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November 02, 2018 09:33

• Ingush activists argue about CC's decision

  Opponents of the border agreement with Chechnya stopped their protest rally in Magas after the decision of the Constitutional Court (CC) of Ingushetia; but they are ready to resume it, said its organizers. The CC's decision will not lead to cancellation of the border law, the head of Ingushetia, Yunus-Bek Evkurov, has stated.

November 01, 2018 23:51

• Editor-in-chief of Azerbaijani website complains about ban to leave the country

  Border guards did not allow Mustafa Gadjibeili, the editor-in-chief of the "Bastainfo.com" website, to fly to Georgia. According to his story, the website was blocked after the publication about the attempt on the Mayor of the city of Ganja, but he was not informed about the ban on leaving the country.

November 01, 2018 23:49

• Armenian amnesty draft triggers prisoners' protests

  Dozens of prisoners in two correctional facilities of Armenia have gone on endless hunger strike, demanding to reconsider the draft amnesty law. Despite the protests, the parliament passed the draft as it was brought in.

November 01, 2018 23:48

• Five residents of Dagestan detained within extremism case

  Law enforcers have detained the organizer of a unit of the "At-Takfir Val-Hijra" organization, recognized as extremist in Russia and banned by the court, and four followers of this religious association.

November 01, 2018 18:55

• Complaint of fines after clashes in Kabardino-Balkaria reaches SC

  On October 31, the Supreme Court (SC) of Kabardino-Balkaria began to consider a complaint filed by a student of the Kabardino-Balkarian State University (KBSU), who challenged the fines imposed on him after he had appeared on the place of the September riots. The student claims that he did not take part in the protest action.

November 01, 2018 18:52

• Ramzan Kadyrov calls on to detain opponents of Chechen-Ingush agreement on border

  The Chechen authorities plan to equip the territories on the border with Ingushetia to attract tourists, announces Ramzan Kadyrov. He has suggested detaining those who "provoke" conflicts between Chechen and Ingush people.

November 01, 2018 18:50

• Armenian MPs refuse again to elect Nikol Pashinyan as Prime Minister

  Not a single member of the Armenian parliament voted to appoint Nikol Pashinyan the Prime Minister of Armenia. Such a decision leads to the dissolution of the National Assembly.

November 01, 2018 15:30

• Ingush Mufti Khamkhoev may face political isolation because of conflict with Kadyrov

  After voicing criticism against the authorities of Chechnya, Isa Khamkhoev risks to lose support of Ramzan Kadyrov against the background of deterioration in his relations with Ingush leader Yunus-Bek Evkurov. This opinion was voiced by scientists engaged in studies of the Caucasus.

November 01, 2018 15:23

• Azerbaijan registers 30 cases of shelling in conflict zone over a day

  The Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijani complained about shelling of its positions in the Karabakh conflict zone after the monitoring held by OSCE observers.

November 01, 2018 13:10

• Sochi residents complain about no help after flooding

  Residents of Sochi who lost property because of flooding and who lived without registration, as well as those people who recently bought houses, did not get any assistance. The people left without compensation believe it has no sense to seek money through the courts.

November 01, 2018 13:09

• Scientists discuss methods to resist radical Islam in Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia

  In Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia, violence on religious grounds is associated with the destruction of traditional hierarchies, increased individualism, and urbanization, believes Irina Starodubrovskaya, an author of the report on religiously-motivated violence.

November 01, 2018 08:17

• Court postpones decision on CER of Geriev, "Caucasian Knot" correspondent

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya has postponed the decision on the appeal for the conditional early relief (CER) of Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, until November 8.

November 01, 2018 08:15

• Refusal from street action splits Ingush opposition

  The decision of the organizing committee to stop the rally in Magas has nullified the two weeks of protest of Ingush activists; none of the demands have been fulfilled, the co-chairs of the "Mekhk Khel" movement have stated.

October 31, 2018 21:52

• Diaspora members opposed the Ingush-Chechen border agreement

  At the Congress of the Ingush People, delegates from foreign Ingush Diasporas expressed their disagreement with the transfer of land to Chechnya and opposed the Ingush-Chechen border agreement. Residents of Chechnya pointed to the negative consequences of the decisions of the congress.

October 31, 2018 21:51

• Media: agreement on Chechen-Ingush border threatens "Erzi" Reserve

  The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation is studying the issue of changing the territory of the "Erzi" Natural Reserve in connection with the border agreement on the Chechen-Ingush border, the "Kommersant" reports. Environmentalists fear that the reserve will lose the land that was passed over to Chechnya.

October 31, 2018 18:18

• Kremlin distances itself from problem of border between Ingushetia and Chechnya

  Lawyers are engaged in studying the agreement on the border between Chechnya and Ingushetia, said Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov when answering a question about the Moscow's intervention in the situation.

October 31, 2018 18:16

• Armenian parliament approves amnesty law amid protests

  Armenian MPs adopted the law on amnesty in the first reading. The pardon will affect more than 6500 people, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) reported. The hearing was held against the background of a protest held by relatives of prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment who demanded that the amnesty should be extended to them.

October 31, 2018 18:15

• OSCE monitoring reveals no violations in Karabakh conflict zone

  While monitoring the contact line of the armed forces of Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan, OSCE observers did not reveal any violations of the ceasefire regime.

October 31, 2018 18:11

• Organizers call on people to finish rally in Magas

  In Magas, an action against the change in the border with Chechnya was finished earlier than planned, and protesters expressed their intention to act in a legal way, stated protest organizers. The co-chairs of the NGO "Mekhk Khel" did not agree with the decision.

October 31, 2018 14:58

• Lawyers argue about significance of decision pronounced by Ingush Constitutional Court

  Ibragim Doskiev, the deputy chairman of the Ingush Constitutional Court, has stated that the Court's decision declaring the law on the border with Chechnya unconstitutional is final and takes effect from the moment it is pronounced.