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June 22, 2018 14:51

• Stavropol authorities refuse to sanction anti-pension reform rally

  The administration of Stavropol offered Alexei Navalny's supporters to reschedule the intended July 1 rally against the reform of the pension system planned by Russian authorities to another date.

June 22, 2018 14:35

• Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of 90 bombardments

  During the last 24 hours, positions of the Azerbaijani Army in three villages were shelled, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

June 22, 2018 14:19

• Pashinyan reforms Electoral Code for extraordinary elections

  The commission for reforming the Armenia electoral legislation has offered to abolish the rating system of voting at parliamentary elections, to abandon the use of fountain pens, and to colour voters' fingers with colourless ink to rule out any repeated voting.

June 22, 2018 09:22

• Sources tell plans to nominate Vasiliev as head of Dagestan

  Russian President Vladimir Putin will nominate Vladimir Vasiliev for the post of the head of Dagestan, sources report. Political scientists warn about the intensification of the "anti-colonial discourse" in the republic under Vasiliev.

June 22, 2018 09:15

• One man killed in brawl with shooting in Makhachkala

  Unidentified persons launched a shooting in Makhachkala. One man was shot dead, another one was hospitalized.

June 22, 2018 09:05

• Russia's MFA not to intervene in Tatunashvili's case

  Georgian participants of the Geneva meeting have called on Russia to immediately transfer the internal organs of Archil Tatunashvili to Georgia for a full-fledged examination, the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated on June 21. The Archil Tatunashvili's remains are in Vladikavkaz, but the issue should be resolved by Georgia and South Ossetia, Russia's deputy foreign minister said.

June 22, 2018 08:43

• Case against Armenia's Premier Pashinyan closed

  Today, the Investigating Service of Armenia has announced that the criminal prosecution of the Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his supporters within the case of mass protests in Yerevan has been stopped for lack of corpus delicti (crime elements).

June 22, 2018 08:25

• Egyptian journalists associate national team's failure with base in Grozny

  The choice of Grozny as the base of the national team was a big mistake because of the remoteness of Chechnya from the cities where Egypt is to play its FIFA World Cut matches, while participation of Ramzan Kadyrov in promotion actions prevented the due rehabilitation of the key player, observers of foreign media have pointed out.

June 21, 2018 23:44

• Oyub Titiev's defence denied information about witnesses

  The information about the criminal history of the witness and about possible law problems faced by the police witnesses are of key importance in the case against Chechen rights defender Oyub Titiev, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reports today.

June 21, 2018 23:14

• EU transfers three million euros to Armenia for refugees from Syria

  Today, the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has reported that the European Union has financed the integration of Syrian refugees in Armenia. Three million euros of assistance were raised by the European Union within the framework of the "Madad" Foundation.

June 21, 2018 22:56

• Kadyrov's nephew appointed district head after opening of Kurchaloi village

  On June 20, the Council of Delegates for the Kurchaloi District of Chechnya approved Khamzat Kadyrov, a nephew of the Chechen leader, as the head of the municipal administration.

June 21, 2018 22:23

• Two Georgian citizens detained near border with South Ossetia

  Residents of the Gori District of Georgia report that Russian border guards have detained two residents of the border village of Bershueti. The Georgian authorities have reported the incident to international observers.

June 21, 2018 22:07

• Magomed Khazbiev's defence demands to consider his case outside Ingushetia

  During the session on the case against Ingush oppositionist Magomed Khazbiev, the defence claimed the court's partiality and requested its withdrawal and consideration of the case outside Ingushetia. The court dismissed the defence motion.

June 21, 2018 21:45

• ECtHR sends inquiries to Azerbaijan and Georgia on Afghan Mukhtarly's case

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has started a study of the case on the kidnapping of Azerbaijani journalist Afghan Mukhtarly in Tbilisi. The ECtHR has sent its questions to the Azerbaijani and Georgian sides concerning the circumstances of the Afghan Mukhtarly's detention.

June 21, 2018 21:17

• 20 migrants from Khrakh-Uba and Uryan-Uba granted housing certificates

  Today, the authorities of Dagestan have started granting housing certificates to migrants from the Azerbaijani villages of Khrakh-Uba and Uryan-Uba. The recipients of the certificates report they are satisfied with the solution of their long-term problem.

June 21, 2018 19:00

• Azerbaijani border guard injured on border with Iran

  Border guard Ramazan Krupov has been placed to a resuscitation ward after a shootout with suspected violators of the Azerbaijani border.

June 21, 2018 18:42

• "Rosbalt": investigators squeeze data about Nemtsov's murder customer from convicts

  The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation decided to establish who ordered the assassination of politician Boris Nemtsov. After Chechen natives sentenced in the case had refused to cooperate with investigators, they started facing placement to punishment cells and to strict custody conditions, the "Rosbalt" reports.

June 21, 2018 18:22

• Three residents of Chechnya fined for posting Timur Mutsuraev's songs on social network

  Three users of social networks fined in Chechnya for posting banned songs of Timur Mutsuraev, said they were not aware about the ban, an official from the Prosecutor's Office reports today.

June 21, 2018 10:47

• Journalists treat news about Abdulatipov's detention as special services' action

  Information about the detention of Rajab Abdulatipov at the Moscow airport may be a deliberate leak of data from law enforcement bodies, said the Dagestani journalists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

June 21, 2018 10:22

• NKR's authorities refuse to deprive Grigoryan of "Artsakh Hero" title

  The authorities refused to deprive Manvel Grigoryan, an Armenian MP, of the "Artsakh Hero" title, which was demanded by activists of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), and promised to consider the issue after the court judgement is passed. The MP's advocates assert that Manvel Grigoryan, detained on suspicion of illegal arms trafficking, is completely innocent.