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January 08, 2025 20:52

• In Tbilisi, protestors claim connection between Christmas and Georgia’s European future

  In Tbilisi, participants of the protest actions admitted that they came to Rustaveli Square on Christmas night to remind people of humanity and the need to continue the country’s European path.

January 08, 2025 20:19

• Krasnodar resident accused of spreading “fakes” about Russian Army

  Vladimir Yarotsky, a resident of Krasnodar, who was earlier fined for calls for terrorism, has been charged under a criminal article on spreading “fakes” about the Russian Army.

January 08, 2025 19:07

• Family of mobilized soldier from Rostov Region seeks compensation for his death

  Relatives of Igor Tatarov, a mobilized resident of the Rostov Region, appealed to the court with a claim to recognize that the man perished in the zone of the special military operation in Ukraine, since without such a recognition, the authorities do not assign compensation for his death.

January 07, 2025 23:58

• Analysts rule out revision of Baku-Moscow relations because of plane crash

  The toughening of Azerbaijan's of rhetoric towards Russia will not entail any fundamental changes in bilateral relations. At the same time, Moscow has no chances to put pressure on Azerbaijan and force it to abandon its demands in connection with the air crash; and Aliev is using the disaster to demonstrate the independence of his foreign policy.

January 07, 2025 23:16

• Mother of human rights defender Safarov manages to leave Azerbaijan

  The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Azerbaijan has lifted the ban on leaving the country from Takhira Takhirgyzy, the mother of Rufat Safarov, the arrested human rights defender.

January 07, 2025 22:37

• Runaway girl from Dagestan asks her relatives not to look for her in Georgia

  Zaira Pirova, a resident of Dagestan, left for Georgia because of being forced to marriage and pressure in the family. However, her relatives are trying to find her. The girl claimed that she was in danger in the family.

January 07, 2025 21:10

• Chechen Ombudsperson demands to punish law enforcers for detaining girl in hijab

  Chechen Ombudsperson Mansur Soltaev considered the detention of a 16-year-old girl in a hijab in Amursk a violation and demanded from the authorities to punish those responsible.

January 06, 2025 23:48

• Students demand to release actors detained at protests in Tbilisi

  In Tbilisi, protesters intentionally went out into the streets wearing masks, thereby violating the recently introduced ban. Students from two universities have joined the demands to release actors Andro Chichinadze and Vepkhiya Kasradze, who are accused of participating in group violence.

January 06, 2025 23:16

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of December 30, 2024-January 5, 2025

  Tragedy of the Baku-Grozny flight, pollution in Anapa, drone attacks, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, protests in Georgia, and official data on the natives of Southern Russia who perished in Ukraine, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of December 30, 2024 -January 5, 2025, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

January 06, 2025 23:10

• Relatives of a Chechen resident complain about his unjustified criminal prosecution

  Ramzan Minazaev, a former law enforcer, was sentenced to freedom deprivation for taking part in a gang in Stavropol in 2020-2022, although his defence has proofs and witnesses that he had not left Chechnya during this period.

January 06, 2025 22:15

• SMO fighter from Stavropol denied psychological rehabilitation

  Ivan Elpashev has complained of a severe mental state after participating in the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine, and asked to be sent for psychological rehabilitation, but doctors, and then the court, refused him.

January 06, 2025 21:14

• Aliev criticizes Russia for refusing to admit guilt in Embraer plane crash

  Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev has criticized Russian authorities for refusing to admit guilt in the crash of the "Azerbaijan Airlines" (AZAL) plane, and demanded that those responsible for the crash be punished.

January 06, 2025 19:31

• Georgian authorities start deporting foreign protesters

  According to court rulings, 25 foreign citizens who took part in protests last November and December will be deported from Georgia, the country's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has informed.

January 05, 2025 22:15

• Mother of human rights defender Safarov banned from leaving Azerbaijan

  The police have banned the mother of the arrested human rights defender, Rufat Safarov, from leaving Azerbaijan, thus preventing her from accompanying her seriously ill husband to Turkey for medical treatment.

January 04, 2025 23:56

• Kadyrov’s statements damage relations between Russia and Uzbekistan

  The authorities of Uzbekistan have perceived the statements voiced by Ramzan Kadyrov concerning Uzbekistani officials as interference in the country’s internal affairs, analysts from Uzbekistan note.

January 04, 2025 23:47

• Dagestani activist Ramazan Rabadanov released from SIZO

  In Makhachkala, a court changed the pre-trial restriction measure for activist Ramazan Rabadanov to house arrest. The above information was reported by Shamil Khadulaev, the chair of the Public Oversight Commission (POC) of Dagestan, on his Telegram channel.

January 04, 2025 22:40

• In Nalchik, court sentences contract soldier to suspended imprisonment for absence from military unit

  Contract soldier Ruslan Khasanov was sentenced by a military court in Nalchik to five years of suspended imprisonment for absence from his military unit. The court considered a suspended sentence possible given the Ruslan Khasanov’s intention to go to the special military operation zone in Ukraine.

January 04, 2025 21:47

• Rights defenders treat the case of Ryan and Mamedli as politicized

  The information on the espionage case against Martin Ryan and treason against Azad Mamedli is completely closed, while in Azerbaijan such accusations are often politically motivated.

January 04, 2025 21:16

• State Duma MP addresses GPO head regarding case of missing athlete Tsomartova

  A State Duma MP has sent an appeal to the head of the Russian General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) with a demand to check the progress of the inquiry into the murder of Anna Tsomartova, who went missing in Kaspiysk in February 2024.

January 03, 2025 23:48

• Supporters of European integration come to protest actions in Tbilisi and Batumi

  Participants of a protest action against the suspension of Georgia’s European integration blocked traffic near the Georgian parliament. Supporters of European integration also held a protest action in Batumi.