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June 02, 2022 19:00

• National Guard of Russia reports about death of a native of Chechnya in Ukraine

  Adam Bisultanov, a native of Chechnya, perished in a clash with a group of foreign mercenaries in Ukraine, the National Guard of Russia reported. Since the beginning of the special military operation, the information about at least 10 natives of the republic perished in Ukraine has been officially confirmed.

June 02, 2022 18:48

• Analysts rule out impact of fuel supplies to Kiev on Azerbaijani-Russian relations

  The State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) provides humanitarian assistance to Ukraine by supplying fuel free of charge. However, according to analysts, this fact does not affect relations between Baku and Moscow.

June 02, 2022 18:27

• Izberbash head announces officer's death in Ukraine

  Senior Lieutenant Paizula Bagomedov has perished in Ukraine, the head of the city of Izberbash has informed. Since the start of the special operation, the deaths of at least 132 natives of Dagestan in Ukraine have been officially confirmed.

June 02, 2022 18:20

• Dagestani historian accused of nationalism and fired

  Khadji-Murad Donogo, a deputy director of the Dagestani National Museum, was forced to leave his post after the Association of Special Forces Veterans wrote a complaint against him to the head of the republic, Sergey Melikov.

June 02, 2022 17:54

• Police stop protest rally of parents of political emigrant Tural Sadygly in Baku

  The parents of Tural Sadygly, an Azerbaijani political emigrant and blogger, went out to a protest in front of the presidential administration building in Baku, but the police did not allow them to hold it.

June 02, 2022 17:50

• Council of doctors criticize Saakashvili's treatment at clinic

  Members of the alternative doctors' council who are monitoring the health condition of the third president of Georgia, Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, are studying the history of his illness and treatment.

June 02, 2022 02:59

• Relatives of perished Armenian soldiers achieve open trial on their complaint

  The consideration of the complaint against the refusal to bring Nikol Pashinyan to criminal responsibility will be held in the open mode, the mother of a soldier who perished in Nagorno-Karabakh has stated.

June 02, 2022 02:56

• Authorities of Khiva District report deaths of two militaries in Ukraine

  Lieutenant Mizamudin Zulfikarov and Corporal Yamudin Aslanov have perished in Ukraine, the Khiva district administration has informed. Since the start of the military operation, at least 131 natives of Dagestan have been confirmed as perished there.

June 02, 2022 02:50

• Defence of convicted KBR resident achieves inquiry into his kidnapping by law enforcers

  In the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), a criminal case has been initiated into the kidnapping in September 2014 of Aslan Khagundokov, a local resident, who is serving his sentence for killing a Rostov businessman.

June 01, 2022 23:59

• Azerbaijan reports about a shootout on border with Armenia

  Azerbaijani army units in the Tovuz and Kelbadjar Districts were shelled from the territory of Armenia, after which they returned fire, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported.

June 01, 2022 23:57

• In Baku, activists demand to increase benefits for children of poor people

  At a protest action in Baku, female activists from an opposition party called on the authorities to increase benefits for children from low-income families.

June 01, 2022 23:55

• Muslims ask to ban Kirkorov’s concerts in Caucasus

  Saipuddin Guchigov, the head of the “Our Home is the City of Grozny” movement, demanded to ban Filipp Kirkorov’s concerts in the Caucasus after a show in which the singer was dancing on a cross. Earlier, Filipp Kirkorov’s concert in Pyatigorsk was cancelled due to numerous people’s requests.

June 01, 2022 23:53

• Krasnodar activist fined for a pacifist post

  In Krasnodar, a court fined activist Marina Zakharchenko 15,000 roubles, considering her pacifist post on a social media outlet to be discrediting the Russian armed forces.

June 01, 2022 16:20

• Relatives of perished servicemen come out to protest in Yerevan

  Several dozen parents of the military servicemen who perished in the autumn war of 2020 gathered near the building of the Investigating Committee of Armenia and demanded to arrest Nikol Pashinyan, the country's Prime Minister.

June 01, 2022 16:14

• Authorities of Volgograd Region report military's death in Ukraine

  Senior Sergeant Denis Ulbrekht has perished in Ukraine, the administration of the Kamyshin District has reported.

June 01, 2022 16:10

• Opposition accuses Pashinyan of manipulating data on war losses

  Authorities have several times made public the death toll of Armenian soldiers in the autumn war in Nagorno-Karabakh in an attempt to hide the true number of casualties, the participants in a rally in Yerevan have stated, adding that Nikol Pashinyan should be held responsible for deaths of Armenian military servicemen.

June 01, 2022 16:04

• Georgia's aspiration to join NATO coincided with Turkey's national interests

  Georgia has been invited to a meeting of NATO defence ministers; and at the upcoming summit, according to the head of the NATO office in Tbilisi, the issue of Georgia's accession will be discussed.

June 01, 2022 16:02

• Investigators detain Sochi resident who claimed torture

  A criminal case on a false denunciation has been opened against Alexei Vlasenko, a Sochi resident, who had accused law enforcers of torturing him; a decision was made to detain him, the "Gulagu.net" project has reported.

June 01, 2022 15:54

• Armenian Ombudsperson notes increase in violence during protests

  Kristine Grigoryan, the Armenian Ombudsperson, has stated that protesters in Yerevan are increasingly injured due to the use of unlawful force by the police. In his turn, a deputy head of the police reported six hospitalized law enforcers.

June 01, 2022 15:12

• Organizers of "LGBT Week" abandon the idea of gay parade in Tbilisi

  The holding a "Dignity March" in Tbilisi may be unsafe for its participants, the "Tbilisi Pride" has explained and refused to hold the march this year.