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Isabella Evloeva. Photo from a personal page on Facebook

22:57, 17 June 2022

Ingush journalist Evloeva reproaches investigators for questioning her mother

During the questioning of an Isabella Evloeva’s mother, an investigator warned her of criminal liability for refusing to testify against her daughter, the Ingush journalist reported. She considers that fact as pressure on her elderly mother.

17:28, 17 June 2022

Team of HRC "Memorial"* sets up Human Rights Protection Centre

After the liquidation of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"*, a public organization entitled the Human Rights Protection Centre "Memorial" has been created, human rights defenders have informed.

17:24, 17 June 2022

Sapper blown up by mine in the Djebrail District

Rukhin Veliev, 31, a sapper, was engaged in demining the territory of the Djebrail District and received multiple wounds, when an anti-personnel mine exploded, the demining agency has informed.

14:58, 17 June 2022

Two transgender people suffer in attack in Tbilisi

After an attack committed by a group of men with bottles and stones in Tbilisi, two transgender women received traumas; one of them needed hospitalization. The victims have complained about the police's inaction.

A commemorative "Victory Sword" with engraved portraits of Stalin and other generals. Screenshot of the post on Instagram of the Grozny Inform news agency https://www.instagram.com/p/CevjnHaMB73/

14:53, 17 June 2022

Awarding "Victory Sword" to Grozny Mayor indicates Kadyrov's readiness to soften anti-Stalin rhetoric

The decoration of the Mayor of Grozny with the "Victory Sword" engraved with a portrait of Stalin indicates that Chechen authorities are ready to depart from their tough anti-Stalinist stance in favour of the policy of the Russian President, Vladimir Putin.

Mikhail Malchenko. Screenshot https://t.me/vladimir_lukinov11/1054

03:19, 17 June 2022

Tankman who perished in Ukraine buried in Stavropol Territory

Senior Sergeant Mikhail Malchenko has perished in Ukraine, said the head of the Kirov Urban District. Since the start of the military operation in Ukraine, authorities have confirmed the deaths there of at least 33 natives of the Stavropol Territory.

Insa Lander. Photo from Insa Lander's Twitter https://twitter.com/rednalasni

03:16, 17 June 2022

Georgian MIA explains entry ban to blogger Insa Lander

Insa Lander has asked for protection from Georgian border guards, explaining that she was accused of terrorism and escaped from house arrest. However, Georgian laws allow denying entry of those who are prosecuted for terrorism, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has explained.

03:12, 17 June 2022

Armenian opposition demands to arrest Pashinyan

Nikol Pashinyan is responsible for the defeat in the autumn war in Nagorno-Karabakh and should be arrested, Aram Vardevanyan, an MP from the oppositional "Aiastan" parliamentary faction, has stated at a march held in Yerevan.

A poster with Talekh Bagirzade's photo. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"

03:05, 17 June 2022

12 people continue their hunger strike in support of Talekh Bagirzade’s demands

Talekh Bagirzade, the leader of the “Muslim Unity” movement, has been on a hunger strike for 13 days demanding punishment of law enforcers for blasphemy.

Insa Lander. Photo https://wikireality.ru/wiki/Файл:Insa_Lander.jpg

02:56, 17 June 2022

Blogger Insa Lander tries to leave Russia

Georgian border guards do not let Insa Lander, a blogger from Kabardino-Balkaria, into the country, and she has been staying in the neutral zone without food and water for five days, reports Yegor Kuroptev, the director of the Free Russia Foundation* in Georgia. Lithuania is ready to accept Isa Lander if the issue on the Georgian border is resolved, the Lithuanian Ambassador to Georgia states.

Nino Lomdjariya, the Georgian Ombudsperson. Photo by the press service ombudsmen.ge

23:59, 16 June 2022

Georgian Ombudsperson urges to listen to demands of protesting students

Due to financial problems, many students cannot come to Tbilisi, rent an apartment and attend exams; they ask to preserve the distance (remote or online) training due to the difficult socio-economic situation, Nino Lomdjariya, the Georgian Ombudsperson, has stated.

A resident of Armenia during a protest action. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"

23:57, 16 June 2022

Armenian political analysts dispute about opposition's plans

The oppositionists, demanding the resignation of the Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, have attracted patriotic citizens to their side and changed tactics of achieving their other goals, Armen Badalyan, a political strategist, has noted in his comment on the roll up of the tent camp in Yerevan.

The building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan. Photo by the press service of the Dagestani MIA

23:55, 16 June 2022

Dagestani MIA's reasoning on public apologies sparks disputes in network

Public apologies are appropriate when a person has not only broken the law, but also neglected the public opinion, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan has stated. Some network users opposed the practice of public apologies, while their opponents have supported the MIA's opinion.

The protesters in Baku have called on for the release of prisoners and punishment of those responsible. Screenshot of the video by Turan İnformasiya Agentliyi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFQNIpje8Hc

23:52, 16 June 2022

Relatives of convicts call on to expedite investigation into “Terter case”

An investigation into torture in the “Terter case” has been delayed, and their victims remain in prison, protesters in Baku state. They have called on for the release of prisoners and punishment of those responsible.

Mokhmad Abdurakhmanov. Photo https://emigrussia.org/d/muhammad-dvazhdy-bezhenec-iz-rossii/

12:21, 16 June 2022

Organizer of assassination attempt on Mokhmad Abdurakhmanov tried in Germany

The Higher Land Court of Munich has begun considering the case of organizing an ordered killing of Mokhmad, a brother of the Chechen oppositional blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov.

Evgeny Manchenko. Screenshot of the video on YouTube youtu.be/k_W1jt7rSoM

12:10, 16 June 2022

Krasnodar law enforcers receive conditional sentences for beating up disabled Manchenko

A court in Krasnodar has sentenced Vyacheslav Zyabkin and Vladimir Tatarkov, policemen, to four and three years of conditional imprisonment respectively within the case of beating Evgeny Manchenko, a disabled person. His defence intends to seek compensation for Manchenko.

Participants in a symbolic sit-in strike in Yerevan on June 15, 2022. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRkkxs0tQ_g

12:06, 16 June 2022

Oppositionists hold symbolic sit-in strike in Yerevan

Students of 1988, who stood at the origins of the Karabakh movement, have held a symbolic sit-in strike organized by the "Resistance" Oppositional Movement, demanding the resignation of the Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan.

Bagaudin Myakiev. Photo by Alyona Sadovskaya for the "Caucasian Knot"

12:02, 16 June 2022

Court commutes verdict to Ingush activist Myakiev

The court has found Ingush activist, Bagaudin Myakiev, guilty of using violence against "Rosgvardiya" (Russian National Guard) fighters at a rally in Magas and sentenced him to 1.5 years in prison. Myakiev has already served four months more within his case and can claim compensation, his advocate asserts.

Opposition supporters at a protest action. Yerevan, May 2022. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"

11:52, 16 June 2022

Pashinyan’s opponents hold a march in Yerevan

Opposition supporters, demanding the resignation of the Armenian Prime Minister, held a march in the centre of Yerevan and blocked traffic along a city street. Protest actions will be continued, opposition MPs assure.

Batraz Misikov (on the right) with his advocate Agube Galuev. Photo by Mariya Abayti for the "Caucasian Knot"

11:49, 16 June 2022

Activists call a case against blogger Sidamon an infringement of freedom of speech

A case against Ossetian blogger Batraz Misikov is related to his civil position. If the court finds him guilty, that could be the beginning of mass persecution for expressing own own opinion, activists and bloggers point out.

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