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Abdulmumin Gadjiev. Screenshot: KAVPOLIT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV2VDf1TbGo

08:12, 11 June 2020

Dagestani journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev left under arrest

The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan has decided to extend by two months the custody of journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev, Abubakar Rizvanov and Kemal Tambiev, all accused of financing terrorism.

European Court of Human Rights. Photo: REUTERS/Vincent Kessler

21:50, 10 June 2020

Two men sentenced for attack on Nalchik to get compensations due to ECtHR

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) obliged the Russian authorities to pay the compensations to Batyr Pshibiev and Aslan Berov. Each complainant is to get 13,000 euros. Over 10 years of the investigation in the case on the attack on Nalchik, the defendants were not allowed to get a single long visit of their relatives.

Spontaneous gathering at the village of Manas. Screenshot from video posted by Golos Dagestana at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufucKMFxQTc&feature=emb_logo

21:28, 10 June 2020

YouTube users compare Manas conflict to case of killed shepherds

A spontaneous gathering after a conflict in the village of Manas forced policemen to apologize, while a father of the Gasanguseinov shepherd brothers has been trying to draw the authorities' attention to the killing of his sons for more than three years. This conclusion was made by YouTube users who watched a video on the Ruslan Kurbanov's channel on YouTube.

Giyas Ibragimov. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7_nS_-D-BM&feature=emb_logo

18:48, 10 June 2020

Law enforcers release detained activist Giyas Ibragimov

Today, Giyas Ibragimov, a member of the movement "Nida", detained during a protest rally criticizing the police, has returned home after an administrative protocol was drawn up against him. The activist claims that law enforcers unreasonably accused him of disorderly conduct and stated that he allegedly attempted to commit suicide.

Zufar Achilov. Photo: Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus, http://www.ewnc.org/node/15528

18:30, 10 June 2020

ECtHR determines amount of compensation to detained Kuban activist Zufar Achilov

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has recognized the repeated detentions of Zufar Achilov at protest actions in Gelendzhik as the violation of freedom of assembly and obliged the Russian authorities to pay the activist 12,700 euros in compensation, advocate Anita Soboleva has reported today.

Giyas Ibragimov. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot

13:19, 10 June 2020

Activist Giyas Ibragimov detained in Baku at protest action

In Baku, policemen have detained Giyas Ibragimov, an activist, who on June 9 held a protest action on the roof of his house against harsh detentions of quarantine violators. Law enforcers have prevented Ibragimov from committing suicide, the city police have explained.

Shepard with a herd of sheep. Photo: pixabay.com

11:33, 10 June 2020

Caucasus experts point to risk of conflicts because of demarcation of Chechen-Dagestani border

The demarcation restart of the Chechen-Dagestani border may lead to conflicts in Northern Caucasus, the experts on the region interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have warned.

11:19, 10 June 2020

Lyantor Mayor achieves Delimkhanov's reaction

Adam Delimkhanov, a Russian State Duma MP, plans to meet Sergey Makhinya, the Mayor of the city of Lyantor, who had complained about a local businessman, said the representative of the head of Chechnya in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra.

11:06, 10 June 2020

Baku protester claims beating by police

The Baku residents detained after a protest against policemen's raids to detain quarantine violators have been exposed to administrative arrests. One of them claims that he was beaten up after detention.

Tskhinvali colony. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX1zFgZKUCA&feature=emb_title

08:05, 10 June 2020

Inmates' protests result in dismissal of Tskhinvali colony boss

Otar Margiev has been fired from the post of the head of the administration for the execution of sentences. The dismissal occurred amid inquiry into the incident in the Tskhinvali colony and the conflict in parliament.

Shaa Turlaev. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9iH2wYTHa8

07:51, 10 June 2020

Turlaev reveals goal of his work for Kadyrov

Shaa Turlaev, the former security chief of Aslan Maskhadov, President of Ichkeria, who was wanted on suspicion of involvement in high-profile killings and attempts, claims to have contributed to the return of hundreds of participants in the Chechen War to their homeland.

Believers in a mosque. Photo: Kirill Zykov/Moscow News Agency/Handout via REUTERS

21:32, 9 June 2020

Islamic experts associate safe mosque visits in Caucasus with self-discipline

The compliance with the sanitary standards in the opening mosques depends on the social responsibility of believers, note Islamic experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot". Imams will monitor the situation to ensure that believers wear masks and maintain social distancing, the Muftiate of Ingushetia reports.

A gathering of local residents in the village of Manas (Dagestan). Screenshot: https://www.instagram.com/p/CBN0AzHgqqf/

21:12, 9 June 2020

Manas residents demand to release their detained fellow villagers

In the Dagestani village of Manas, local residents organized a gathering after the police had detained several villagers. In their comments left under a video of the detention disseminated on a social network, users criticized law enforcers who used force against an elderly man.

Zarifa Sautieva. Photo: https://doshdu.com/zarifu-sautievu-obvinili-v-uchastii-v-jekstremistskom-soobshhestve-dlja-destabilizacii-ingushetii/

18:48, 9 June 2020

Zarifa Sautieva's arrest extended despite guarantees of human rights defenders

In the Stavropol Territory, the court extended the detention of Ingush activist Zarifa Sautieva until June 25. Meanwhile, human rights defenders, including Nikolai Rybakov, the leader of the "Yabloko" Party, Alexander Cherkasov, the head of the Council of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", and Svetlana Gannushkina and Oleg Orlov, members of the "Memorial", requested the court to release Zarifa Sautieva.

Tent camp in Dagestan. Photo by Asim Tagiev for the Caucasian Knot

18:32, 9 June 2020

Azerbaijani citizens suspend their hunger strike in camp on border of Dagestan

Today, 130 Azerbaijani citizens, who were staying in Dagestan and expecting a permission to return to their homeland, have crossed the border. Their fellow countrymen, who still stay in a tent camp near the village of Kullar, have stopped the mass hunger strike.

Shaa Turlaev. Screenshot from video posted by ChGTRK 'Grozny': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9iH2wYTHa8

18:21, 9 June 2020

Chechen TV Channel releases an interview with wanted Shaa Turlaev

The "Grozny" ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Company) has made public an interview with Shaa Turlaev, who was put on the federal wanted list on suspicion of involvement in resonant murders and assassination attempts.

Brides in Grozny. Photo: ChGTRK 'Grozny', https://grozny.tv/news.php?id=38090

14:54, 9 June 2020

Residents of Chechnya question ethics of payments from Kadyrov Foundation for buying out brides

Receiving money from the Kadyrov Foundation to buy out brides is quite an appropriate financial support – some local residents have supported the authorities' idea. However, their opponents assert that such help will put the newlyweds in an awkward position.

14:35, 9 June 2020

Tough police reaction to spontaneous protest in Baku criticized by opposition

By their actions, the policemen, who have detained 11 Baku residents during raids against quarantine violators, only stir up hatred for the authorities, and the country risks becoming a police state, activists of the Azerbaijani opposition told the "Caucasian Knot".

11:08, 9 June 2020

Doctors claim medical crisis in KChR amid coronavirus

Medical institutions of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) have not enough beds for coronavirus infected patients; due to the shortage of beds in specialized hospitals, patients are hospitalized "through the back door," and medications are in short supply, medics have complained.

Azerbaijanis staying in a tent camp in Dagestan. Photo by Azim Tagiev for the Caucasian Knot

10:55, 9 June 2020

Azerbaijanis on Dagestani border face Baku's indifference

The citizens of Azerbaijani, who stay in Dagestan, have been waiting for the opportunity to return home for more than a month.

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