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Türkiye agreed to exchange arrested
Politics
Türkiye agreed to exchange arrested "Kadyrovtsy" for Crimean Tatar political prisoners
13 July 2023

The leader of the Crimean Tatar movement, the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Mustafa Dzhemilev, offered Turkey to exchange the Russians it detained for Crimean political prisoners.

Contract soldier from Chechnya wounded in Ukraine sentenced to one year in prison
Human rights
Contract soldier from Chechnya wounded in Ukraine sentenced to one year in prison
13 July 2023

The Grozny District Court sentenced contract soldier Alan Batyrkhanov to a year in prison on charges of leaving a military unit. This despite the fact that he fought in Ukraine and was wounded.

The lowest debt load of the population is in the North Caucasus
Economy
The lowest debt load of the population is in the North Caucasus
13 July 2023

The Russians owe banks almost 28 trillion rubles. The level of debt load as the ratio of the average amount of debt to the annual income per household increased in the first quarter to 41%. At the beginning of the year it was 35%.

Azerbaijani political prisoner went on a hunger strike and was put in a punishment cell
Human rights
Azerbaijani political prisoner went on a hunger strike and was put in a punishment cell
13 July 2023

Agyl Gumbatov, an activist of the Popular Front of Azerbaijan party, held in the colony, went on a hunger strike, after which he was put in a punishment cell. He protests against the deprivation of his family of social assistance.

 

Opposition activist refused to return Russian citizenship
Human rights
Opposition activist refused to return Russian citizenship
13 July 2023

The court rejected the complaint in the case of the deprivation of citizenship of the opponent of the war in Ukraine and activist Arshak Makichyan. The defense intends to appeal to the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation.

President of Georgia:
Politics
President of Georgia: "There should be no Russian veto"
13 July 2023

NATO demonstrated its unity and unwavering support for Ukraine at the Vilnius summit. Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili wrote about this on her Facebook account.

Erdogan said that in two years Russian troops will leave Karabakh
Politics
Erdogan said that in two years Russian troops will leave Karabakh
13 July 2023

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan believes that Russia will fulfill the agreements on Nagorno-Karabakh. As a result, military peacekeepers from the Russian Federation will remain in a number of Karabakh regions until 2025, and then they will leave them.

Attempts by the authorities to return home Chechens who fled to Ingushetia and a new kidnapping of a man in the city of Urus-Martan
Chronicle of Wars and Crimes
Attempts by the authorities to return home Chechens who fled to Ingushetia and a new kidnapping of a man in the city of Urus-Martan
12 July 2023

Khizir Vitaev, the head of the administration of the Sunzhensky district, issued order No. 200, in which he obliges the heads of the administrations of the villages of Sernovodsk and the village of Assinovskaya, where tough "cleansing" operations took place in early July, to take all measures to return refugees from Ingushetia.

Authorities push for Islamic banking law
Economy
Authorities push for Islamic banking law
12 July 2023

The State Duma Committee on Financial Markets recommended the adoption in the second reading of a bill on the introduction in a number of regions of an experimental legal regime for partner (Islamic) financing. It is planned that the issue will be considered on July 18.

Foreign doctors allowed to see Mikheil Saakashvili
Human rights
Foreign doctors allowed to see Mikheil Saakashvili
12 July 2023

Polish doctors arrived at a private clinic where ex-president of Georgia, political prisoner Mikheil Saakashvili is being treated. “The patient's condition is stable, our colleagues will see him, and then we will talk with you,” said Zurab Chkhaidze, director of the clinic.