Interethnic relations

July 27, 2021 18:25

• Caucasian scholars sceptical about using Chechen patrols to guard town near Moscow

  The decision of the authorities of the town of Troitsk located near Moscow to hire a private security company consisting of natives of Chechnya to protect law and order is unwise and could aggravate the interethnic relations, experts believe.

June 30, 2021 23:33

• Azerbaijani comedian Idrak Mirzalizade claims being threatened and beaten after a joke about xenophobes

  Calls for reprisals against ethnic Azeri Idrak Mirzalizade following his public joke about xenophobes led to his beating in Moscow. The joke was misunderstood, the comedian claims.

May 19, 2021 12:39

• Georgian rights defenders criticize Patriarchy for its position on Dmanisi conflict

  Dmanisi is a region with an unfavourable ethnic balance; while the conflict of Svans with Azerbaijanis was fuelled by external forces, said Andriy Djagmaidze, the spokesman for the Georgian Patriarchate. He was criticized by human rights defenders, who called on the Patriarchy not to incite ethnic hatred in the society.

October 07, 2020 11:29

• Azerbaijan: frontline villagers stay at home despite shelling

  Women, children and the elderly have left a number of Azerbaijani villages located in the frontline area, but other villagers would not leave their homes and households for a long time, Avaz Gasanov, an activist, has informed. There are children and women among shelling victims.

August 25, 2020 10:59

• Protesters in Georgia demand release of detainees after mass brawl

  At the protest action, residents of the Georgian village of Toriya, which is predominantly populated by Armenians, demanded to release their three fellow villagers detained after the conflict with Azerbaijanis over a place for grazing.

July 28, 2020 11:24

• Georgian policeman fired after Azerbaijanis-Armenians conflict

  In the Georgian village of Sadakhlo, a conflict broke out of local Azerbaijanis with a visitor – a young man of Armenian origin. After the incident, the young man's father was fired from the police.

July 27, 2020 18:12

• Billionaires Sarkisov and Nisanov urge their Armenian and Azerbaijani fellow countrymen to stop clashes

  Entrepreneurs, Sergey Sarkisov and God Nisanov, called on their fellow countrymen to stop clashes amid the aggravation of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict. Sarkisov has promised to compensate for the damage caused to the Azerbaijanis' property in Moscow.

July 27, 2020 11:52

• Conflict of Kists with Kakhetians in Georgia escalates into mass brawl

  A conflict broke out among the Kist nationals living in the village of Duisi and Kakhetians from the village of Matani. Anzor Machalikashvili, the uncle of Temirlan Machalikashvili, killed in a special operation in Pankisi, suffered in the clash.

July 19, 2020 11:56

• Social network users condemn Armenians vs. Azerbaijanis conflict in London

  In London, there was a scuffle of natives of Azerbaijan with those of Armenia, who held actions in connection with the hostilities in Southern Caucasus. The video commentators called on the participants in the scuffle to peace and condemned them for showdown in a foreign country.

January 10, 2020 10:41

• Analysts warn against inciting disputes among Vainakhs after destruction of Ingush towers

  The scandal around the towers destroyed by vandals has triggered violent Internet discussions among residents of Chechnya and Ingushetia, whose relations had been strained after changing their mutual borders, an expert on the Caucasus has noted.

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