Since January 2024, Crimean Tatar political prisoner Arsen Abkhairov has been in IK-8 in Ulan-Ude (Buryatia) – seven thousand kilometers from home. The Federal Penitentiary Service has twice illegally refused to transfer him closer to home, despite court decisions.

Chechnya, Ingushetia and Dagestan had the lowest crime rates last year. This follows from the rating published by the RIA Novosti agency.

On January 20, 1990, a tragedy occurred in Azerbaijan that went down in history as "Bloody January". Soviet troops entered Baku to suppress protests by the civilian population. As a result of the armed aggression, 147 people were killed and 744 were injured.

Химкинский городской суд Подмосковья отозвал распоряжение о вступлении в силу приговора адвокату Тимуру Идалову, осужденному по делу об угрозах прокурору. Проект «За права человека» сообщает, что адвоката могут вернуть в СИЗО.

29-year-old mixed martial artist from Dagestan Umar Nurmagomedov lost on points to Georgian UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili in a fight yesterday in Los Angeles. The judges' decision was unanimous (48:47, 49:46, 48:47). The fight, which lasted only five rounds, became resonant: it was the first belt defense in Merab's career and the first defeat for Umar.

A criminal case about brewing coffee on the Eternal Flame has been submitted to the Supreme Court of Dagestan. Due to a photograph that appeared online, which captured the aforementioned action, Yuliana Aliyeva and Maryam Chunkova are accused of insulting the memory of the participants of the Great Patriotic War.

Azerbaijan will have three consecutive non-working days – January 18, 19 and 20. January 20 is the Day of National Mourning in the country.

Former head of Dakhadaevsky district of Dagestan Dzharulla Omarov was sent to pretrial detention. The term of detention is until March 14.

More than a dozen pro-European protests are planned for the weekend in Tbilisi and other Georgian cities. On the 52nd day of protests, the main demand of their participants remains unchanged - holding new parliamentary elections. In addition, protesters are demanding the release of all "prisoners of the regime" arrested during anti-government protests. Let us recall that, according to human rights activists, there are more than 50 of them.

Azerbaijan will take part in the NATO-Georgia-2025 military exercises, which will begin on April 28 at the Krtsanisi base. This is a training center for the Georgian Armed Forces south of Tbilisi in the area of ​​the village of the same name.