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September 24, 2018 11:26

• In Makhachkala, about 340 people protest against pension reform

  In Makhachkala, about 340 people came to a rally against the pension reform sanctioned by the authorities. The event was organized by local Communists.

September 24, 2018 11:19

• Azerbaijani MFA accuses CSTO Secretary General of abuse of power

  The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) for Azerbaijan has condemned the statement of CSTO Secretary General Yuri Khachaturov concerning the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. The Azerbaijani MFA has referred to the Armenian citizenship of the CSTO Secretary General and accused him of bias and abuse of authority, since the CSTO does not have a mandate for activities related to the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.

September 23, 2018 11:33

• Soldier killed in NKR

  Artsakh Ovsepyan, a soldier of the Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) was killed by the shelling delivered from the Azerbaijani side, the NKR's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

September 23, 2018 11:30

• 25 people are still under arrest in Nalchik after disorders in Kendelen

  Eight out of the 33 persons, detained on September 19 after the Kabardinian-Balkar conflict in the village of Kendelen, were released from the Nalchik temporary isolation facility, a member of the Public Oversight Commission (POC) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has stated.

September 23, 2018 11:27

• Georgia: parliamentary faction on verge of collapse due to scandal with Iberia

  Nato Chkheidze, the founder of "Iberia" TV Company, has left the "Alliance of Georgian Patriots" Party, explaining it by the fact that the party had failed to support the TV Company in its conflict with the authorities. Ms Chkheidze's threatens to ruin the whole party's parliamentary faction.

September 22, 2018 17:02

• Imam Makhmud Velitov asks to replace rest of his sentence with a fine

  Makhmud Velitov, the Imam of the Moscow mosque "Yardyam", has filed to the administration of the penal colony in Astrakhan a motion to replace the remained part of his sentenced with a fine. The defence treats such an option for his release as more favourable than the conditional early relief (CER).

September 22, 2018 16:58

• Political analysts argue about tension in pre-election campaign in Yerevan

  In Yerevan, no mass bribing of voters will take place in the course of the elections to the Council of Elders, Armenian political analysts believe.

September 22, 2018 16:56

• Azerbaijan claims machine-gun shelling from Armenian side

  Over the past day, the armed forces of Armenia 112 times violated the ceasefire regime in the contact line of the troops and used large-calibre machine guns, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reported.

September 22, 2018 12:33

• Vandals damage monument to Azerbaijani poet Nizami in Derbent

  Facebook users have reported that vandals have damaged the monument to Azerbaijani poet and thinker Nizami Ganjavi, installed in a park of the city of Derbent. Earlier, the monument was repeatedly attacked by vandals.

September 22, 2018 12:29

• CSTO condemns shelling of Armenian-Azerbaijani border

  Yuri Khachaturov, the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), has stated that the shelling of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and pre-border villages led to victims and threaten a new round of tension in the Karabakh conflict zone.

September 22, 2018 12:27

• Pyatigorsk authorities repeatedly ban rally in defence of LGBT community

  The Mayoralty of Pyatigorsk has treated the action demanding to observe the constitutional rights of members of the LGBT community as propaganda, dangerous for children, and refused to sanction it, activists have stated.

September 22, 2018 09:15

• Lawyers accuse authorities of protracting inquiry into Katyr-Yurt bombing

  The protraction of the investigation into the bombing of the Chechen village of Katyr-Yurt in 2000 is caused by the reluctance to prosecute militaries, lawyers assert. In their opinion, Russian investigators, unlike the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), fail to take into account testimonies of victims from among civilians.

September 22, 2018 09:11

• Authorities of Volgograd Region promise to help relatives of the pilot who perished in Syria

  The farewell ceremony to Konstantin Nazarov, a native of the Volgograd Region, who perished in Syria on September 17, will take place at the school where he studied.

September 21, 2018 21:48

• Activists report about 45 hospitalized after clashes near Zayukovo in KBR

  45 people were hospitalized as a result of clashes with policemen near the village of Zayukovo in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), the number of detainees reached 120, activists have stated.

September 21, 2018 21:48

• Georgian villagers block Tbilisi-Batumi Highway

  The Tbilisi-Batumi Highway was blocked for 20 minutes by residents of the village of Kheltubani, dissatisfied with the inquiry into the death of their 18-year-old fellow villager. After the police freed the roadway, protesters went to a rally in the city of Gori.

September 21, 2018 21:45

• Residents of Chechnya and Ingushetia doubt special operation held on the border

  Movsar Aleroev, a Chechen from the Ingush village of Psedakh, who was among the three alleged militants, killed on the Chechen-Ingush border, was not known for his ties with the underground. The unconvincing law enforcers' version gives rise to speculation about the falsification of the special operation, residents of the two republics have suggested.

September 21, 2018 19:52

• Conor McGregor calls Ramzan Kadyrov a dictator

  Irish fighter Conor McGregor explained his criticism of Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov by the latter's praise of the Chechen leader. According to the Irish athlete, the father of his rival from Dagestan is afraid of Ramzan Kadyrov, of whom Conor McGregor spoke extremely negatively.

September 21, 2018 19:48

• Circassian activists argue about ICA's influence on conflict in Kendelen

  The Congress of the International Circassian Association (ICA) has finished without announcement of a position on the conflict in the village of Kendelen, and the statement will be announced later, reported participants of the event. The ICA's statement will not help to stop the confrontation, believes activist Zaurbiy Chundyshko.

September 21, 2018 19:43

• Appeals to reconcile Kabardian and Balkar people provoke disputes in social networks

  On September 20, the Day of Adygs was celebrated in Kabardino-Balkaria against the background of clashes in Kendelen. Some Kabardian users of social networks refused to consider it a holiday. In the Balkar environment, not all people agreed with the calls for reconciliation.

September 21, 2018 14:32

• ECtHR treats investigation into death of Armenian citizen in police as ineffective

  On September 20, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) obliged the Armenian authorities to pay compensation of 52,000 euros to family members of Levon Gulyan, who died in the course of interrogation at a police station.