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September 13, 2021 13:36

• Vice-Premier of Chechnya announces teachers' firing for extortions at school

  The principal and two teachers of a school in Argun have been dismissed for extortions from pupils' parents, Vakhit Usmaev, the Chechen Deputy Prime Minister, has informed.

September 13, 2021 12:54

• Bobokvati villagers restart protests

  Residents of the Adjarian village of Bobokvati have held a rally demanding to transfer ownership rights to 28 hectares of land to them.

September 13, 2021 11:29

• Azerbaijan demands from Russia to restrict car traffic in Nagorno-Karabakh

  The passage of other countries' cars across the territory controlled by Russian peacemakers contradicts the agreement on Nagorno-Karabakh, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated demanding to stop such traffic.

September 13, 2021 11:12

• Kulaev's appeal to Ombudsperson outrages social network users

  Nurpasha Kulaev has deserved life imprisonment for the terror act committed in the Beslan school, social media users from North Ossetia and Kabardino-Balkaria assert in their comments on Kulaev's appeal to the Ombudsperson with a request to review his case.

September 13, 2021 10:59

• Declaration of blood feud by Akhmed Arsanukaev triggers outrage of Chechen Diaspora in Turkey

  The declaration by Akhmed Arsanukaev of a blood feud against four families is contrary to Vainakh traditions and elementary decency rules, members of the Chechen Diaspora in Turkey have stated.

September 12, 2021 11:34

• Turkish-Azerbaijani exercises are over in Karabakh

  In the Lachin District, militaries of Turkey and Azerbaijan have mastered the skills of conducting reconnaissance, setting ambushes and finding and liquidating saboteurs, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

September 12, 2021 11:33

• In Chechnya, series of blood feud declarations meets no authorities' counteraction

  The declaration of blood feud to several families in Chechnya is backed by republic's authorities, Ruslan Kutaev, the head of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations, has stated. The Kremlin connives at republic's authorities by ignoring the phenomenon of blood feud, political analysts assert.

September 12, 2021 11:31

• CTO regime lifted in Dagestani Buynaksk District

  The operative headquarters has cancelled the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime in the Buynaksk District of Dagestan, where two militants were killed.

September 12, 2021 11:24

• Armenian experts treat reservists' training as unprecedented

  Armenia has launched the largest military training in 30 years. Azerbaijan and Turkey have deliberately opposed them with their military exercises in Nagorno-Karabakh, military experts assert.

September 11, 2021 23:59

• PO ignores Ombudsperson's call to punish organizers of riots in Tbilisi

  The absence of any reaction of the Prosecutor's Office (PO) to the call of Nino Lomdjariya, the Georgian Ombudsperson, to bring the organizers of riots in Tbilisi to justice is explained by the fact that law enforcers would not admit the involvement of priests in violence against journalists, Vakhtang Maisaya, a political analyst, believes.

September 11, 2021 23:57

• Social network users doubt law enforcers' version about CTO in Dagestan

  The condition of certain objects shown in the video about the counterterrorist operation (CTO) conducted in the Buynaksk District, which, according to law enforcers, had belonged to the killed militants, fails to meet the conditions of staying in the forest, which raises doubts about the official version of the reasons for the CTO, Instagram users have pointed out.

September 11, 2021 23:55

• Advocate complains about absence of medical care to Ingush activist Pogorov at SIZO

  The health condition of Akhmed Pogorov, a co-chairman of the World Congress of the Ingush People, has worsened after his second arrest, but at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) he cannot receive the necessary medical treatment, his advocate asserts.

September 11, 2021 13:49

• Remains of two soldiers found in Nagorno-Karabakh

  Karabakh rescuers found remains of Armenian military servicemen in Matagis, bringing the total number of remains and dead bodies found in the conflict zone up to 1662, the Emergency Service of Nagorno-Karabakh has informed.

September 11, 2021 12:28

• Armenian citizens condemn authorities' plans for Independence Day

  Armenian authorities have decided to hold a large-scale celebration of the 30th anniversary of the country's independence, but the public criticized these plans, and relatives of the dead militaries demanded to cancel the holiday. Armenian human rights defenders treat the lavish celebrations prior to the first anniversary of the 2020 autumn war as inappropriate.

September 11, 2021 12:20

• Commander of Russian peacemakers assess his work in Nagorno-Karabakh

  Rustam Muradov, a former commander of the Russian peacemaking mission in Nagorno-Karabakh, has presented his successor to the head of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD). Civilians have returned to Karabakh; life in the region "is in full swing," Muradov has stated.

September 10, 2021 23:58

• Victim expresses his indignation about closure of case against policeman in Chegem

  An employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Kabardino-Balkaria got off with a fine for fabricating a criminal case against a relative. The court’s decision allows the law enforcer to continue working in the law enforcement agencies, a representative of the victim notes.

September 10, 2021 23:55

• Film by Nalchik director shown at Venice Film Festival

  The premiere of the film “Mama, I’m Home” by Nalchik director Vladimir Bitokov took place in the contest programme of the Venice Film Festival.

September 10, 2021 23:52

• Azerbaijani diplomat Gasanov denies charges in court

  All projects were coordinated at the highest official level, former Azerbaijani ambassador Eldar Gasanov told the court in connection with accusations of misappropriation of funds. At the court hearing, he felt bad, and the judge postponed the hearing.

September 10, 2021 22:45

• Names of suspects killed during CTO in Dagestan reported

  Suspects killed in a special operation in the Buinaksk District of Dagestan were identified as Urudj Ramazanov and Airuz Abdulaev, sources reported.

September 10, 2021 16:54

• Talgi villagers tell about situation in CTO venue

  Two militants were killed during a counterterrorist operation (CTO) by law enforcers in a forest near the village of Talgi. In the village, school classes were cancelled; there is an accumulation of military equipment; and the entrance to and the exit from the village were blocked, local residents have informed.