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January 27, 2022 18:01

• Activist from Khasavyurt District tells about aims of his pickets in Makhachkala

  Eduard Ataev, a Dagestani activist, who has spent the night at the police station after his picket, has explained that the aim of his regular pickets in Makhachkala to stop illegal mining in the territory of the dwelling settlement of Endirey. Ataev also demands to suppress corruption in the Khasavyurt District.

January 27, 2022 17:57

• Ingush female rights defenders achieve meeting with Albogachiev in colony

  Abdul-Malik Albogachiev, a native of Ingushetia, who is serving his term in an Astrakhan colony, was never given the family Koran; and the colony bosses insist on his transfer to a barrack with the inmates who are in conflict with him, Zarema Barakhoeva and Pyatimat Yusupova, rights defenders, have informed.

January 27, 2022 17:06

• Yangulbaev responds to Kadyrov’s accusations of supporting terrorism

  Human rights defender Abubakar Yangulbaev responded from Georgia to the leader of Chechnya to accusations that the Yangulbaev family allegedly supported terrorism. Abubakar Yangulbaev called the kidnapping of his elderly mother by Chechen law enforcers an act of terrorism.

January 27, 2022 13:36

• Court rules to release Karabakh war veteran Ashot Minasyan

  According to the court’s decision, Ashot Minasyan, a participant in three Karabakh wars, accused of illegal possession of firearms, will be released after bail is paid. Ashot Minasyan pleads not guilty.

January 27, 2022 11:25

• Kadyrov’s statement about Ukraine demonstrates his sense of immunity

  For years, Ramzan Kadyrov allows himself to make judgments about the Russia’s foreign policy, including the situation with Ukraine, despite the Kremlin’s statements about the need for subordination in such matters. The Kremlin’s reaction to the repeated call to annex Ukraine to Russia voiced by Ramzan Kadyrov looks formal, political analysts note.

January 26, 2022 18:33

• Kadyrov explains his words about Ukraine

  The statements on the Ukrainian issue are the personal viewpoint of an ordinary citizen, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated, adding that if there are no people in Ukraine who will help the country to resist the United States, Russia should come to the rescue.

January 26, 2022 18:28

• Police refuse to inform Ataev about reasons for his detention at picket

  Eduard Ataev and Ruslan Magomedov, who were detained at solo pickets, spent the night at a police station in Makhachkala. Eduard Ataev has been taken to court, but he does not know what he is accused of, the activist says. Today, the police have again refused to allow an advocate visit Ruslan Magomedov, his defender reports.

January 26, 2022 18:25

• Chechen blogger Khalitov names blackmailer

  Khasan Khalitov, an oppositional blogger has identified the person who had demanded from him to stop criticizing Chechen authorities under the threat of publicizing the degrading photos of his sister.

January 26, 2022 18:18

• Military's remains found in Nagorno-Karabakh

  Near the city of Djabrail, Karabakh rescuers have found remains of an Armenian military serviceman who perished in hostilities in November 2020. The total number of found bodies and remains has reached 1708, the Emergency Service of Nagorno-Karabakh has reported.

January 26, 2022 15:06

• Rights defenders criticize ECtHR for decision on Estemirova's case

  After the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) refused to reconsider the murder case of the Chechen human rights defender, Natalia Estemirova, her relatives and colleagues have exhausted all the chances at the national and international levels to bring her killers to justice, Oleg Orlov, a human rights defender, has stated.

January 26, 2022 15:04

• Rights defenders doubt sincerity of blogger Khalitov's relatives

  Relatives of Kadyrov's critics are recording videos, in which they refute that their words were uttered under pressure; a video with Khasan Khalitov's relatives confirms this, human rights defenders assert.

January 26, 2022 15:02

• Kadyrov's appeal to Yangulbaev brothers reveals his aim of abducting their mother

  By ostentatious violence over Zarema Musaeva, her relatives are provoked to illegal actions in order to have a reason to punish them, analysts have commented on Ramzan Kadyrov's call to the woman's sons to come to Chechnya.

January 25, 2022 23:59

• Azerbaijani oppositionist treats summon to police as pressure on him

  Aziz Mamiev, a member of the youth organization of the “Musavat” Party, was summoned to the Baku police for reposting a video on TikTok. According to the activist, the police warned him against posts with criticism of the country’s authorities.

January 25, 2022 23:56

• Relatives of Chechen blogger Khalitov refute information about kidnapping of his sister

  A sister of Khasan Khalitov was not kidnapped in Chechnya and was not photographed in the nude, said blogger’s relatives. They urged him to stop criticizing the authorities of Chechnya.

January 25, 2022 23:46

• Polad Aslanov stops his hunger strike on 20th day

  Journalist Polad Aslanov stopped his hunger strike on the 20th day after urgent recommendations of doctors, his spouse reported. The woman believes that her husband’s protest action has partially achieved its goal, since the Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan appointed a date for the consideration of an appeal.

January 25, 2022 23:42

• Kremlin reacts to Kadyrov’s statement about introduction of troops into Ukraine

  After Ramzan Kadyrov stated that if he were the head of the state, he would “long ago take Ukraine” by sending troops there, presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov has emphasized that the Russia’s foreign policy is within the competence of President Vladimir Putin.

January 25, 2022 22:58

• Azerbaijan hands soldier's remains over to Armenia

  In Shushi, Azerbaijan has handed the remains of a military serviceman over to the Armenian party. Thus, the overall number of bodies and remains found in the conflict zone after the November 2020 hostilities has reached 1707, the Nagorno-Karabakh Emergency Service has informed.

January 25, 2022 22:57

• Azerbaijani activists demand to release Ali Aliev

  The Public Committee for the Defence of the Rights of Ali Aliev, the leader of the "Citizens and Development" Party sentenced to five months in custody, has been set up in Azerbaijan. Its members treat Aliev's arrest as an attack on the freedom of expression.

January 25, 2022 13:42

• Ibragim Yangulbaev responds to Kadyrov's accusation of cowardice

  In his video address to Ramzan Kadyrov, Ibragim Yangulbaev, a blogger, has recalled his oppositional activities when he lived in Chechnya. According to his story, he was detained twice and tortured, but he didn't stop criticizing local authorities.

January 25, 2022 13:39

• Chechen law enforcers hold at least three Yangulbaevs' relatives

  Apart from Zarema Musaeva, the mother of Yangulbaev brothers, who was abducted in Nizhny Novgorod and brought to Chechnya by law enforcers, two their other relatives have not been released yet.