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13:30, 10 February 2020
Parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan; attack on journalist Elena Milashina and advocate Marina Dubrovina in Grozny; new arrests of rally participants in Magas; resonance after a murder of a Chechen blogger in France; adoption of an anti-corruption law in Abkhazia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of February 3-9, 2020, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
10:51, 10 February 2020
In the Georgian region of Kakheti, two young men have been detained on suspicion of abducting a 16-year-old girl with the aim to marry her, the police have reported.
10:43, 10 February 2020
A resident of Ingushetia killed his sister after a leak of the video of Isa Altemirov's detention into the Internet, Facebook and Instagram users have noted. It was the leak that has provoked him, commentators assert.
11:39, 9 February 2020
Djakhangir Gadjiev, a former board chairman of the International Bank of Azerbaijani (IBA), has referred in his appeal to the legislative amendments that had reduced prison terms under the articles imputed to him.
18:31, 8 February 2020
It is unacceptable for a Chechen to attack a woman and a guest, Instagram users said in response to statements of local publics asserting that republic's residents had supported the attack on Elena Milashina, an observer of the "Novaya Gazeta" newspaper, and Marina Dubrovina, an advocate. The authorities are behind the attack, residents of Chechnya have suggested.
12:57, 8 February 2020
Protest actions related to the assassination of Imran Aliev were held at Russian Embassies in Austria and Germany. The picketers demanded from law enforcement agencies of these countries to find and punish those responsible for the blogger's murder, as well as ensure the safety of other Chechen refugees.
12:32, 8 February 2020
The court has sentenced Zalimkhan Bogatyryov to 14 years in prison, after having found him guilty of involvement in the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization banned in Russia by the court, and of preparing a terror act during the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
08:35, 8 February 2020
Confessions to plotting an explosion in Makhachkala were obtained under torture, all the four defendants have stated.
22:41, 7 February 2020
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has awarded 80,000 euros to Gasan Baisultanov, a resident of Dagestan, whose wife was shot dead during a special operation in 2006. Gasan himself was seriously wounded and lost his ability to move; his father intends to seek compensation to his son for his disability, and punishment of law enforcers.
22:16, 7 February 2020
After watching the video from the rally in Magas, the court has granted the motion that demanded to initiate a criminal case against an employee of the "Rosgvardia" (Russian National Guard), who threw a chair at the protesters.
18:33, 7 February 2020
Brothers of Nazhmudin Dudiev and Ibragim Donashev, who were charged in a case on an attack on Pskov paratroopers in 2000, appealed to the leader of Chechnya with the claim that their relatives were not guilty and asked him to come to the men's defence. Ramzan Kadyrov is not interested in interfering in the situation, note human rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".
13:52, 7 February 2020
On February 6, relatives of three residents of Derbent accused of terrorism met Alexander Stepanov, the chief federal inspector for Dagestan, and asked for his assistance in transferring to the federal level the investigations into case on torture used against detainees.
11:32, 7 February 2020
The members of the Chechen Diaspora in Europe interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have admitted that after the assassination of Imran Aliev, they feel a threat to themselves; therefore, they intend to limit their circle of contacts
08:31, 7 February 2020
After concluding a deal with investigators, Moris Machalikashvili, a participant of the clashes with the police outside the Georgian Parliament, has pled guilty and was sentenced to two years of conditional imprisonment.
08:21, 7 February 2020
Abkhazian MPs have adopted a law on declaring officials' incomes, expenses and property in the final reading. The activists demanding the adoption of the law have stopped their action in central Sukhumi.