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May 18, 2022 23:54

• Kadyrov calls for voluntary mobilization

  There is no need to declare mobilization in Russia, but citizens of the country should mobilize on their own because of the situation in Ukraine, Ramzan Kadyrov announces.

May 18, 2022 23:52

• Number of activists detained in Armenia rises to 364

  Detained opposition supporters are suspected of failure to obey lawful demands of the police.

May 18, 2022 23:48

• Kadyrov reports about 3000 Chechen fighters in Ukraine

  About 3000 Chechen fighters have been sent to Ukraine since the start of the special military operation, Ramzan Kadyrov reports.

May 18, 2022 17:30

• Azerbaijan reports intense night shootout on Armenian border

  Last night, the positions of the Azerbaijani Army were intensively shelled in the direction of the dwelling settlement of Zeilik in the Kelbadjar District.

May 18, 2022 17:27

• CTO in Makhachkala was the first in eight months in Dagestan

  The counterterrorist operation (CTO), conducted in Makhachkala, during which law enforcers killed two militants, was the first in Dagestan in the last eight months. The previous CTO was carried out on September 10, 2021, in the Buynaksk District.

May 18, 2022 17:23

• Soldier blown up by a mine in Armenia

  A contract military serviceman has been wounded by a mine explosion; however, there is no threat to his life.

May 18, 2022 17:15

• Yerevan: police start detaining protesters again

  Today, activists are blocking streets and motor traffic in different parts of Yerevan. The police began detaining demonstrators.

May 18, 2022 12:56

• Administration of Gunib District announced death in Ukraine

  Gadji Tagirov has perished in Ukraine, the administration of the Gunib District of Dagestan has informed. Since the start of the special operation in Ukraine, the deaths of at least 110 natives of Dagestan have been officially confirmed.

May 18, 2022 12:53

• Yerevan: opposition demands to release protesters

  The public and political figures detained at peaceful protests in Yerevan are acting openly and will not hide from the investigation or obstruct it, the petition of the "Resistance" oppositional movement reads.

May 17, 2022 23:14

• Villagers in Dagestan call complaints against quarry owners ineffective

  For many years, residents of several villages in the Kizilyurt District have been suffering from dust from nearby crushed stone quarries, and the authorities of Dagestan do not respond to their complaints.

May 17, 2022 23:10

• Verdict to Azerbaijani blogger Mamedli upheld

  The court of appeal did not grant the complaints against the sentence of Azerbaijani blogger Djamil Mamedli, who was convicted on the charge of defaming an official.

May 17, 2022 23:09

• Court allows relatives to visit Magamadov and Isaev

  With a court’s permission, relatives visited in a SIZO (pre-trial prison) brothers Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev, who were convicted in Chechnya on the charge of providing assistance to a militant. The convicted brothers did not voice complaints about new torture, their advocate said.

May 17, 2022 23:01

• Putin's press secretary treats mutual criticism with Kadyrov as friendly

  The mutual criticism in the polemic with the head of Chechnya is friendly, Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the Russian president, has assured.

May 17, 2022 22:53

• Number of detainees in Yerevan reaches 286

  Other 131 activists have been detained at a protest held in Yerevan, the Armenian capital, bringing the total number of detainees up to 286, the police have informed. The opposition announced the end of street protests.

May 17, 2022 22:47

• Opposition resumes protests in Yerevan

  Supporters of the Armenian opposition have resumed their protests demanding the resignation of the Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan.

May 17, 2022 13:21

• Makhachkala picketer demands to release journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev

  At his solo picket held in Makhachkala, Magomed Magomedov, a Dagestan journalist, demanded to release Abdulmumin Gadjiev and stop his criminal prosecution. Most residents of Dagestan are aware of Gadjiev's prosecution and continue to be interested in his fate, Idris Yusupov, a journalist, has pointed out.

May 17, 2022 13:17

• Activists disclose plans for Adygs' Commemoration Day

  Activists failed to receive sanction for holding a mourning march for the victims of the Caucasian War in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), but the rest of the planned events will take place.

May 17, 2022 12:41

• Case of Dagestani resident beaten up by law enforcers reaches the court

  In the village of Akhty, four law enforcers had beaten up a local resident in order to force him to confess to a theft, the prosecution asserts.

May 17, 2022 12:36

• Chechen emigrants in Turkey claim threat of their relatives' kidnappings

  After the video showing the beating of Beslan Edilov, a former police boss of the village of Gikalo, Chechen political emigrants in Turkey expect a new wave of kidnappings of their relatives.

May 17, 2022 12:32

• Rights defenders demand from Azerbaijani authorities to ensure freedom of expression

  Azeri authorities must ensure the inquiry into attacks on journalists and the freedom of expression in the country, the Norwegian "Human Rights House" Fund has stated.