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May 24, 2018 03:13

• Armenia: Salman Sever receives refuge seeker's certificate

  Bogdan Kalyusskiy, also known as Salman Sever, has received a certificate of the status of refuge seeker, Arthur Sakunts, a rights defender and the head of the Vanadzor Office of the Helsinki Civil Assembly, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent on May 22.

May 24, 2018 00:52

• Relatives of Russian citizen arrested in Baku report he is tortured

  Salekh Rustamov, a citizen of Russia, was arrested in Azerbaijan on charges of illegal drug dealing. His relatives report that he is tortured and asked the Russian Embassy to clear out the situation.

May 23, 2018 23:14

• Israeli Parliament to discuss recognition of Armenian Genocide

  The Israeli Knesset (Parliament) has accepted for consideration a bill on the recognition of the massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire as genocide.

May 23, 2018 18:34

• Ammunition planted to a resident of Dagestan, his relatives report

  During a detention in Makhachkala, Yunus Abdurakhmanov, a resident of Dagestan, was planted a grenade and rounds, his relatives claim. According to the relatives and friends, Yunus Abdurakhmanov's friend defamed him under torture.

May 23, 2018 17:46

• Armenian policeman accused of detaining journalist for no reason

  On April 20, Arsen Arzumanyan, the head of the Kotayk City Police, hampered the work of journalist Tirair Muradyan, who covered the action of Nikol Pashinyan's supporters, investigators have stated today.

May 23, 2018 17:00

• Dagestani policeman accused of beating a teenager

  A former inspector of the patrol-and-post service (known as PPS) in Derbent, who had beaten a teenager and forcibly kept him in a car, was accused of exceeding his powers, investigators report.

May 23, 2018 15:02

• FIFA concerned over Oyub Titiev's case

  FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura has expressed her concern over the case against Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny branch of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial". She has stated the need for a fair trial.

May 23, 2018 14:37

• Azerbaijani journalist Afghan Sadygov released from prison

  On the first day at large, Afghan Sadygov, who was recognized as a political prisoner, announced he would continue his journalistic activities.

May 23, 2018 13:47

• Nikol Pashinyan accuses protesters of sabotage

  Today, Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of Armenia, has re-voiced his demand to stop actions of civil disobedience. He has called such actions the sabotage.

May 23, 2018 10:41

• Ingush activist Magomed Khazbiev accused of inciting hatred against officials

  Magomed Khazbiev, accused in Ingushetia of illegal storage of weapons and insult of a public official, posted online videos with sharp criticism of law enforcers and officials, and that fact provoked a new criminal prosecution. Investigators try to "accuse the opposition activist at least of something," his advocate believes.

May 23, 2018 05:29

• Memory of victims of Caucasian War helps Circassians preserve their national identity

  The Memorial Day for victims of the Caucasian War is an integral part of modern Circassian identity, believes Zaurbek Kozhev, a researcher at the Kabardino-Balkarian Institute of Humanitarian Studies.

May 23, 2018 01:45

• Analysts report goals and motives of attack in Grozny

  Incitement of a conflict between Muslims and Orthodox believers could hardly be a goal of an attack on a church in Grozny, but the attack can be regarded as a symbolic challenge to the Russian presence in Chechnya, believes Ekaterina Sokiryanskaya, the director at the Conflict Analysis and Prevention Centre.

May 23, 2018 00:04

• Navalny's supporter expelled from university after rally in Stavropol

  Pyotr Istomin, a staff member of Alexei Navalny's office in Stavropol, has been expelled from the North-Caucasian Federal University (NCFU) for taking part in opposition actions, the office has stated.

May 22, 2018 20:51

• "Musavat" activist arrested after criticizing Azerbaijani President

  Elvin Abdullaev, a deputy chairman of the Khatain district organization of the "Musavat" Party, was found guilty of disobeying the police and arrested for 30 days. His party colleagues associate his arrest with his criticism of the Azerbaijani president.

May 22, 2018 17:40

• Resident of Chechnya complains to ECtHR against law enforcers

  A resident of the Vedeno District in Chechnya, who got disabilities after a wound in 2016, demanded to recognize a violation of his rights to life and effective legal protection. Soldiers, who took the civilian for a militant, were not brought to justice, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reports.

May 22, 2018 16:29

• Ramzan Kadyrov's nephew heads Kurchaloi District of Chechnya

  The appointment of 21-year-old Khamzat Kadyrov the acting head of the Kurchaloi District administration has continued a series of appointments of Chechen leader's relatives for leading posts in the republic.

May 22, 2018 14:31

• "Novaya Gazeta" reports about man suspected of attempt on Osmaev and Okueva

  A citizen of Ukraine, taken in custody in Kiev on suspicion of attempting to assassinate Chechen native Adam Osmaev and his wife Amina Okueva in June 2017, introduced himself as Russian citizen Arthur Krinari and pleaded not guilty, the edition reports on May 21.

May 22, 2018 13:17

• Armenian activists re-block entrances to General Prosecutor's Office

  Supporters of the unit "Sasna Tsrer" (Daredevils of Sassoun) demand to change the pre-trial restriction measure to members of the armed unit and to dismiss the General Prosecutor of Armenia.

May 22, 2018 12:04

• Russian MFA treats march of Circassians in Turkey as anti-Russian action (+video)

  In the evening on May 21, in Istanbul, a march in memory of the victims of the Caucasian War was attended by about 3000 people. The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) recommended Russian tourists to avoid walking in the centre of Istanbul on that day.

May 22, 2018 08:38

• Nikol Pashinyan announces change of governors in Armenia

  On May 21, Nikol Pashinyan, new Prime Minister of Armenia, announced that the Armenian government decided to replace all governors.