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November 01, 2017 17:56

• Moskalkova asks to boost investigation of tortures in Chechnya

  The investigators' refusal to open a case on Maxim Lapunov's complaints about his torture in Chechnya has been cancelled, Tatiana Moskalkova, the Russian Ombudsperson, has stated. She called for more active search for the witnesses, whom Lapunov had named.

November 01, 2017 16:40

• Resident of Dagestan accused of customized blood feud killing

  The Prosecutor's Office has stated that the man, hired by a Dagestani woman to commit a blood feud murder, shot dead a man in the village of Charavali.

November 01, 2017 16:02

• Turkish doctors select first patients for free surgeries in Grozny

  On October 31, in Grozny, a group of ophthalmologists from Turkey began to select 120 patients to undergo surgeries for free. Many local residents failed to get to the medical examination because of long lines.

November 01, 2017 15:46

• HRC "Memorial" puts 26 natives of Southern Russia on list of political prisoners

  The updated lists of people recognized by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" as political prisoners include twice as many residents from Southern Russia as a year earlier.

November 01, 2017 14:24

• Ramzan Kadyrov and Ukrainian authorities exchange accusations of killing Amina Okueva

  Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has suggested that the Ukrainian secret services are involved in the death of Amina Okueva. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Ukraine has announced that the Russian secret services or supporters of Ramzan Kadyrov may be involved in the woman's death.

November 01, 2017 11:28

• Chechen students report prepared sanctions for non-attendance of "Akhmat" FC's match

  On October 31, employees of Grozny higher schools began compiling lists of students who failed to attend the football match "Akhmat"-"Anji". Students are afraid of being expelled for their absence at the stadium.

November 01, 2017 11:04

• Russia credits Armenia to buy military equipment

  Yerevan has signed an agreement with Moscow on obtaining a 100 million US dollar credit for buying weapons, the Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has reported.

November 01, 2017 09:24

• Azerbaijan blames Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh of 115 bombardments

  On October 31 and at night on November 1, the ceasefire in the Karabakh conflict zone and on Armenian was violated with the use of heavy machine guns, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.

October 31, 2017 22:41

• Organizer of "Georgians' March" detained in Tbilisi at rally against LGBT

  The today's action of supporters of the "Georgians' March", who demanded to exclude the footballer, who had supported the LGBT community, from the national team, ended in a clash with policemen.

October 31, 2017 21:00

• HRC "Memorial": remains of Sharip Zaipullaev identified

  The remains found in Dagestan in July 2017 belong to the kidnapped Sharip Zaipullaev, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has reported with reference to the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

October 31, 2017 19:48

• Chechen woman publicly apologizes for her complaint about power agents

  Milana Nuralieva, the wife of a detainee suspected of using drugs, has publicly apologized for her complaining to Ramzan Kadyrov about power agents' extortions.

October 31, 2017 19:26

• KBR's Prosecutor's Office sends militant helper to colony

  A resident of the village of Verkhnyaya Zhemtala, convicted for aiding militants, remained at large for more than four years, the Prosecutor's Office of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has reported.

October 31, 2017 13:49

• Theologians treat level of Islamic education in the Caucasus as low

  On October 30, Moscow hosted a scientific conference, the organizers of which announced the publication of an encyclopaedic dictionary about Islam.

October 31, 2017 13:15

• Activists pay tribute to victims to Ossetian-Ingush conflict

  Today, in Ingushetia, activists have gathered for a conference to mark the 25th anniversary of the beginning of the Ossetian-Ingush conflict. Ingushetia and North Ossetia held the official mourning events on October 30.

October 31, 2017 11:46

• Police treat Amina Okueva's murder as ordered

  An assassination attempt on Amina Okueva and Adam Osmaev near Kiev is being investigated as an ordered murder. This was reported by the Ukrainian police. Adam Osmaev has associated the incident with the assassination attempt on the spouses committed in June.

October 31, 2017 10:32

• A child rescued from collapsed house in Makhachkala

  In Dagestan, rescuers have saved a girl from the ruins of a house destroyed in an explosion. The girl has been hospitalized, reports the website of the Dagestani Ministry for Emergencies (MfE).

October 31, 2017 08:36

• "Akhmat" head coach resigns

  After a match between the football teams of the "Akhmat" FC and the Makhachkala "Anji" FC which ended in a draw, Oleg Kononov, the head coach of the Grozny FC, has requested to release him from his position. This was reported by Magomed Daudov, Speaker of the Chechen Parliament.

October 31, 2017 01:10

• In Karachay-Cherkessia, CEC refuses to sanction a referendum on direct elections

  The Central Election Commission (CEC) for Karachay-Cherkessia has refused to register an initiative group to hold a referendum on direct election of the republic's head. Another motion to hold a referendum will be submitted from the initiative group of Karachay-Cherkessian residents.

October 30, 2017 22:59

• Wife of Adam Osmaev, suspect of attempt on Putin, assassinated near Kiev

  Amina Okueva, an activist of the "Free Caucasus" movement, was killed near the village of Glevakha near Kiev; her husband Adam Osmaev was wounded, Anton Geraschenko, an advisor to the head of the Ukraine's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has stated.

October 30, 2017 20:42

• Two kindergarten employees wounded at hostage-taking in Armenia

  A man with a knife took hostages in the kindergarten "Manushak" in the city of Armavir. The director and an educator received stab wounds.