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May 28, 2022 13:41

• Journalists comment on proposal to liquidate checkpoint on Abkhazian-Russian border

  Ideally, the checkpoint on the Russian-Abkhazian border should be removed; but the Abkhazian society is extremely sensitive to this idea, seeing it as a step towards losing the independence, the journalists and political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

May 28, 2022 13:21

• Relatives of figurants in Gadjiev's case complain about arrest of property

  Part of the property belonging to relatives of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist of the "Chernovik" (Draft) outlet, Abubakar Rizvanov, the head of the "Ansar" Charity Fund, and Kemal Tambiev is still under arrest, as investigators believes that this property had been bought for criminal money.

May 28, 2022 12:59

• Marchers reveal details of harsh detentions at protests in Armenia

  Law enforcers are regularly showing cruelty towards activists; after detentions, many protesters need doctors' help, suffered Yerevan activists have complained.

May 28, 2022 08:48

• Because of Dagestani law enforcers' threats, Yulduz Kurashova provided with state protection

  The court ruled to provide Yulduz Kurashova, a resident of Khasavyurt, who received threats from the law enforcers accused of torturing her, with state protection.

May 28, 2022 08:36

• Azeri rights defenders treat number of pardoned political prisoners as insufficient

  The President of Azerbaijan has pardoned 213 people. Human rights defenders have treated his decision as a "half-way one", since only a small part of the country's political prisoners have been pardoned.

May 27, 2022 21:13

• Three participants of opposition motor rallies detained in Armenia

  Today, the “Resistance” movement has held motor rallies to the cities of Spitak and Sevan, during which traffic has been temporarily blocked. Three protesters are detained.

May 27, 2022 21:02

• In Tbilisi, ambulance workers complain about poor working conditions and low salaries

  In the Georgian capital, employees of an ambulance station dissatisfied with working conditions and low salaries, threaten to start protest actions.

May 27, 2022 18:26

• “Rostourism”: first tourist flight to Chechnya 100% full

  The first charter tourist flight to Chechnya will take place on June 10, and it is already 100% booked, reports Zarina Doguzova, the head of the “Rostourism” (Federal Agency for Tourism).

May 27, 2022 17:56

• A soldier blown up by a mine in Agdam District

  An Azerbaijani soldier was blown up by a mine while performing military duties in the village of Chemenli in the Agdam District. He was hospitalized with injuries, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Azerbaijan reported.

May 27, 2022 17:40

• Azerbaijani blogger Ramazanov left in custody

  The Baku Court of Appeal dismissed a complaint against the arrest of blogger Rashad Ramazanov. The defendant pleaded not guilty and stated that law enforcers tortured him to force him to confess to a crime he never committed.

May 27, 2022 14:53

• Deputy head of FSIN hospital in Rostov-on-Don suspected of involvement in torture

  By a court ruling, Alexander Lyakh was placed under house arrest until July 7. The case against him is being considered under the article on abuse of power.

May 27, 2022 14:35

• Police stop activist's picket in Sochi

  Anna Goretskaya went out to a picket near the Sochi branch of the "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia) Party and was detained by policemen.

May 27, 2022 11:53

• Murder of bride abductor in Ingushetia creates pretext for blood feud

  According to local customs, relatives of the Ingush resident, who was killed after the abducting the bride, can declare blood feud against the killer. Besides, the bride's fate is alarming, since earlier her relatives were against this marriage, and now they can kill her for disobedience, Svetlana Anokhina, a journalist, has stressed.

May 27, 2022 11:35

• Opposition tries disrupting Pashinyan's meeting with Montenegrin president

  The meeting of the Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, with Milo Djukanovic, President of Montenegro, in Yerevan was held amid a protest action. Pashinyan cannot represent the interests of the Armenian people, oppositionists have stated.

May 27, 2022 08:32

• Authorities report deaths of two natives of Mozdok District in Ukraine

  Alan Godjiev and Vadim Davydov have perished in Ukraine, the administration of the Mozdok District has informed. Since the start of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 48 natives of North Ossetia have been officially confirmed as dead there.

May 27, 2022 08:09

• Bibilov's personnel decisions are basis for revenge

  By appointing persons to positions and signing decrees before the inauguration of the new president of South Ossetia, Anatoly Bibilov wanted to annoy his successor and show that he has potentials for political revenge, the journalists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" has noted.

May 26, 2022 23:18

• Relatives of perished Armenian soldiers demand a public trial

  An action held by parents of the perished soldiers near the building of the Supreme Judicial Council of Armenia was caused by a court’s decision to consider behind closed doors a complaint about the refusal to institute a criminal case on high treason and involve Nikol Pashinyan as a defendant.

May 26, 2022 22:45

• Azerbaijan returns a captured soldier to Armenia

  Soldier Eduard Martirosov, who was detained by Azerbaijani border guards in April, has been returned from captivity, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia reports.

May 26, 2022 22:23

• A brother’s video message to Akhmed Zakaev staged, Instagram* users believe

  Ali Zakaev, a resident of Urus-Martan, was forced to record a video message criticizing his brother living in Great Britain, social media users suggested.

May 26, 2022 18:14

• National Guard of Russia accumulated in Botlikh District after a mass fight

  Law enforcers from the National Guard of Russia arrived in the Botlikh District in Dagestan after a mass fight occurred near the Central District Hospital, a video posted on social media reports.