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Relatives of Khamzat Baimuradov, suspected of killing the chief of the police station and shot dead during his detention, fear of blood feud, residents of the Avtury village reported. Relatives and friends had no chance to bury the Khamzat Baimuradov's body, since bodies of killed terrorists were not given out to family members, the police reported.

The US Department of State is concerned over the verdict to Afghan Mukhtarly and calls on Azerbaijan to release the journalist.

Starting from January 1, the fund for payments to families of deceased soldiers and officers and soldiers who became disabled as a result of wounds began to be replenished due to the monthly mandatory deductions from a salary of each working resident of Nagorno-Karabakh in the amount of 1000 drams (about 2.1 US dollars). This was stated by Ashot Gulyan, Speaker of the Nagorno-Karabakh Parliament.

Law enforcers explain the detentions of parishioners of the mosque located in Omarov Street by the prophylactic measure.

Over the past three years, the murder of the Avetisyan family members committed on January 12, 2015, for which Valery Permyakov, a Russian regular soldier, was sentenced, became the most resonant, but far from the only incident involving soldiers of the Russian military base in Gyumri.

The Balaken District Court of Azerbaijan has found journalist Afghan Mukhtarly guilty of illegal crossing the border, smuggling and rendering resistance to a public official, reported his advocate.

Tonight, a 104-year-old woman, found in the Goranboy District of Azerbaijan, has been sent to Grozny, reported the Baku shelter "Mother Teresa's Sisters".

Relatives of Kazbek Abdurashidov, the head of the Dagestani charity organization "Nizam Centre", can not find him for nearly 24 hours, and do not rule out his kidnapping.

The draft law on decriminalization of soft narcotic drugs in Georgia fails to account important measures to prevent and combat the drug addiction, the Patriarchate has stated.

60 soldiers and officers of Armenia deceased in 2017. Of them, 22 were killed as a result of violation of the ceasefire regime and non-combat losses amounted to 38 people, reports the Vanadzor Office of the Helsinki Civil Assembly. According to the organization, in 2016, the losses of the Armenian armed forces amounted to 175 people.

When residents of Chechnya dare to voice public appeals with criticism of the authorities or complaints, they are driven by despair and a desire to achieve justice. Exposing themselves at risk, authors of such appeals often underestimate the experience of other critics of the authorities, experts believe.

A significant number of military exercises in the Southern Military District can be explained by the Russia's participation in the struggle against the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS) in Syria.

Alexander Arzumanyan, the Armenia's Ambassador to Denmark and a former Minister of Foreign Affairs, has won a lawsuit against Armenia at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). The court has obliged the Armenian authorities to pay him 2500 euros.

In the film "The Man After the War" produced by video blogger Yuri Dud, Oleg Sitnikov, who fought in the First Chechen War, campaign, and Yuri Shevchuk, the leader of the DDT group, who came to Grozny in 1995, talk about the war and the life after it. The video helped Sitnikov to embody his dream of buying a new car.

Today, the funeral of Temirlan Machalikashvili, who died after being wounded by law enforcers, took place in the village of Duisi in the Pankisi Gorge. His father appealed to the Georgian Prosecutor's Office demanding to assess law enforcers' actions.

Maria Lasitskene (Kuchina), an athlete from Kabardino-Balkaria, has won the All-Russian tournament in high jump and pole vaulting.

The actions of a young woman from North Ossetia, who posts in Instagram scandalous videos with dances in hijab, show more desire for PR steps rather than insolence, her countrymen suggest. The young woman does not face any danger in her homeland, believe the local Deputy Mufti and a journalist.

The return of Adam Ilyasov to the position of the Islamic judge of Grozny may provoke a new surge of persecution of young men wearing beards, local residents believe.

Tourists from the United States are advised not to travel to Northern Caucasus, Nagorno-Karabakh, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia.

Law enforcers have demanded from relatives of Oyub Titiev, the detained Chechen rights defender, that his son and brother should appear at the police, otherwise they would face troubles. This was reported by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".