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October 11, 2018 10:55

• Rights defender explains dispute about Chechen-Ingush border by provocation

  The Chechen-Ingush territorial dispute has been artificially provoked and is being pumped from outside, Akhmed Gisaev, the head of the Human Rights Analysis Centre, has stated. The Orstkhoev community, whose lands are the subject of a dispute, had initially indicated the absence of contradictions regarding these territories, the rights defender has noted.

October 11, 2018 10:45

• Georgian opposition starts collecting signatures against marijuana cultivation and export

  The "Strength in Unity" Movement has received special forms from the Georgian Parliament for collecting signatures for amending the Constitution towards banning the cultivation and export of marijuana.

October 11, 2018 08:34

• Ingush protesters treat abolition of border agreement as priority

  The protesters in Magas have supported the demand for resignation of Yunus-Bek Evkurov, but treat the cancellation of the border agreement and the preservation of the territories in Ingushetia as the issue of fundamental importance, said the protesters interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

October 11, 2018 08:26

• Benyash's advocates claim the court's refusal to study proofs

  The Krasnodar Territorial Court has upheld the decision on 40 hours of compulsory work, appointed to the lawyer Mikhail Benyash under the article on violation of the procedure of organizing a rally. His guilt was not proved, his defence has reported.

October 10, 2018 21:33

• Defence associates Khandoyan's death with beating at court

  The state of health of Araik Khandoyan, a member of the "Sasna Tsrer" armed detachment, worsened during his detention, his advocates have stated.

October 10, 2018 21:25

• Protesters demand from Evkurov to revoke his signature to border agreement

  The outcomes of voting at the Ingush Parliament on fixing the Ingush-Chechen border should be cancelled, the organizing committee of the rally in Magas said to the chairman of the National Assembly. Protesters demand from the head of Ingushetia to revoke his signature to the border agreement.

October 10, 2018 21:15

• TV Company named after Kadyrov receives right to All-Russian broadcasting

  The Akhmat Kadyrov TV and radio company named "Put" (Path) has become the first regional Islamic television channel that received broadcasting right throughout Russia, the spokesman of the Chechen Ministry for Press has stated.

October 10, 2018 18:22

• A Stavropol activist detained by law enforcers, his relatives report

  During a search in the house of Muslim Suleimanov, a resident of the Stavropol Territory, law enforcers planted ammunition and took him away to some unknown destination, reported his relatives. They associate the persecution of Muslim Suleimanov with his active civic position.

October 10, 2018 18:13

• Azerbaijani SC upholds verdict to Giyas and Gasan Ibragimov

  Today, the Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan has dismissed a complaint filed against the sentences of activist Giyas Ibragimov and his father Gasan Ibragimov, who were found guilty of insulting judges.

October 10, 2018 18:05

• In Armenia, a key participant in seizure of police building dies

  Araik Khandoyan, a member of the "Sasna Tsrer" (Daredevils of Sassoun) armed unit, in August released by the court in Armenia, died, reported Varuzhan Avetisyan.

October 10, 2018 15:13

• Ingush MPs disrupt new voting on border with Chechnya

  12 MPs have registered to take part in the parliament session to reconsider the issue of the Chechen-Ingush border. Meanwhile, the quorum requires 17 MPs.

October 10, 2018 15:05

• CTO legal regime lifted in two districts of Dagestan

  Today, an official from the operational headquarters of the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) in Dagestan has reported that law enforcers completed special operations in the Buynaksk and Kumtorkala Districts.

October 10, 2018 14:55

• Azerbaijan claims shelling of five villages

  Over the past 24 hours, the ceasefire in the Karabakh conflict zone was violated 28 times, reported the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan.

October 10, 2018 14:35

• Dagestani authorities promise to give an iPhone for dobbing

  A resident of Dagestan, who will report to the hotline the highest number of messages on extremist posts in social networks, will get an iPhone, reports the Dagestani Ministry of Communications.

October 10, 2018 11:01

• Issa Kodzoev speaks about lands lost by Ingush people since 1944

  Over more than 70 years, the territory of Ingushetia has been steadily declining, and the current agreement to establish the border with Chechnya continues the above trend, said writer Issa Kodzoev, whose story about the change in the borders of the republic was published on YouTube.

October 10, 2018 10:51

• At trial, defence witnesses confirm Oyub Titiev's healthy lifestyle

  On October 9, in the case against Oyub Titiev, the head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" office in Grozny, the court questioned two policemen and then proceeded to question witnesses for the defence. Two defence witnesses testified in favour of the defendant.

October 10, 2018 01:11

• MP tells Magas rally about inquiry into vote falsification

  On October 9, Ingush MPs testified in connection with a statement about the vote fraud that took place on September 4 regarding the ratification of the Ingush-Chechen border agreement, Zakrij Mamilov, an MP told the Magas rally.

October 10, 2018 01:02

• HRC "Memorial" calls for release of lawyer Benyash

  The criminal prosecution of Mikhail Benyash, a lawyer from the Krasnodar Territory, for political reasons threatens the independence of the legal profession and respect for the right of citizens to legal protection, undermining the foundations of the Russian judiciary, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has stated.

October 10, 2018 00:56

• ECtHR obliges Russia to pay 50,000 euros to two torture victims in Krasnodar Territory

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has awarded 25,000 euros of compensation to Dmitry Golubyatnikov and Sergey Zhuchkov each, residents of the Krasnodar Territory, sentenced to long prison terms after being tortured by law enforcers.

October 09, 2018 21:55

• Murtazali Gasanguseinov released from police with apologies

  Murtazali Gasanguseinov, the father of the assassinated Gasanguseinov brothers, was taken from the Sovietsky ROVD (Interior Division) to the Makhachkala MIA Department, from where he was released with apologies. The Dagestani MIA explained his detention with a desire to help him in solving his problems.