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September 30, 2018 11:22

• NKR accuses Azerbaijan of 230 acts of shelling within a week

  On September 23-29, units of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces made more than 3000 shots at the positions of the Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), its Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

September 30, 2018 11:18

• Court fines Mutsolgov for action in Magas

  Today, the Nazran City Court has found Ruslan Mutsolgov, the leader of the youth wing of the "Yabloko" Party in Ingushetia, guilty of violating the procedure for holding public events and fined him by 10,000 roubles. Mutsolgov said that he would appeal against the judgement.

September 30, 2018 10:39

• Mamed Ibragim arrested on the day he left prison

  Mamed Ibragim, an adviser to the chairman of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), who spent three years in a penal colony, was arrested again for two months for keeping a knife in his prison cell. 30 PFPA activists held an action in his support at the colony premises.

September 29, 2018 21:26

• Ilham Aliyev and Nikol Pashinyan agree to prevent border incidents

  The President of Azerbaijan and the Prime Minister of Armenia met at the summit of the CIS countries, where they decided to create a mechanism of operational communication to prevent violations of the ceasefire between the parties to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

September 29, 2018 20:53

• Four residents of Chechnya sentenced for attacking law enforcers

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya sentenced to 7-10 years of imprisonment four residents of the Nozhai-Yurt District who were found guilty of a bombing and wounding two policemen.

September 29, 2018 20:39

• Azerbaijan: international community to force Armenia to comply with UN resolutions

  From the rostrum of the UN General Assembly, the Azerbaijani Minister of Foreign Affairs has reported that the Armenian authorities are to be forced to implement the resolutions on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

September 29, 2018 20:14

• Over 250,000 roubles raised for victims of clashes in Kendelen

  Over the first three days of raising funds to help the Adygs affected by the clashes in the area of the Kendelen village, more than 250,000 roubles came, reported Astemir Shebzukhov, a journalist from Nalchik.

September 29, 2018 19:45

• Azerbaijan registers 98 cases of shelling from Armenian side

  During the day, the Armenian armed forces 98 times violated the ceasefire regime on the contact line of the troops, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reported.

September 29, 2018 11:40

• Museum first robbed in Nagorno-Karabakh

  A valuable silver coin of the 1st century BC is stolen from the Tigranakert Museum because of insufficient security measures, reported the Ministry of Culture for Nagorno-Karabakh.

September 29, 2018 11:22

• Oyub Titiev's advocates report threat to defence witnesses

  In the case against Oyub Titiev, the testimonies of prosecution witnesses are contradictory and cannot be trusted, stated advocates of the rights defender.

September 29, 2018 11:13

• In Tbilisi, merchants affected by fire demand compensation

  In Tbilisi, about 100 merchants who suffered losses as a result of the fire at the shopping centre "Children's World" held a rally with the demand to recognize them as victims and pay compensation.

September 29, 2018 08:35

• Ingush Government releases a map of new border

  The agreement on the establishment of a new Ingush-Chechen border accompanied of a map thereof has been posted on the website of the Government of Ingushetia.

September 29, 2018 08:25

• Mikhail Benyash arrested for two months

  The court has upheld the investigator's request and placed the Krasnodar lawyer Mikhail Benyash in custody for two months – until November 23.

September 28, 2018 23:01

• Policeman detained in case on Gazakh resident's death

  A policeman from the Gazakh District Police Department, where local resident Elmir Akhundov died, is suspected of abuse of power, while another person involved in the case is arrested on the charge of hooliganism, the General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan reports.

September 28, 2018 22:49

• NAC confirms killing of a militant in Dagestan

  Today, a militant has been killed in the area of the Buynaksk Pass after he opened fire on law enforcers, the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) reports. A source from the law enforcement bodies reported that the killed suspect was identified as Shamil Bilalov, a member of the Endirei grouping.

September 28, 2018 18:17

• Azerbaijani oppositionist goes on hunger strike in prison

  Mamed Ibragim, an advisor to the chairman of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has started a hunger strike in a punishment cell after the Penitentiary Service of Azerbaijan confirmed a knife had been found with him.

September 28, 2018 18:08

• Activists detained after clashes in Kendelen set free – rights defender

  Today, Valery Khatazhukov, the head for the Human Rights Centre (HRC) of Kabardino-Balkaria, has reported that activists detained during the conflict in the village of Kendelen were released after the expiration of their administrative arrests.

September 28, 2018 17:58

• A suspected militant killed in a special operation in Dagestan

  In Dagestan, in the course of the counterterrorist operation (CTO), law enforcers killed an armed militant from the Endirei grouping, sources report today.

September 28, 2018 13:18

• Grozny residents report law enforcers' raids on the eve of city's anniversary

  Armed law enforcers have inspected apartment buildings and private houses in Grozny, locals have reported. The police have explained the inspections by security measures in the context with celebrations of the 200th anniversary of the city.

September 28, 2018 13:11

• Law enforcers deny death of Gazakh resident after police torture

  The Ministry of Internal Affairs and the General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan have refuted the allegations of Ulviya Akhundova, a resident of the Gazakh District, about the death of her brother after torture by local policemen. According to the MIA and GPO, the deceased was injured as a result of a conflict with another resident of the Gazakh District.