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Chechen officials standing at the Akhmat Kadyrov' grave. Screenshot from video posted by ChGTRK 'Grozny': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTNrwO_-jl4&feature=emb_title

11:35, 5 August 2020

Lawyers see law violation in neglecting masks by Chechen authorities

The appearance of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, and his entourage in public places without medical masks required during the coronavirus epidemic can be treated as a violation, for which a fine is provided, lawyers believe.

Police detain an activist. Screenshot from the Caucasian Knot video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j0Uh0opW58&feature=youtu.be

11:24, 5 August 2020

Fourteen people detained after protests in Amulsar

The total number of those detained in Amulsar reached 14: ten activists and four employees of the "Lydian Armenia" Company.

Ramzan Kadyrov. Screenshot from the video posted by ChGTRK 'Grozny': https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3FPh5_CUUx99KCqDE09kWQ

11:10, 5 August 2020

Orientalists dispute on Kadyrov's aims of spreading alms in Mecca

The Orientalists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" expressed different opinions on the political aims pursued by the head of Chechnya by organizing the spread of sacrificial animals to residents of Saudi Arabia.

Policemen talking to rally participants in Volgograd , August 1, 2020. Photo by the Caucasian Knot correspondent

08:35, 5 August 2020

After report from Volgograd action, "Caucasian Knot" correspondent summoned to police

Volgograd law enforcers have opened an administrative case against the journalist, Tatiana Filimonova, who covered for the "Caucasian Knot" the rally in support of Khabarovsk protesters, held on August 1. At the venue of the rally, policemen were not interested in the journalist's ID, Ms Filimonova has noted.

Tamerlan Eskerkhanov. Photo: REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin

08:24, 5 August 2020

ECtHR communicates Eskerkhanov's torture complaint

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has asked the Russian authorities questions in connection with the complaint of Tamerlan Eskerkhanov, a native of Chechnya, about torture by law enforcers during and after the arrest within the murder case of Boris Nemtsov.

The Amulsar gold deposit. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the Caucasian Knot

22:01, 4 August 2020

Police detain Amulsar protestors

The police called on opponents of the Amulsar gold deposit, who had gathered for a protest action, to clear the road. Then, the policemen began to force the protestors out of the roadway. There was a clash between them, and after that the policemen began to detain the activists.

A doctor checking a patient. Photo by Vyacheslav Prudnikov for the Caucasian Knot

21:46, 4 August 2020

Doctors from Kamensk-Shakhtinsky hospital claim shortage of personnel amid pandemic

In Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, medical officers from the city hospital who demanded the dismissal of the new head physician, filed letters of resignation. They claimed a significant reduction in their remuneration, despite the additional payments promised by Vladimir Putin for the treatment of coronavirus-infected patients.

Residents of Chechnya publicly apologize. Screenshot from video posted by ChGTRK 'Grozny': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCtK88gUkvI&feature=youtu.be

18:12, 4 August 2020

Residents of Chechnya publicly apologize to officials for their behaviour in Moscow

The authorities of Chechnya forced to return from Moscow about a hundred natives of the republic, whom the law enforcement bodies consider to be drug addicts and lawbreakers. The returned young people publicly repented and were sent to community service.

Beach in Baku. Photo: REUTERS/Grigory Dukor

17:57, 4 August 2020

Baku residents express their dissatisfaction with partial lifting of quarantine restrictions

Restrictions on the operation of public transport and catering outlets to be still in force after the easing of the quarantine regime caused discontent among Baku residents.

15:20, 4 August 2020

Chechen authorities mobilize athletes to support Kadyrov

Grozny has hosted a half-marathon race, in which more than 260 people took part. The participants of the demonstrative race for 1.5 kilometres carried the multi-meter-long banner with the inscription: "#MySemyaKRA" (We are the family of Kadyrov, Ramzan Akhmatovich) across the city centre.

Military vehicles of the Azerbaijani Army. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan, https://mod.gov.az/

14:56, 4 August 2020

Azerbaijan counts 30 Armenian attacks

The positions of the Azerbaijani Army located in five villages near the Armenian border were shelled, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated today.

Tenants of a tent camp in Kullar. Photo by Asim Tagiev for the Caucasian Knot

14:42, 4 August 2020

Relatives of arrested Kullar protesters claim their innocence

Relatives of the Azerbaijanis accused of violence during the protest action in the tent camp near the village of Kullar insist that Elmar Mekhtiev, Djeikhun Namazov and Anvar Muradov had committed no illegal actions and did not throw stones at policemen.

Soon after the terror acts at Boston Marathon finish line. April 15, 2013. Photo by Aaron "tango" Tang, http://www.flickr.com/photos/hahatango/8652857375/in/set-72157633252445135

11:27, 4 August 2020

Residents of Chechnya criticize Trump for emotional statements about Tsarnaev

US President Donald Trump has treated the decision to revise the case against Djokhar Tsarnaev as absurd, and called the convict "a beast." Instagram users have expressed their outrage at the Trump's statement.

Aimani Kadyrova. Screenshot from video posted by ChGTRK 'Grozny': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zizU0wvgBeI&feature=emb_logo

11:06, 4 August 2020

Aimani Kadyrova contest accents authoritarian regime in Chechnya

In the modern Chechnya, the exaltation of the ruler's mother, which was characteristic of some Middle Eastern monarchies in the past, serves to strengthen Ramzan Kadyrov's power, the Orientalists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted.

Azerbaijanis staying in Kullar camp. Screenshot from the video posted by the Caucasian Knot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=133&v=FvC3Fw73mK4&feature=emb_logo

10:52, 4 August 2020

Red tape with sending Kullar camp tenants triggers criticism of authorities

The next group of Azerbaijani citizens to be sent home from the tent camp in the Dagestani village of Kullar includes 250 people; most of them are those who have recently arrived there. Meanwhile, there are camp tenants who are waiting for departure for a long time, while the new arrivals leave for home just in a few days, the camp long-livers complain.

08:39, 4 August 2020

Azerbaijani GPO questions "Defence Line" Director after his statement about activist's torture

On August 3, Rufat Safarov, the executive director of the human rights organization "Defence Line", was summoned the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Azerbaijan and interrogated within the case of the July 15 unsanctioned rally. The GPO issued a warning to him in connection with the dissemination of information about the torture of Fuad Gakhramanly, who is accused within the same case.

A man in a mask. Photo: REUTERS/Juan Medina

08:30, 4 August 2020

Transgender people complain about insecurity of LGBT people in Azerbaijan

Policemen have detained a suspect of attacking a transgender in Baku and launched an investigation. The country has no efficient mechanisms for protecting the rights of LGBT people, transgender people assert.

22:27, 3 August 2020

Fourth participant of kidnapping in Ingushetia sentenced to forced labour

In Ingushetia, a court pronounced a verdict against a local resident in a case on the use of violence against policemen who tried to prevent the kidnapping of a patient from a hospital in Nazran, the Prosecutor's Office of Ingushetia reports today.

Serviceman of the Azerbaijani Army. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan, https://mod.gov.az/

22:20, 3 August 2020

Azerbaijan reports about machine gun and sniper attacks in conflict zone

Over 24 hours, the positions of the Azerbaijani troops were 35 times shelled on the border with Armenia and in the Karabakh conflict zone, including from large-calibre machine guns and sniper rifles, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported.

FSB agents. Photo: press service of the National Antiterrorism Committee of Russia, http://nac.gov.ru/

18:55, 3 August 2020

FSB reports about mass detentions of arms makers in Southern Russia

Residents of 12 regions, including Dagestan, Karachay-Cherkessia, the Rostov Region, and Chechnya, were detained on suspicion of manufacturing firearms and ammunition, the Russian FSB reported.

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