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September 08, 2018 09:42

• Soldier dies at military base in Georgia

  The truck that was bringing soldiers from exercises tipped over; one soldier perished and two others were injured, the Georgian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.

September 08, 2018 07:03

• Representatives of Egor Kreed refuse to cancel concert in Dagestan after threats to the singer

  The information about the cancellation of Egor Kreed's concert in Makhachkala, after the singer received threats, has nothing to do with reality, the representative of the music label, with which the singer works, has stated.

September 08, 2018 07:00

• Ramzan Kadyrov demands to clarify Chechnya's borders

  The State Commission on definition and clarification of the administrative borders of Chechnya must prepare documents for resolving disputes over the precise location of republic's borders, says a decree signed by Ramzan Kadyrov.

September 08, 2018 01:50

• "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports to court details of an attack at a rally

  Karim Kasumov, who was accused of attacking a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent during an anti-corruption rally in Makhachkala, was repeatedly warned that the video record was made by a media representative, but he did not react and continued to hinder the work of journalists, reported at trial Patimat Makhmudova, an injured party in the case. 

September 07, 2018 21:06

• Russia refuses to seek Armenia ex-Defence Minister

  Colonel-General Mikael Arutyunyan, a former Armenian Minister of Defence, announced in the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) interstate search, has been removed from the wanted list in the territory of the Russian Federation, the Armenian Police have stated.

September 07, 2018 17:42

• Sources report detention of father of one of attackers in Chechnya

  The father of the teenagers killed on August 20 during an attack on policemen in Chechnya has been kept by the law enforcers for almost three weeks; and members of his family are not allowed to live in their homes. This was reported by sources of the edition "Kavkaz.Realii".

September 07, 2018 13:37

• Head of Swedish "Vayfond" goes on hunger strike against Chechen's extradition from Europe to Russia

  On September 6, Mansur Sadulaev, the head of the Swedish charitable association "Vayfond", went on a hunger strike in protest against the decision of the authorities of Bosnia to extradite Akhmed Altamirov, an ethnic Chechen and a native of Ingushetia.

September 07, 2018 13:37

• Azerbaijan counts 91 bombardments in conflict zone

  During the last 24 hours, six Azerbaijani villages were shelled in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

September 07, 2018 10:25

• Over 500 law enforcers take part in anti-terrorist exercises in Dagestan

  They mastered actions aimed to curb a terror act on water transport means in the Caspian Sea.

September 07, 2018 10:22

• Azerbaijani ex-MP Gyultekin Gadjibeili reports lifting CoE sanctions from her

  The sanctions of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), imposed based on the corruption inquiry held by the PACE, have been removed from Gyultekin Gadjibeili, an oppositionist and a former Azerbaijani MP. She is satisfied with the restoration of justice regarding her.

September 07, 2018 08:13

• Father of schoolboy assassinated in Georgia treats work of parliamentary commission as shameful

  The temporary investigation commission of the Georgian parliament, which dealt with the murder case of two schoolboys, revealed new circumstances of the crime, including one of its participants, not established earlier by the prosecutor's office. Zaza Saralidze, the father of the killed teens, believes that the commission failed to cope with its mission, and announced resumption of protests from September 10.

September 07, 2018 08:07

• Chechen authorities disclose details of works on Ingush border

  Chechen workers have asphalted about 4 kilometres of the road on the border with Ingushetia, the Chechen "Minavtodor" has reported, thus, confirming the information of Ingush activists about the works performed in the Sunzha District.

September 07, 2018 08:06

• European activists urge to postpone Chechen's extradition to Russia

  Actions against extradition of Akhmed Altamirov, an ethnic Chechen and a native of Ingushetia, accused of links with militants, to Russia were held in Stockholm, Paris and Berlin. Authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina decided to extradite him after they received Russia's assurances that Altamirov would not be tortured

September 06, 2018 21:09

• Argun residents tell details of mass detentions

  Mass detentions were launched in Argun before the August series of attacks on policemen in Chechnya, and stopped after the appointment of a new head of the interior department, local residents have reported.

September 06, 2018 21:08

• Russian artillery and aviation hold exercises in Armenia

  Exercises of more than 500 militaries from the Russian base in Armenia were held at the "Alagyaz" training ground, the Southern Military District (SMD) has reported.

September 06, 2018 17:08

• Azerbaijani oppositionist Adilov denied CER

  The court in Baku has denied the conditional early relief (CER) to Murad Adilov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA).

September 06, 2018 12:59

• Azerbaijan states machine-gun shelling in conflict zone

  Over the past 24 hours, positions of the Azerbaijani Army were shelled for 99 times, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

September 06, 2018 12:57

• Judge admits failure to find key witness in Oyub Titiev's case

  The Judge, who is considering the case of Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", told about futile search for a witness who allegedly saw Oyub smoking marijuana. Swedish rights defenders from the organization entitled "Civil Right Defenders" came to visit the court session.

September 06, 2018 09:54

• Chechen authorities abandon attempts to show that repressions against militants' families are people's demand

  Law enforcers of Chechnya have rejected the idea to hold a people's assembly, announced by them earlier, to expel the families of the participants in the attacks on policemen.

September 06, 2018 09:11

• Presence of Chechen law enforcers in Ingushetia causes no authorities' reaction

  Under protection of Chechen policemen, workers from Chechnya moved deep into the Sunzha District of Ingushetia, while continuing building the road, activists asserts. Residents of Ingushetia are outraged that the authorities left these actions without reaction, Magomed Mutsolgov, a human rights defender, has stated.