News

НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН И РАСПРОСТРАНЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ ООО “МЕМО”, ЛИБО КАСАЕТСЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА ООО “МЕМО”.

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of July 19-25, 2021
Celebration of Eid al-Adha amid the pandemic: new measures imposed by the authorities of Southern Russia to curb the spread of coronavirus; detention of suspected extremists, the regional GIBDD chief, and a murder of a law enforcer in the Stavropol Territory; trials in Baku in an Armenian soldiers’ case; appointment of new supervisors for Southern Russia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 19-25, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.
ECtHR's decision on Gugov's complaint disappoints rights defenders
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found the complaint lodged by Islam Gugov, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria about his second sentence for the same crime to be unacceptable. The ECtHR's decision in Gugov's case could become a landmark for Russia, where the practice of repeated prosecution for the same crime is becoming increasingly common, said Oleg Orlov, a board member of the Human Rights Centre HRC) "Memorial"*.