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November 29, 2017 01:22

• Head of Kotelnikovo District reveals circumstances of attack on policemen (+video)

  The attack on policemen committed in the city of Kotelnikovo, Volgograd Region, has shocked the townspeople, local residents report. According to the district administration, the attacker had studied in the Kotelnikovo District, and worked in Chechnya and in the Krasnodar Territory. The health condition of one of the wounded policemen is stably grave.

November 29, 2017 00:23

• Sochi: fishermen complain about attack of elite yachts' guards

  Local amateur fishermen have complained that they were attacked by guards of the moorage of expensive yachts in the Sochi Seaport. The fishermen claim that owners of the marine want to completely block the access of Sochi residents to berths in the yachting area.

November 28, 2017 23:42

• Hunger-striking Dagestani sailors ask Vasiliev for help

  Twelve seamen from the arrested ships of the Dagestani Shipping Company, who are on hunger strike in Astrakhan, have accused customs of arbitrary behaviour and asked the acting head of Dagestan Vladimir Vasiliev to help them.

November 28, 2017 21:38

• Zaur Shamsudinov's relatives want to know about his fate

  Since November 15, relatives of Zaur Shamsudinov, a detained resident of Dagestan, cannot obtain information from police about his whereabouts. He is kept at the police station, they suppose.

November 28, 2017 18:19

• Court upholds verdict to six "Muslim Unity" activists

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan has refused to change the verdict to six supporters of the "Muslim Unity" movement, having found them guilty of resisting the police in Nardaran. The defence treats the consideration of the cassation as formal.

November 28, 2017 17:12

• Relatives report detention of three residents of Dagestan

  Law enforcers have detained Sabir Akmurzaev, Alaudin Yakupov and Arsen Kacharbaev, residents of the village of Novo-Dmitrovka in Dagestan, after planting drugs and ammunition into their house during searches, their relatives assert.

November 28, 2017 16:05

• Kuban residents detained for illegal catching dolphins

  The caught dolphins were kept in awful conditions, the Branch of the Russian Frontier Service for the Krasnodar Territory (also known as Kuban by the name of the major river) has reported.

November 28, 2017 15:06

• Armenian side returns soldier's body to Azerbaijan

  A body of an Azerbaijani soldier found dead on the border with Armenia has been transferred to Azerbaijan with the mediation of agents from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

November 28, 2017 13:33

• Residents of Chechnya treat anti-alcohol campaign as ineffective

  In Chechnya, restrictions on the sale of alcoholic drinks forced a number of entrepreneurs to close their businesses, but did not prevent the illegal trade in alcoholic beverages, reported local residents.

November 28, 2017 12:30

• A Rostov resident demands 500,000 roubles of compensation from McDonald's Company

  A resident of Rostov-on-Don has appealed to the Tver District Court of Moscow with a claim for 543,000 roubles against the McDonald's Company about compensation for moral and material harm for hot coffee spilled on him at a cafe. This was reported by advocate Pyotr Dombrovitsky.

November 28, 2017 08:46

• Major Grozny supermarket stops selling alcohol

  The managers of the "Assorti" Supermarket in Grozny have explained that they would stop selling alcohol beverages in the contest with the onset of the Muslim month of Rabi-al-Awal and as a sign of supporting the anti-alcohol policy pursued in the region.

November 28, 2017 01:43

• Meydan TV: Azerbaijani children join the ranks of IS' minor captives

  The authorities have started recognizing the problem of exporting children from Azerbaijan to the territory controlled by the terrorist grouping "Islamic State" (IS) (banned in the Russian Federation by the court); however, quite a lot of intensive work is needed to solve the problem. This was reported by the Meydan TV.

November 28, 2017 01:02

• Imam Shamil's dagger sold for USD 731,000

  At the Christie's Auction, the Imam Shamil's dagger, made approximately in 1841, has been sold for 548,700 pounds sterling (731,000 US dollars).

November 27, 2017 23:14

• Akim Kuliev's relatives explain why he is persecuted

  The persecution of Akim Kuliev, which was reported by Khabib Nurmagomedov, an MMA fighter, was launched because of the desire to win authorities' favour of some high-ranking power agent in the Rutul District of Dagestan, Kuliev's relatives have stated.

November 27, 2017 18:39

• A Russian citizen detained in Tbilisi denies having relationship with terrorists

  A Russian citizen detained in Tbilisi on November 21 has confessed to storing weapon, but denies any contacts with the persons killed in a special operation. This has been reported by Georgian Ombudsman Ucha Nanuashvili.

November 27, 2017 18:39

• Law enforcers report name of man detained during special operation in Tbilisi

  During an antiterrorist operation held in Tbilisi, law enforcers detained Russian citizen Said Dudaev, reported the Georgian General Prosecutor's Office. The information about the killing of Akhmed Chataev in the special operation is under verification, announced the US Ambassador to Georgia.

November 27, 2017 17:26

• Two residents of Chechnya accused of attacking Pskov paratroopers 17 years ago

  The case of Arthur Ushaev and Ruslan Namatov, accused of attacking servicemen in Chechnya under the command of Shamil Basaev and Khattab in 2000, has been sent to the court.

November 27, 2017 16:30

• A resident of Ingushetia suspected of involvement in IS

  A resident of Ingushetia, who joined militants in Syria, continues fighting against the authorities of the country, investigators have reported.

November 27, 2017 13:31

• Rights defenders demand to return Chechnya to law

  At the All-Russian Congress of Human Rights Defenders held in Moscow, participants have adopted the resolution on violations of human rights in Chechnya and the need to abolish the law on foreign agents and the Chief Department for Combating Extremism of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

November 27, 2017 13:01

• Chechnya resident asks rights defenders to help him meet Russia's Ombudsperson

  In his video appeal to participants of the Congress of Human Rights Defenders, Ramazan Djalaldinov, a resident of the Chechen village of Kenkhi, has complained of his unsuccessful attempts to meet Russia's Ombudsperson Tatiana Moskalkova and report to her about violations of his fellow villagers' rights.