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September 18, 2018 13:37

• Russian gunners hold exercises in Armenia

  Servicemen of artillery units of the Russian military base in Armenia are mastering their skills of mortar shooting in mountainous terrain.

September 18, 2018 10:17

• Law enforcers report killing three militants in Chechnya

  On September 16, servicemen of the "Rosgvardia" (Russian National Guard) shot dead three militants on the Chechen-Ingush border, law enforcement sources have stated.

September 18, 2018 10:16

• Law enforcers search "Yerevan.today" editorial office

  A search of the editorial office of the website "Yerevan.today" was conducted as part of the wiretapping case of Arthur Vanetsyan, Director of the National Security Service (NSS) of Armenia, and Sasun Khachatryan, the head of the Special Investigating Service (SIS). The work of the website is paralyzed, Sevak Akopyan, the editor, has stated.

September 18, 2018 08:46

• Law enforcers tell about inquiry into attempt on Imam Khamzat Chumakov in Ingushetia

  Investigators have found proofs of involvement of three residents of Ingushetia in preparing an assassination attempt on Imam Khamzat Chumakov in 2017. The alleged leader of the attackers is trying to evade responsibility, law enforcers have stated.

September 18, 2018 08:44

• Residents of Ingushetia and Chechnya tell about situation on the border

  The Ingush authorities had long ignored the infrastructure problems of the mountainous Sunzha District; therefore, the initiative of their Chechen counterparts, who began building a road, caused no opposition among residents of the nearest Ingush villages. This was reported by residents of border areas of the two republics.

September 17, 2018 21:55

• Coordinator of Navalny's Krasnodar office detained immediately after release

  Razmik Simonyan was detained again right after the end of his arrest, Alexander Saveliev, an activist, has stated.

September 17, 2018 21:53

• Court sentences Victoria Budaikhanova, native of Dagestan, to five years of conditional imprisonment

  The Moscow District Military Court has announced the verdict to Victoria Budaikhanova, a native of Dagestan, accused, after her return from Syria, of links with militants of the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court.

September 17, 2018 18:28

• Opponent of peaceful negotiations on Nagorno-Karabakh arrested in Azerbaijan

  Aziz Gakhramanov, a member of the "Musavat" Party, was arrested for 10 days after picketing against the ineffective conclusive negotiations on Nagorno-Karabakh which lasted 25 years. Members of the "Musavat" Party believe the persecution of Aziz Gakhramanov is of political nature.

September 17, 2018 18:27

• Armenia and Azerbaijan argue about losses in conflict zone

  The Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan has rejected the information about three killed Azerbaijani soldiers voiced by Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of Armenia.

September 17, 2018 18:26

• Karabakh war veterans support CSTO Secretary General Yuri Khachaturov

  Veterans of the Karabakh war demanded from Sasun Khachatryan, the chief of the Special Investigating Service of Armenia, to apologize to CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organization) Secretary General Yuri Khachaturov in connection with insulting statements addressed to him.

September 17, 2018 18:23

• Grozny residents describe situation in city on day of failed rally

  On September 16, a rally against the verdict to residents of the Kurchaloi District, to which social network users called, did not take place, the authorities confirm. Security measures were enhanced in the places where rallies could be held, local residents reported.

September 17, 2018 15:37

• Armenian citizen injured in shelling from Azerbaijani side

  The Azerbaijani armed forces shelled a border village in the Tavush District of Armenia. A local resident is wounded.

September 17, 2018 15:30

• Public employees and students report being forced to take part in cleaning Grozny streets

  On September 15, residents of Grozny took part in the All-Russian action "General cleaning of the country". Employees of public institutions, state-financed organizations and students reported that they came to clean the city at the request of their chiefs.

September 17, 2018 15:29

• On September 10-16, 2018, four persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of September 10-16, 2018, four persons were killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

September 17, 2018 13:43

• In Nagorno-Karabakh, fifth wine festival attracts attention of private winemakers

  24 wine companies from Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia and 29 private winemakers took part in the fifth wine festival held in the village of Tog in the Hadrut District. Last year, the wine festival was attended only by ten private winemakers.

September 17, 2018 13:43

• In Georgia, religious figures protest against marijuana legalization

  Religious figures of the Georgian Orthodox Church held a protest against the legalization of marijuana use, as well as the initiative to allow the cultivation of cannabis for the production of cosmetics and medicines.

September 17, 2018 13:41

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of September 10-16, 2018

  Summing up the results of the elections held in Southern Russia on September 9; special operation in Dagestan; announcement of a resonant sentence to 14 residents of Chechnya; verdict of guilty to Vladimir Bessonov, a former member of the State Duma; resumption of the action "Do not kill" in Tbilisi, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of September 10-16, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

September 17, 2018 13:38

• "Memorial": young people may be radicalized by verdict to Kurchaloi young people

  A call to hold a rally against the sentence to 14 residents of the Kurchaloi District did not lead to protests in Grozny. When young people in Chechnya loose the possibility to legally protest and protect themselves by legal means, they get radicalized, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" noted.

September 16, 2018 11:10

• Zaza Saralidze returns from hospital to building of Georgian parliament

  Zaza Saralidze, an initiator of the action "Do not Kill", has been on the sixth day of his hunger strike with the demand for resignation of the Georgian government. Today, he has fallen ill. The hunger-striker is taken to the hospital.

September 16, 2018 11:01

• Author of a video reporting violation during elections in Kalmykia visits Moscow

  Student Aisa Khulaeva, who shot a video about ballot stuffing at the elections to the People's Khural, is in Moscow. She has already met Sergey Mironov, the leader of the "Spravedlivaya Rossiya" (Fair Russia) Party, the Party's Kalmyk branch reports.