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December 18, 2020 21:09

• Georgian activists concerned over tougher punishments for oppositionists

  In Georgia, six opposition supporters detained at a protest face heavy fines, advocate Tengiz Kakhidze reports. Courts more often fine people for participating in political actions, activists note.

December 18, 2020 21:04

• PO reports completion of inquiry into death of Georgian programmer Bachaliashvili

  The death of 23-year-old programmer Tamar Bachaliashvili was a suicide, the Georgian Prosecutor's Office (PO) has announced the results of the inquiry into the case.

December 18, 2020 20:55

• Dagestani athlete arrested in Moscow on terrorism charges

  A Moscow court has ruled to place Sirazhudin Mamedov, a freestyle wrestling coach, suspected of assisting terrorism, behind bars for two months.

December 18, 2020 20:49

• Karabakh refugees face delays in receiving social benefits

  Refugees in Nagorno-Karabakh receive financial support from the Armenian government, but to receive it they have to queue at the post office for two days, residents of Stepanakert have complained. The settlers are waiting for payments in connection with the loss of their housing.

December 18, 2020 14:20

• Interference of Russia's Embassy gives hope for extradition of Ingushes arrested in Egypt

  The Russia's Embassy in Cairo has called on the Egyptian Prosecutor General to allow the extradition of four Ingush students kept in a local prison for two years on charges of extremism.

December 18, 2020 14:10

• Djabiev's mother states authorities' indifference to Tskhinvali protesters' demands

  After a scuffle with the police, the participants of the action in support of Inal Djabiev, who died after interrogation within the case of the attempted murder of the head of the South-Ossetian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), managed to set up an awning to protect them from the rain.

December 18, 2020 13:35

• Prosecutor asks ten years in prison for attempted killer of blogger Abdurakhmanov

  The prosecution has asked to sentence two defendants in the case on the attempted murder of the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, in Sweden to ten and eight years in prison accordingly.

December 18, 2020 12:14

• Nagorno-Karabakh requests data on fate of 73 militaries from Azerbaijan

  The authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh have asked Azerbaijan to provide the information about the fate of 73 Armenian military servicemen who had disappeared in the Gadrut District, the Nagorno-Karabakh's Ombudsperson has stated.

December 18, 2020 11:58

• Social media users argue about guilt of Malika Djikaeva, scandalous North-Ossetian blogger

  The audio record of the interrogation speaks in favour of investigators' version about use of drugs by the Instagram blogger, Malika Djikaeva, some social media users have noted. Their opponents insist that the drugs had been planted by Chechen law enforcers.

December 18, 2020 11:34

• Karabakh rescuers find bodies of 933 militaries

  More than 40 Armenian military servicemen killed during the aggravation of the Karabakh conflict have been found in the Fizuli and Djebrail Districts. Since the start of searches, they have found over 930 bodies of militaries, the State Emergency Service (SES) of Nagorno-Karabakh has informed.

December 17, 2020 23:54

• Political analysts: Gadrut incident not to affect relations between Moscow and Baku

  An attempt to expand the zone of the peacekeepers' responsibility to the Gadrut District did not lead to deterioration in relations between Moscow and Baku, political analyst Igor Korotchenko and Caucasian expert Vladimir Sotnikov believe.

December 17, 2020 23:46

• Shootout in Kurchaloi takes place far from residential buildings

  A DPS (road-and-patrol service) checkpoint where a shootout has taken place today is located on the outskirts of Kurchaloi, far from residential buildings, a local resident says.

December 17, 2020 21:35

• Police report details of shootout in Kurchaloi District

  In the Kurchaloi District, policemen were attacked and shelled by two residents of the villages of Tsotsi-Yurt and Oktyabrskoye. The law enforcers were not wounded, the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reports.

December 17, 2020 21:20

• Russian MoD reports about restoration of power supply in Nagorno-Karabakh

  Power supply has been restored in 24 cities, towns, and villages of Nagorno-Karabakh, where more than 12,000 people live, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) reports.

December 17, 2020 19:46

• Azerbaijan requests Armenia to return three prisoners of war

  Three more Azerbaijani citizens are still being kept by the Armenian side as prisoners of war, the authorities of Azerbaijan report. The Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia announced the negotiations with Baku concerning the fate of 73 soldiers of the Defence Army who were missed in action in the Hadrut District.

December 17, 2020 14:26

• Baku and Yerevan analysts treat idea of "gray zones" in Karabakh as impracticable

  The so-called "gray zones", free from all conflict parties in Nagorno-Karabakh, are contrary to the principles of Azerbaijan's sovereignty and can become bait for armed formations, Azerbaijani political analysts believe. The creation of neutral zones is beneficial to Armenia and Russia, but Baku will not agree to this, Yerevan experts are sure.

December 17, 2020 14:11

• Shootout with law enforcers in Kurchaloi District is this year's fourth in Chechnya

  The armed incident in the Kurchaloi District, in which two unknown persons were killed, was preceded by a December 16 counterterrorist operation (CTO) in the Achkhoi-Martan District.

December 17, 2020 12:10

• KChR residents treat law enforcers' video about explosion in Uchkeken as unconvincing

  The video of the incident near the FSB building in the village of Uchkeken fails to confirm that the casualty had intended to harm the employees, a criminologist believes. The video could have been staged, since the conduct of a counterterrorist operation (CTO) is beneficial to law enforcers, lawyers have suggested.

December 17, 2020 11:48

• Villagers from Lachin Corridor tell details of the three days in blockade

  The villages of Khin Shen and Mets Shen of Nagorno-Karabakh were unblocked following the results of negotiations of Russian peacemakers with Azerbaijan. Negotiations are underway to withdraw Azerbaijani militaries out of the village of Ekhtsaokh.

December 17, 2020 11:46

• Yerevan reports on successful operation to free militaries in Gadrut District

  Russian peacemakers have helped Armenian militaries to escape the cordoning near the villages of Khin Takher and Khtsaberd, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.