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July 21, 2022 08:31

• Irganai villagers demand fair compensations for their lands

  The residents of the villages whose garden plots fell into the flooding zone of the Irganai hydroelectric power station (HPP) have lost their chances to earn money; and many of them have to search employment for from home, villagers assert. Some Irganai villagers have received 9200 roubles per hundred square meters of their land plots, but this is a very low compensation.

July 21, 2022 00:37

• Military experts do not rule out an air defence base in Chechnya at Kadyrov’s proposal

  The implementation of the Ramzan Kadyrov’s idea of deploying an air defence system in Chechnya would provide the republic with additional funding and make it more secure, the idea will be seriously considered by the federal authorities, military experts interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot” believe.

July 21, 2022 00:24

• Opposition condemns dispersal of a peaceful protest in Baku

  The dispersal of a peaceful protest action violates the constitutional rights of citizens, human rights defenders point out.

July 20, 2022 23:57

• Armen Grigoryan’s death highlights problem of medical care in prisons in Armenia

  Participants of a discussion at the Yerevan Media Centre Public Journalism Club say that prison conditions and problems with medical care cause the deterioration in the prisoners’ health state. The topic of discussion was the death of film producer Armen Grigoryan.

July 20, 2022 18:46

• Advocate expresses his concern over lack of information about Salekh Magamadov

  For a month, there has been no information about the whereabouts of the Salekh Magamadov, a convicted native of Chechnya, his advocate Alexei Nemov reports.

July 20, 2022 18:29

• Police stop protest rally in Baku

  More than 20 people were detained at a protest rally, the participants of which demanded the opening of land borders, the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent reported from the scene. Meantime, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Azerbaijan assured there were no detainees, and people “were simply removed from the territory.”

July 20, 2022 18:17

• Democratic values as a criterion for Georgia’s accession to NATO

  The issue of Georgia’s integration into NATO directly depends on the implementation by the authorities of the country of the conditions developed by the European Union (EU). The North Atlantic Alliance includes democratic countries, and not only compliance in the field of security and defence is important for a country to become a NATO member, Georgian experts believe.

July 20, 2022 13:24

• Report on creation of military units highlights Kadyrov's loyalty to Putin

  By his statement about the formation of three Chechen battalions and a special forces regiment amid one or two units in other regions, Ramzan Kadyrov demonstrates his loyalty to Putin, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have pointed out.

July 20, 2022 12:56

• Forced migrants' families begin returning to Zangilan District

  A total of 1357 out of 1457 internally displaced persons (IDPs, or forced migrants) have expressed their desire to return to the village of Agaly in the Zangilan District, which, following the results of the 2020 autumn war, came under Azerbaijan's control. At the first stage, it is planned to move 41 families; ten families have already done it.

July 20, 2022 10:47

• Social network users outraged by Cheldiev's sentence

  Ten years in prison, appointed by the court to Vadim Cheldiev, an opera singer from North Ossetia, has outraged social network users. This sentence is unusually severe; it aims at intimidating other people who want to express their protest, users have emphasized.

July 20, 2022 10:29

• Askhabov's case draws attention to rehabs' uncertain status

  At the rehab (rehabilitation centre for drug addicts), where Magomed Askhabov, a resident of Dagestan, ended up, patients were forced to sign agreements; and they were made volunteers, the journalist, Svetlana Anokhina, has stated. The work of rehabs is practically not controlled; such institutions are not required to have licenses, the lawyer, Osip Drozdovsky, has noted.

July 20, 2022 08:50

• The Moscow Times tells about military objectors from Dagestan

  This March, a total of 300 servicemen from Buynaksk left Ukraine without permission; in Dagestan they were met as deserters. Some of them cancelled their contracts, others went back to Ukraine, The Moscow Times outlet has reported.

July 20, 2022 08:39

• Yangulbaev brothers name their mother's kidnappers

  Four law enforcers from Chechnya took part in the abduction of Zarema Musaeva, Ibragim Yangulbaev said, revealing their names. His brother, Abubakar Yangulbaev, entered into a public dialogue with one of these law enforcers when the latter declared that he was "ready for any form of duel."

July 20, 2022 08:27

• Yerevan protesters demand to free political prisoners

  At their action held near the UN office in Yerevan, opposition supporters condemned the practice of criminal prosecution of oppositionists and demanded to release political prisoners.

July 19, 2022 23:43

• Head of Armenian Security Council announces deadline for withdrawal of troops from Nagorno-Karabakh

  Today, Armen Grigoryan, the Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia, has announced that the Armenian troops will be withdrawn from Nagorno-Karabakh by September and that the conscription of Karabakh residents to the Defence Army of the unrecognized republic will be continued.

July 19, 2022 23:23

• Court releases cancer patient Pyotr Parpulov

  Today, a court has ruled that Sochi resident Pyotr Parpulov, sentenced to 12 years of imprisonment in a case on high treason, will be released. Pyotr Parpulov suffers from an oncological disease, and he needs hospitalization, his daughter reports.

July 19, 2022 19:04

• Claims of Kuban National Guard fighters to be unlikely granted, lawyers note

  There are no precedents in Russia when lawsuits for the reinstatement of fighters of the National Guard of Russia who refused to participate in the special military operation in Ukraine are granted, emphasize lawyers interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot”.

July 19, 2022 18:33

• Eleven residents of Reduktorny settlement detained at a protest against blackouts

  On July 18, law enforcers brought to a police department eleven protesters from the Reduktorny settlement of Makhachkala, who protested against frequent blackouts. A protocol for petty hooliganism was drawn up against each detainee, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.

July 19, 2022 18:12

• Vadim Cheldiev sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment

  The Rostov Regional Court found Vadim Cheldiev, an opera singer from North Ossetia, guilty of inciting extremism and sentenced him to 10 years of imprisonment.

July 19, 2022 13:31

• Political analysts treat Georgian authorities' situation on "deoligarchization" as hopeless

  Bidzina Ivanishvili, a Georgian oligarch, has managed to export his huge capitals from Russia, and in exchange for this he could take on the commitment to promote the pro-Russian agenda in Georgia. However, authorities of the European Union (EU) have toughened their position towards reducing Ivanishvili's influence on the decisions of Georgian authorities; and the ruling "Georgian Dream" Party can only use the "deoligarchization" in order to increase its ratings before the 2024 parliamentary elections, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted.