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August 26, 2022 19:35

• Forensic expert from Buynaksk claims being subjected to pressure by law enforcers

  The security forces began to put pressure on forensic expert Gadji Magomedov, who did not agree to turn a blind eye to the signs of beatings on a body of a detainee and included them in his report.

August 26, 2022 19:32

• Kadyrov's reaction to SBU accusations underlined his confidence in his impunity

  Ramzan Kadyrov is suspected of preparing and participating in the special military operation in Ukraine, of justifying the actions of the Russian troops, and also of intending to change the borders of Ukraine. This was reported by the Security Service of Ukraine in its Telegram channel.

August 26, 2022 19:23

• Aliev announces army deployment in Lachin

  The Azerbaijani Army has entered the town of Lachin and took control over the villages of Zabukh and Sus, Azeri President, Ilham Aliev, has announced.

August 26, 2022 19:18

• Prisoner dies after shooting at Tbilisi psychiatric clinic

  Guram Svanidze, a prisoner from the Gldani Prison (in Tbilisi), who was wounded during a shootout at a psychiatric clinic, has died from his wounds at hospital.

August 26, 2022 19:15

• Execution of Djokhar Tsarnaev postponed

  The execution of the death sentence of Djokhar Tsarnaev, a native of Chechnya, convicted of a terror act in Boston, has been postponed until his complaint is considered, his advocate has informed.

August 26, 2022 18:50

• Azerbaijan announces opening of road bypassing Lachin within a week

  Armenia has failed to finish its section of the road alternative to the Lachin Corridor, but Azerbaijan undertook it at the request of the Armenian community of Karabakh. This was announced by the Azeri State Highway Agency (ASHA) that promised to open the new road for traffic within the next week.

August 26, 2022 11:34

• Resident of Novorossiysk detained on suspicion of discrediting army

  In the city of Novorossiysk, a local resident was detained for posting a video in the social network with statements discrediting the Russian Army.

August 26, 2022 11:30

• Mother of schoolboy beaten by Volgograd law enforcers demands to transfer case to Moscow

  The 14-year-old schoolboy who was beaten up by Volgograd policemen was recognized as a victim. According to the family's advocate, there were many controversial and strange points in the case.

August 26, 2022 11:10

• Kadyrov orders not to pay social allowance to families of those who refused to serve

  Ramzan Kadyrov has stated that families of low-income residents of Chechnya, whose young people refused to be enrolled in the new Chechen military units, should be deprived of social benefits. The leader of Chechnya called the refuseniks parasites.

August 25, 2022 23:48

• Analysts announce presence of Azerbaijani security forces in Lachin

  The security forces of Azerbaijan have entered the town of Lachin and the villages of Sous and Zabukh, but this has not yet been officially announced due to the delay in the opening of the alternative road between Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia, Baku analysts say.

August 25, 2022 23:08

• Authorities report about at least 200 residents of Dagestan perished in Ukraine

  Officials reported about 200 natives of Dagestan perished in Ukraine, and the same death toll is recorded among natives of the Southern Federal District, follows from the statistics run by the “Caucasian Knot” on the basis of the information officially announced by the authorities of regions and municipalities.

August 25, 2022 23:04

• In Azerbaijan, raised prices of bread hit budget of villagers

  An increase in the cost of bread forced residents of Azerbaijani villages to reconsider their expenses. The increase in the prices of flour and bread affected the socially unprotected groups of the population, economists confirmed.

August 25, 2022 14:49

• Rights defenders comment on reports about Chechen Tepsurkaev's murder

  Salman Tepsurkaev's death was predefined after he read verses that insulted the mother of an influential republic's person, Ruslan Kutaev believes.

August 25, 2022 14:28

• Twenty families from Akhavno and Berdzor accommodated in Syunik Region

  Most of the residents of the dwelling settlements of the Lachin Corridor, who were ordered to leave their houses before August 25, decided to settle in the Syunik Region of Armenia; 20 families have already been settled there, local authorities have informed.

August 25, 2022 14:25

• Rights defender Kalyapin hospitalized after beating

  Igor Kalyapin, the founder of the "Committee against Torture"* (CaT) was taken to the hospital with a suspected concussion after being beaten up.

August 25, 2022 14:19

• After border violation, US citizen expelled from South Ossetia

  South-Ossetian law enforcers have handed Frank Yanez, a US citizen, who was detained for violating the border, over to Georgia.

August 25, 2022 02:13

• Social network users demand apology for tourist's dance in dress at entrance to Grozny

  The video showing a man in a pink dress dancing at the entrance to Grozny has outraged network users. Some commentators on the Instagram* insist that he should apologize for his behaviour; others indicated that tourists should be explained the rules of behaviour in Chechnya.

August 25, 2022 02:04

• Defence points to inconsistencies in case of activist Magsud Aliev

  The protocol on disobeying a policeman drawn up against Magsud Aliev, an Azerbaijani activist, contains no proofs of his guilt, his advocate asserts.

August 24, 2022 23:43

• Dagestani native Shamil Bekbolatov complains about being beaten by law enforcers

  Shamil Bekbolatov, a father with many children from the Kayakent District, complained that law enforcers were beating him during his detention, including beating him on his head with a stone, and that as a result he ended up in a hospital.

August 24, 2022 22:37

• Azerbaijani activist Ragimova charged with slander

  In Baku, a court has begun considering a complaint filed by a policeman, who considered a post left on a social media outlet by Gyulnara Ragimova, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), to be slander and an insult.