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July 27, 2017 13:31

• MIA source: Iraqi and Syrian militants hold hundreds of Chechen children and women

  Reports of the Middle Eastern and European media about Chechen female suicide bombers and homeless children confirm the assumption of a source from the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) about the large number of Chechen children and women in the conflict zone.

July 27, 2017 06:59

• 200 NKR residents take part in development of local tourism

  The Economy Ministry of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has initiated bus tourist trips over historical and architectural sights. Over five days, more than 200 people took part in the excursions, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

July 27, 2017 06:55

• Rights defenders inform Moskalkova about people missing in Chechnya

  Materials of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" about 13 residents of Chechnya, who disappeared after being detained by law enforcers, were handed over to Tatiana Moskalkova, Human Rights Commissioner under the President of the Russian Federation, and members of the Presidential Human Rights Council.

July 27, 2017 05:52

• Activists criticize film director Kantemir Balagov for rejecting Circassian identity

  Circassian activist Andzor Kabard believes that residents of Kabardino-Balkaria will unlikely forget film director Kantemir Balagov saying that he does not consider himself to be a Kabardian. Circassians feel indignation about the film director's attempt to assess the cultural baggage of the people, said Asker Sokht, the deputy chairman of the "Adyge Khase".

July 27, 2017 04:29

• Networks users worried about dispersal of anti-migration rally in Ingushetia

  In Nazran, an unsanctioned rally against migration was held. The action was dispersed by law enforcers. The Ingush Security Council addressed residents of the republic with a request not to take part in the action. Users of social networks wrote different opinions concerning the action.

July 26, 2017 23:56

• Tenants of 109-year-old Sochi house demand to recognize its emergency status

  The house in Sochi built in 1908, inhabited by the Beletsky family, has become completely unfit for residence and threatens to collapse.

July 26, 2017 23:19

• Lapshin asks for extradition to Israel

  Blogger Alexander Lapshin, convicted of illegally crossing the Azerbaijani border, has refused to appeal against the verdict passed by the Baku court and decided to ask for extradition to Israel, his advocate reports.

July 26, 2017 19:41

• Abkhaz Parliament suggests amending agreement with Russia

  The agreement on the Russian-Abkhazian information and coordination centre (ICC) for law enforcement agencies, ratified today by the Abkhazian Parliament, is proposed to be supplemented. This was reported by Aslan Bzhaniya, the co-chairman of the Bloc of Opposition Forces. Opponents of the ICC called for protests in front of the Abkhazian Parliament; however, no protests took place.

July 26, 2017 19:27

• Dagestan: factory bosses owe 2.7 million roubles to their workers

  The salary debts to workers of the Makhachkala "Aviaagregat" Factory make 2.7 million roubles. The factory boss has been fined, the Dagestan Prosecutor's Office reports.

July 26, 2017 18:50

• Mikhail Saakashvili deprived of Ukrainian citizenship

  The provision of inaccurate information in order to obtain a Ukrainian passport was mentioned as the reason for depriving Mikhail Saakashvili of his Ukrainian citizenship.

July 26, 2017 17:34

• "NKO-TV": arrested journalist Alexander Batmanov needs urgent defence

  Temur Kobaliya, the leader of the NGO "NKO-TV", has claimed the violation of the rights of Volgograd journalist Alexander Batmanov, who on June 24 jumped out of a window of the police station.

July 26, 2017 12:28

• Gannushkina expresses concerns about Tumso Abdurakhmanov's extradition to Russia

  Tumso Abdurakhmanov, a native of Grozny, put in Russia on the wanted list, runs the risk of being extradited to his homeland despite a request to provide him with political refuge in Georgia. This opinion was voiced by human rights defender Svetlana Gannushkina.

July 26, 2017 12:14

• Advisor to Armavir Region’s Governor, Armenia, found dead

  According to forensic experts, Manouk Simonyan, the disappeared adviser to the Governor of the Armavir Region of Armenia, was killed several days ago.

July 26, 2017 11:35

• KBR’s wrestler from wins European Championship

  During the European Junior Freestyle Wrestling Championship, Alik Shebzukhov, an athlete from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), has won the first place in the weight category of up to 85 kilograms.

July 26, 2017 11:10

• US pledges to provide aid to Syrian refugees in Armenia

  Armenia will receive financial assistance from the United States to support Syrian refugees. An appropriate law was adopted by the House Committee on Appropriations Committee of the United States House of Representatives.

July 26, 2017 07:59

• In Arkady Akopyan's case, prosecution witnesses expose themselves, advocate asserts

  In the Prokhladnensky District Court, two witnesses testified at the trial in the case against Arkady Akopyan, the former chief of the local organization of Jehovah's Witnesses (banned in Russia). They said that they heard Arkady Akopyan delivering an extremist speech.

July 26, 2017 06:32

• Film from Georgia wins two prizes at festival in Croatia

  The film "House of Others", a debut work by director Rusudan Glurdjidze, was awarded prizes at the film festival held in the Croatian city of Pula. The film described a story of two families during the civil war in Georgia.

July 25, 2017 23:54

• ECtHR accepts complaint about arrest of Armenian activist Karo Egnukyan

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has agreed to consider, as a matter of priority, the complaint about the arrest of the Armenian activist Karo Egnukyan, accused of assisting the “Sasna Tsrer” detachment.

July 25, 2017 23:35

• Journalist Ani Ovannisyan sentenced to 1.5 years in prison

  The Yerevan court has found Ani Ovannisyan, Director of the “Analitik” Press Club, guilty of extorting money from the MP Tigran Urikhanyan, but acquitted her from the episode of extorting money from the Closed Joint-Stock Company (CJSC) “VTB Bank Armenia”. Ms Ovannisyan was sentenced to 1.5 years of imprisonment.

July 25, 2017 22:03

• "Kavkaz.Realii": some ten residents of Chechnya detained for their correspondence in messengers

  Detentions of Chechnya residents for their dialogues by means of messengers were conducted in the cities of Shali and Grozny in early July, the edition named "Kavkaz.Realii" reports referring to a local resident.