News

Today, in Azerbaijan, in the course of donor actions on the occasion of the Ashura Day, which is respected by Shiite Muslims, they donated over 2000 litres of blood. Religious ceremonies were held under increased security measures.

The transfer of the "Chechenneftekhimprom" Company to Chechen authorities was dictated by political interests, economists said, adding that for the "Rosneft", the company was not the main asset in Chechnya.

OMON (riot police) fighters were injured in clashes that occurred not far from the village of Zayukovo, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reported. Law enforcers continued patrolling the streets of the Kendelen village.

After threats from Azerbaijani law enforcers, opposition blogger Azer Kazymzade, living in Georgia, noticed the surveillance after him. His call to the police with a complaint of surveillance turned into the long questioning, the blogger reported.

Oyub Titiev, the head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" office in Grozny, always adhered to a healthy lifestyle, his cousin reported at trial. Public prosecutor requested the court to continue questioning witnesses behind closed doors.

Clashes occurred on the motorway "Kavkaz" after law enforcers stopped at a checkpoint of the road-and-patrol service (known as DPS) in Baksan a group of people who were going to support one of the parties to the conflict in the Kendelen village. At least 30 people were detained, the media report.

Sergey Gavryutin, a resident of Kuban, was the commander of the aircraft Il-20 shot down in Syria, and his assistant was Konstantin Nazarov, a native of the Volgograd Region. The dead list also includes Alexei Sedunov, a military man from the Astrakhan Region.

A soldier of the armed forces of Armenia died on the way to hospital from the wound he got in shelling in the conflict zone, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Armenia reported.

Azerbaijani activist and blogger Azer Kazymzade, who criticized the Azerbaijani authorities, was detained in Tbilisi. Azer Kazymzade can repeat the fate of journalist Afghan Mukhtarly, who was forcibly brought from Tbilisi to Baku. This opinion was voiced by Azerbaijani political migrants.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) will consider the fourth complaint related to the bombing of the Chechen village of Katyr-Yurt in 2000. Until January 18, 2019, the Russian government should answer questions about the inquiry into events in Katyr-Yurt, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has stated.

The scale and significance of the Kanjali Battle can be a subject of discussion, but the ethnic conflict in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic has arisen on this ground because of harsh political restrictions, historians believe.

Vladimir Gusakov, detained on suspicion of kidnapping the singer Avraam Russo, had worked as a driver for another suspect, Telman Ismailov, a former owner of the Cherkizovo marketplace in Moscow, a source said.

The ban on travelling abroad prevents from receiving the necessary medical treatment, Akram Ailisli, an Azerbaijani writer, has stated in his letter to the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO). He asked to stop the criminal case against him.

Participants of the march in honour of the 310th anniversary of the Kanjali Battle and their supporters tried to break through the barriers; policemen used tear gas.

Makhmud Velitov, Imam of the Moscow "Yardyam" mosque, sentenced in the case on the justification of terrorism, is discharged from the hospital and transferred to a penal colony with conditions for inmates with low mobility. This has been reported by the Department for the Astrakhan Region of the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN).

In Kabardino-Balkaria, activists who climbed Mount Kanzhal in honour of the 310th anniversary of the battle in those places decided to change their route to avoid new clashes with villagers. The village of Kendelen remains blocked by law enforcers.

The Pyatigorsk City Court has obliged the Mayoralty to review the application for a rally with a demand to investigate reports of mass persecution of gays in Chechnya.

Over the past day, the ceasefire regime in the Karabakh conflict zone was violated 87 times, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) reported.

In the forest on the border between Chechnya and Ingushetia, fighters of the National Guard of Russia found no accomplices of three suspects who were killed in a shootout with Chechen law enforcers. Residents of Chechnya questioned the official version about the shootout.

In Baku, the court has extended the detention in custody for Babek Gasanov, Agil Magerramov, and Ruslan Nasirli, activists of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA). The defence intends to challenge the court's decision.