News

March 09, 2019 19:44

• Nagorno-Karabakh accuses Azerbaijan of 300 shelling attacks per week

  In the period from March 3 to March 9, the Azerbaijani forces fired more than 2300 shots at the positions of the Defence Army, reported the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh.

March 09, 2019 19:09

• Social network users: blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov wins dispute with Chechen Minister Magomed Daudov

  Blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov appeared to be more convincing in a discussion with Magomed Daudov, the speaker of the Chechen parliament, concluded YouTube users. They hope that Ramzan Kadyrov will continue a dispute with Tumso Abdurakhmanov.

March 09, 2019 12:18

• Missing Ingush student found in Egyptian prison

  The office of the Ingush Ombudsperson man for human rights in Ingushetia has received information about Khizir Dugiev, whose fate was unknown for more than six months, after he was detained in Egypt. According to the Ombudsperson, the young man is in a Cairo prison.

March 09, 2019 12:13

• Female activists state inefficient fight against sexual violence in Georgia

  Law enforcers would not investigate cases of sexual violence, while the Georgian legislation fails to comply with international standards, women-picketers have stated in Tbilisi.

March 09, 2019 12:12

• Armenian supper is disabled after being wounded in Syria

  Doctors had to amputate a foot of a sapper from Armenia, who was wounded during demining in Syria, the Centre for Humanitarian Demining and Expertise has informed.

March 09, 2019 09:32

• Relatives of Ingushes arrested in Egypt disagree with Evkurov's forecasts

  Yunus-Bek Evkurov has estimated the deportation period of the students detained in Egypt as one-two months, but their relatives doubt the estimate. They deny the detainees' involvement in extremism, but they fear that students will face criminal prosecution at home. Alexei Malashenko, a political analyst, believes that the case is unique.

March 09, 2019 09:28

• Balkars prefer commemoration of deportation to March 8 celebrations

  On March 8, a memorial event was held in Nalchik on the 75th anniversary of the deportation of Balkars. Some locals found it inappropriate to celebrate the International Women's Day on a tragic date for the nation.

March 09, 2019 09:24

• Residents of Northern Caucasus tell about change in attitudes to March 8

  The refusal of some residents of Chechnya and Dagestan to celebrate March 8 is associated with religious motives. Young people in Dagestan tend to perceive March 8 as an ordinary day; while older people, out of habit, celebrate the holiday, said Makhachkala townspeople. Residents of Kabardino-Balkaria, who commemorate the Balkars-deportation victims on March 8, would like to celebrate the Women's Day on another date.

March 09, 2019 01:24

• New version of child search in Syria bewilders residents of Chechnya

  Senator Ziyad Sabsabi, who has returned the son of a resident of Dagestan from the Middle East, explained that the child had been stolen from the refugee camp by "our militaries." His words contradict the authorities' version that the boy was kidnapped by unknown persons, residents of Chechnya have noted, expressing doubts that a child was found in Syria in a few days.

March 09, 2019 01:23

• Zurabishvili's words about NATO remind the powers of Georgian President

  The President of Georgia has not enough levers to implement her initiatives, political analysts have stated after Salome Zurabishvili's speech on the Georgia's Euro-Atlantic policies. On March 6, the opposition boycotted the president's speech in the parliament in protest against election frauds.

March 08, 2019 23:58

• March 8 celebration shows women's role in Chechen families

  Today, some residents of Chechnya have refused to celebrate the International Women's Day for religious reasons. The woman's cult is one of the national traditions in Chechnya, said Saipuddi Nataev, a historian. The eighth of March was perceived in the Caucasus as a state, not family holiday, said Sergey Arutyunov, a researcher of the Caucasus.

March 08, 2019 23:55

• ECtHR's decision reminds hundreds of cases of missing residents of Chechnya and Ingushetia

  Since 2001, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has made over 250 decisions on complaints about violent disappearances of residents of Chechnya and Ingushetia, the lawyers of the "Legal Initiative" Project and the Ingush branch of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" have stated. The ECtHR's decision on the disappearance of 17 residents of these republics has already entered into force.

March 08, 2019 23:53

• US Congress approves idea of sanctions for Boris Nemtsov's murder

  On March 7, the US Congress Committee approved a resolution calling for the investigation into the murder of the oppositional politician Boris Nemtsov and to impose sanctions against those who were involved in it. The congressmen also offered to study the foreign business assets of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov.

March 08, 2019 22:52

• Russian military wounded in Armenia

  Doctors assess the condition of a Russian serviceman of the Russian military base, who received a stab wound in Gyumri as stably grave.

March 08, 2019 20:49

• Police disrupt feminist march in Baku (+video)

  Policemen prevented activists from marching in protest of violence against women. They explained their actions by the fact that the march was not sanctioned. Female activists argue stating that holiday actions require no sanctioning.

March 08, 2019 15:19

• Azerbaijan accused Armenia of machine gun shelling

  The units of the Armenian Armed Forces have violated the ceasefire regime for 26 times by using large-calibre machine guns, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

March 08, 2019 15:07

• Court in Chechnya postpones hearings on "Gazprom" complaint

  On March 7, at the request of the Prosecutor's Office (PO), the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya postponed the consideration of the complaint lodged by the "Gazprom Mezhregiongaz Grozny" Company against the demand to write off gas debts to residents of the republic.

March 08, 2019 12:59

• Azerbaijani authorities ignore ECtHR's decision on Annagi Gadjibeili's complaint

  Annagi Gadjibeili, the head of the Azerbaijan Bar Association, is still under the ban on leaving the country, although the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found the ban to be a violation of his right to the freedom of travel. Mr Gadjibeili said that he could get the needed high quality treatment only abroad, as he was loosing his vision capacity.

March 08, 2019 12:57

• Leaders of Salafi mosque in Makhachkala call on to stop pressure on parishioners

  The members of the public council and the Imam of the "Tangim" mosque in Makhachkala have complained about regular law enforcers' raids and detentions of parishioners. On March 12, they plan to meet the republic's prosecutor.

March 08, 2019 09:05

• "AniDag" festival organizers refrain from claims to Israfilov

  Akhmed Israfilov, detained within the case of the disruption of the anime festival and a concert of Yegor Kreed in Makhachkala, was released under recognizance not to leave, a source has reported. The festival organizers refuse to treat Israfilov as the main culprit in disrupting the event.