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Resident of Chechnya expresses his gratitude to Kadyrov Foundation for help during epidemic. Screenshot: https://www.instagram.com/groznytv/

10:48, 28 May 2020

Advertising of authorities' help during epidemic taken sceptically in Chechnya

The Chechen TV has posted a video with a local resident's gratitude to Kadyrov Foundation. Social network users doubt the scale of the Foundation's charity and complained about the deficit of livelihood.

Village of Shushanovka (Dagestan) on Google map

08:30, 28 May 2020

Shushanovka residents complain about losses due to quarantine

The COVID-19 tests of the participants in the funeral of a woman from the Dagestani village of Shushanovka, who died from coronavirus, turned out to be negative; however, 30 villagers are sick with pneumonia here, the village head has informed. Many villagers live only on incomes from their agriculture and cannot sell their crops because of the quarantine, he has explained.

Ramzan Kadyrov. Screenshot from on air TV broadcast, May 27, 2020, https://www.instagram.com/p/CAsgasloipB/

08:18, 28 May 2020

Kadyrov explains his absence by pre-scheduled health survey

Speaking live on air, Ramzan Kadyrov showed that he had no catheter fixed and stated that he was healthy, but was undergoing a pre-planned medical examination in a Moscow hospital.

21:25, 27 May 2020

Dagestani resident sentenced for participation in militant grouping

The court sentenced Ragim Yarmetov to 2.5 years of imprisonment in a case on a militant grouping in Kaspiysk. Ragim Yarmetov pleaded not guilty.

Closed restaurants in Tbilisi. Photo by Inna Kukudzhanova for the Caucasian Knot

21:10, 27 May 2020

Georgian businessmen request authorities to help open cafes and restaurants

The Georgian authorities allowed the restaurants and cafes with outdoor venues to resume their operation starting from June 1. Owners of indoor restaurants and cafes requested the authorities to allocate them land plots for summer cafes.

19:33, 27 May 2020

Russia does not let US fly over South Ossetia and Abkhazia

Today, the South-Ossetian Minister of Foreign Affairs has announced that requests from the USA to allow monitoring flights near the borders of South Ossetia and Abkhazia are unfounded. The Minister of South Ossetia agreed with the refusal of the Russian side.

Ramzan Kadyrov and Elkhan Suleimanov, head of the Ministry of Public Health of Chechnya. Photo: Ramzan Kadyrov's VKontakte page, https://vk.com/ramzan

19:15, 27 May 2020

Video with Ramzan Kadyrov, first within 11 days, proves version of his illness

The authorities of Chechnya had to reconsider their attitude to the coronavirus infection, Ramzan Kadyrov admitted during his first public speech after a pause. On the video, users of the social network noticed an object similar to a medical catheter on an arm of the Chechen leader.

14:42, 27 May 2020

"Syndicate-100" demands to find author of threats to journalist

Law enforcers should identify and hold accountable the social network user, who threatens to kill an employee of the Krasnoyarsk TV company (TVK) for her reposting an article about authorities' claims to the work of journalists, the association of editions named "Syndicate-100" has stated today in its open appeal.

Lugar Research Centre in Georgia. Photo: https://sputnik-georgia.ru/interview/20180920/242181133/Laboratoriya-dvoynogo-naznacheniya-Giorgadze-nazval-zakazchikov-iz-SShA.html

14:17, 27 May 2020

Russia demands access of its experts to Lugar Georgian laboratory

Russian experts need access to all the buildings of the Lugar Laboratory in Georgia to verify the version of the works of US militaries on deadly disease agents, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) stated on May 26.

Muslim girl. Photo: REUTERS/Brittany Greeson

11:45, 27 May 2020

Lawyers find it possible to punish the bosses of Magas clinic for circumcising girl

Both the doctor who performed the surgery and the clinic's bosses may respond for circumcising the girl in Ingushetia, the lawyers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

Wedding in Chechnya. Screenshot from video posted at 'Chechen Weddings' YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=203&v=gt-OQMRN2Mo&feature=emb_logo

11:23, 27 May 2020

Residents of Chechnya surprised at lifting ban on weddings amid preservation of remaining bans

In Chechnya, people are waiting for lifting the ban on leaving home to be able to earn money; many have no money for holding weddings, local residents and Instagram users said in their comments to the statement of the Chechen Mufti about the permit to hold weddings according to the Sharia.

Ramil Safarov, 2012. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=I39QdjD1KSc&feature=emb_logo

11:11, 27 May 2020

ECtHR treats Ramil Safarov's release in Azerbaijan as illegal

By pardoning Ramil Safarov, found guilty of killing Gurgen Margaryan, an officer of the Armed Forces of Armenia, Azerbaijani authorities have violated the articles on the right to life and the prohibition of discrimination, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled.

Grozny (Chechnya). Photo: REUTERS/Rasul Yarichev

08:25, 27 May 2020

Chechen mass media disseminate call to remove article on militants' widows from "Novaya Gazeta"

On May 25, several official Chechen mass media outlets published an open letter by relatives of former militants, who demanded to remove the article on adaptation problems of families of former militants by Ekaterina Sokiryanskaya from the website of the "Novaya Gazeta" newspaper.

Yerevan residents wearing protective masks. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the Caucasian Knot

22:55, 26 May 2020

Armenian healthcare system reaches verge of crisis because of COVID-19

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan blamed the population for the aggravating situation with the spread of the coronavirus infection. The country's health system will fail in the nearest future, virologist Ovakim Zakaryan warns.

Screenshot of a post made by Ramzan Kadyrov saying that he took part in the meeting of the operational, https://t.me/RKadyrov_95/927

22:33, 26 May 2020

After his long absence, Ramzan Kadyrov holds a meeting in Grozny

Five days after reports about his illness, the leader of Chechnya appeared at a meeting of the operational headquarters to combat the coronavirus infection. The last time Ramzan Kadyrov appeared in public 11 days ago, on May 15, also at a meeting of the operational headquarters.

Samashki residents apologizing for spreading fake information. Screenshot: https://www.instagram.com/p/CAnIJmvnbFv/

22:20, 26 May 2020

Psychological quarantine fatigue enhances protest moods in Chechnya

The people's reaction to an incident in the Samashki village proves that residents of Chechnya express dissatisfaction with the violation of their rights, despite the threat of coercion to public apologies, experts believe.

Hospital cubicle. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Health of Russia, https://www.rosminzdrav.ru/

18:32, 26 May 2020

In Adygea, coronavirus outbreak triggers a criminal case

In Adygea, the head of the rural settlement in the Krasnogvardeisky District allowed a funeral ceremony with participation of crowds of people, and that fact provoked the outbreak of COVID-19. This follows from a version of investigators announced on May 25. A criminal case is being investigated under the article on negligence.

Military unit in a near-front zone in the Azerbaijani territory. Photo: https://mod.gov.az/ru/foto-arhiv-045/?gid=28598

18:07, 26 May 2020

Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of shelling attack on border village

The positions of the Azerbaijani troops in the Karabakh conflict zone and in a village on the border with Armenia were shelled 26 times within 24 hours, including from sniper rifles, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reports today.

A bride. Screenshot from video posted by 'Kavkazskaya politika' user at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xpRgf28g90

13:04, 26 May 2020

Muftiate of Chechnya lifts ban on Sharia weddings

The ban on marriages according to Islamic standards, introduced because of the coronavirus pandemic, has been lifted provided that no crowded weddings are held, the Mufti of Chechnya announced on May 25.

Kirovaul (Dagestan). Photo: https://ru.wikipedia.org

12:44, 26 May 2020

Khabib Nurmagomedov's fellow villagers report about mass pneumonia

Over 500 villagers have suffered from viral pneumonia; 11 of them died, said the head of the village of Kirovaul in the Kizilyurt District, where the family of a Dagestan mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov lives.

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