Nagorno-Karabakh after the truce: A two-year war

March 07, 2025 22:07

• EU educational programme suspended in Azerbaijan

  The termination of the Erasmus+ programme projects will negatively affect the country's educational sector, Parviz Bagirov, the head of the programme's office in Baku, believes.

March 07, 2025 21:16

• CTO in Dagestan triggers conflicting assessments

  The version about belonging of the militants killed in the dwelling settlement of Semender in Makhachkala to the “Islamic State” (IS)* is questionable, while the counterterrorist operation (CTO) was not duly planned, veterans of law enforcement bodies assert.

March 06, 2025 23:32

• Activist Lyudmila Borzilo faces pressure from law enforcers

  Lyudmila Borzilo, an activist from the Rostov Region, was taken to a hospital by order of an investigator. In the hospital, the activist was subjected to pressure with an attempt to convince her to agree to undergo tests for a psychiatric examination.

March 06, 2025 22:32

• ECtHR treats threats against Elena Milashina after her posting about Chechen gays as her rights violation

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found threats announced by Chechen leadership against journalist Elena Milashina, who wrote about persecution of gays in Chechnya, to be a violation of her privacy and the right to the freedom of expression.

March 06, 2025 22:17

• Activists’ houses searched in Stavropol Territory

  The police conducted searches at the houses of human rights defender Georgy Legkobitov in Yessentuki and of lawyer Ekaterina Kuznetsova.