying at home and hold evening de-fasting during the holy month of Ramadan within their families. They have treated the restrictive measures with understanding.

April 27, 2020 10:47

• Grozny residents report difficulties due to blocked streets

  Because of repairs of underground utilities, several streets in central Grozny are blocked. It has become more difficult for people in quarantine to make purchases within the time allotted by the authorities, residents of Grozny complained.

April 26, 2020 11:57

• Yerevan: political analysts argue over reasons for head of Russian MFA's statement on Karabakh settlement

  The statement by Sergey Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, on a possibility of a step-by-step settlement of the Karabakh conflict by liberating a number of areas around Nagorno-Karabakh has become part of political bargaining, but not a concrete proposal, analysts in Yerevan believe.

April 26, 2020 11:55

• Residents of Southern Russia mark Circassian Flag Day at home

  Coronavirus made corrections to the celebration of the Circassian Flag Day. Activists have posted flags on balconies and exchange posts with congratulations in social networks. Residents of Kabardino-Balkaria and Adygea has recollected traditional mass events on this day and noted that they were celebrating the holiday in self-isolation for the first time.

April 26, 2020 11:47

• Oppositionist Shamsi Kesemenli arrested in Baku for 15 days

  Shamsi Kesemenli, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), is the tenth party member arrested during the quarantine period, the PFPA has informed.

April 25, 2020 16:54

• Residents of Georgia complain of officials' refusal of humanitarian aid

  The residents of the Marneuli District of Georgia, closed for strict quarantine, have reported that officials are distributing humanitarian aid among their friends and relatives; and there are not enough foodstuffs at stores. Those who are jobless receive no material assistance, the Centre for Human Rights Training and Monitoring asserts.

April 25, 2020 16:51

• Chechen Muftiate recommends praying within families

  The onset of the Muslims' holy month of Ramadan has not led to any lifting of restrictions on visiting mosques in Chechnya. The namaz (prayer) should be performed in the family circle, as stated in the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM, or Muftiate) of Chechnya.

April 25, 2020 16:48

• Journalist responds to Kadyrov's threats with application to ICRF

  Elena Milashina, an observer of the "Novaya Gazeta" newspaper, has demanded to initiate a criminal case about the threat of murder and an attempt to interfere with the journalistic professional activities. She has stated that, if awarded some compensation, she will hire advocates to protect victims of torture and unlawful detentions in Chechnya.

April 25, 2020 16:29

• Threat of crisis spurs Azerbaijani authorities to tighten persecution of opposition

  Azerbaijani authorities make a maximum use of quarantine restrictions to neutralize the opposition, since they fear mass protests amid the crisis caused by coronavirus and drop of oil prices, human rights defenders assert.

April 25, 2020 16:23

• Chechnya: state servants tell about forced head shaving after Kadyrov

  After the flash mob initiated by Ramzan Kadyrov, law enforcers have appeared in the streets of Grozny with their heads shaved bald. This trend has voluntarily-forcibly touched on some state (budget-funded) organizations, local residents inform.