Russia

January 18, 2020 07:20

• Baku police help Ismailova to return her passport

  After escaping from her relatives in Baku, the Russian citizen, Sevgiya Ismailova, is in a shelter of one of the NGOs. On January 17, her relatives, in the presence of policemen, returned Ismailova's documents; she is preparing to return to Russia.

January 18, 2020 07:04

• Kadyrov’s disease amid change of Russian Premier highlights his risks

  Ramzan Kadyrov’s another temporary sick leave doesn’t threaten his political image; however, the new Russian Prime Minister may have questions for the head of Chechnya, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted.

January 17, 2020 08:28

• Azerbaijani activists announce Ismailova’s escape from home

  Sevgiya Ismailova, an eighteen-year-old Russian citizen, has escaped from her relatives in Azerbaijan, who held her by force; now, she is under the care of local activists. The girl’s mother denies violence against her.

January 16, 2020 14:49

• Chechen Internet users discuss Ramzan Kadyrov's disease

  Instagram users argued about the reasons for the Ramzan Kadyrov's decision to appoint a successor amid the absence of the timely official explanations.

January 15, 2020 11:41

• Dagestani native arrested in case on Amina Okueva's murder

  In Kiev, the court arrested for two months Igor Redkin, a native of Kaspiysk, who was suspected of killing Amina Okueva.

January 13, 2020 13:44

• ICRF insists on robbery version in case on journalists' murder in CAR

  According to the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), robbery was a motive for the attack on journalist Orkhan Djemal, cameraman Kirill Radchenko, and director Alexander Rastorguev in the Central African Republic (CAR). The ICRF does not consider a version on the planned murder, which the "Dossier" Centre insists on.

January 11, 2020 23:54

• Russia joins settling situation in Abkhazia

  Rashid Nurgaliev, Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, and Raul Khadjimba, President of Abkhazia, have discussed the stabilization of the political situation in the republic. The Kremlin is interested in settling the crisis in Abkhazia peacefully, experts have noted.

January 11, 2020 10:15

• Total fines imposed on "Memorial" amounts 4.5 million roubles

  At the initiative of the Ingush branch of the Russian FSB, a court in Moscow has fined the "International Memorial" by 300,000 roubles. In total, the court has considered 22 protocols drawn up against "Memorial" structures leaders thereof for the absence of the marking "foreign agent" in their publications.

January 09, 2020 21:27

• Total fines imposed on "Memorial" exceed 4 million roubles

  A court in Moscow has ruled on 21 out of 28 protocols, drawn up against the structures of the "Memorial" and their leaders, on the initiative, in particular, of the Ingush branch of the FSB (Russian Federal Security Bureau). The amount of fines imposed on human rights defenders for the absence of the marking of "foreign agent" in their publications has reached 4.2 million roubles.

January 09, 2020 11:39

• PO upholds "Matilda" movie, which caused Kadyrov's indignation

  The Prosecutor's Office (PO) of Saint Petersburg has conducted a series of checks of the "Matilda" movie by the film director, Alexei Uchitel, which in 2017 was opposed by authorities of the republics of Northern Caucasus, and found no violations of the law.

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