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11:24, 29 July 2020
Mamed Ibragim, a member of the Presidium of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), is charged under four articles in connection with the action held at night on July 15 in Baku. The court arrested him for four months. The PFPA treats the charges as politically motivated.
23:58, 28 July 2020
Out of more than 30 natives of North Ossetia who joined the "Islamic State" (IS, a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court, – note of the "Caucasian Knot"), most lived in a village where it was difficult to find any job, noted Vyacheslav Bitarov, the leader of the region.
23:56, 28 July 2020
In Dagestan, women are subjected to harassment and threats when they openly agree with the ideas of feminism, belong to "informal communities," or complain about violence and blackmail, journalist Svetlana Anokhina reports.
11:18, 28 July 2020
The court session to consider the complaints against the arrest of five members of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) and Mekhti Ibragimov, a son of Mamed Ibragim, a member of the PFPA Presidium was held without the participation of the defendants. None of the complaints were satisfied.
23:50, 27 July 2020
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) obliged the authorities of Russia to report whether a complaint about torture used against Zaur Dadaev, sentenced in a case on the murder of Boris Nemtsov, had been effectively investigated.
11:59, 27 July 2020
Spread of the coronavirus infection in the Caucasus; CTO in Kabardino-Balkaria; conflicts between natives of Azerbaijan and Armenia in Russia and other countries; confession voiced by relatives of Chechen blogger Mamikhan Umarov killed in Vienna; new sanctions imposed by the US Department of State against Ramzan Kadyrov, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 20-26, 2020, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
- Abkhazia
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Chechnya
- Dagestan
- Georgia
- Kabardino-Balkaria
- Nagorno-Karabakh
- North-Caucasian Federal District
- Rostov Region
- Russia
- South Caucasus
- South Federal District
- South Ossetia
- Stavropol Region
- Volgograd Region
- Conflicts
- Coronavirus in Caucasus
- Crime
- Human rights
- Incidents
- Politics
- Society
- Сaucasus held at gunpoint by caliphate
11:12, 26 July 2020
After Ramzan Kadyrov's statement on tightening control over the observance of sanitary standards, officials threatened entrepreneurs with fines during their inspections of shops, cafés and marketplaces. At the same time, actions in support of the regional leader are held in the republic, at which the restrictions imposed by the authorities are not always observed.
19:46, 25 July 2020
The feature film "Conference" by the Russian film director, Ivan Tverdovsky, telling about the consequences of the terror act in the Theatrical Centre on Dubrovka in 2002 has been included into the programme of the Venice Film Festival.
19:17, 25 July 2020
A court in Baku has rejected a motion asking to terminate the criminal case against Tofig Yagublu, a member of the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) and the "Musavat" Party. The politician himself denied the accusations and called the case fabricated under a political order, his daughter Nigyar Khazi said.
12:23, 25 July 2020
Investigators have qualified the murder of Ibragim Eldjarkiev, the head of the Ingush Centre for Combating Extremism (CCE), under the article on terror acts, by presenting new charges to all those arrested within the case.
12:05, 25 July 2020
Svetlana Anokhina, a Dagestani journalist, has received threats from some unknown person who referred to "instructions to deal with feminists." Before that, Ms Anokhina had announced the creation of a group for emergency help to women-victims of domestic violence.
11:44, 25 July 2020
Fuad Gakhramanly, a member of the Presidium of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was arrested in connection with the July 15 rally in support of the Azerbaijani Army. The party believes that he is persecuted under a fabricated and politically motivated charge.
08:17, 25 July 2020
A court in Magas has left Rashid Maisigov, a "Fortanga" journalist, accused of drug possession, under house arrest for three months. The debates on the case have been adjourned at the prosecutor's reques
22:37, 24 July 2020
In Moscow, more than 25 people were taken to police stations after a mass fight between natives of Armenia and Azerbaijan, and one person was injured, the police reported.
22:23, 24 July 2020
A statement voiced by Ramzan Kadyrov about the alleged involvement of the US Secretary of State to the killing of George Floyd should be regarded as a provocation, while the leader of Chechnya increases his popularity and expresses his loyalty to Vladimir Putin. This opinion was expressed by Caucasian experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".