Another detachment of Chechen volunteers goes to Ukraine April 23, 2022 18:35 Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Chechnya, has informed about sending another detachment of volunteers to participate in the Russia's special operation in Ukraine.
Saudi Arabia halves the Hajj quota for Russian Muslims April 23, 2022 18:27 The Hajj quota for Russian Muslims, a significant part of which are pilgrims from Dagestan, has become twice as small as it was before the pandemic. A total of 11,318 Muslims from Russia will be able to make the pilgrimage to Mecca this year.
Over 1400 persons support opponents of changing Nagorno-Karabakh status April 23, 2022 18:25 On the fifth day of their hunger strike held in Yerevan, two activists have gathered over 1400 signatures against the attempts to change the status of Nagorno-Karabakh. The collection of signatures makes it possible to estimate the number of supporters of the action, Arthur Avagyan, one of the hunger-strikers, has stated.
Activists stop hunger strike in Yerevan April 23, 2022 14:33 Nver Kirakosyan and Arthur Avagyan, who had gone on a hunger strike in order to draw Armenians' attention to the problem of Nagorno-Karabakh status, have stopped their action. They intend to continue their struggle by other methods.
KBR resident detained for discrediting Russian militaries April 23, 2022 14:32 Zaurbek Zhambekov is suspected of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces after a policewoman complained that Zaurbek's daughter had torn off a sticker in the shape of the letter Z from her car.
Father of sailor from Dagestan perished in Ukraine receives an award for his son April 22, 2022 23:38 Senior sailor Isa Khalimbekov perished in Ukraine, and his family received the Order of Courage for him, the administration of the Sergokala District of Dagestan reported.
Memorial plaque opened in memory of a Stavropol native who perished in Ukraine April 22, 2022 23:34 Junior Sergeant Dmitry Podoprigora perished in Ukraine, and a memorial plaque was installed on the school building in the village of Kazgulak, where he studied, the administration of the Turkmen municipal district reported.
Sixty prisoners continue their hunger strike in Dimitrovgrad after beatings of natives of Caucasus April 22, 2022 23:33 The Ombudsperson of the Ulyanovsk Region has announced that 22 convicts in the Dimitrovgrad prison wrote declarations about going on a hunger strike, and 38 more people participate in the protest action unofficially.
Human rights defender Rufat Safarov complains about arbitrariness of law enforcer April 22, 2022 23:28 Azerbaijani human rights defender Rufat Safarov was not allowed to attend the trial in a case against Ali Aliev, the leader of the “Citizens and Development” Party. Rufat Safarov had a quarrel with law enforcers in a yard of the Baku court, as he tried to argue against the refusal in access to the court building.
Pashinyan rules out agreement with Baku without discussion in Nagorno-Karabakh April 22, 2022 23:11 An agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed only after the public discussion in Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan assures. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev threatens to reconsider the attitude towards the territorial integrity of Armenia if Yerevan refuses a peace treaty.
Yerevan: activists start collecting signatures against changing Nagorno-Karabakh status April 22, 2022 19:20 Nver Kirakosyan and Arthur Avagyan, who are on the fourth day of their hunger strike in Yerevan in protest against the attempts to change the status of Nagorno-Karabakh, have gathered nearly a thousand signatures of their supporters.
After her picket in Moscow, right defender accused of discrediting Army April 22, 2022 19:13 Law enforcers have accused Olga Gorelik, a former employee of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"*, went to a pacifist picket in Moscow, of discrediting the Russian Army.
Activist Samir Ashurov arrested for four months April 22, 2022 19:07 A court in Baku has jailed Samir Ashurov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), for four months. He denied the accusation of attacking a man with a knife and claimed that he had been beaten up by law enforcers.
After detention of official, Altan Ochirov, in Kalmykia, rights defender demands to check law enforcers' actions April 22, 2022 18:31 Valery Badmaev, an oppositional journalist and human rights defender, has demanded from investigators to check the information about the use of physical force during the detention of Altan Ochirov, an employee of the administration of the city of Elista, the capital of Kalmykia.
Dagestani resident sentenced to 12 years within terrorism case April 22, 2022 18:22 A court in Rostov-on-Don has found Magomed Ramazanov, a resident of Dagestan, guilty of preparing explosions and attacks on law enforcers in Makhachkala and sentenced him to 12 years in prison.
Court in Grozny leaves Zarema Musaeva under arrest April 22, 2022 14:13 The Staropromyslovskiy District Court of Grozny has extended until June 12 the arrest of Zarema Musaeva, who is accused of attacking a law enforcer.
In KBR, relatives of six casualties in Ukraine receive orders April 22, 2022 14:05 The commander of the North-Caucasian District of the "Rosgvargiya" (Russian National Guard) and the head of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) have handed Orders of Courage over to the families of the KBR natives who perished in the special operation.
Court in Dagestan extends Gadjiev's arrest April 22, 2022 14:02 The Southern District Military Court has left Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist of the "Chernovik" (Draft) portal, accused of financing terrorism, in custody for other three months.
More than a hundred citizens of Ukraine request refugee status in Azerbaijan April 21, 2022 23:09 The Azerbaijan’s authorities were addressed by 114 citizens of Ukraine, who left the country after the start of the special military operation by the Russian troops. The people who came from Ukraine applied for refugee status.
Azerbaijani activist goes on hunger strike in a pre-trial detention cell April 21, 2022 23:06 Activist Samir Ashurov, detained in Baku, denied the charge of attacking a man with a knife. He called his case falsified and went on a hunger strike in protest.