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October 03, 2018 22:02

• ECtHR blames state servants for death of KBR resident

  On October 2, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) obliged Russia to pay 74,500 euros to relatives of Rasul Tsakoev, a resident of the village of Khasanya in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), having found law enforcers guilty of his torture and death.

October 03, 2018 21:59

• Rights defenders achieve new inquiry into death of Anapa resident at police

  The death case of Ivan Geliev, a resident of Anapa, after his detention by law enforcers has been resumed by decision of the Prosecutor's Office, the Committee against Torture (CaT) has stated.

October 03, 2018 21:55

• Georgia's Ombudsperson tells about beating of Otinashvili arrested in South Ossetia

  Maya Otinashvili, a resident of the Georgian village of Khurvaleti, was arrested in South Ossetia for ten days, the Georgian State Security Service (SSS) has reported. After being detained, the woman was beaten up, the Georgian Ombudsperson has stated.

October 03, 2018 21:53

• Pashinyan tells about outcomes of meeting with Aliev

  No Azerbaijani-Armenian operative communication line on the truce observance in the Karabakh conflict zone has been created; however, an agreement about it has already affected the situation in the conflict zone. This was stated by Nikol Pashinyan, the Prime Minister of Armenia. The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has noted a decline in the shelling intensity in the conflict zone.

October 03, 2018 19:13

• Four rally participants hospitalized in Yerevan

  One of the Nikol Pashinyan's supporters who suffered at a rally experienced head failure.

October 03, 2018 19:10

• In Chechnya, residents of Nadterechny District disappointed with loss of lands

  Under the agreement on the border change, Chechnya handed over to Ingushetia the agricultural lands of the former "Goragorsky" state-owned farm in the Nadterechny District. The lands handed over to the neighbouring republic are good for farming, local residents complain.

October 03, 2018 19:06

• In Armenia, two "Sasna Tsrer" members go on hunger strike

  Pavel Manukyan, accused of seizing a police regiment in Yerevan, has declared an indefinite hunger strike with the demand to change the pre-trial restriction measure to him. Armen Bilyan, accused of killing a policeman during the seizure of the regiment building, has joined the demand voiced by Pavel Manukyan.

October 03, 2018 19:02

• Relative of oppositional journalist sentenced in Azerbaijan

  In Azerbaijan, Emin Shagiev, a relative of Turkel Azerturk, a reporter of the opposition "TuranTV" TV Channel, was sentenced to seven years of imprisonment on the charge of drug trafficking. Turkel Azerturk has associated the prosecution of his relative with his opposition activities.

October 03, 2018 13:40

• Activists tell about the relevance for Ingushetia of lands transferred to Chechnya

  People live and there are graves of Ingush ancestors in the lands handed over to Chechnya within the framework of the agreement on fixing borders. The border re-delineation will affect the residents of the mountainous part of Ingushetia, in particular, Dattykh villagers, said Sarazhdin Sultygov, the co-chairman of the "Mekhk Kkhel" movement.

October 03, 2018 13:38

• Azerbaijan counts 30 acts of shelling in conflict zone

  During the last 24 hours, the positions of the Azerbaijani Army stationed in four villages were shelled, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

October 03, 2018 13:37

• Armenian President approves dismissal of six ministers

  Armen Sargsyan has supported the decision of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to dismiss the ministers-members of the "Prosperous Armenia" and "Dashnaktsutyun" Parties, who had supported the amendments to the Regulations on the National Assembly (Parliament).

October 03, 2018 10:50

• Russia finds Imam Velitov's complaint to the ECtHR unjustified

  The Russia's representative at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) responded to the court's request on the complaint of Imam Makhmud Velitov and asked the court to reject it.

October 03, 2018 10:45

• Over 500 Stepanakert residents light candles in memory of Charles Aznavour

  By lighting candles, Stepanakert townspeople have honoured the memory of the French chansonier Charles Aznavour. The participants in the mourning ceremony, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", called him a great artist and a real man.

October 03, 2018 08:57

• Georgian edition wins Free Media Award-2018

  The awarding ceremony of the Free Media Awards in the field of the freedom of speech was held in Yerevan. Among those who received the award is the edition named "Chaikhana" (Teahouse) from Tbilisi.

October 03, 2018 08:55

• Armenian Premier Pashinyan dismisses ministers and announced his resignation

  Nikol Pashinyan, the Prime Minister of Armenia has signed a decree on the dismissal of the ministers from the "Prosperous Armenia" and "Dashnaktsutyun" Parties. He has stated that he will also resign after the decree comes into force, and called on his supporters to seek early parliamentary elections.

October 02, 2018 22:46

• KBR resident explains his disappearance

  Rashid Pugoev, a resident of the dwelling settlement of Prokhladny, could not contact his family, because he lost his phone during his departure to another region, the police have stated.

October 02, 2018 22:44

• After Kendelen conflict, historian Kotlyarov issues a book about Kanjali Battle

  In Nalchik, the book "Kanjali Battle: View Through Centuries" has been released, telling about the clash of Circassians with the troops of the Crimean Khan Kaplan-Giray on the Malka River. According to the author, Victor Kotlyarov, the Kanjali Battle has a direct bearing on the present, in particular, on the unrests in the village of Kendelen.

October 02, 2018 22:43

• Azeri political analysts warn about escalation threat of Karabakh conflict

  The "Karabakh" Committee, which organized a rally for a forceful resolution of the Karabakh conflict, intends to continue holding rallies with demands to Azerbaijani authorities to launch resolute actions aimed to restore the country's territorial integrity. This was stated by Akif Nagi, a member of the above committee.

October 02, 2018 19:41

• In Chechnya, resident of Dagestan sentenced for trying to leave for Syria

  In Chechnya, a court sentenced a 22-year-old native of Khasavyurt to 2.9 years in a penal colony for trying to join militants in Syria.

October 02, 2018 19:40

• Ramzan Kadyrov criticizes opponents of change in Chechen-Ingush border

  The leader of Chechnya called on opponents to the change in the Chechen-Ingush border not to create problems for themselves and noted that "they would be brought to responsibility." Residents of Chechnya doubted that the statement could defuse the situation and predicted the intensification of protests in Ingushetia.