Krasnodar Territory

July 09, 2020 08:39

• Circassian activists achieve demolition of monument to Russian soldiers in Adler

  By a decision of the Sochi Mayoralty, a monument to the participants of the Caucasian War, which was opposed by signatories of the appeal to the authorities, has been dismantled, Madjid Chachukh, a Circassian activist, has informed.

July 08, 2020 13:16

• "Ecowatch" activists persuade court to cancel search decision

  The Krasnodar Territorial Court has satisfied the complaint against the search warrant to be conducted at the headquarters of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (Ecowatch), environmentalists stated on July 7.

July 07, 2020 22:22

• Kuban activist claims being prosecuted for criticizing Vladimir Putin

  An administrative case on insulting of Vladimir Putin by Lev Gyammer, the coordinator of the Navalny's office in Krasnodar, has been transferred to court. Lev Gyammer posted a video against amendments to the Constitution of Russia. When challenging the position of the law enforcement bodies, an advocate of the coordinator of the Navalny's office in Krasnodar noted that his client showed good manners while criticizing the Russian President.

July 04, 2020 23:48

• Historians criticize installation of Caucasian War monument in Sochi

  In Sochi, a memorial sign has been installed in the place of the fort built by Russian troops in 1837 during the Caucasian War. This sign will split the society, Zurab Gadjiev believes. Any mentioning of the terrible events of the Caucasian War is painful for the Circassian people, Ruslan Gvashev, an activist, has explained.

July 04, 2020 12:35

• North-Caucasian theologians treat Hajj cancellation as justified

  Residents of Dagestan, Chechnya and the Krasnodar Territory are promised to have their money prepaid for the Hajj travel within two weeks; while in Kabardino-Balkaria, they had not taken money in advance. The decision of the Saudi authorities to abolish the international Hajj is justified in the pandemic condition; Islam admits Hajj non-fulfilment in case of an emergency, theologians have stated.

July 02, 2020 21:56

• Chechnya registers 95% voter turnout during pandemic

  According to the official statistics, Chechnya showed the highest voter turnout in the Russian Federation at the voting on amendments to the Constitution. In Southern Russia, ten regions registered lower voter turnout as compared to the presidential election in 2018.

July 01, 2020 23:55

• Observers claim non-transparency of voting in Southern Russia

  Observers are not provided with access to the information concerning the voting, and people assigned to polling stations vote more than once or without presenting a passport, report activists from in the Krasnodar Territory, the Rostov Region, and Dagestan.

July 01, 2020 08:41

• "Mediazona" reports on deaths registration problem during pandemic in Northern Caucasus

  In the spring of 2020, the mortality in Southern Russia increased, but the official statistics on COVID-19 victims fails to explain this increase. Such statistics for Northern Caucasus during this period shows that some of the deaths were not registered, the "Mediazona" writes.

June 26, 2020 18:02

• Sochi residents claim aggressive agitation and formality of voting to amend Constitution

  In Sochi, a persistent campaign for the approval of amendments to the Constitution of Russia has been launched, while there are actually no control and monitoring of the voting procedure, claim residents of the city interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

June 25, 2020 18:50

• Krasnodar residents complain about persistent campaign for early voting

  Activists engaged in agitation campaign resort to persistent calls and promises in attempt to force people to vote for amendments to the Russian Constitution ahead of the schedule right in yards of their houses, residents of Krasnodar claim.

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