Volgograd activists demand to stop persecuting Navalny's supporters September 13, 2019 11:27 The picketers have demanded to stop the wave of searches in homes of supporters of Alexei Navalny in Volgograd.
Dagestanis tell Putin about problems of highland villages and pollution of Caspian Sea September 13, 2019 11:18 Russian President, who visited the Dagestani village of Botlikh, has promised to develop the infrastructure of mountain villages and to discuss with the Ministry of Finance a contractor for the upgrade of Makhachkala purification facilities.
Activists detained during Kocharyan's trial September 13, 2019 08:27 Three participants in the clash of supporters and opponents of Robert Kocharyan, a former Armenian President, who is accused of a putsch attempts, were taken to the police, another one was hospitalized, the police have informed.
KBR resident cannot take out his deceased wife's body from China September 13, 2019 08:17 A hospital in China would not give out the body of Anisat Ervasova, a deceased resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), demanding from her husband to pay more than 1.5 million roubles for her resuscitation; 800,000 roubles are needed for embalming and transporting the body.
Popular video blogger launches second round of debates on "Beslan Mothers" Committee September 12, 2019 22:06 Such committees like the "Beslan Mothers" and "Voice of Beslan" speculate on the tragedy for the sake of "political pies", the designer Artemy Lebedev has stated in his video blog. This statement caused outrage among YouTube users and controversy over whether the state should help victims of terror acts.
Verdict for hunting "AniDag" festival triggers disputes in social networks September 12, 2019 21:56 Akhmad Israpilov, the administrator of the Instagram community "Imamat of Dagestan", received a conditional imprisonment for calls to disrupt the anime festival in Makhachkala, the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reported on September 11. Some social network users have treated the verdict as a good lesson, while others view the blogger as a "martyr for truth."
In Southern Russia, Navalny's activists report searches and arrests of banking accounts September 12, 2019 18:22 Today, in Volgograd, investigators have summoned at least two Navalny's supporters for interrogation. Activists from Rostov-on-Don and Krasnodar reported that their personal banking accounts were frozen.
Chechen women's request for housing results in their apologies to Ramzan Kadyrov September 12, 2019 18:12 Three women from Chechnya apologized for contacting Ramzan Kadyrov with an appeal in which they stated "they had no shelter to live and no one to help." The Chechen authorities called on relatives of the Chechen applicants to "watch their women," reports the Chechen TV in its story posted on YouTube on September 10.
Azerbaijan claims machine-gun shelling attacks in border area September 12, 2019 18:02 The positions of the Azerbaijani troops were shelled in two villages located in the area bordering Armenia, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijani reports today.
In Southern Russia, police start searching offices and homes of Navalny's supporters September 12, 2019 14:14 Today, law enforcers have started conducting searches at offices and homes of employees of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF) and Alexei Navalny's offices in 39 cities of Russia, including Krasnodar, Rostov-on-Don, and the Stavropol Territory.
ICRF's refusal to investigate torture of Gelendzhik resident provokes questions from human rights defenders September 12, 2019 14:04 An investigator refused to institute a case on torture by law enforcers of Maxim Timoshenko, a resident of Gelendzhik, the Committee Against Torture (CaT) reported on September 11. The human rights defenders decided to seek additional verification of the Maxim Timoshenko's complaint.
Political analysts approve Georgia's entry into NATO without resolving territorial disputes September 12, 2019 13:54 Former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen invited Georgia to join NATO under such a mechanism that NATO's Article 5 on collective defence of member states would not cover Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Georgian political analysts reacted positively to the initiative.
Khabib's fans show selective approach to women in papakhas September 12, 2019 11:05 Supporters of traditional values from Dagestan have criticized the Russian women who put on papakhas, but prefer to ignore the participants of the #PapakhaChallenge flash mob, which was organized by an American fan of Khabib Nurmagomedov.
Opponents of Amulsar development set deadline to Pashinyan September 12, 2019 10:52 The activists, who oppose the gold mining at the Amulsar deposit have demanded from the Armenian government to take a final decision on the development thereof by September 20.
"Azadlyg" condemns policemen for using force against journalist September 12, 2019 10:40 Law enforcers knocked the journalist, Tezekhan Miralamli, down to the ground, when activists were squeezed away from the courthouse during the trial of opposition activist Ruslan Amirli, the "Azadlyg" newspaper has informed.
Four children taken from Syria to Chechnya and Dagestan September 12, 2019 01:01 In total, on September 7, four children were taken out of Syria. One of them, a girl, is being handed over to her relatives in Dagestan, other three children have been taken to Chechnya.
Alkhas Kvitsiniya challenges in court outcome of presidential election in Abkhazia September 12, 2019 00:42 The Supreme Court of Abkhazia has received a statement of claim lodged by Alkhas Kvitsiniya, in which the opposition politician asks to illegitimate the decision of the Central Election Commission (CEC), which had declared the victory of Raul Khadjimba at the presidential election.
Elvin Isaev's advocate points to threat of his kidnapping September 11, 2019 21:15 The blogger, Elvin Isaev, has been released from the Centre for Temporary Detention of Foreign Citizens in the Leningrad Region, but his relatives fear that Isaev may be kidnapped for further extradition to Azerbaijan, said Olga Tseitlina, a lawyer at the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".
Soldier of the Russian military base in Gyumri dies September 11, 2019 21:04 Signs of violent death have been found on the body of the perished soldier of the 102nd Russian military base in Gyumri, the Armenian Investigating Committee (AIC) has reported.
Azerbaijani activist Ruslan Amirli arrested for 30 days September 11, 2019 20:53 A Baku court has found Ruslan Amirli, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) guilty of petty hooliganism and disobedience to the police. Mr Amirli himself has denied all the allegations and stated that he would appeal against the judgement, his advocate has stated. PFPA leader has called Amirli's arrest "a political order."