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August 25, 2018 10:48

• For the first time, NKR residents take in air strike exercises

  The first civil defence training exercises were held in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) for an air strike. Siren sounds reminded of the terrible times of the first Karabakh War, residents of Stepanakert have noted. However, some of them confessed that they did not even think of hiding into the shelter, saying that they feel quite confident under the defence of their army.

August 25, 2018 08:19

• Georgian political analysts see signal to Russia in Angela Merkel's visit

  Germany supports the territorial integrity and European integration of Georgia, but it is too early to talk about the country's membership in the NATO, the German Chancellor Angela Merkel said during her visit to Georgia. Georgian experts have assessed Ms Merkel's visit as a sign of support for the territorial integrity of Georgia.

August 25, 2018 08:18

• Azerbaijani oppositionist Orkhan Bakhyshly protests by refusing testifying in court

  70 people came to courthouse aiming to support Orkhan Bakhyshly, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), but they were not let to the courtroom, because the defendant has refused to testify.

August 24, 2018 22:03

• Court refuses to apply CER to Azerbaijani blogger Mekhman Guseinov

  The blogger Mekhman Guseinov was denied punishment mitigating and conditional early relief (CER) on the basis of negative characteristics received by the court from his colony. His defence treats the court's decision as unjustified and intends to appeal against it.

August 24, 2018 21:57

• Virtual debate of "Novaya Gazeta" with Kadyrov triggers reaction of Russian authorities

  Ramzan Kadyrov's words about the ban on rights defenders from visiting Chechnya do not apply to all of them, Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the Russian president, has explained.

August 24, 2018 18:08

• Chechen rights defender Oyub Titiev celebrates his birthday behind bars

  Today, Oyub Titiev, the head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in Grozny, has celebrated his 61 years old. He will celebrate his birthday not with his relatives and friends, but behind bars, being taken into custody on the charge of marijuana possession.

August 24, 2018 18:00

• Police refute involvement of killed Kabardino-Balkarian native in armed underground (+video)

  On August 23, in the centre of Moscow, a native of Kabardino-Balkaria attacked policemen without reasons and was shot dead.

August 24, 2018 13:46

• Azerbaijan claims machine-gun attacks in border areas

  The positions of the Azerbaijani army were shelled in three villages bordering with Armenia, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reported.

August 24, 2018 13:43

• Chechen residents report mass detentions of teenagers after attack on law enforcers

  The young people detained by law enforcers in the Shali District of Chechnya on August 22 are relatives or friends of the young men killed in the attack on law enforcers. This was stated by local residents.

August 24, 2018 11:35

• Social network users condemn Kadyrov's law enforcers for killing children in Chechnya

  Ramzan Kadyrov's order to enhance control over residents of the republic and the statements concerning the alleged guilt of the killed teenagers' parents were made against the backdrop of a discussion in social networks, where many residents of Chechnya called the killing of the minors an excessive use of force.

August 24, 2018 11:31

• Rights defenders see real danger in Ramzan Kadyrov's threats

  Subordinates of Ramzan Kadyrov have perceived his statements about rights defenders as a signal to actions, and that means journalists and rights defenders, disliked by Ramzan Kadyrov, are under threat even outside the republic. That was stated by rights defenders Igor Kalyapin and Svetlana Gannushkina.

August 24, 2018 08:23

• Kadyrov threatens using tough force against rights defenders

  The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has announced "sanctions" against human rights defenders, threatening to apply harsh measures to those of them who decide to visit the republic.

August 24, 2018 08:21

• Festive fairs in Azerbaijan fail to stop price growth for sacrificial animals

  Despite the sale of almost 50,000 sacrificial animals, prices during this year's Kurban-Bairam (Eid al-Adha) have significantly gone up compared to 2017, residents of Azerbaijan assert. Some residents of Baku also criticized a short weekend on the occasion of the holiday.

August 23, 2018 21:59

• German media call a person arrested for terrorism a native of Chechnya

  The German Prosecutor's Office has reported an arrest of a Russian citizen suspected of storing explosives and plotting a terror act. The suspect detained in Berlin is a native of Chechnya, the German media report. However, the Chechen Minister of Press and Information has questioned the Chechen origin of the arrested person.

August 23, 2018 18:06

• Activists call on Angela Merkel to raise human rights issue in Azerbaijan

  The Reporters Without Borders (RWB) and the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) have reminded the German Chancellor of a large number of imprisoned journalists and repressions of oppositionists' relatives in Azerbaijan. Rights defenders associate hopes for the release of blogger Mekhman Guseinov with Angela Merkel's visit to Baku.

August 23, 2018 17:59

• Media: at least five cases of torture fixed in 2018 in Southern Russia

  In 2018, at least five persons were tortured in Southern Russia, including a 16-year-old teenager. As a result, one person died, the "Meduza" writes. According to the edition, this year, at least 58 cases of torture were registered in Russia.

August 23, 2018 13:42

• Azerbaijan announced shelling of two villages near the Armenian border

  Within the last 24 hours, the ceasefire regime on the troops contact line was violated for 87 times, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

August 23, 2018 13:38

• Ramzan Kadyrov equates rights defenders to militants

  The head of Chechnya has treated the rights defenders, who criticized law enforcers' work during and after the recent series of attacks committed in the republic, as enemies.

August 23, 2018 09:14

• Political analysts indicate obstacles to recognition of Abkhazia's independence

  The existing Russia-West tense relations, and the Georgia's position on the issue hinder the international recognition of Abkhazia's independence, the participants of the conference "Ten Years of Recognition: Outcomes and Prospects" have pointed out. They noted the problems of repatriation of Abkhazians, who face language and everyday life difficulties at their homeland.

August 23, 2018 08:22

• Experts explain IS' stake on children and teens

  The "Islamic State" (IS) a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court, is training teenagers in special camps and has long been using children in terror acts, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have stated, explaining that minors cause less suspicion in law enforcers.