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March 24, 2022 15:02

• Court again arrests accounts of mother of activist Antonova

  The bank accounts of the mother of the Krasnodar activist, Yana Antonova, have been arrested by a court ruling. According to Antonova, a total of 1.3 million roubles are blocked.

March 24, 2022 13:31

• Armenian MFA reports contacts with Russia on gas supply to Nagorno-Karabakh

  Armenia is in contact with Russian colleagues, since the problematic section of the gas pipeline, due to which Nagorno-Karabakh was left without gas supply, is in the responsibility zone of peacemakers.

March 24, 2022 13:31

• About half of Khramort families return home from evacuation

  Residents of the Khramort village in the Askeran District of Nagorno-Karabakh, who had left their homes due to shelling, begin returning to the village, which is guarded by Russian peacemakers, the head of the community has informed.

March 23, 2022 23:59

• Lawyer explains consequences of exclusion of Russia from Convention on Human Rights

  When commenting on the decision of the European Court of Human Rights to exclude Russia from the parties to the European Convention on Human Rights on September 16, Galina Arapova*, the director of the Centre for the Protection of Media Rights**, has explained that Russia will be held liable for all violations of the committed by the Russian authorities before September 16.

March 23, 2022 23:57

• Authorities of Makhachkala and Buynaksk report about two militaries perished in Ukraine

  Ruslan Belchuk from the Makhachkala village of Shamkhal and Khizri Abdusalamov from Buynaksk perished in battles in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the special military operation of the Russian troops, it was reported about at least 45 perished natives of Dagestan.

March 23, 2022 23:53

• Armenian villagers complain about uncertainty due to close Azerbaijani checkpoints

  The Armenian authorities reacted to the appearance of Azerbaijani checkpoints near the village of Nerkin Hand, but no action followed, villagers complained. The checkpoints have been installed on the territory of Azerbaijan, a military expert explains.

March 23, 2022 23:51

• Azerbaijani oppositionist Elkhan Aliev on hunger strike for fourth day in SIZO

  Elkhan Aliev, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, has been on a hunger strike in a SIZO (pre-trial prison) since March 19. The defendant has been protesting against his arrest and loss of money during the detention.

March 23, 2022 23:49

• A man blown up by a mine in Fizuli District

  Vugar Zulfugarly was severely injured as a result of a mine explosion in the Fizuli District, the General Prosecutor’s Office of Azerbaijan reported.

March 23, 2022 23:45

• Eight persons detained after protest action in Kobuleti

  Seven members of the "Conservative Party" and one activist were detained after a clash at a protest against the opening of an office in Kobuleti.

March 23, 2022 18:43

• Baku rejects demands to withdraw its militaries from Karabakh village

  The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has treated the actions of its militaries stationed near the village of Pirler (Khramort) as consistent with the statement of November 9, 2020. The Azerbaijani militaries are in its territory, analysts in Baku have noted.

March 23, 2022 18:37

• Balkar Council of Elders stands up for convicted village head

  The guilt of Vadim Sambursky, a former head of the village of Primalkinskoe, who was fined for abuse of power, has not been proved, the elders have stated in their appeal to the Supreme Court (SC) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR). They asked to objectively consider the case, treating it as far-fetched.

March 23, 2022 14:41

• Authorities of two North-Ossetian districts reported deaths of fellow countrymen in Ukraine

  Pavel Shlyakhov and Fidar Buraev, natives of North Ossetia, have perished in hostilities in Ukraine, the administrations of the Digorsky and Prigorodny Districts have reported. Since the start of the military operation, it became known about the deaths of at least 25 military servicemen from North Ossetia.

March 23, 2022 12:52

• Yangulbaev blames investigators for ignoring threat claims

  Members of the Yangulbaev family have failed to receive any investigators' reaction to their threat claims, incitement of hatred and slander by top Chechen officials.

March 23, 2022 12:47

• ECtHR obliges Russia to pay compensation for torture

  Russian authorities must pay 52,000 euros to Inal Berov, a resident of Nalchik, who received traumas due to torture at the police, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled.

March 23, 2022 12:44

• Decision on "International Memorial"* case confirms Russia's refusal from its international obligations

  The refusal of the Russian Supreme Court (SC) to enforce the demand of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to suspend the liquidation of the "International Memorial"* indicates Russia's neglect of its international obligations, human rights defenders have pointed out.

March 23, 2022 12:42

• Alliance causes soft reaction of Kadyrov's assistance to Khodakovsky's criticism

  Khodakovsky's refusal of his words about Chechen law enforcers without humiliation in his conversation with Delimkhanov is a unique case by the standards of the apology practice widespread in Chechnya, Svetlana Gannushkina, a human rights defender, has pointed out.

March 22, 2022 23:10

• Administration of Suleiman-Stalsky District of Dagestan reports about death of a compatriot in Ukraine

  Lieutenant Allaudin Babaev was buried in his native village of Kasumkent in the Suleiman-Stalsky District. Since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, it was reported about at least 41 perished natives of Dagestan.

March 22, 2022 23:07

• Residents of Nagorno-Karabakh call on peacekeepers to ensure control over gas supply

  Russian peacekeepers have begun negotiations with Azerbaijan to restore gas supply to Nagorno-Karabakh. Residents of the unrecognized republic note that all communications should be controlled by the Russian peacekeepers. Armenian human rights defenders call on international institutions to condemn Azerbaijan’s policy towards residents of Nagorno-Karabakh.

March 22, 2022 23:00

• ECtHR’s ruling in “Memorial” * case to be executed, a lawyer says

  Prior to a hearing of the Supreme Court of Russia on the case of the “International Memorial” * (International Historical Educational Charitable and Human Rights Society “Memorial”), lawyer Kirill Koroteev has noted that the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in the case on the closure of the “International Memorial” * must be executed by the Russia’s authorities even after the exclusion of the country from the Council of Europe (CE).

March 22, 2022 22:57

• Russian SC refuses to postpone liquidation of “International Memorial” *

  The Supreme Court of Russia did not grant a request to suspend the liquidation of the “International Memorial” * (International Historical Educational Charitable and Human Rights Society “Memorial”) until the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on the complaint about the law on foreign agents.