Russia

July 08, 2020 19:13

• European media report details of investigation into case on Mamikhan Umarov's murder

  A man suspected of killing blogger Mamikhan Umarov earlier sought for political asylum in Austria. That fact did not prevent him from regularly visiting Russia. Both of the suspects arrested in the case refuse to cooperate with investigators, Der Standard and Der Spiegel report.

July 08, 2020 10:55

• Bloggers from Chechen Diaspora in EU report receiving regular threats

  The bloggers from the Chechen Diaspora living in the countries of the European Union (EU), who criticize Ramzan Kadyrov's regime, claim that they regularly receive threats.

July 07, 2020 08:18

• Three Azerbaijanis arrested in Dagestan provided with defence

  Advocates have begun defending the rights of three out of ten Azerbaijani citizens arrested under the criminal case opened in connection with the events in Kullar on June 15. Activists are trying to find advocates for the remaining seven figurants in the case, Emin Guseinov, the director of the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS), has informed

July 06, 2020 23:42

• Postponement of border opening affects tourism industry of Georgia

  Owners of travel agencies make staff redundant, and hoteliers reduce staff salaries because of the delay in opening Georgian borders to foreigners, travel agencies claim.

July 06, 2020 23:16

• Gyumri investigators: Russian contract soldier commits suicide

  A Russian contract soldier of the 102nd military base in Gyumri was found dead with a suicide note. The Investigative Committee of Armenia investigates the case under the article on bringing to suicide.

July 06, 2020 22:59

• ECtHR questions effectiveness of investigation into Boris Nemtsov's murder

  The Russian government should report whether the investigation into the case on the murder of Boris Nemtsov, in which natives of Chechnya were sentenced, was effective and whether the right of a politician's daughter to defence was respected, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) notes.

July 06, 2020 13:39

• Killings of Kadyrov's critics in Europe take systemic character

  Mamikhan Umarov has complemented the list of critics and opponents of Chechen authorities assassinated in Europe in recent years. At the same time, Umarov himself had cooperated for many years with Austrian special services, trying to identify Chechen killers sent to Europe, the members of the Diaspora, who knew him personally, assert.

July 06, 2020 10:36

• State servants' stories about coercion to vote explain Kadyrov's words about 95% turnout

  Ramzan Kadyrov's statement about the veracity of the voter turnout on the vote on constitutional amendments looks unconvincing amid stories of state servants about coercion to vote, social network users assert.

July 05, 2020 11:44

• Gulagu.net founder arrested in absentia after post about Chechen killers

  A team of killers has arrived in Moscow from Grozny "to neutralize the remnants of the opposition," Vladimir Osechkin, the founder of the Gulagu.net project, stated one day before the court's decision to arrest him in absentia. Osechkin has linked his criminal prosecution with the attempts of special services to take control over his human rights project.

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.

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