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January 13, 2018 04:11

• Residents of Nagorno-Karabakh criticize law on payments to wounded soldiers

  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.

January 12, 2018 22:57

• Fourteen people detained near Salafi mosque in Makhachkala

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

January 12, 2018 21:04

• Three years after family massacre in Gyumri: incidents involving soldiers continue

  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.

January 12, 2018 15:33

• In Azerbaijan, journalist Afghan Mukhtarly sentenced to six years of imprisonment

  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.

January 12, 2018 13:35

• Chechen long-liver sent from Baku to Grozny

  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".

January 12, 2018 11:05

• Head of charity organization disappears in Makhachkala

  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.

January 12, 2018 10:03

• Georgian Patriarchate opposes marijuana decriminalization

  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.

January 12, 2018 06:04

• Armenian rights defenders note a decrease in military losses in 2017

  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.

January 12, 2018 05:52

• Political analysts: residents of Chechnya tired of "leaderism" and criticize authorities

  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.

January 12, 2018 04:48

• Experts report connection of military exercises in Northern Caucasus with conflict in Syria

  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.

January 12, 2018 03:24

• Armenia's Ambassador to Denmark wins lawsuit against his country at ECtHR

  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.

January 11, 2018 21:49

• Film about First Chechen War on YouTube scores over 2 million viewings in three days

  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.

January 11, 2018 17:41

• Relatives of Temirlan Machalikashvili demand his rehabilitation

  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.

January 11, 2018 17:31

• Kabardino-Balkarian athlete Maria Lasitskene wins All-Russian tournament

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

January 11, 2018 15:45

• Countrymen of hijab dancer treat a scandal with her videos as a PR step for promotion

  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.

January 11, 2018 13:07

• Chechen residents alarmed: critic of Wahhabism re-appointed Kadi of Grozny

  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.

January 11, 2018 13:06

• US Department of State warns tourists about danger of visiting Northern Caucasus

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

January 11, 2018 10:54

• HRC "Memorial" reports threats to relatives of Chechen rights defender Oyub Titiev

  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".

January 11, 2018 10:41

• At action in Kiev, Azerbaijanis demand to protect them from criminality

  On January 10, members of the Azerbaijani community held a rally near the building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Ukraine in Kiev, demanding to investigate the crimes committed against Azerbaijani businessmen. The Ukrainian police promised to take measures.

January 11, 2018 10:28

• Azerbaijan accused Armenia of 125 bombardments per day

  On January 10 and 11, during shelling on the contact line, Armenian militaries used sniper rifles, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.