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October 10, 2019 16:50

• Law enforcers find for Chechen TV Channel authors of reports on child's kidnapping

  On October 9, two residents of Chechnya, who reported about kidnapping of a child in Kurchaloi, voiced public apologies on the air of the ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Company). The apologies of the people declared to be authors of the rumours were voiced in the presence of law enforcers.

October 10, 2019 14:37

• Journalist Yuzik returns to Moscow after detention in Iran

  Today, Yulia Yuzik, the author of books on the conflict in Northern Caucasus, who had been detained in Iran, arrived in Moscow, the Russian Embassy has informed.

October 10, 2019 14:25

• Azerbaijan claims shelling attacks on pre-border villages

  The positions of the Azerbaijani Army were shelled in the villages of the Gazakh and Gadabay Districts, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated today.

October 10, 2019 11:13

• Film by Siberian directors wins Grand Prix of "Kunaki" Festival

  The film "Father and Sons from Krotovo" by film directors Valery and Evgeny Solomin has been recognized as the best documentary at the "Kunaki" Film Festival held in Nalchik.

October 10, 2019 11:03

• Stavropol Territory: MD members convicted for extremism

  A court in Stavropol has sentenced two members of the international neo-Nazi organization "Misanthropic Division" (MD), banned in Russia, to long prison terms.

October 10, 2019 10:52

• Police got interested in child beaten up in Ingushetia

  The father of a seven-year-old girl has confessed to beating the girl because she had not opened the door to him.

October 10, 2019 08:27

• Daudov receives apology from Ingush blogger

  The resident of Ingushetia, whom the speaker of the Chechen parliament made an appointment on the border of the two republics, has himself come to Magomed Daudov with his father. According to Daudov, the young man apologized to him.

October 10, 2019 08:19

• Zarifa Sautieva's defence claims violation of her rights

  During the last month, no investigative actions were conducted with Zarifa Sautieva. The judge of the Supreme Court (SC) of the Stavropol Territory came into the deliberation room for several minutes and announced the decision in the absence of the activist.

October 09, 2019 21:52

• Relatives of Baksan residents suspected of financing terrorism turn to HRC "Memorial"

  Relatives are still unaware of whereabouts of Asker Khamukov, the detained founder of the "One Body" Charity Fund. His sister, also suspected of financing terrorism, is being held at hospital under guard.

October 09, 2019 21:35

• Two oppositionists arrested in Baku

  Elkhan Aliev and Alizamin Salaev, activists of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), detained on the eve of the action in Baku, have been sentenced to 15 days of arrest on charges of disobedience to the police. The party treats their arrest as politically motivated.

October 09, 2019 21:22

• After plot reports, Chechen officials vow allegiance to Kadyrov

  Apti Alaudinov, the boss of the Chechen Police, and Valid Abdureshidov, the head of the administration of the Urus-Martan District, have publicly stated that they had not betrayed Ramzan Kadyrov. Alaudinov voiced threats against journalists who wrote about a conspiracy against the head of Chechnya.

October 09, 2019 19:32

• Georgia estimates damage from ban on flights to and from Russia at 113 million US dollars

  The Georgian National Tourism Administration calculated losses for July and August caused by termination of direct flights to and from Russia and also noted a decrease in the number of tourists in September. The "Georgian Airways" announced filing a lawsuit to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) for the recovery of 25 million US dollars from the Russian Ministry of Transport.

October 09, 2019 19:14

• ICRF declares detained Baksan residents to be members of IS financing network

  A brother and a sister detained in Kabardino-Balkaria transferred six million roubles raised in different regions of Russia to militants in Syria, investigators have reported today.

October 09, 2019 18:51

• ECtHR awards compensation to Novocherkassk journalist posthumously

  On October 8, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) obliges Russia to pay over 3000 euros of compensation to Novocherkassk journalist Elena Nadtoka, who was fined in 2007 under the City Mayor's lawsuit on protection of honour.

October 09, 2019 14:25

• Georgian authorities extend dual citizenship

  The deadline for preservation of the Georgian citizenship for those who received it in another country has been extended until December 31, 2020. This year, a total of 9348 people applied for the return of Georgian citizenship, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has reported.

October 09, 2019 14:05

• Armenian journalists condemn attack on "Mirror" editorial office

  The activists, who threw eggs at the editorial office of the "Hayeli" (Mirror) portal, were released on recognizance not to leave, the Armenia's Investigating Committee (IC) has reported. The country's journalist organizations have condemned the attack and demanded from the authorities and the opposition to persuade their supporters to be restrained and tolerant.

October 09, 2019 11:26

• Islamic scholars find it impossible to legalize polygamy in Chechnya

  The proposal of an official from Ramzan Kadyrov's retinue to legalize polygamy in the Muslim republics of Russia is legally impossible, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

October 09, 2019 11:16

• Georgian activist Levan Djikuri released on bail

  The Tbilisi City Court has released, on bail in 2000 laris, Levan Djikuri, detained within the case of June protests.

October 09, 2019 08:29

• Abdulmumin Gadjiev's brother refuses to testify

  Relatives of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, the arrested journalist of the "Chernovik" (Draft) weekly, were summoned for questioning within his case. Gadji Gadjiev, Abdulmumin's brother, wrote a written refusal to testify and demanded explanations from the investigator why they prohibit relatives from visiting the journalist.

October 09, 2019 08:23

• ECtHR awards over 500,000 euros to families of missing residents of Chechnya

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has made its decision on the case "Khakimova et al versus Russia", obliging Russian authorities to pay compensations to relatives of seven missing residents of Chechnya.