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August 03, 2019 08:38

• Election Commission refuses to register Shevchenko for elections in Rostov-on-Don

  The Territorial Election Commission (TEC) has rejected 23 out of the 155 signatures collected in support of the nomination of Anastasia Shevchenko as a candidate for the Rostov City Duma. However, Ms Shevchenko herself claims that the handwriting examination, on the basis of which the signatures were rejected, was unreliable.

August 03, 2019 08:29

• Law enforcers' raid at Makhachkala mosque passes without detentions

  On Friday, August 2, after the traditional namaz (prayer), mobile patrol units checked documents of the parishioners of the "Tangim" mosque in Makhachkala. Law enforcers explained the checks by the conducted operations "Alcohol" and "Seat Belt".

August 02, 2019 21:51

• Court leaves "Musavat" Party activist under arrest

  Elman Guliev, an activist of the "Musavat" Party, sentenced to administrative arrest, declared an attempt to recruit him at a police detention centre. He made this statement during the consideration of his complaint about the arrest. The court has left the activist in custody.

August 02, 2019 21:38

• Woman detained for desecrating Armenian soldiers' graves released

  The female resident of Yerevan, suspected of vandalism at a military cemetery, has been set free under recognizance not to leave.

August 02, 2019 17:26

• Erosi Kitsmarashvili's relatives voice claims on "Rustavi-2" TV Company

  Family members of Erosi Kitsmarishvili, a deceased co-founder of the "Rustavi-2" TV Company, intend to go to court and seek the transfer to them of 30% of the shares of the TV Company. Djardji Akemidze, a co-founder of the "Rustavi-2" TV Company, decided to start a similar lawsuit.

August 02, 2019 17:12

• In Makhachkala, Afghan war veterans demand to provide them with housing

  Today, in Makhachkala, about 25 participants of the war in Afghanistan have gathered and threatened the authorities with a hunger strike. They recall that they have been expecting housing from the state for many years.

August 02, 2019 14:01

• Azerbaijan registers 20 shelling attacks in conflict zone

  The positions of the Azerbaijani army in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled, including from sniper rifles, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reports today.

August 02, 2019 13:46

• Ramzan Kadyrov's fellow villager appointed head of Argun police department

  Residents of Chechnya associate the appointment of Alikhan Tsakaev to the post of the head of the Argun police department with the desire of the Chechen authorities to strengthen the position of Khas-Magomed Kadyrov, a 28-year-old relative of the Chechen leader, who was appointed the Mayor of Argun.

August 02, 2019 11:59

• Migrants from Armenia tell about undeveloped NKR village (+video)

  In the village of Ukhtasar, Askeran District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), there is not enough water to irrigate gardens and orchards; while the houses provided under the resettling programme are falling apart, local residents complain.

August 02, 2019 11:50

• Dismissed "Rustavi-2" director general summoned for interrogation to GPO

  The General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Georgia has summoned Nika Gvaramiya, the former director general for questioning within the case of the misappropriation of money from the "Rustavi-2" TV Company. He denies his involvement in financial frauds and believes that the GPO's interest is political in nature.

August 02, 2019 11:38

• Kadyrov outraged by Israeli authorities' call not to visit Chechnya

  The call of Israeli authorities to abandon trips to Chechnya is absurd, since there are no terrorists in the republic; and Israeli citizens visit the region daily, said Ramzan Kadyrov.

August 02, 2019 08:33

• Zarifa Sautieva complains to court about custody conditions in SIZO

  Zarifa Sautieva, an Ingush activist, arrested within the case of violence at a rally in Magas, said at the trial about severe custody conditions at the SIZO (pre-trial prison).

August 02, 2019 08:26

• Desecration of soldiers' graves outrages residents of Armenia

  A female resident of Yerevan ha been detained within the case of desecration of Armenian militaries' graves. Social media users urge to punish vandalism at the cemetery as severely as possible.

August 01, 2019 22:09

• Circassian women-activists urge to release of Zarifa Sautieva

  Residents of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) have addressed the republic's Supreme Court (SC) in support of the arrested Ingush oppositionist, Zarifa Sautieva, and demanded her release.

August 01, 2019 21:49

• South Ossetia asks Russia to recognize Ossetian genocide

  The Russian Parliament has agreed to consider the today's appeal received from South-Ossetian MPs to recognize the genocide of the Ossetian population. In its turn, the Georgian Parliament has treated the Russia's intention as a willingly helpless attempt to change the history.

August 01, 2019 18:30

• Kabardino-Balkarian court leaves Zarifa Sautieva under arrest

  Today, the Supreme Court (SC) of Kabardino-Balkaria has dismissed a complaint filed by Ingush activist Zarifa Sautieva about her arrest.

August 01, 2019 18:17

• Blood feud turns out to be a modern trend in Azerbaijan

  Three persons who were injured in a family killing at a market in the Agstafa District have already been discharged from hospitals, a public official reports today. In Azerbaijan, the tradition of blood feud has no deep roots and is being formed under the influence of soap operas on the relevant topic, psychologists explain.

August 01, 2019 17:56

• Dagestani resident sentenced for aiding terrorists tortured, his advocate claims

  Today, in Rostov-on-Don, the court has recognized that Timur Muritov, a resident of Dagestan, convinced his friend to leave for Syria and take part in the conflict on the side of the militants. Timur Muritov was sentenced to eight years of imprisonment. An advocate intends to appeal against the verdict and said that his client was subjected to torture.

August 01, 2019 15:04

• LGBT activist claims being attacked at picket in Rostov-on-Don

  On July 31, Rostov activist Anna Dvornichenko sought the help of doctors after being attacked during a picket in defence of members of the LGBT community, the activist herself reported.

August 01, 2019 14:57

• Georgian citizen arrested in Abkhazia for border violation

  In Abkhazia, a court pronounced a decision to arrest Georgian citizen Alexander Kapanadze, who was detained on suspicion of illegally crossing the border, the State Security Service of Abkhazia reported on July 31.