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October 04, 2019 17:38

• Azerbaijani fans upset by incident at "Karabakh" FC match

  During the match of the group stage of the Europa League of the "Dudelange" (Luxembourg) and "Karabakh" (Azerbaijan) Football Clubs (FCs), a drone appeared over the stadium carrying the flag of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR); the referee stopped the match for 20 minutes and took the teams away from the pitch. The incident did not prevent the Azerbaijani club from winning the match with the score 4:1.

October 04, 2019 10:39

• Chechen law enforcers launch war on vapes

  Ramzan Kadyrov has demanded to ban the circulation of electronic cigarettes (vapes). Law enforcers have already launched raids against vape smokers.

October 04, 2019 10:26

• Baku activists criticize anti-corruption projects of CoE and EU

  The Council of Europe (CoE) and the European Union (EU) have announced two joint projects aimed at strengthening Azerbaijani potentials in countering corruption and improving the quality of justice. Azerbaijani activists have doubted the efficiency thereof and called for organizing public control over these projects.

October 04, 2019 09:43

• Armenian soldier dies on Azerbaijani border

  On Thursday, October 3, a contract military serviceman was killed in a shelling attack undertaken by Azerbaijan; and a tractor driver was wounded on another section of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.

October 04, 2019 09:26

• Social network users treat "wedding" apologies in Chechnya as excessive

  Forcing residents of Chechnya to apologize for deviating from the wedding customs accepted in the republic violates people's privacy; and repentances to the camera are not a Vainakh tradition, social network users have noting in their comments on the fifth case of apologies for one's behaviour at a wedding party.

October 04, 2019 09:19

• Union of Afghan War Veterans supports Makhachkala picketers

  Authorities are still ignoring the picket of Afghan War veterans held in Makhachkala; however, their protest action was supported by the leadership of the Russian Union of Afghan War Veterans. The widow of a veteran, who had also faced authorities' indifference, has addressed the Makhachkala protesters.

October 03, 2019 23:55

• "Memorial" answers questions about "Return of Names" action

  The "Memorial" has prepared tips for organizers of an action with reading the names of victims of political repressions in Russia concerning how to prepare a list of names and how to inform people about the action.

October 03, 2019 23:50

• Officials call on Nagorno-Karabakh residents to help older persons at boarding house

  The authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh provide care for residents of a boarding house in Stepanakert, but the older people feel separated from society and need communication and leisure.

October 03, 2019 21:35

• Grozny residents complain about mass police raids conducted to check people's apartments

  Residents of Grozny report that for several days in a row, armed law enforcers come with inspections to people's apartments. The Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MFA) announces preventive measures carried out on the eve of the City Day. Law enforcers are not entitled to conduct a mass check of documents without a reason, an advocate notes.

October 03, 2019 21:27

• Chechen resident publicly apologizes for singing during a fire in a shopping centre

  A resident of Chechnya apologized for posting his video after Ramzan Kadyrov had instructed his subordinates to find an author of mocking messages posted during a fire in a Grozny shopping centre. The resident of Grozny called it "an act unworthy of a Chechen man," and went out with a shovel to clean the shopping centre affected by the fire. Social networks users pointed to the predictability of public repentance.

October 03, 2019 17:51

• Activists demand to release participants of June protests in Georgia

  Participants of an action held under the slogan of "It's a shame" near the Gldani prison supported persons detained during the June riots in Tbilisi. The activists demanded to release the detainees and spoke against the release of law enforcers detained for abuse of power during the dispersal of the protestors.

October 03, 2019 17:49

• Abkhazia lifts temporary restriction on border crossing with Georgia

  Abkhazia has lifted the restriction imposed in June on border crossing with Georgia, the Abkhaz State Security Service (SSB) reports.

October 03, 2019 11:52

• Another apology after wedding in Chechnya outrages social network users

  The new trend of public apologies for violating folk traditions at wedding parties in Chechnya was continued by a young resident of the republic, who repented of his tears at his sister's wedding party. Social network users have noted that the hero of the video clip is a Kabardian, which means that he is not obliged to observe Chechen traditions, and supported the young man.

October 03, 2019 11:29

• Azerbaijan: excavator operator killed in shelling

  The operator, who died as a result of the shelling, worked the road construction in the area of the troops contact line in the conflict zone.

October 03, 2019 11:22

• Searches in "Chernovik" editorial office threaten the next regular issue of the weekly

  Searches in the office of the Dagestani weekly "Chernovik" (Draft) have disrupted the work of the staff; because of this, the next issue may be printed with a delay. Law enforcers sought to show that they could put pressure on journalists, said Magomed Magomedov, a deputy editor-in-chief of the weekly.

October 03, 2019 08:44

• Armenian military wounded on Azerbaijani border

  A contract soldier was wounded in the Tavush District of Armenia. He was hospitalized at night of October 2.

October 03, 2019 08:40

• Three persons shot dead on Azerbaijani-Iranian border

  Azerbaijani border guards have killed three persons, who gad tried to illegally cross the border and opened fire in response to a demand to stop, the country's State Frontier Service (SFS) has reported.

October 03, 2019 08:32

• Woman, KBR native, complains about law enforcers' threats

  Regina Migirova, a resident of Moscow, told activists of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" that armed law enforcers had broken the door to her apartment and threatened her with violence and criminal prosecution. They asked her about her links with some person suspected of financing terrorism, a native of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR).

October 02, 2019 22:45

• Media find data on Chechen special fighters' penetration into Norway

  The publications of the "Kadyrov's Flying Squad" in social networks indicate that since 2016, they have been performing their professional mission in Spitsbergen (Svalbard in Norwegian).

October 02, 2019 22:34

• Case of Azerbaijani activist's wife closed amid public outcry

  The criminal case initiated against Leyla Ismailzade, the wife of the convicted leader of the "Muslim Unity" movement, Talekh Bagirzade, who was suspected of an attempt to bring a telephone to her imprisoned husband, has been closed. Leyla associates this fact with negative comments in social networks.