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November 18, 2018 08:40

• Chechnya: explosion of suicide bomber was third terror act in the region since start of year

  On Saturday, near the checkpoint in the outskirt of Grozny, an explosion occurred. In 2018, it was preceded by two other terror acts committed in Chechnya. The responsibility for the both earlier incidents was claimed by the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization banned in Russia by the court.

November 18, 2018 08:39

• Activists demand to release detainees at Baku march

  About 100 people gathered at the police station and demanded to release the leader of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), the head of the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) and other people detainees during the march in Baku.

November 17, 2018 15:21

• Chechnya: authors of game about vampires apologize for the game plot

  The references to Chechnya will be removed from the table game, which has caused criticism because of the disrespectful reference to the prosecution of gays in the republic, the game designers have assured.

November 17, 2018 15:16

• Two protest leaders detained in Ingushetia

  Law enforcers have detained activists Barakh Chemurziev and Akhmed Pogorov, who, together with other residents of Ingushetia, gathered today in the Sunzha District in order to go to the border with Chechnya to hold a subbotnik (a voluntary clean-up day) there.

November 17, 2018 10:45

• Azerbaijani SC upholds verdict on "Nardaran case"

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan has dismissed the complaint of the theologian Zulfugar Mikailov and 11 other convicted believers. The defence intends to appeal against the verdict at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

November 17, 2018 10:43

• Analysts see challenge to Kadyrov in subbotnik in lands transferred to Chechnya

  The initiative of Ingush activists to organize a subbotnik in the territory that became a subject of dispute because of the border agreement with Chechnya is a challenge to the leadership of Chechnya, analysts have suggested, while lawyers point out that the political subtext of the subbotnik equates it to a rally.

November 17, 2018 08:24

• Prosecutor asks two years in prison for attacking "Caucasian Knot" correspondent

  The prosecutor has asked for two years in prison for Karim Kasumov, accused of attacking a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent during a rally of Alexei Navalny's supporters in Makhachkala; the victim's representative has demanded the maximum punishment for Kasumov.

November 17, 2018 08:22

• Vladikavkaz picketers demand to close "Electrozink"

  About 50 residents of Vladikavkaz came to a picket demanding to close the "Electrozink" Metallurgical Factory. They called the factory hazardous for locals' health.

November 16, 2018 21:51

• Russia's CC summons Kadyrov and Evkurov to sitting

  The head of Ingushetia, Yunus-Bek Evkurov, and the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, the republics' MPs, officials from the Chechen and Ingush General Prosecutor's Offices (GPOs) and Ministries of Justice (MoJs) have been summoned by the Constitutional Court (CC) of Russia to the session on the Chechen-Ingush border.

November 16, 2018 21:50

• Chechen authorities threaten table game authors

  Djambulat Umarov, the Chechen Minister for National Policy and External Relations, has called the table game "Vampire: The Masquerade", in which the republic is ruled by a clan of vampires, a part of the information war.

November 16, 2018 18:49

• Researchers of Caucasus criticize official version of shootout in Chechnya

  The statement of law enforcers that those killed in the shootout in Chechnya had links with militants is not convincing enough, but people need to wait for the investigators' conclusions, experts believe. The casualties were buried in a nameless grave, said a relative of one of them.

November 16, 2018 14:23

• Azerbaijan claims shelling of its positions in two villages

  During the last 24 hours, positions of the Azerbaijani Army were shelled for 27 times, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

November 16, 2018 14:23

• Baku court leaves activist Zaur Rovshanli under arrest

  The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) has dismissed a complaint about the arrest for 10 days of Zaur Rovshanli, a board member of the D18 Civil Movement. His defence intends to challenge the legality of the arrest at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

November 16, 2018 13:58

• Calls for subbotnik in lands transferred to Chechnya triggers disputes in social networks

  A proposal of Ingush activists to hold a volunteer clean-up day (subbotnik) in disputed territories after signing the Ingush-Chechen border agreement may increase disagreements of the two peoples, social network users assert.

November 16, 2018 09:57

• Decision to release ex-President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan cancelled

  The Armenian Cassation Court has partially granted the petition of the Prosecutor General, who demanded to arrest Robert Kocharyan, the second President of Armenia, within the case dispersing demonstrators in 2008. The Court of Appeal (CoA) will again consider the issue of Kocharyan's arrest.

November 16, 2018 09:55

• Dagestan: complaint about Ragimovs' torturing submitted to ECtHR

  The refusal to investigate the case of torture of Murad and Firuddin Ragimov, natives of Dagestan, has violated the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), the Committee against Torture (CaT) has stated.

November 16, 2018 08:35

• Film about Dagestani medical problems screened at festival of human rights cinema

  The documentary film "Porok" (Vice) about corruption in Dagestan was presented at the Bishkek Film Festival. It tells about the organization "Patient's Monitor", which is engaged in the protection of citizens' rights in the field of public health. Since the start of 2018, the organization, according to its leaders, has helped Dagestani privileged patients to receive medicines worth over 10 million roubles.

November 16, 2018 08:33

• Sports tournament in memory of Gasanguseinov brothers founded in Dagestan

  The authorities of the Shamil District of Dagestan, where the Gasanguseinov brothers were killed, have established a volleyball tournament in their memory and began building a pitch for it.

November 16, 2018 08:31

• Kidnapping of Ingush activist's nephew reminds Kadyrov's methods

  The kidnappers of Rustam Lyanov did not post a recorded video, as the public outcry around the kidnapping made this act senseless. The incident was an attempt to introduce in Ingushetia the practice of public apologies widespread in Chechnya, activists believe.

November 16, 2018 08:29

• Ingush activists announce subbotnik on lands transferred to Chechnya

  The Presidium of the World Congress of the Ingush People has announced a subbotnik in the disputed lands along the Fortanga River to be held on November 17.