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June 30, 2022 23:45

• Blogger Insa Lander voices reason for her escape from Russia

  Insa Lander, a blogger from Kabardino-Balkaria, decided to escape from house arrest, as she realized that she would not be able to prove by legal methods that she was not guilty on the charge of promoting terrorism.

June 30, 2022 16:19

• Court awards 20,000 roubles as compensation to mother of child who died in 1999 in Grozny

  The Krasnodar Territorial Court has ruled to pay 20,000 roubles to Natalia Zagudaeva, a resident of Belorechensk, as compensation for the death of her three-year-old child during the shelling of Grozny in 1999.

June 30, 2022 16:16

• Woman from Rostov Region fined for using banknote with pacifist slogan

  A court in Azov has fined Darya Kulikovskaya, a local resident, finding her guilty of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces, after she has replenished her bank card with a banknote bearing a pacifist slogan. Kulikovskaya said she would appeal against the judgement.

June 30, 2022 16:13

• Safety of "LGBT Week" participants is Georgian authorities' important mission

  Three closed events will be held in Georgia during the "LGBT Week". They will be a test of how authorities are able to protect the rights of sexual minorities and prevent violence; it is focused on the conditions of the European Union (EU) for the country's status as an EU candidate member, analysts have noted.

June 30, 2022 15:26

• Advocate assesses inquiry prospects of Insa Lander's case

  The case of Insa Lander, a blogger from Kabardino-Balkaria, suspected of assisting terrorist activities, who escaped from house arrest, will be frozen, Dmitry Zakhvatov, an advocate, believes.

June 30, 2022 15:15

• Azerbaijani rights defenders support demand to release Elchin Mamed

  Elchin Mamed, a human rights defender and journalist, who has gone on a hunger strike in an Azerbaijani jail demanding his release, was isolated from other prisoners, his mother has informed. There are all signs of falsification in Mamed's case, human rights defenders insist.

June 30, 2022 15:12

• Russia-West confrontation crosses out former format of Karabakh settlement

  Russia is torpedoing the work of the OSCE Minsk Group; as it no longer treats this format as a platform for cooperation with the USA, Tigran Grigoryan and Andrias Gukasyan, political analysts, have stated.

June 30, 2022 11:00

• Formation of national unit to be sent to Ukraine promotes Kalmyk authorities

  By announcing the formation of a military unit to be sent to Ukraine, authorities of Kalmykia are trying to win over voters by benefiting from their nationalist feelings, Alexander Kynev, a political analyst, believes.

June 30, 2022 09:18

• Authorities of two Dagestani districts report about compatriots perished in Ukraine

  Aldanmagomed Aldanmagomedov from Tlyaratinsky District and Alavudin Yaraliev from Kizlyar District perished in Ukraine, the regional authorities reported.

June 30, 2022 09:16

• Activist Djansukh Adleiba stops his hunger strike in Sukhumi

  Activist Djansukh Adleiba stopped his hunger strike on a square in Sukhumi 17 days after the presidential administration had promised to reduce fuel prices in Abkhazia within two weeks.

June 29, 2022 23:59

• At a solo picket in Makhachkala, Kaplanov’s father demand to punish murderers of his son

  Yusup Kaplanov went out to a solo picket with the demand to punish those responsible for the murder of his son Abakar Kaplanov, the former head of the village of Novokuli.

June 29, 2022 23:57

• Authorities of Dagestan report about death of a soldier in Ukraine

  Velibeg Yakhbyaev from the village of Yargil perished in Ukraine, the Khiv district administration reported.

June 29, 2022 23:55

• Georgia allows Insa Lander to leave for Lithuania

  The Georgian authorities have allowed Insa Lander, a blogger from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) to enter the republic, from where she flew to Lithuania.

June 29, 2022 23:53

• Native of North Ossetia dies in Ukraine

  Chermen Dzugutov from the village of Olginskoye has perished in Ukraine, the administration of the Pravoberezhny District has informed. Since the start of the military operation in Ukraine, the deaths of at least 64 natives of North Ossetia have been confirmed.

June 29, 2022 14:06

• Formation of Chechen battalions for Russia's MoD indicates Kadyrov's special status

  The formation in Chechnya of military units subordinated to the Ministry of Defence (MoD) indicates that Ramzan Kadyrov has acquired the status of a federal-level politician, Alexei Malashenko, a political analyst, believes.

June 29, 2022 14:02

• Resident of Dagestan sentenced for helping terrorism

  The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don has found Medjid Aliev, a resident of Dagestan, guilty of helping the activities of the "Islamic State" (IS)* and sentenced him to 16 years in a high security colony.

June 29, 2022 13:48

• Mayor of Dagestani Kizilyurt reports death of his nephew in Ukraine

  Magomed Magomedov, the mayor of the city of Kizilyurt, has informed about the death of his nephew in the special operation in Ukraine. He also said about his son's participation in the special operation.

June 28, 2022 23:59

• Relatives of Armenian POWs call on Russia to assist in their release

  Relatives of Armenian prisoners of war held a protest rally in front of the Russian consulate in Gyumri calling for help in the return of their relatives from Azerbaijani captivity.

June 28, 2022 23:57

• PACE to report on threats to journalists and human rights defenders in Azerbaijan

  The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will prepare a report on threats to the lives and safety of journalists and human rights defenders in Azerbaijan.

June 28, 2022 23:55

• Adyg activist wants to bring law enforcers to justice for torture

  Adyg activist Kase Kik, who left Russia, plans to file a complaint to the law enforcement bodies about torture. A case on abuse of authority by law enforcers can be instituted also not at a request of the victim, if there are other sources of information about the crime, advocate Timofei Shirokov emphasizes.