Two persons killed in CTO in Ganja November 05, 2018 11:32 Two members of the grouping that was preparing terror acts were shot dead in Ganja, the State Security Service (SSS) of Azerbaijan has reported.
NKR claims 100 shelling attacks by Azerbaijan November 05, 2018 11:21 During the past week, The Azerbaijani militaries carried out 100 attacks on the positions of the Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), its Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.
Armenian President signs amnesty law November 04, 2018 09:43 Armen Sargsyan has signed the amnesty law that covers more than 600 people and was adopted by the Parliament.
Animated serial about life of mountain villages presented in Dagestan November 04, 2018 09:38 A presentation of the first three episodes of the cartoon serial "Masters' Aul" about the adventures of a city teenager in a mountainous aul (village) took place in Makhachkala. The authors have promised to organize shows in Dagestani cinemas.
Azerbaijani oppositionist complains of pressure from colony employee November 04, 2018 09:35 A colony warden is exerting psychological pressure and claims bribes, Murad Adilov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), told his relatives.
Member of Ingush clan shows reconciliation with Kadyrov November 04, 2018 09:30 After the meeting of the head of Chechnya with the elder Mukhazhir Nalgiev in Ingushetia and their mutual apologies, a member of the Nalgiev family visited Grozny and thanked Kadyrov for his rendered respect.
Seven religious activists convicted in Azerbaijan November 03, 2018 17:33 Firudin Zeinalov, an activist of the "Muslim Unity" Movement, and six other persons detained after clashes with the police at the sanctuary in Ganja, were sentenced to prison terms ranging from a year and four months to three years.
Lawyers point to possible revision of decision of Ingush CC November 03, 2018 17:28 The Constitutional Court (CC) of Russia may issue a different verdict on the Chechen-Ingush border than the Ingush CC; and it couldn't be reconsidered, lawyers say. They have noted that the decision taken by the Ingush CC is mandatory for execution by the regional authorities.
Azerbaijan fixed no shelling from Armenian positions November 03, 2018 17:23 Within the last 24 hours, positions of the Azerbaijani Army were shelled for 27 times from machine guns from the territories near the "occupied villages," the Azeri Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.
Residents of Grozny report enforcing to attend rally November 03, 2018 17:20 Employees of budgetary institutions and students of Grozny have told that they were obliged to come to the rally on November 4 on the occasion of the National Unity Day. It is planned that the rally will be 20,000 strong, the city Mayoralty has stated.
Arrested Buynaksk residents complain of torture November 03, 2018 12:45 Samat Tatarkhanov and Daniyal Zagirov, residents of Buynaksk, who had been detained on charges of possessing weapons, have stated that they had been tortured with electric current, and their testimonies about links with militants were falsified.
OSCE decision responds to silencing human rights problems in Chechnya November 03, 2018 12:41 The work of the Moscow Mechanism in Chechnya depends on Russia's consent to cooperate with the international mission of the OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe), since authorities are no longer able to hide information about human rights violations in the region and escape uneasy questions.
Rights defenders treat activists and journalists as addressees of Kadyrov's threats November 03, 2018 08:49 Ramzan Kadyrov's statement about "provocateurs" on the Chechen-Ingush border is a threat to the activists, who had filmed the construction equipment in the "Erzi" Nature Reserve, as well as the journalists, who would visit the pre-border area, human rights defenders have stated.
MoJ decides to close fund of organizer of "Putin's Detachments" November 03, 2018 08:46 The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) of the Krasnodar Territory has initiated the liquidation of the "Social Justice" Charity Fund, created by Marat Dinaev, the head of the "Putin Detachments" movement.
Union in support of political prisoners established in Azerbaijan November 02, 2018 21:59 Human rights defenders, namely, the editor-in-chief editor of the newspaper "Tolyshi Sado" and the head of the Union of Azerbaijani Intellectuals have announced the creation of the organization "For the Freedom of Political Prisoners of Azerbaijan".
Legalized border with Chechnya is Evkurov's Pyrrhic victory November 02, 2018 21:57 The transfer of the dispute about the Ingush-Chechen border into the legal plane with the tacit Kremlin's support of Evkurov is a Pyrrhic victory of the head of Ingushetia over the opponents of his agreement with Kadyrov. The opposition will not give up its demands; while relations of the two nations are clouded with the mutual discontent, believe Ali Magomadov, a political analyst, and Akhmed Gisaev, the head of the Human Rights Analysis Centre.
Georgia's Govt abandons idea of cultivating marijuana November 02, 2018 18:28 The Georgian Government has decided to recall the draft law on the cultivation of marijuana from the Parliament, Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chairman of the Parliament, has stated.
Chechen authorities report on development of military tourism November 02, 2018 18:25 The first group of foreign tourists has arrived in Chechnya within the "MilitaryTour" programme. The Committee on Tourism of the Chechen Government has prepared a two-week programme for them, noting the nice prospects of this type of tourism.
Political analysts explain Kremlin's position on Ingush-Chechen border November 02, 2018 14:25 The authorities of the Russian Federation have not distanced off from the conflict around the agreement on the Ingush-Chechen border, but took a wait-and-see attitude due to the lack of compromise solutions, political analysts believe.
Ingush activists tell about tree felling in "Erzi" Reserve November 02, 2018 14:24 The Construction of the road on the Chechen-Ingush border began in August with tree felling in the "Erzi" Nature Reserve, and the result of this construction will be the destruction of monuments, historians and activists assert.