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February 03, 2020 11:19

• Ingush lawyers initiate amendments to Constitution

  The proposed amendment can help to restore the "Ingushes' right to the Prigorodny District" and become a "legal basis for resolving territorial disputes and establishing peace in the Caucasus," wrote the lawyer Ozdoev.

February 03, 2020 11:08

• Vagram Avagyan's relatives demand not to treat his death as suicide

  A protest action held by relatives of the soldier, who perished in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) turned into clashes with policemen, who wouldn't let the protesters into Yerevan. The Armenian Minister of Defence has persuaded the soldier's relatives to disperse by promising to revise the suicidal version of his death.

February 03, 2020 10:43

• Tumso unveils version of Chechen blogger's murder in France

  Imran Aliev, a blogger, was killed in France by a native of Chechnya linked with a well-known Chechen official, says the publication of Tumso Abdurakhmanov.

February 02, 2020 11:42

• Opposition claims inhuman custody conditions of Azerbaijani activists

  Arrests of oppositionists under administrative cases have frequented in Azerbaijan, while their custody conditions are inhuman, the oppositional National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) asserts.

February 02, 2020 11:28

• New park in Urus-Martan named after Akhmat Kadyrov

  The first city park has been opened in the city of Urus-Martan. In order to flatter their boss, Chechen officials call any new objects after Akhmat Kadyrov, Ramzan's father, local residents, dissatisfied with the initiative, told the "Caucasian Knot".

February 02, 2020 10:51

• NKR counts 200 shelling attacks during week

  Since January 26, soldiers of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces fired about 1150 shots at positions of the Defence Army, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) reported on February 1.

February 01, 2020 18:04

• Rights defenders criticize Georgian authorities for restricting freedom of self-expression

  Law enforcers stick to especially tough approach with regard to demonstrations critical of the government, and their actions are aimed at restricting the freedom of self-expression, rather than at responding to violations, the NGO "Georgian Democratic Initiative" (GDI) states in its report.

February 01, 2020 17:46

• Azerbaijan claims 24 shelling attacks on frontline

  The positions of the Azerbaijani army were shelled on the border with Armenia and in the Karabakh conflict zone, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated today.

February 01, 2020 17:03

• Baiting Vladikavkaz student stopped after flash mob on Facebook

  The Vladikavkaz female student, in support of whom a flash mob on the Facebook was organized, said that threats against her for public dancing have stopped.

February 01, 2020 16:39

• PO offers agreement to Moris Machalikashvili

  The family of Moris Machalikashvili, who is accused of violence during protests in Tbilisi, insists on his conclusion a procedural deal in hope for his speedy release. Machalikashvili denies the charges against him and is ready to admit only that he had accidentally pushed a law enforcer, said his advocate.

February 01, 2020 11:55

• PACE urges Armenian authorities to reduce pressure on Constitutional Court

  The unprecedented level of tensions of the government with the Constitutional Court (CC) threatens the whole judicial system, the co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for Armenia have stated.

February 01, 2020 11:37

• "Beslan Mothers" find law on terror act victims' status a must

  The additional state support promised by Vladimir Putin will help to remove some of the problems faced by the victims of the terror act on Beslan School No. 1. But it is also necessary to adopt a law on the status of terror act victims, the members of the "Beslan Mothers" committee have pointed out.

February 01, 2020 11:21

• Anokhina reports eviction of violence victims from shelter in Makhachkala

  The managers of the Makhachkala shelter for domestic violence victims tried to drive into the street those of their clients, who refused to communicate with the media, Svetlana Anokhina, a Dagestani journalist, has reported.

February 01, 2020 11:10

• Economists criticize unemployment statistics in Northern Caucasus

  The data of the "Rosstat" (Russian Federal Statistics Service) on the record low unemployment in Ingushetia and Chechnya should not be trusted, as it fails to take into account the informal employment, Professor Natalia Zubarevich has noted.

February 01, 2020 08:34

• MIA announces average bribe in Northern Caucasus

  In 2019, employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) revealed that officials at various levels received 244 bribes, said Sergey Bachurin, the head of the Main Department of the Russian MIA for Northern Caucasus, on January 31. "In 2019, the average bribe amounted to 245,000 roubles," the "Interfax-South" quotes him as saying. In total, 101 persons were prosecuted for bribery.

February 01, 2020 08:24

• Makhachkala resident reports law enforcers' threats during their raid at Tangim Mosque

  A visitor to the "Tangim" Mosque in Makhachkala said that law enforcers tried, under far-fetched pretext, to detain him after the Friday prayer. Dozens of law enforcers took part in the raid at the mosque.

January 31, 2020 21:43

• Djambulat Umarov argues with rights defenders on detentions in Chechnya

  Djambulat Umarov, a Chechen Minister, has treated the version of rights defenders that by his words about the need to "warn a dozen of troublemakers and villains" he had indirectly confirmed the fact of detentions of the distributors of the photo collage with Kadyrov as inconsistent. At the same time, the minister refrained from asserting that there were no detentions.

January 31, 2020 21:26

• Activists mark tenth anniversary of "Strategy-31" with pickets in Volgograd

  Over the past three years, protests in defence of the freedom of assembly have been held in Volgograd in the form of solo pickets; the Mayoralty wouldn't sanction mass actions. Passers-by have supported two activists of the "Strategy-31" campaign, who came out today with posters to the city centre.

January 31, 2020 17:57

• General Prosecutor's Office treats Khachaturyan sisters' actions as self-defence

  The General's Prosecutor Office of Russia refused to bring to court a case against the Khachaturyan sisters accused of killing their father and obliged the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) to re-classify the charge as necessary defence, advocates report. The defenders have also noted that the above resolution "entails the termination of the criminal proceedings."

January 31, 2020 17:25

• Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of 23 shelling attacks

  The positions of the Azerbaijani troops were subjected to shelling attacks, including in the Gadabay District, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reports today.