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June 14, 2019 14:29

• Journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev detained in Dagestan

  Law enforcers have searched the home of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, an employee of the "Chernovik" daily, his friends have informed. The detained journalist is suspected of financing extremism, a source from law enforcement bodies of Dagestan has added.

June 14, 2019 11:17

• Kadyrov's threats anger Dagestanis

  The second incident with a damaged road signpost on the Dagestani border of is a reaction of republic's residents to the threats voiced out by Ramzan Kadyrov and the arrival of Magomed Daudov with a detachment of armed law enforcers, analysts believe.

June 14, 2019 11:11

• MIA claims Circassian activist Martin Kochesoko has pled guilty

  Martin Kochesoko, the head of the Circassian NGO named "Khabze", arrested in Kabardino-Balkaria, has confessed to possessing a large stock of drugs, the police assert.

June 14, 2019 11:06

• Threats of Chechen authorities because of road signs on border with Dagestan alarm rights defenders

  The road signs knocked down by a truck driver on the Chechen-Dagestani border have been restored, the Chechen administration has stated. After the threats voiced out by Magomed Daudov, the driver should fear not only a fine, human rights defenders believe.

June 14, 2019 10:48

• Azerbaijani journalist suspected of treason

  Polad Aslanov, the editor-in-chief of two Azerbaijani editions, has been detained on suspicion of espionage, the State Security Service (SSS) has announced. The journalist's wife has linked her husband's detention with his professional activities.

June 14, 2019 10:42

• Soldier dies in Karabakh conflict zone

  On June 13, a serviceman of the Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has died as a result of a shot from the Azerbaijani side, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the NKR has informed.

June 13, 2019 23:55

• Rights defenders explain weak resonance to case of Circassian activist Martin Kochesoko

  The detention of Martin Kochesoko, a Circassian activist, failed to trigger the same resonance as the case of the Moscow journalist Ivan Golunov, because Russians are accustomed to human rights violations in Northern Caucasus, experts assert.

June 13, 2019 23:52

• Leaders of Dagestani NGOs urge not to blow up Kizlyar conflict

  Shamil Khadulaev, the head of the Coordinating Council of Non-Commercial Organizations (NCOs) of Dagestan, has called on Dagestanis and Chechens to reach mutual understanding. Facebook users criticized the sluggish reaction to the harsh statements of Magomed Daudov, Speaker of Chechen Parliament speaker at the site where a road sign in the outskirt of Kizlyar was dismantled.

June 13, 2019 17:53

• Azerbaijan claims missile attack from NKR

  The fire from the anti-aircraft missile complex was opened during exercises held near the border with the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported. In its turn, the MoD of the unrecognized republic (the NKR) declared a violation of the flight zone by Azerbaijan aviation.

June 13, 2019 17:45

• After Kizlyar conflict, social network users criticize Vasiliev and support Kadyrov

  The words of Vladimir Vasiliev, the Dagestan leader, about absence of claims to authorities of Chechnya have triggered criticism of Dagestani social network users. Residents of Chechnya, on the contrary, have supported Ramzan Kadyrov's tough position on the road signposts issue on the Dagestani-Chechen border.

June 13, 2019 17:40

• Kadyrov's threats to social network commentators should be taken seriously

  The threats of Ramzan Kadyrov addressed to commentators in social networks are serious, human rights defenders assert. Authorities can easily identify these commentators, an expert has warned.

June 13, 2019 17:36

• Career growth of Kadyrovs' fellow villager raises problem of Ramzan's "inner retinue"

  The appointment of Galas Taimaskhanov, a Kadyrovs' fellow villager, the administration head of the head of Chechnya is associated with the specifics of this post, said Orientalist, Akhmet Yarlykapov. The Taimaskhanov family clan has long been linked with the Kadyrov one, said Ruslan Kutaev, the president of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations.

June 13, 2019 16:00

• Chechnya marks Day of Russia without pathos

  In Grozny, state servants and students were forced to attend the rally on the occasion of the Day of Russia, but there was no strict attendance control, local residents report.

June 13, 2019 11:55

• Armenian villagers achieve HPP stop

  The environment protection agency has decided to suspend operation of two small hydropower plants (HPPs) on the Gegarot River. However, the plants have not yet been stopped; and local residents warn that they intend to force HPP bosses to stop the operation.

June 13, 2019 11:52

• German rights defenders stop deportation of Azerbaijani journalist

  After deportation from Germany, the activist, Vugar Niftiev, can be arrested in Azerbaijan, like the journalist Afghan Mukhtarly, the AND (For Democracy in Azerbaijan), organization of Azerbaijani political emigrants in Europe, has stated. They managed to stop his deportation only after the intervention of human rights defenders and a protest action at the Dusseldorf Airport.

June 13, 2019 11:49

• Analysts treat incident with signpost in Kizlyar as provocation

  Chechen authorities have announced the settlement of the conflict that broke out on the border with Dagestan, where residents of Kizlyar demolished a signpost with the inscription "Shelkovskoy District". The problem that provoked the incident is beneficial to the Kremlin, human rights defenders believe.

June 13, 2019 11:47

• Two more road signs demolished on Dagestani-Chechen border

  An unidentified truck driver has demolished two signposts with the designation of the Shelkovskoy District of Chechnya on the border with the Tarumovka District of Dagestan. A member of the Dagestani border demarcation commission has blamed republic's residents of fomenting a conflict with Chechens.

June 13, 2019 11:44

• Azerbaijani SC refuses to release paralyzed activist Bunyadov

  The defence of Abulfaz Bunyadov, a bedridden religious activist, has announced its intention to apply to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) after the Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan refused to release him for health reasons.

June 12, 2019 23:55

• Kizlyar residents link border incident with silence of Dagestani authorities

  Residents of Kizlyar were indignant not by the installation of Chechen road signs, but by the fact that the signs were installed unexpectedly, townspeople report. In their opinion, local authorities should have warned people that this piece of land belongs to Chechnya.

June 12, 2019 23:52

• Social network users criticize Kadyrov for threats to commentators

  The words of Ramzan Kadyrov, who promised to "break fingers and tear out the tongue" of authors of offensive comments, are inadmissible for the head of the region, social network users have noted. They indicate that residents of Chechnya write a lot of insulting messages to Dagestanis in connection with Chechen road signposts.