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November 03, 2019 11:45

• Residents of Karachay-Cherkessia pay tribute to deportation victims

  Hundreds of residents of Karachay-Cherkessia have commemorated those who died in exile as a result of the deportation of the Karachay people in 1943.

November 03, 2019 11:40

• Picket demanding to free Ingush activists held in Germany

  On Saturday, November 2, the German city of Hamburg hosted a picket, held by members of the local Ingush Diaspora. They spoke about the tragic historical events in Russia related to Ingushes, as well as about the activists arrested in Ingushetia.

November 03, 2019 11:22

• Dispute with Arab Sheikh's grandson forces Chechen authorities to self-justify

  The lost dispute with the grandson of the Saudi Sheikh led to the fact that Adam Shakhidov had to explain Ramzan Kadyrov's threats addressed against Wahhabis. The head of Chechnya himself decided to strengthen religious work in the republic.

November 02, 2019 20:03

• Social network users ridicule TV story on Islam Kadyrov's interrogation

  The report by the ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Company) about a visit of Islam Kadyrov, a former Mayor of Grozny, to the investigator has been staged, commentators have stated in Chechen publics of the Instagram assert. Islam Kadyrov will evade punishment, Chechen residents believe.

November 02, 2019 19:48

• Russian Embassy criticizes Armenian media for campaigning against Gyumri Base

  Publications against the deployment of a Russian military contingent in Armenia threaten the interrelations of the two countries, the Russian Embassy to Armenia has stated. In their turn, Armenian journalists assert that there are no political forces and media in Armenia that would purposefully advocate a break with Moscow.

November 02, 2019 11:14

• Rights defenders warn of danger to mythologize Ossetian-Ingush conflict

  The consequences of the conflict have not yet been eliminated; it is simply "frozen"; and such tragedies give rise to myths on both sides, human rights defenders believe.

November 02, 2019 11:11

• Azerbaijani journalist Shamistan Khaziev arrested for 30 days

  A Baku court has found the oppositionist, Shamistan Khaziev, guilty of "petty hooliganism"; however, his colleagues and activists have associated his arrest with his oppositional views.

November 02, 2019 11:08

• Visit of NKR's official to USA causes Azerbaijan's protest

  Earl Litzenberger, the US ambassador to Azerbaijan, was invited to the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and served a note of protest against the visit to the USA of Masis Mailyan, a representative of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR).

November 02, 2019 10:16

• Believers voice out details of policemen's raid at Makhachkala mosque

  On Friday, November 1, during a raid at the "Tangim" Mosque in Makhachkala, nobody was detained, the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported. Believers have told that they drove across the adjacent yards to avoid contacts with law enforcers.

November 02, 2019 10:07

• Video with Islam Kadyrov and electric shocker reveals legal gaps

  The use of special means, such as an electric shocker (stun gun), is allowed to law enforcers, but not to a city mayor. However, Russia has no precedents of criminal prosecution for the unlawful use of a stun gun, lawyers said in their comments to the scandalous video with Islam Kadyrov, a former Grozny Mayor.

November 02, 2019 09:58

• Bench broken by children turns into public scolding of Grozny residents

  An Islamic judge has scolded, on air on TV, a couple from Grozny for the kids' vandalism. Some Instagram users have treated it as unnecessary humiliation.

November 01, 2019 23:57

• Chechen blogger demands to extend practice of public apologies to Islam Kadyrov

  The Chechen authorities force people to apologize in public for petty violations and complaints to officials, while the former mayor of Grozny, caught when using an electric stunning device against a woman, avoided voicing the public apologies, blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov noted.

November 01, 2019 23:54

• In Dagestan, protesting villagers clash with law enforcers

  Today, a resident of the Dagestani village of Meusisha has been injured in a clash with law enforcers. A video has been posted on the Internet in which law enforcers push protesters back.

November 01, 2019 20:25

• Dispute between Kadyrov's adviser and Arab Sheikh's grandson threats image of Chechen leader

  After failing a discussion with a descendant of the Mufti of Saudi Arabia, Adam Shakhidov, the advisor to the leader of Chechnya, did not accompany Ramzan Kadyrov during his visit to Bahrain, residents of the republic noted. Ramzan Kadyrov is trying to create an image of a respected politician in the Middle East, explain experts engaged in the study of the Caucasus.

November 01, 2019 20:20

• In Armenia, protestors against ratification of Istanbul Convention block traffic

  Members of the movement "Will" organized a protest rally in front of the Armenian parliament building. Today, MPs are considering the ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (also known as the Istanbul Convention).

November 01, 2019 20:09

• In Dagestan, SC upholds arrest of journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan has left Dagestani journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev, charged in a case on financing of terrorism, in custody until November 13. Advocates complained about the ineffectiveness of the investigation.

November 01, 2019 14:39

• EU observers report about installation of a barrier near Georgian village

  In Georgia, a barbed wire installation has been under way near the border village of Atotsi for several days, the European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) reports. The border near the South-Ossetian village of Akhalgori should be opened, since its closure creates problems for the villagers, the Georgian side believes.

November 01, 2019 14:28

• In Armenia, relatives of deceased soldiers claim inaction of investigators

  The Armenian parliament held a discussion concerning the process of reviewing cases of the soldiers who deceased in peacetime. In the course of the discussion, relatives of the soldiers claimed that investigators were not trying to find out the true causes of the deaths of their sons.

November 01, 2019 11:34

• Two activists fined after picket against gay persecution in Chechnya

  In Moscow, a court imposed fines of 10,000 roubles on LGBT activists Evelina Kozlova and Anastasia Reziuk, who came to a picket and called on to investigate killings and torture of gays in Chechnya.

November 01, 2019 11:26

• Georgian Metropolitan deprived of diocese after his gay claims among priests

  The Holy Synod of the Georgian Orthodox Church has pronounced a decision to remove Metropolitan Peter Tsaava from management of the Chkondidi Diocese because of his allegations of gays among priests.