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August 13, 2022 08:42

• Atimagomedov's advocate reports threats against him

  Magomed Atimagomedov has stated that he had planned to escape, as the employees of the Kalmyk colony threatened him with charges under a terrorist article, but he was not involved in the murder of the warden, and signed his testimonies under pressure. This was reported by Azu Alieva, his advocate.

August 13, 2022 08:29

• Advocate reports Daud Kuramagomedov's grave condition in Kalmyk SIZO

  Daud Kuramagomedov was severely beaten up and is in a depressed psychological state; however, medical care was rendered to him only 10 minutes before the visit of his advocate, Snezhana Muntyan has informed.

August 13, 2022 00:02

• South-Ossetian Minister of Defence dismissed after special forces fighters beat a Tskhinvali resident

  The President of South Ossetia dismissed Vladimir Pukhaev, the country’s Minister of Defence, in connection with the beating of Azamat Djigkaev, a resident of Tskhinvali, by special forces fighters, states a decree posted on the website of the leader of the republic.

August 12, 2022 23:51

• Spouse of Azerbaijani oppositionist Gumbatov announces her husband’s hunger strike in prison

  Agil Gumbatov, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment, declared a hunger strike. Today, his spouse has held a protest action in front of the building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) in Baku with the demand to reconsider the case of her husband and release him.

August 12, 2022 23:36

• “Vyorstka” reports about pressure on military refuseniks from Dagestan

  Natives of Dagestan, who refused to participate in the special military operation and returned to their homeland, are being sent to a guardhouse and threatened with a tribunal, the “Vyorstka” (Layout) publication reports today in the article “We understood that we were treated as cannon fodder and that we have nothing to do on a foreign land”.

August 12, 2022 19:04

• Georgian Ombudsman demands to investigate threats received by Gogashvili

  The Special Investigation Service should verify information about threats received by Soso Gogashvili, the former deputy chief of the State Security Service, from a top-ranking law enforcer, Georgian Ombudsperson Nino Lomdjariya states.

August 12, 2022 18:34

• Azerbaijani oppositionist Pyunkhan Kerimli challenges his verdict

  After his deportation from Germany, oppositionist Pyunkhan Kerimli, sentenced in Azerbaijan to six years of imprisonment, filed an appeal against the verdict in a case on drug possession, a father of the activist has reported.

August 12, 2022 14:15

• Kadyrov criticizes "Rosleskhoz" boss for assessing efficiency of Chechen forestry

  The methodology according to which the "Rosleskhoz" (Russian Federal Forestry Agency) placed Chechnya among the regions with the least efficient forestry management, was compiled "incompetently," Ramzan Kadyrov has stated, suggesting that the head of the agency heads the Ministry of Natural Resources of Chechnya and improves the indicators.

August 12, 2022 14:03

• In Armenia, Red Cross counts 303 persons missing after Karabakh war

  A total of 303 residents of Armenia are listed as missing after the war in Nagorno-Karabakh, the republican delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has informed.

August 12, 2022 13:35

• Advocates claim pressure on arrested deputy head of Georgia's SSS

  Soso Gogashvili, a former deputy head of the Georgian State Security Service (SSS), who is in custody on charges of illegal possession of weapons, abuse of power and violation of the secrecy of personal data, has received threats demanding to give the necessary testimonies, his advocates have informed.

August 12, 2022 11:05

• Dagestani activist Manapov leaves Russia

  Murad Manapov, an activist, has left for Poland, fearing persecution by law enforcers. He explained that he had left Russia after the arrest of Eduard Ataev, the coordinator of Navalny's office* in Makhachkala, whose assistant he has been earlier.

August 12, 2022 10:51

• Behaviour of Chechen youth in Izberbash angers Kadyrov

  The head of Chechnya has instructed officials and policemen to stop cases of inappropriate behaviour of "individual Chechen nationals outside the region." Ramzan Kadyrov's order appeared after reports in social networks about Chechen girls' dancing during a seaside holiday in Izberbash.

August 12, 2022 02:36

• Advocate treats law enforcers' guilt of torturing two Nalchik townspeople at police station as proved

  The proofs of the guilt of the three policemen accused of violence against Alexander Knyazev and Valery Levdik are the victims' traumas, as well as the fact that the policemen did not challenge their dismissal after an internal audit, the advocate has stated.

August 12, 2022 02:31

• Debris of Armenian military helicopter found in Karabakh

  Wreckage of a military helicopter of the Armenian Armed Forces, shot down during the autumn 2020 war, was found in Nagorno-Karabakh.

August 11, 2022 23:59

• Residents of Akhavno and Berdzor reproach authorities for demanding urgent evacuation

  After being resettled from the Lachin corridor, residents of the communities of Akhavno and Berdzor will receive apartments in Nagorno-Karabakh or certificates for housing in Armenia, the authorities promise.

August 11, 2022 23:53

• Azerbaijani MoD announces work at key heights in Karabakh

  Engineering work and road construction are underway on Mount Buzdukh and other heights that came under the control of Azerbaijan as a result of the “Retribution” operation, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reports.

August 11, 2022 19:59

• Russian MFA rejects criticism of peacekeepers in Karabakh conflict zone

  Criticism of the Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh is unjustified, as the peacekeepers are helping to stabilize the situation, states Ivan Nechaev, a spokesperson for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).

August 11, 2022 19:53

• Advocates succeeds in visiting Chechen native Salekh Magamadov in prison

  Today, prison administration has allowed an advocate to visit Chechen native Salekh Magamadov, but their conversation was controlled by a warder, advocate Alexander Nemov says. This is reported by the “SOTA” project in its Telegram channel.

August 11, 2022 18:58

• Neurologist treats Saakashvili's health condition as critical

  Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili's illness is progressing; his condition causes fear for the politician's life, a neurologist from the "Empathy" Centre has stated. US and Swiss doctors will join the examination of the ex-president of Georgia, his advocate has informed.

August 11, 2022 14:35

• Azerbaijan announces completion of road bypassing Lachin

  The construction of the road along the new route of the Lachin Corridor is over. The highway is ready for traffic, Baku has announced.