Russia

July 18, 2019 08:34

• Analysts compare appointments in Kadyrov's administration with Kremlin's cadre practices

  Idris Baisultanov, a Ramzan Kadyrov's cousin, has become a deputy to his fellow villager Galas Taimaskhanov, appointed earlier to the post of the head of the administration of the head of Chechnya. This demonstrates the family-clannish cadre policy that is characteristic not only of Chechnya, but also of the federal authorities, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

July 17, 2019 14:06

• Authors of report on federalism point to problems in relations between Moscow and Caucasus regions

  The Russian authorities had a chance to build relations with the regions on the principle of "strong centre means strong regions"; however, the opportunity was missed, claimed the report presented at the International "Memorial". According to authors of the report, the federal relations in Russia have degraded.

July 17, 2019 08:39

• Kadyrov copies Putin's practice of manual ruling

  Authorities of Chechnya are promptly solving residents' problems voiced out on air of the programme with Ramzan Kadyrov broadcast on the local TV. Kadyrov has entirely copied the practice of "Direct Lines" with Putin, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted.

July 17, 2019 08:30

• Tbilisi picketers claim Georgia's safety for Russians

  Russian citizens permanently residing in Georgia have held an action aimed to overturn the Russian authorities' statements that it is unsafe to travel to Georgia.

July 16, 2019 17:40

• ECtHR finds illegal a refusal to register LGBT organization in Sochi

  Today, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has announced that it found to be discriminatory the refusal of the Russian authorities to register the "Sochi Pride House", an organization of LGBT activists.

July 16, 2019 07:51

• Oyub Titiev comes to work for HRC "Memorial" in Moscow

  After his release from imprisonment, Oyub Titiev, the former head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", will continue working in Moscow; he will deal with human rights issues in Chechnya and Russia.

July 15, 2019 10:46

• Chechen girl forcibly taken away from Moscow, activist reports

  Relatives took a Chechen girl living in Moscow back to Chechnya against her will, and they force her to marry, reports an activist from the "Kitezh" centre.

July 14, 2019 10:12

• Social network users discuss evacuation of 33 children from Iraq

  The Russian authorities took away from a Baghdad prison 33 children, whose mothers were sentenced or suspected of involvement in the ranks of militants. Social network users argue about whether those children should be transported to Russia. Residents of Chechnya, where nine of the children were brought, blamed Ramzan Kadyrov for self-PR actions.

July 12, 2019 11:20

• Court upholds refusal to apply CER to convict involved in Politkovskaya's murder

  The court has dismissed the appeal against the denial of the conditional early relief (CER) of Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, sentenced to 11 years in prison for involvement in the murder of the journalist, Anna Politkovskaya.

July 12, 2019 11:16

• Founder of Chechen "Vayfond" set free in Sweden

  Mansur Sadulaev, the head of the Association of Chechen People named "Vayfond" is back at large after Sweden refused to extradite him to Russia. He said that Russian law enforcers believe him guilty of calls to terrorism.

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