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December 01, 2021 23:54

• Activists detained in Baku at a rally in support of Salekh Rustamov

  The police disrupted a rally in support of activist Salekh Rustamov, who is on hunger strike in prison. The activist demands to release him. Organizers of the action were detained before its start. During the action, the police took at least 20 activists away from Fountain Square in Baku.

December 01, 2021 23:52

• Zaza Saralidze urges to pardon his son's killers

  Mikhail Kalandiya, who was sentenced to 11 years for killing a teenager in Tbilisi, should be released, and the accused Giorgi Menabde should not be sentenced, but all the high-ranking officials who interfere with justice should be punished. This was stated by Zaza Saralidze, the father of the killed teenager.

December 01, 2021 13:31

• Agvan Ovsepyan, former Prosecutor General of Armenia, left in custody

  The Court of Appeal has left Agvan Ovsepyan, an Armenia's former Public Prosecutor General, under arrest by rejecting the defence's appeal.

December 01, 2021 13:26

• Court upholds verdict to resident of Chechnya in attack case on Budyonnovsk

  The Military Court of Appeal has upheld the verdict to Aslan Daudov, a resident of Chechnya, who was sentenced to 12 years in prison for taking part in hostage-taking, terrorism and premeditated murder during the 1995 attack by Shamil Basaev's detachment on Budyonnovsk.

December 01, 2021 04:51

• Geographers assess role of Soviet maps in settling Armenian-Azerbaijani border dispute

  The map of Azerbaijan placed on the UN website, which was referred to by the journalist, Khadija Ismayilova, who urged to take it into account when defining the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, corresponds to the Soviet small-scale maps, said Alexei Gunya.

December 01, 2021 04:45

• For 900 days of Gadjiev's arrest no proofs of his guilt presented

  At the trial of the case of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a Dagestani journalist, half of the prosecution witnesses have been questioned, but none of them has confirmed his guilt, said Arsen Shabanov, an advocate. The criminal case has been sent to the court also without proofs, Mairbek Agaev, the editor-in-chief of the "Chernovik" (Draft) portal, said at the press conference timed to 900 days of Gadjiev's arrest.

November 30, 2021 23:59

• Speaker of Ingush parliament reacts to border conflict with Chechnya

  The disputes in social media over the borders between Ingushetia and Chechnya can develop into a serious conflict between the two nations, and the conflicts should be resolved at negotiating table, states Magomet Tumgoev, the speaker of the Ingush parliament.

November 30, 2021 23:53

• Kadyrov’s statement about women contradicts actions of Chechen authorities

  Showing respect for women is in line with the Chechen traditions and is not considered shameful, Ramzan Kadyrov declares. His statement came against the background of the practice in Chechnya of public condemnation of women and pressure on young women wearing niqabs.

November 30, 2021 23:50

• Azerbaijani opposition parties demand to release activist Salekh Rustamov

  In Azerbaijan, several political parties demand to release activist Salekh Rustamov, who is on a hunger strike in a prison hospital. An advocate has visited the activist today and reported about the deterioration of the Salekh Rustamov’s health state.

November 30, 2021 22:56

• Twenty-four Azerbaijani civilians killed by mine explosions in Karabakh

  Since the end of the war in the autumn of 2020, 73 people, including 24 killed, fell victim to mine explosions in the territories of Karabakh that came under the control of Azerbaijan. Most of the mine explosions occurred when people illegally entered the areas not cleared of mines, the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action reported.

November 30, 2021 18:07

• Case of Dagestanis killed in Chechnya returned to Grozny

  The Russia's Supreme Court (SC) has found gross violations at the consideration of the cases of the residents of Dagestan killed in Chechnya. Already after the death of eight young people, they were accused of law enforcers' attempted murders. The SC has returned the case to Grozny for a new trial. Casualties' relatives demand that the case be considered outside Chechnya.

November 30, 2021 16:29

• Resident of Djebrail District blows himself by mine

  During some repair and construction works in the Djebrail District, a local civilian was wounded by a mine explosion.

November 30, 2021 16:23

• Court rejects "Memorial" defence's motion to summon experts

  The Moscow City Court has refused to summon the prosecution experts to the session and to admit the public and journalists to the trial. It was decided to continue the preliminary hearing on the case of liquidating the "Memorial"* on December 16.

November 30, 2021 14:16

• Picketers in Makhachkala demand to release Gadjiev and political prisoners

  Journalists in Makhachkala have held pickets demanding to stop the criminal prosecution of their colleague, Abdulmumin Gadjiev, to release political prisoners and stop arresting people without proofs.

November 30, 2021 08:10

• “OVD-Info”*: law on foreign agents leads to a large-scale discrimination in Russia

  Despite the assurances voiced by the authorities, the application of the law on foreign agents led to a violation of constitutional rights and discrimination against NCOs and media, authors of the report released by the “OVD-Info” conclude.

November 30, 2021 07:17

• In Chechnya, course of lessons about Akhmat Kadyrov provokes irony among Internet users

  A textbook about Akhmat Kadyrov has been included in the school curriculum in Chechnya. The book is written by a local law enforcer and tells about the life of the elder Kadyrov, the “Grozny” TV Channel reports. Blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov compared the Akhmat Kadyrov’s personality cult to the Lenin’s personality cult during the Soviet era.

November 29, 2021 18:09

• Salekh Rustamov complains about unbearable pain

  Activist Salekh Rustamov, who has been on hunger strike for the 25th day in a prison hospital, complains about joint pain and plans to refuse water. According to doctors, the refusal of water can provoke a coma. When answering the prisoner’s requests to help him, the Russian diplomatic mission noted that Salekh Rustamov had received Russian citizenship without refusing the citizenship of Azerbaijan.

November 29, 2021 15:18

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of November 22-28, 2021

  Special operation in Karachay-Cherkessia; negotiations between the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Sochi; start of proceedings on the lawsuit for the liquidation of the “International Memorial”*; protests in Southern Russia against the introduction of QR codes; Kadyrov’s new threats against Ingushetia and the exercises of the Chechen law enforcement bodies near the border, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of November 22-28, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

November 29, 2021 14:29

• On November 22-28, two persons fall victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of November 22-28, 2021, during the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, at least two people perished; no information about the wounded ones was reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.

November 29, 2021 14:22

• Number of signatures to petition in defence of "Memorials"* exceeds 115,000

  The petition demanding to prevent the closure of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" and the "International Memorial" has already gathered 115,158 signatures.