Car of local resident shelled on highway in Ingushetia June 19, 2015 14:29 As a result of shelling of his car, the driver – a resident of the Sunzha District of Ingushetia – was killed, while his passenger was hospitalized in grave condition.
Large cache with weapons and ammunition liquidated in Chechnya June 19, 2015 13:27 Power agents detected a cache in the vicinity of Argun and found there an antitank missile launcher, a Kalashnikov submachine gun, rounds for a grenade launcher, shells and bullets of various calibres.
After evaluation of damage, caused by flooding, Tbilisi residents to receive compensations June 19, 2015 12:00 The Tbilisi Mayoralty is still keeping records of the damage caused by the recent flooding. So far, city residents do not know when they will receive the help promised by the authorities. The implications of the disaster are still felt even by the people whose houses were not damaged.
Cache with weapons and ammunition found in Dagestan June 19, 2015 10:43 Law enforcers have taken three grenade launchers and ammunition, belonging to killed militants, out of a cache in Dagestan, the Chief Department for the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported.
Georgia's Ministry of Public Health recognizes 457 Tbilisi residents as flooding victims June 19, 2015 09:18 In total, 457 people, including 119 children, have been registered by the Ministry of Public Health as victims of the flooding in Tbilisi. Three persons are still considered missing.
ICRF names KChR residents who are at war in Syria June 19, 2015 08:54 16 residents of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), who left for Syria at different times, are suspected of involvement in illegal armed formations (IAFs) in the territory of this country.
Dwelling settlements along the whole Ardon River need to upgrade their sewage treatment facilities June 19, 2015 06:36 All the dwelling settlements, located in the Alagir District, along the Ardon River, have problems with wastewater treatment, said the spokesperson for the "Rospotrebnadzor" (Russian Federal Agency for Consuming Supervision) for North Ossetia.
ECtHR collects 30,000 euros from Russia in favour of woman from Nalchik June 19, 2015 02:36 The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has satisfied the complaint of Maria Fanzieva, a native of Kabardino-Balkaria, who declared a violent death of her daughter at a police station. The applicant was awarded 30,000 euros.
KBR resident reports detention of his son after search June 18, 2015 22:00 Power agents drove away to some unknown place Akhmed Abazov, a resident of the village of Dugulubgei, said his father Edward. Akhmed is a brother of Murat Abazov, who perished in 2013 in an explosion of the village mosque.
Volunteers are actively restoring Tbilisi after flooding June 18, 2015 19:42 Residents of Georgia, acting on their own initiative, are actively participating in restoration works after the flooding in Tbilisi and help the victims. Volunteers have deployed canteens and first aid centres, and coordinate their work through social networks.
Failure to assault hospital in Budyonnovsk led to signing agreement with Basaev June 18, 2015 16:01 Today is 20 years since signing an agreement with Chechen fighters, who captured the hospital in the city of Budyonnovsk, which then led to release of hostages. By the date, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has presented the original of the agreement, kept in the archives of the centre.
UNHCR treats conflict in Syria as major factor of refugees' growth June 18, 2015 13:24 In 2014, the number of refugees in the world increased by 2.8 million, and amounted to 19.5 million, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) published on the eve of the World Refugee Day.
Tbilisi court arrests four men accused of involvement in IS June 18, 2015 12:11 The Tbilisi City Court has ruled to put in custody the four persons accused of involvement in the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS), said the press service of the court.
Rural teacher killed in Dagestan during haymaking June 18, 2015 11:20 In the evening on June 17, in the outskirt of the village of Verkhni Djalgan of the Derbent District of Dagestan, a local school teacher, who worked at haymaking in military uniform, was shot dead. Investigators believe that militants have to do with the crime, a law enforcement source has reported.
ICRF rejects Eskerkhanov's demand to open criminal case on torture June 18, 2015 10:44 The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has dismissed the request, lodged by Tamerlan Eskerkhanov, a figurant in the Nemtsov's murder case, to open a criminal case on the torture, allegedly applied to him by law enforcers, the "Kommersant" reports.
OSCE monitoring finds no ceasefire violations in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict area June 18, 2015 10:40 The routine monitoring by the OSCE mission of the troops contact line in the area of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict passed without incidents, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR).
HRW calls on Russian authorities not to violate human rights at war on militants in Dagestan June 18, 2015 09:13 The fight of Russian authorities against the armed underground in Dagestan is accompanied by serious human rights violations, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) states in its report, which has also documented a number of militants' crimes.
Water decontamination station launched on one water main in Alagir June 18, 2015 08:37 In North Ossetia, the commissioning of over of a water disinfection station constructed on the Gusarin water main – one of the three sources of drinking water in the city of Alagir.
Makhachkala court upholds Khairullin's complaint about investigators' inaction June 18, 2015 07:00 On June 17, the Sovietskiy District Court of Makhachkala upheld the complaint on investigators' inaction in relation to the application about the beating of local resident Arslan Khairullin by law enforcers, said the advocate Elena Denisenko.
Askandarov's advocate complains to ICRF about Dagestani investigators June 17, 2015 21:52 An advocate of Kurban Askandarov, an advocate of the Deputy Imam of one of the mosques of Makhachkala, has filed a complaint to the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF). In his complaint, the advocate claims that investigators have violated his client's rights.