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February 18, 2022 11:33

• International organizations condemn violence against journalists in Azerbaijan

  The OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe) and the international organizations Reporters without Borders (RwB) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) have condemned the pressure on the journalist, Fatima Movlanly and her colleagues, who covered a street action in Baku, calling on the authorities to investigate the incident.

February 18, 2022 11:18

• KBR blogger hospitalized after being attacked by official

  The state of health of Anastasia Emelyanova, who was attacked by an official at the Baksan Mayoralty, has worsened. Doctors have sent her for treatment at hospital, Emelyanova herself said.

February 18, 2022 08:40

• Ombudspersons of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh demand withdrawal of Azerbaijani militaries away from villages

  For the third day, residents of the Khramort village in the Askeran District of Nagorno-Karabakh cannot perform their agrarian works due to threats from Azerbaijani militaries, the community administration has stated. Azerbaijan's military posts or bases should not be located near Armenian dwelling settlements, the Ombudspersons of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh have stated.

February 18, 2022 08:21

• Advocate points to absence of specifics in Insa Lander's case

  The charges against the blogger, Insa Lander, within the recruitment case have been formulated without specifics about the essence of her actions, the advocate has stated.

February 17, 2022 23:45

• Petition for Kadyrov’s resignation becomes a marker of dissent

  The popularity of the petition for the resignation of Ramzan Kadyrov significantly exceeds the popularity of the petitions for the resignation of Vladimir Putin and other well-known politicians, the “Caucasian Knot” analyzes. The petition will not lead to the resignation of Ramzan Kadyrov, but it can convey a message to the Kremlin about the presence of dissent in Russia, sociologist Alexei Levinson believes.

February 17, 2022 23:26

• Zakuskin’s apologies to Yusupkhadjieva cause scepticism on social media

  Alexander Zakuskin, the head of the council of delegates of the Meschansky District of Moscow, apologized for being rude to elderly Chechen woman Salima Yusupkhadjieva, but his speech was unconvincing, Instagram users note.

February 17, 2022 19:33

• Salim Khalitov requests compensation for his arrest

  Dagestani activist Salim Khalitov filed a lawsuit with a request to recover 768,420 roubles from the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) as moral compensation for unjustified placement under administrative arrest.

February 17, 2022 19:06

• Internet users call on to investigate disappearance of a resident of Stavropol Territory

  Investigators instituted a criminal case under the article on murder in connection with the unsuccessful search for Marina Ivanova, a resident of the Stavropol Territory, whose disappearance was previously associated with posts on the 1Adat* Telegram channel. Internet users have called for an investigation into the disappearance of Marina Ivanova.

February 17, 2022 13:24

• Karabakh historians urge to perpetuate lost monuments

  The new website Monuments of Artsakh, which presents Armenian monuments, will draw international community's attention to the problem of preserving Armenian cultural monuments located in the territories of Nagorno-Karabakh that have come under Azerbaijan's control, historians believe.

February 17, 2022 13:08

• Turkish media give details of plotting attacks on Chechen oppositionists

  Eight people, whose case has been brought to court in Turkey, had been plotting assassination attempts on political emigrants. One of the defendants, according to investigators, maintained contacts with Adam Delimkhanov, a Russian State Duma MP, Turkish media have reported.

February 17, 2022 11:27

• Activists demand from UN to ensure preservation of Armenian cultural monuments

  At their action in Yerevan, protesters have demanded from the UN to stop the destruction of the Armenian cultural heritage located in the territories of Nagorno-Karabakh that came under Azerbaijan's control, and urgently send UNESCO officials there.

February 17, 2022 11:12

• Kadyrov people launch disinformation war with oppositional Telegram channel

  Authorities of Chechnya are trying to undermine the credibility of the messages posted by the oppositional "1Adat"* channel, that is why they refute its information and may deliberately misinform its authors, the human rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

February 17, 2022 10:58

• Zakuskin apologizes to elderly Chechen woman Yusupkhadjieva

  On February 16, Alexander Zakuskin, the head of the council of deputies of the Meschansky District of Moscow, personally met Salima Yusupkhadjieva and apologized to her for the incident at the mosque. Yusupkhadjieva forgave him, as follows from the video of their meeting.

February 17, 2022 08:40

• Sources link disappearance of Stavropol woman with "1Adat"* operation

  Marina Ivanova, a resident of the Stavropol Territory, could have been abducted and taken to Chechnya due to her publications in the "1Adat"* Telegram channel, the "Baza" has reported with reference to investigators' data.

February 17, 2022 08:21

• Growth in number of signatures to petition for Kadyrov's resignation slows down

  The growth rate of signatures to the petition for the resignation of Ramzan Kadyrov from the post of the head of Chechnya has slowed down significantly compared to the first days after the publication of the petition, the "Caucasian Knot" has analyzed.

February 16, 2022 22:42

• Prosecutors order law enforcers to investigate kidnapping of a native of Dagestan in Moscow

  In Moscow, the Prosecutor’s Office has recognized illegal the refusal of investigators to institute a criminal case on the kidnapping by Chechen law enforcers of Ibragim Selimkhanov, a native of Dagestan, his advocates report.

February 16, 2022 22:28

• Ramazan Dugiev arrested in a Magas protest case

  In Nalchik, a court has placed under arrest until March 24 Ramazan Dugiev, an Ingush sign language interpreter, who is accused of causing grievous bodily harm to law enforcers during protests in Magas in 2019, advocate Visit Tsoroev reports.

February 16, 2022 17:54

• Appointment of Vice-Premier of Chechnya highlights principles of Kadyrov’s personnel policy

  Abdul-Kerim Edilov, the head of the secretariat of the leader of Chechnya and former coach of Ramzan Kadyrov’s children, has been appointed the vice-premier of the republic. The appointment of Abdul-Kerim Edilov has continued the trend of the creation by Ramzan Kadyrov of a power vertical built on close relationships.

February 16, 2022 17:43

• Historians report about search for remains of victims of Stalinist terror in Khelvachauri

  Signs on the remains from a mass grave in Khelvachauri indicate that they belong to victims of the Stalinist repressions, scientists point out. Among the victims of terror in Adzharia were not only Georgians, but also Abkhazians, Russians, Germans, and Poles.

February 16, 2022 13:33

• Nagorno-Karabakh accused Azerbaijan of shelling a villager

  A resident of the village of Khramort was shelled from the Azerbaijani side while doing his agricultural works; the bullets damaged his tractor, the Nagorno-Karabakh police have informed.