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July 24, 2019 11:32

• Authorities' report about help to elderly Grozny resident causes scepticism in Chechnya

  Authorities have resolved the domestic problems of the 80-year-old Khamid Lorsanov, who receives no help from his children, the "Grozny" TV Channel has reported. However, local residents suggest that the authorities have used the difficulties of an elderly man for self-promotion.

July 24, 2019 11:30

• "Novaya Gazeta" describes method of extrajudicial executions in Chechnya

  In January 2017, the victims of extrajudicial executions were strangled with a rope in the basement of the barrack of the patrol-and-post service police regiment named after Akhmat Kadyrov in Grozny, the "Novaya Gazeta" reports.

July 24, 2019 11:28

• CPJ demands to release Rashid Maisigov

  Authorities should stop persecuting the Ingush journalist, Rashid Maisigov and investigate his applications about torture, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has stated. At the trial, Maisigov refused from his confessions.

July 24, 2019 11:23

• Rights defenders voice out new facts on torture and extrajudicial executions in Chechnya

  The Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", the Committee against Torture (CaT) and the "Novaya Gazeta" have presented testimonies of witnesses of detentions and disappearances in the period from December 2016 to January 2017 of residents of Chechnya from the so-called "execution list".

July 24, 2019 11:20

• "Novaya Gazeta" tells about Kadyrov's shooting at detainee

  Ramzan Kadyrov wounded Imran Dasaev, who was arrested on suspicion of murdering a policeman and taken to the residence of the head of Chechnya, in his leg, the "Novaya Gazeta" has reported.

July 23, 2019 23:55

• TBC Research: number of Russian tourists in Georgia reduces by 21.4%

  After the ban on direct flights between Russia and Georgia, the number of Russian tourists in Georgia decreased by 21.4% in comparison with 2018. Of the tourists, almost 80% refused to travel by planes, reports the study conducted by TBC Research.

July 23, 2019 23:50

• Chechen authorities improve practice of public apologies

  A resident of Chechnya and her father apologized on the air of the "Grozny" TV Channel for the girl's arrangements in social networks to raise money for medical treatment of a non-existent child. Local residents believe the father should not have brought any apologies for the actions of his adult daughter.

July 23, 2019 19:53

• TV story of elderly person reveals crisis of traditional morality in Chechnya

  A story prepared by the state-run "Grozny" TV and Radio Company about the problems of a resident of the village of Staraya Sunzha, who did not receive help from his children, provoked a resonance among residents of the republic.

July 23, 2019 19:49

• Court dismisses complaint of Azerbaijani oppositionist Asif Yusifli about refusal of CER

  In Baku, the court dismissed the complaint about the refusal of conditional early relief (CER) for Asif Yusifli, a member of the presidium of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA). The judge took into account the negative characteristics issued to the activist by the administration of the penal colony. Asif Yusifli himself declared a biased attitude towards him for political reasons.

July 23, 2019 13:08

• Azerbaijan claims sniper shelling in conflict zone

  Within the last 24 hours, positions of the Azerbaijani troops in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled for 18 times, including from machine guns and sniper rifles, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.

July 23, 2019 13:05

• Hajj organizers in Northern Caucasus note visa facilitation

  In Dagestan, Ingushetia, Chechnya and Kabardino-Balkaria, the main quotas for the Hajj are fully consumed; in North Ossetia and Karachay-Cherkessia – by half or less. Sending pilgrims to Muslim shrines has been simplified after the introduction of electronic visas by Saudi Arabia, Hajj organizers report.

July 23, 2019 13:00

• Fight with magicians gives rise to criticism of Chechen authorities

  The anti-magic campaign in Chechnya continued with the public repentance of a woman detained for witchcraft.

July 23, 2019 10:53

• Journalists state restrictions on media freedom in Azerbaijan

  There are serious problems with the media freedom in Azerbaijan, where websites are blocked, journalists are persecuted, and media have no financial independence, the participants of the conference dedicated to the Day of National Press shave stated.

July 23, 2019 10:43

• Rights defenders treat new Kadyrov's threats seriously

  Ramzan Kadyrov addressed new threats to rights defenders, stating that they are "worse than terrorists." Residents of Chechnya have noted the increasing frequency of attacks on rights defenders undertaken by republic's authorities. Oleg Orlov and Svetlana Gannushkina assert that Kadyrov's words are an open threat to the lives of rights defenders in different regions of Russia.

July 23, 2019 10:42

• Case of Dagestanis killed in Chechnya placed before Russia's SC

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Russia can transfer to another region the case of eight Dagestanis, who, according to law enforcers, had prepared a terror act and were killed in a shootout in Chechnya. This case is unique for Northern Caucasus, Pavel Chikov, a rights defender, believes.

July 23, 2019 10:32

• Necropolis in North Ossetia is temporarily closed for tourists because of video with skulls

  The authorities of North Ossetia have decided to develop a concept for the further functioning of the Dargavs Necropolis after the video appeared on the Internet, showing skulls in the openings of the "City of the Dead" constructions. Social networks users talk about morality and offer to organize the protection of crypts.

July 23, 2019 10:27

• CDSI reports 20 perished Azerbaijani soldiers in 2019

  Out of 20 Azerbaijani soldiers, who perished since the start of 2019, only five were killed in battles in the Karabakh conflict zone, the Caspian Defence Studies Institute (CDSI) has informed.

July 23, 2019 10:19

• Residents of Tyak village criticize NKR authorities

  To make the village of Tyak, declared to be a historical and cultural reserve, attractive for tourists, a special state programme and capital investments are needed, the villagers believe. According to their version, authorities are doing nothing for the development of the village.

July 22, 2019 23:27

• Woman-picketer in support of Oyub Titiev killed in Saint Petersburg

  Elena Grigorieva, an activist who stood in support of Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" and Ingush oppositionists, was found killed in Saint Petersburg.

July 22, 2019 23:23

• Court releases seriously ill resident of Dagestan

  Magomedsaid Gazaliev, a Dagestani suffering from cancer, will be able to leave the colony for home in ten days, his advocate has announced.