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Six persons have perished and one was seriously injured in a helicopter crash that occurred in Southern Chechnya, a source from the headquarters deployed at the accident venue near the village of Shatoi has reported as quoted by the "Interfax".

Georgia has become a safe country; and the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Germany will restrict the granting asylum to its citizens. Georgian officials see no threat to the visa-free travel regime in the context of the growing number of violations committed by its migrants in Germany.

Two members of the terrorist grouping "Khachmaz Jamaat" were killed in the north of Azerbaijan, the State Security Service (SSS) of Azerbaijan has reported.

In an office of a real estate company owned by a citizen of Kazakhstan, suspected recruiters discussed candidates to be sent to Syria.

Muslim women of Adjara are subjected to discrimination in schools. They do not get higher education and cannot find jobs. They themselves refuse to participate in political and public life. This was stated by authors of the study conducted in four districts of Adjara.

Magomedrasul Gadjiev, a resident of Kizlyar, who was detained after believers had been shelled, refused to confess to possession of ammunition and explosives at home. Earlier, he had confessed to storing rounds and hexogen under pressure from law enforcers and threat of killing, said his advocate Anvar Askhabov. 

The decision of the court, which extended the term of arrest of Oyub Titiev, the head of the HRC "Memorial" office in Grozny, was made in advance, believes Svetlana Gannushkina, the chair of the NGO "Civic Assistance". The court just pronounced the decision "instructed from the above," said Oleg Orlov, a member of the HRC "Memorial" Council. 

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) will provide Georgia with financial support to combat the invasion of the brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), which seriously harmed Georgian agriculture in 2017.

The case against five members of the armed underground active in the Tarumovka District has been sent to the court, the Dagestani Prosecutor's Office has reported.

Men in civilian clothes tried to detain Azerbaijani journalist Fikret Guseinli in Kiev, but he jumped out of the window and escaped, activists said. The Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD) has called on to stop persecuting Guseinli.

Today, the Staropromyslovsky Court of Grozny has refused to release Oyub Titiev under the guarantee of two Russian presidential candidates and extended his arrest until May 9.

Today, more than ten journalists, politicians, and rights defenders have gathered in court in Grozny, where a hearing is being held to extend the pre-trial restriction measure to Oyub Titiev, the head of the HRC "Memorial" office in Grozny. 

Two Georgian citizens, Levan Kutashvili and Iosif Pavliashvili, who were detained on February 22 in South Ossetia together with Archil Tatunashvili, have returned to their native villages. This was reported by announced by Nugzar Tinikashvili, the administration head of the Akhalgori District.

On March 5 and 6, the Armenian Armed Forces violated the ceasefire regime for 102 times in various directions of the frontline, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

The early voting for the presidential candidates took place in the villages of Khushet, Tsumada District, and Ostrov Chechen, Kirov District of Makhachkala; the voting passed without violations, the Central Election Commission (CEC) has stated.

On March 5, Grozny held the international exercises "18.03.18: We choose a strong country!" Grozny students said they were obliged to take part in the action.

Because his company failed to pay him salary for two months, the man poured gasoline over himself and set fire to it. With burns, he was hospitalized.

65 years ago, on March 5, 1953, the news of the death of Joseph Stalin became good news for Soviet political prisoners who raised toasts on his birthdays. In that regard, the ban on the screening of the satirical film "The Death of Stalin" looks like a manifestation of censorship, believe rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Ksenia Sobchak and Grigory Yavlinsky, candidates for Russian presidency, sent a petition to the Chechen investigator asking to release Oyub Titiev, the head of the office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in Grozny, under their personal guarantees.

Law enforcers comb forests in the Tsumada District of Dagestan in search for members of the armed underground.