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June 28, 2018 18:06

• Azerbaijan announces military exercises involving missiles and aircrafts

  The military exercises will involve 20,000 soldiers and officers, reports the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD). The maneuvers will be apparently held in conditions close to combat as possible, experts believe.

June 28, 2018 18:00

• Chief of bodyguards for former Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan arrested

  The court arrested Major General Vachagan Kazaryan on the charge of illegally enriching and concealing incomes.

June 28, 2018 14:54

• Ingush native sentenced in case of plotting a terror act in Saint Petersburg

  The court sentenced Aliskhan Esmurziev, a native of Ingushetia, to two years of imprisonment for illegal possession of weapons and failure to report on the preparation of a terror act. After their detention, Aliskhan Esmurziev and Shamil Omargadjiev, a native of Dagestan, sentenced in the same case, complained of torture.

June 28, 2018 14:52

• Armenian observers alarmed about cruise missiles at parade in Baku

  Despite the Azerbaijan's demonstration of modern types of weapons, it is too early to talk about a change in the balance of forces for the parties to the Karabakh conflict. However, Armenia should be ready for a new aggravation of the conflict, Armenian experts believe.

June 28, 2018 11:46

• Kadyrov responds to report on torture in Chechnya and calls not to pay to PACE

  According to Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of the Chechen Republic, the report on persecution of gays in Chechnya prepared by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is based on false stories about human rights violations and "media pseudo events" on the topic.

June 28, 2018 11:40

• PACE calls on Russia to investigate persecution of LGBT people in Chechnya

  The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a resolution calling on Russia to investigate the "persecution of LGBTI communities" in Chechnya or allow it to be conducted by an international human rights organization.

June 28, 2018 08:25

• Ingush rights defender complains to prosecutor's office about detention of Caucasians in Anapa

  Moussa Bekmurziev, a member of the Human Rights Council under the head of Ingushetia, has sent a complaint to the Prosecutor's Office of the Krasnodar Territory against the actions of Anapa policemen, who massively detained residents of the Caucasus.

June 28, 2018 08:20

• Authorities try to save their ratings by holiday of Kuban and Crimea entering Russia

  The State Duma has begun considering a bill on establishing a new memorable date. The celebration on April 19 of the Day of Crimea, Taman and Kuban entering Russia is intended to return the patriotic theme to the agenda and distract people from their economic problems, political scientists believe.

June 27, 2018 21:20

• Egyptian authorities got interested in national team's failure after it came to Grozny

  An inquiry has been launched in the Egyptian parliament into the failed performance of the national team at the FIFA World Cup-2018, and the team's participation in promotional actions of Chechen authorities. Ramzan Kadyrov has denied any links of the team's failures with its accommodation in Grozny.

June 27, 2018 21:16

• List of "Otkhozoriya-Tatunashvili" approved amid criticism in Tbilisi and Sukhumi

  The Georgian government instructed to establish restrictions for those suspected of crimes committed against Georgian citizens in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Abkhazia called the list "a manifestation of aggression."

June 27, 2018 17:47

• Residents of Chechnya tell about earthquake consequences

  The seismic event in the Vedeno District of Chechnya was short but notable, local residents said. No one was hurt, the district administration has reported.

June 27, 2018 17:47

• Body of second girl missing in Dagestan found

  The second of the girls, who failed to return home three days ago, was found dead today. The search for the third child involves over 800 people, the press service of the Dagestani Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) has stated.

June 27, 2018 13:18

• Resident of Grozny receives sentence deferment for belonging to Syrian militants

  A Chechen woman, who went to Syria to her husband, who had joined militants there, has been sentenced to eight years in prison. She will be sent to a colony, when her child turns 14, the prosecutor's office reports.

June 27, 2018 13:13

• Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of shelling nine villages

  On June 26-27, the Armenian Armed Forces violated the ceasefire regime for 118 times, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence has reported.

June 27, 2018 10:43

• New Armenians' association formed in Russia after political changes in Armenia

  The creation of the new organization of the Armenian Diaspora "Association of Armenians in Russia" (AAR) was strongly influenced by the "velvet revolution" in Armenia, reported Arsen Alexanyan, a member of the initiative group. Members of the Armenian Diaspora believe the activities of the "Union of Armenians in Russia" (UAR), created in 2000, do not always meet the interests of Armenians living in Russia.

June 27, 2018 10:39

• Baku parade indicates Azerbaijan's readiness to war for Nagorno-Karabakh (+video)

  In Baku, US-made helicopters, cruise missiles, and other weapons demonstrated at a parade have confirmed statements about the superiority of the Azerbaijani army over the enemy and testify to the country's readiness for large-scale battles in the Karabakh conflict zone. This opinion was expressed by experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

June 27, 2018 08:23

• Torture Victim Support Day reminds resonant cases in Northern Caucasus

  On the United Nations' International Day in support of torture victims, rights defenders predicted an increase in the number of complaints from Northern Caucasus, although residents of the region are reluctant to report such crimes. The exclusions were the cases of law enforcers of the Ingush "E" Centre and employees of the Belorechenskaya and Elista colonies that reached the court.

June 27, 2018 08:19

• Idea of Transcaucasian HSR indicates Kadyrov's growing ambitions

  The Ramzan Kadyrov's proposal to build the Transcaucasian High-Speed Railway (HSR) indicates his attempt to reach a new level of financial relations with Moscow. Earlier, the head of Chechnya did not claim to build at such a scale, The Bell reports.

June 27, 2018 03:55

• Magomed Aushev tortured after being defamed

  During the trial in the case against agents of the Ingush Centre for Combating Extremism (CCE) at the Nalchik Garrison Military Court, witness Aza Gadieva said that she had defamed Magomed Aushev. After the defamation, Magomed Aushev was detained in the case of a car bombing and tortured.

June 26, 2018 21:42

• Fans complain about lack of places and absence of car parks near fan zones in Southern Russia

  The fan zones and the areas allocated for them in Southern of Russia failed to house all those who wanted to watch the Uruguay-Russia match. Fans also told us about traffic jams.