Interethnic relations

March 22, 2022 13:30

• Court denies lawsuit of comedian Idrak Mirzalizade against Russian MIA

  A Moscow court has denied the lawsuit lodged by Idrak Mirzalizade, a stand-up comedian, against the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) with a demand to declare illegal his ban to enter Russia for 14 years. In his lawsuit, Mirzalizade asked to reduce the entry ban down to a year.

February 23, 2022 14:52

• Protesters in Yerevan put forward claims to Armenian authorities because of visit of Azerbaijani MPs

  Opponents of the visit to Armenia of the Azerbaijani delegation, which arrived to participate in the meeting of the "Euronest" Parliamentary Assembly, held two protest actions in Yerevan.

January 15, 2022 21:44

• Armenian public figures demanded from authorities to treat pogroms in Baku as genocide

  The pogroms of Armenians in Baku 32 years ago became the third act of massacres of Armenians in the 20th century, Arman Tatoyan, the Armenian Ombudsperson, has stated. Armenian authorities should recognize the Baku pogroms as genocide and convey to the world community that this tragedy caused the Karabakh conflict, the Armenian public figures, Grigory Aivazyan and Larisa Alaverdyan, have stated.

November 18, 2021 23:49

• Speaker of Chechen parliament criticizes Ingush Council of Teips

  Magomed Daudov, the speaker of the Chechen parliament, accused the Ingush Council of Teips of provocation in connection with the declaration about the land at the border between the two republics and announced his willingness to meet his opponents. Magomed Daudov repeated the Ramzan Kadyrov’s threat to “take off pants” voiced against those dissatisfied with the position of the Chechen authorities.

November 17, 2021 15:47

• Police get interested in third Ingush-Ossetian conflict in 12 days

  In the village of Dachnoe, Prigorodny District, a fight broke out, which became the third conflict since November 4 with the participation of Ossetians and Ingushes. The fighters dropped their mutual claims, but the police will examine the incident, the North-Ossetian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has informed.

August 13, 2021 23:52

• Colleagues stand up for arrested comic Idrak Mirzalizade

  Dozens of artists recorded a video appeal in support of ethnic Talysh Idrak Mirzalizade, who was arrested for ten days for his joke about xenophobia in Moscow. Comics announced a concert in support of arrested Idrak Mirzalizade.

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.

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