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In Dagestan, two participants died during a quest in the “House of Horrors”
Society
In Dagestan, two participants died during a quest in the “House of Horrors”
22 July 2024

There was a fire in the “House of Horrors” in Makhachkala. The cause was the ignition of gasoline liquid during a gaming session. As a result, two visitors to the quest room died from their burns.

Georgian Prime Minister allowed improvements in Ukraine and the South Caucasus if Trump wins
Politics
Georgian Prime Minister allowed improvements in Ukraine and the South Caucasus if Trump wins
22 July 2024

Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential elections will change the West's attitude towards Tbilisi, and the situation in the South Caucasus will become calmer. This is what Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze thinks. According to him, Trump will also bring the end of the Russian-Ukrainian war closer.

Almost 70% of Georgians called the Russian Federation their enemy
Society
Almost 70% of Georgians called the Russian Federation their enemy
21 July 2024

69% of Georgian citizens consider the Russian Federation an enemy of their country. This is evidenced by the results of a survey by the Caucasus Research Resource Center (CRRC).

Azerbaijan emphasized the importance of concluding a peace treaty with Armenia after changing its Constitution
Politics
Azerbaijan emphasized the importance of concluding a peace treaty with Armenia after changing its Constitution
21 July 2024

Baku cannot conclude a peace treaty with Yerevan because of the Armenian constitution. There is a link to a document that talks about the unification of Karabakh with Armenia. President Ilham Aliyev stated this.

A SVO member was shot in Dagestan
Society
A SVO member was shot in Dagestan
20 July 2024

SVO member Bozigit Aliyev, who came from Ukraine on vacation to Dagestan, was shot by unknown assailants in front of his relatives. His father and brothers were beaten and wounded.

Residents of the KBR will be fined for not standing up during the playing of the Russian anthem
Human rights
Residents of the KBR will be fined for not standing up during the playing of the Russian anthem
20 July 2024

The court received protocols regarding the participants in the incident with the anthem at school No. 33 in Nalchik. Citizens are charged with “violating the procedure for the official use of the National Anthem of the Russian Federation” (Article 17.10 of the Administrative Code). This entails punishment - an administrative fine in the amount of 2 to 3 thousand rubles.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia noted the absence of security problems during the inspection of women in niqabs and hijabs
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The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia noted the absence of security problems during the inspection of women in niqabs and hijabs
20 July 2024

A police officer has the right to conduct a personal search of citizens if there is information that they may be carrying weapons, ammunition, drugs or other dangerous items. Women in niqabs and hijabs were also searched by female police officers, and no problems arose, the regional department of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs told the Daily Storm.

Security forces conducted searches in the house of the parents of an opposition Circassian activist
Human rights
Security forces conducted searches in the house of the parents of an opposition Circassian activist
20 July 2024

Employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the FSB for Karachay-Cherkessia came to search the house of the parents of the leader of the “Circassian Congress” Kase Kik. Their cell phones were confiscated, the activist wrote on social networks. Investigative actions, as he emphasized, were unauthorized and secret.

The largest shares of informally employed citizens were recorded in the North Caucasus
Economy
The largest shares of informally employed citizens were recorded in the North Caucasus
19 July 2024

About half of all residents in Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria and Dagestan (54.9%, 53.8% and 46.1% respectively) work in the informal sector, i.e. their employers do not pay taxes. These are the maximum figures among the regions of the Russian Federation.

The ECHR awarded compensation to the persecuted Jehovah's Witnesses from Dagestan
Human rights
The ECHR awarded compensation to the persecuted Jehovah's Witnesses from Dagestan
19 July 2024

The European Court of Human Rights ordered the Russian authorities to pay compensation - 9,750 euros - to Jehovah's Witnesses from Dagestan. In 2022, a court in Makhachkala found Arsen Abdullaev, Marat Abdulgalimov, Anton Dergalev and Maria Karpova guilty of extremism and sentenced them to suspended sentences of six and six and a half years. They were kept in pre-trial detention for more than a year and released under house arrest.