News

September 16, 2018 10:50

• In Baku, President Erdogan confirms support for Azerbaijan in Karabakh conflict

  At the parade dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Baku liberation, the Azerbaijani leader has announced that the strong army is the main condition for the resolution of the Karabakh conflict and the army's power is growing. The President of Turkey, who also attended the parade, stated that his country would not restore relations with Armenia until the conflict was resolved.

September 16, 2018 10:37

• Nagorno-Karabakh accuses Azerbaijan of 250 cases of shelling during a week

  In the period from September 9 to 15, the Azerbaijani armed forces made more than 2500 shots on the positions of the Defence Army, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh reported.

September 15, 2018 18:33

• Three persons killed in a special operation in Dagestan

  During a shootout which occurred in the Talgi village not far from the Karabudakhkent District, law enforcers eliminated a group of militants, the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) reported.

September 15, 2018 18:20

• Advocates: law enforcers do nothing to investigate beating of Mikhail Benyash

  During almost a week after the arrest of lawyer Mikhail Benyash in Krasnodar, the legality for the law enforcers' actions had not been verified, reported advocate Alexei Avanesyan. The dispute, in which some lawyers accuse Mikhail Benyash of violating the lawyer's ethics by participation in the opposition movement, diverts attention from the fact that Mikhail Benyash has been beaten, notes advocate Alexander Popkov.

September 15, 2018 18:11

• Azerbaijan claims 88 cases of shelling from Armenian side

  The Armenian armed forces 88 times violated the ceasefire in the conflict zone during a day, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reports today.

September 15, 2018 17:57

• CTO in Karabudakhkent and Buynaksk Districts becomes the first one in 2018

  In 2018, the counterterrorist operation (CTO) legal regime has been introduced in the territories of the Buynaksk and Karabudakhkent Districts of Dagestan for the first time. In those areas, the recent special operation was conducted last year. The CTO legal regime has been introduced for the eighth time this year in the territory of the republic.

September 15, 2018 10:20

• CTO regime announced in two Dagestani districts

  Law enforcers are holding their special operations in the Buinaksk and Karabudakhkent Districts, which were today put under the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime, the spokesman for the Operative Headquarters in Dagestan of the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) gas stated.

September 15, 2018 10:11

• Judge presents details of verdict to 14 residents of Chechnya

  The 14 residents of the Chechen Kurchaloi District, convicted within the resonant case, received long prison terms for participating in the armed underground, Judge Taus Getaev has stated.

September 15, 2018 08:35

• Head of Makhachkala customs complains to rights defenders about torture

  Askandar Bilalov, a former acting head of the Makhachkala customs post, has turned to the Committee Against Torture (CAT) with a complaint about torture after his detention in August 2016, stating that over the past two years, fourteen resolutions were passed on his complaint, rights defenders report.

September 15, 2018 08:26

• Call to protest causes fear in residents of Chechnya

  Chechen residents do not rule out that the call to go to the rally in Grozny could be a provocation staged by law enforcers. They believe that a very small number of people would respond to the call.

September 15, 2018 08:17

• Defence complains about quality of Imam Velitov's treatment

  Makhmud Velitov, the Imam of the Moscow "Yardyam" Mosque, convicted for justifying terrorism, was kept at the Astrakhan City Hospital, chained to the bed; now, he is back at the prison hospital, where they fail to treat his heart problems, but tore off his nails because of fungus, Velitov's advocate has stated.

September 14, 2018 21:31

• Son of Rustamov, arrested in Baku, complains about absence of Russian help

  The Russian Embassy to Azerbaijan has refused to help in arranging a meeting with a Russian citizen Salekh Rustamov, who was arrested in Baku on charges of illegal sponsoring the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), his son has stated.

September 14, 2018 21:23

• NAC reveals circumstances of killing alleged militant in Dagestan

  During the shootout in the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, law enforcers and civilians did not suffer, the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) has stated today.

September 14, 2018 18:32

• The author of video of ballot-stuffing at elections in Kalmykia asks to stop searching her

  The Investigating Committee is checking the today's video message of Aisa Khulaeva, who had disappeared after she recorded a ballot-stuffing one of the polling stations in Kalmykia.

September 14, 2018 18:19

• Military exercises in Armenia and Azerbaijan simulate war resumption

  Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh have held, and Azerbaijan has announced exercises that imitate a sharp aggravation of military confrontation in the region.

September 14, 2018 13:37

• Relatives of convicted Kurchaloi residents publicly recognize their guilt

  Family members of three out of 14 residents of the Kurchaloi District, sentenced for terrorism, on air of the republic's TV asked not to spread the video showing relatives reacting with indignation to the court verdict.

September 14, 2018 13:27

• Azerbaijan reports machine-gun shelling in conflict zone

  During the last 24 hours, positions of the Azerbaijani Army in the Karabakh conflict zone were fired for 92 times, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated today.

September 14, 2018 13:17

• Kalmyk University confirms disappearance of student

  Aisa Khulaeva, a student, who filmed a ballot-stuffing at the recent elections, has not appeared in the hostel and at classes since; an application has been submitted on her disappearance, the Kalmyk State University (KSU) has stated.

September 14, 2018 10:01

• Zurabishvili's presidential campaign starts at background of protest action

  Ms Zurabishvili officially launched her election campaign on September 12 with a meeting with the population of Kutaisi. However, by the start of the meeting, in front of the building, in which it was planned, several locals gathered with posters.

September 14, 2018 09:53

• Alleged militant killed in Dagestan

  A man, who opened fire on law enforcers, was shot dead in the Khasavyurt District, law enforcement sources have reported.