North-Caucasian Federal District

April 19, 2021 23:58

• “Voice of Beslan” activists go on hunger strike in support of Navalny

  Ella Kesaeva, the co-chair of the “Voice of Beslan” public committee, and four other activists of the movement began a hunger strike in solidarity with oppositionist Alexei Navalny.

April 19, 2021 23:56

• Instagram users criticize Chechen law enforcers for double standards

  In Grozny, law enforcers oblige drivers to remove the tint film from their cars, but use similar tinting themselves, Instagram users point out.

April 19, 2021 23:54

• Islamic experts discuss ban on cryptocurrencies imposed by Ingush Council of Alims

  The Ingush Council of Alims (Islam experts) has banned the purchase and sale of cryptocurrencies by Muslims due to the lack of legislative guarantees for owners, explains Magomed Khashtyrov, the Deputy Mufti of Ingushetia.

April 19, 2021 23:52

• Law on Ossetian surnames becomes part of campaign to protect native languages

  North Ossetia has adopted the law, allowing children to be given surnames based on Ossetian cultural traditions. The law meets the needs of local residents and contributes to the preservation of their language and national identity, scientists note.

April 19, 2021 16:15

• Week of April 12-18 passed without victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of April 12-18, 2021, during the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, no information about casualties or wounded persons was reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.

April 19, 2021 16:06

• Rights defenders complain to German court about persecution of gays in Chechnya

  The European Centre for Constitutional Rights and the Russian LGBT Network have sent a complaint to a German court against Chechen law enforcers and officials in connection with the persecution of people with non-traditional sexual orientation in Chechnya, The Guardian has reported.

April 19, 2021 16:00

• Children of North-Caucasian natives returned from Syria

  44 children have been brought from the Middle East to Russia; after examination they will be handed over to their relatives in Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria and Stavropol Territory, the children's ombudsperson has informed.

April 19, 2021 11:31

• Social media users sceptical about promises to pay compensations to Irganai resettlers

  More than 1150 families, whose houses fell into the flooded zone of the Irganai reservoir, failed to receive compensation for their houses; and more than 2000 families received no compensations for their lost gardens, the Dagestani authorities have stated, promising to solve these problems.

April 19, 2021 11:22

• Victory of Kadyrov's son in boxing ring bewilders network users

  The son of the head of Chechnya has defeated his opponent in a boxing fight by technical knockout. Social network users find the victory strange and accompany the video thereof by ironic comments.

April 17, 2021 13:03

• Demand to get vaccinated under threat of firing shows intimidation atmosphere that reigns in Chechnya

  The audio record, in which an official from the healthcare system demands from medical workers of the kindergartens of the Nadterechny District to ensure their employees' visiting the polyclinic for vaccinations and accompanies his order with threats of dismissal, reflects an atmosphere of intimidation that has formed in Chechnya, the human rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

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