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Starting from January 20, one of the largest swimming pools in Northern Caucasus, located in Kaspiysk at the "Anji Arena" sports complex, banned women from visiting it.

Aminat Lorsanova claimed that in Grozny, she had been subjected to violence by her relatives and a specialist in "expelling genies." The young woman left Russia with the help of the "Russian LGBT Network".

Members of the National Assembly of Armenia passed a bill introducing to the Armenian Criminal Code the special articles on bringing to suicide in the army. The maximum punishment for the above mentioned crime was increased from 5 to 14 years of imprisonment.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) awarded compensation of 80,000 euros to each complainant in cases on 20 natives of the republics of Northern Caucasus who were kidnapped in 2000-2006.

On January 20, Magomed Daudov, the speaker of the Chechen parliament, reported to Ramzan Kadyrov that the clarification of the borders of Chechnya with neighbouring regions had been completed and the information about them had been included into the state register. The demarcation was of a behind-the-scene nature amid disputes over the Chechen borders with Ingushetia and Dagestan, local residents note.

The positions of the Azerbaijani troops in two villages on the border with Armenia and in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled 22 times within 24 hours, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reports.

Ramzan Kadyrov is back at work after his sick-leave and reacted to publications about his resignation and possible new appointment.

"Honour killings" have nothing to do with Islam – those who commit such crimes are guided by ancient mountain Adats, Dagestani theologians have noted.

In Baku, thousands of people came to the Alley of Martyrs on the 30th anniversary of the entry of Soviet troops. In Azerbaijan, people recalled the responsibility of the USSR authorities for the killings of civilians.

The bullying of Sevgiya Ismailova by her relatives in Azerbaijan is based on typical parents' desire in the Caucasus to make decisions for their children, believe Svetlana Gannushkina, the head of the "Civic Assistance Committee", and Igor Kochetkov, the head of the "Russian LGBT Network". Sevgiya Ismailova claimed a psychological trauma had been inflicted on her.

On Monday, in Makhachkala, eight activists held solo pickets in support of arrested journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev. The number of the persons willing to openly support him will increase significantly in case if the authorities sanction a mass action, picketers believe.

Four transgender women are suspected of disorderly conduct and failure to obey the police, while people who attacked the transgender women remained unpunished, claimed a transgender woman detained in Tbilisi.

For the first time after a week break, Ramzan Kadyrov delivered a speech in Grozny. He announced his future career plans.

Armenian and German opera artists reproached Azerbaijani tenor Yusif Eyvazov for refusing to sing on the same stage with singer Ruzan Mantashyan at a festival in Dresden. Yusif Eyvazov called the above accusations a provocation, while festival organizers denied the information about his refusal to sing on the same stage with Ruzan Mantashyan.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ordered the Russian authorities to answer questions concerning the complaint about the detention of activists from the Joint Mobile Group (JMG) in Chechnya in 2010, the Committee Against Torture (CaT) reported.

Ramzan Kadyrov missed all significant events and did not appear in public at all since the transfer of his powers to Muslim Khuchiev, residents of Chechnya note. Supporters of the leader of Chechnya on Instagram called him on to return "despite the jackals' words."

During the week of January 13-19, 2020, no victims to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were registered. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

A resident of Dagestan is sentenced for killing his stepsister. He claimed that she did not obey him and did not want to get married. Social network users expressed different opinions on Instagram. Meanwhile, many users supported the sentenced man.

In Chechnya, construction of checkpoints proves that Ramzan Kadyrov abandoned the idea of eliminating checkpoints on roads, political analysts note. There is no practical benefit from the strengthening of checkpoints, says Ingush human rights defender Magomed Mutsolgov.

Announcement of new presidential election in Abkhazia; mass poisoning in Kizlyar; charges of extremism brought against protest leaders in Ingushetia; resonance after information about Ramzan Kadyrov's illness; demand of Krasny Sulin residents to preserve Verbenskoye reservoir, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of January 13-19, 2020, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".