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12:33, 25 July 2021

Rights defenders claim torture of religious activist in Azerbaijan

Razi Gumbatov, an activist of the "Muslim Unity" movement, gave confessions within the case of illegal drug dealing under torture, the NGO "Defence Line" has stated.

11:49, 25 July 2021

Stavropol policeman dies in hospital after attack

A deputy head of the Criminal Investigation Division in Stavropol received gunshot wounds in the attack and died in the intensive care.

Chechen natives patrol streets in Troitsk. Screenshot: http://web.facebook.com/groups/YasenevoDistrict/post/3016811878641525

11:33, 25 July 2021

Social media users dispute about the idea of Chechen patrols near Moscow

The authorities of the town of Troitsk near Moscow have hired a private security company made up exclusively of Chechen natives to help local policemen. This idea will have a positive impact on the problem of hooliganism, some social media users have suggested. Their opponents have objected that the police should guard the public order.

11:18, 25 July 2021

Thirteen Armenian soldiers sentenced to six years in colony in Azerbaijan

The verdict to the last group of Armenian soldiers detained in December 2020 in the vicinity of Gadrut was passed on July 23 by the Baku Court of Grave Crimes. Thirteen soldiers were found guilty of illegal border crossing and arms trafficking.

Sonya Cherkesova, mother of Aslan Cherkesov. Screenshot: http://ok.ru/video/39744508260

19:22, 24 July 2021

Aslan Cherkesov's mother complain about long absence of permits to visit her son

Sonya Cherkesova, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, has complained that she had not seen her son for about five years; Aslan is in a colony in the Krasnoyarsk Territory.

18:42, 24 July 2021

The condition of wounded Armenian soldier is treated as extremely grave

One of the three Armenian soldiers wounded in the shootout in the Gegarkunik Region is in grave condition, investigators have informed.

People stand in line at a vehicle with water, Dagestan. Abstract illustration. Photo by Makhach Akhmedov for the Caucasian Knot

16:00, 24 July 2021

Izberbash townspeople claim problems with drinking water

The city of Izberbash continues facing problems with water supplies; sometimes water runs from taps, but in very scanty quantities, townspeople complain.

15:16, 24 July 2021

Armenia states destruction of Azerbaijani drone

A drone that tried to fly into the territory of Armenia was liquidated on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

Meeting room of the European Court of Human Rights. Photo: REUTERS/Vincent Kessler

12:22, 24 July 2021

ECtHR obliges Azerbaijan to pay EUR 30,000 to Arthur Badalyan

Azerbaijani authorities have violated the prohibition of torture and the right of Arthur Badalyan, an Armenian soldier, to freedom and personal immunity during his captivity, and must pay him 30,000 euros in compensation, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has stated.

Law enforcers block a street. Photo: press service of the National Antiterrorism Committee of the Russian Federation

11:54, 24 July 2021

Rights defenders ask Kokov to take CTO case in Nalchik under control

A group of human rights defenders from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has appealed to the region head, Kazbek Kokov, with a demand to take personal control over the inquiry into the case of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) conducted in Nalchik and Baksan, as a result of which five casualties were declared militants.

Armenia soldier. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Armenia, http://www.mil.am

11:31, 24 July 2021

Shootouts continue on Armenian-Azerbaijani border

After the death of an Azerbaijani serviceman and the wounding of three Armenian soldiers, shootouts on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border continue.

Ballot papers in a strong box at a polling station in Yerevan during the early parliamentary elections, June 20, 2021. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the Caucasian Knot

11:18, 24 July 2021

Law enforcers open 78 criminal cases on election violations in Armenia

Armenian law enforcers have initiated 78 criminal cases related to violations at the June 20 early parliamentary elections. A total of 83 persons are charged under these criminal cases, the country's General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has informed.

Cathedral Mosque in Maikop, Photo: Kesoff, http://ru.wikipedia.org

08:37, 24 July 2021

Believers in Adygea upset by cancellation of Juma Namazes

Imams and mosque visitors have reacted with understanding to the cancellation of Friday namazes (prayers) in Adygea; today, all the republic's mosques were closed. Some believers have offered to open mosques for those who have been vaccinated against coronavirus.

Eduard Dubakov. Screenshot: ISTIMAI TV, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUvfZz3Wa4s&t=24s

08:22, 24 July 2021

Lawyers assess chances of Dubakov's extradition from Azerbaijan

Eduard Dubakov, a Russian sentenced by a court in Baku to 10 years in prison, has asked about his chances to lodge an appeal, his advocate said. Russia and Azerbaijan have an extradition agreement, which allows extraditing a convict to his homeland; Dubakov can also ask the President of Azerbaijan for a pardon, lawyers have noted.

Said-Khusein Magomadov. Screenshot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYeal77pv4

23:17, 23 July 2021

Magomadov refuses protection after a failed attempt on him

Blogger Said-Khusein Magomadov explains his rejection of the protection offered by the Austrian police by inconveniences at work, but he does not feel safe. Said-Khusein Magomadov called the failed assassination on him a political order of the Chechen authorities.

The Kelbadjar district. Photo: Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan, http://mod.gov.az

22:58, 23 July 2021

Azerbaijani soldier dies in border shootout

During a shelling attack from the Armenian side on positions in the Kelbadjar district, a warrant officer of the Azerbaijani army was killed, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reports today. The Armenian Ministry of Defence reported about three wounded soldiers and claimed that the Armenian side was not involved in the death of the Azerbaijani soldier.

The village of Yandare; law enforcers. Collage made by the Caucasian Knot. Photo: Adam Sagov, Wikipedia.org, http://nac.gov.ru

22:39, 23 July 2021

Ingush resident detained unreasonably, his relatives claim

Relatives of Abbas Khamkhoev, a detained resident of Ingushetia, do not trust the version of the law enforcement bodies, according to which he was allegedly storing an explosive device in a house with his own minor children. After the search at the house and detention of Abbas Khamkhoev, the family members were not aware about his whereabouts for 24 hours and filed a complaint to the police about the kidnapping, an advocate reports.

The European Court of Human Rights. Photo: REUTERS/Vincent Kessler

18:03, 23 July 2021

ECtHR supports Georgian contraceptive manufacturer

The “Aiisa” Company won in the Strasbourg Court a case on condoms, the packaging of which angered Orthodox believers. When Georgian courts banned the production of those condoms, they violated the right to freedom of expression, the European Court of Human Rights ruled.

Andrei Pivovarov. Screenshot: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-JMTroMLDINHdifqgl-ayw

17:50, 23 July 2021

Defence challenges Pivovarov’s arrest

Cooperation with an undesirable organization, in which Andrei Pivovarov is accused, is a crime of moderate gravity, and the evidence of guilt was presented with violations, advocates claim in a complaint about the arrest of a politician who is being kept at a SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Krasnodar.

Gas distribution tap. Photo by Nina Tumanova for the Caucasian Knot

13:39, 23 July 2021

Analysts treat gasification problem in KChR as systemic

For a long time, residents of many dwelling settlements of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) have failed to draw authorities' attention to the absence of gas supplies to their houses, while the active reaction of Rashid Temrezov to the complaint of a female resident of Ust-Djeguta to the president has to do with the upcoming election of the head of the region, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

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