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May 24, 2019 22:12

• Ramzan Kadyrov refutes information about his promotion to Vice Premier

  The leader of Chechnya responded to the information about his possible resignation, with a subsequent promotion to the post of the Vice Premier, by a demonstrative rejection of any ambitions to become a federal top-ranking official.

May 24, 2019 18:24

• Attack on law enforcers in Kizilyurt District becomes first armed incident over 10 months

  A shootout in the Kizilyurt District, in which three persons have been killed today, has become the first armed incident in the district since early 2019. The recent attack on law enforcers in the Kizilyurt District occurred in July 2018.

May 24, 2019 18:05

• Chechen people doubt joy of Akhmat-Yurt residents from renaming of their village

  Fellow villagers of Ramzan Kadyrov said that they had long wanted for their village to be renamed as Akhmat-Yurt. They note they are proud that the village of Khosi-Yurt now bears the name of the father of the Chechen leader. Some residents of the republic and users of social networks found the above statements to be demonstrative.

May 24, 2019 17:48

• South Ossetia decides to close border with Georgia during school leavers' parties

  The KGB of South Ossetia reports the decision to close border crossing points with Georgia for the period from May 24 to May 26 because of the enhanced security measures during the "Last Bell" celebrations at schools.

May 24, 2019 13:31

• NAC reports killing three militants in Dagestan

  Three persons were killed in a shootout with law enforcers in the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan, the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) has informed today.

May 24, 2019 13:20

• Editor-in-chief of website "Bakupress.az" stops her hunger strike

  Shafag Agabalaeva, the editor-in-chief of the website "Bakupress.az", arrested on suspicion of drug dealing, has begun taking food, her son said.

May 24, 2019 11:59

• Activist Shevchenko awarded Nemtsov Prize

  The Boris Nemtsov Prize for courage in fighting for democratic values in Russia has been awarded to Rostov activist Anastasia Shevchenko, accused of association with an undesirable organization.

May 24, 2019 11:50

• "Dashnaktsutyun" Party reproaches Pashinyan for absence of reforms

  About 2400 people gathered at the rally of the ARF "Dashnaktsutyun" in Yerevan. A year has passed after the "velvet revolution", but the promised economic changes have not happened; the new government only sows hatred and enmity, trying to distract citizens from real problems, protesters have stated.

May 24, 2019 11:40

• Court extends arrest of five Ingush activists

  The Nalchik City Court has ruled to extend by four months the arrest of Bagaudin Khautiev and four other protesters in Magas, the lawyer, Kaloi Akhilgov, has informed.

May 24, 2019 01:35

• Law enforcers disrupt journalists' protest in Baku

  Policemen have pushed the employees of the edition "Futbol+", who protested against the stop of governmental financing, away from the presidential Administration. Three journalists, who wanted to cover the action of their colleagues, said they were detained and spent three hours at the police station.

May 24, 2019 01:19

• CaT achieves check of complaint of resident of Chechnya

  Investigators have started, with an almost three-year delay, examining the complaints lodged by Ramazan Djalaldinov, a resident of the Sharoi District of Chechnya, about his prosecutions after his video appeal to Vladimir Putin about the problems of the village of Kenkhi, the Committee against Torture (CaT) has informed.

May 23, 2019 21:58

• YeSU Rector resigns amid students' protests

  Today, Aram Simonyan, whose resignation was demanded by student activists, has voluntarily left the post of Rector of the Yerevan State University (YeSU). As explained by the press secretary of the university, Mr Simonyan does not want to darken the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the YeSU with the struggle around his candidacy.

May 23, 2019 21:44

• Passengers at Rostov Airport evacuated after bomb call

  Reports about mining of the Platov Rostov Airport turned out to be false, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported. Flights are not delayed; the staff works in normal mode, the airport has informed.

May 23, 2019 19:16

• Buynaksk residents charged with involvement in IS* retract their confessions

  An investigator convinced the court to extend for a month the arrests of four young men from Buynaksk, accused of having links with the militants. The detainees retracted their confessions obtained under torture, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reported.

May 23, 2019 19:04

• Georgian company refuses to meet demands of striking miners

  The "Georgian Manganese" Company called on miners on strike in the city of Chiatura to return to their work and accused them of disrupting agreements. Negotiations give no results, and the strike continues, the spokesperson of the trade union reports today.

May 23, 2019 18:53

• Stanislav Zimovets voices reasons for his hunger strike in Volzhsky penal colony

  Stanislav Zimovets, a resident of the city of Volzhsky, sentenced for using violence against a policeman during a protest action, has been on the hunger strike since May 14. He demands to release political prisoners, his advocate reports today.

May 23, 2019 15:14

• Azerbaijan reports shelling of two villages in the conflict zone

  The positions of the Azerbaijani army in the conflict zone were shelled for 21 times during the last 24 hours; two border villages came under fire, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

May 23, 2019 14:57

• Baku protesters condemn violence at detention of journalist in Moscow

  A protest action was held in front of the Russian Embassy in Baku. Its participants demanded to punish the law enforcers, who used of violence against the Azerbaijani journalist, Fuad Abbasov, detained in Moscow.

May 23, 2019 14:52

• Two residents of Volgograd Region tell about slave labour in Kalmykia

  Alexander Kozlov and Alexander Kolesnikov, residents of the Volgograd settlement of "Zarya", said that they had been kept against their will at livestock farms in Kalmykia.

May 23, 2019 10:59

• GPO reports five complaints after blocking courthouses in Armenia

  Applications on illegal actions during the blocking of courthouses in Armenia have been received from two judges and three advocates, the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has informed.