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December 28, 2017 04:23

• IC: suspect accused of killing Russian soldier in Armenia confesses to his sympathy for IS

  The investigation into the murder of soldier Dmitry Yalpaev in Gyumri has been completed. Defendant Arman Djandjugazyan has called himself to be a supporter of the terrorist grouping "Islamic State" (IS, banned in Russia).

December 28, 2017 03:43

• 11 gays tell about torture and their escape from Chechnya

  Residents of Chechnya, who left the republic due to a project of the "Russian LGBT Network", reported about torture after detentions and about the role of top-ranking officials in organizing gay raids.

December 27, 2017 17:30

• Facebook reveals reason for blocking Kadyrov's accounts

  The Facebook administration has confirmed that accounts of the head of Chechnya in the Facebook and the Instagram service, belonging to it, have been deactivated in connection with the US sanctions.

December 27, 2017 16:26

• Person charged with smuggling "Igla" MANPADS extradited to Armenia

  On December 25, Georgian law enforcers handed over Robert Agvanyan, wanted in Armenia for importing an "Igla" (Needle) man-portable air-defence system (MANPADS), to Armenia, the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Armenia has stated.

December 27, 2017 15:51

• Participants in Pankisi Gorge CTO suspected of exceeding powers

  The Georgian Prosecutor's Office is investigating the circumstances of the counterterrorist operation (CTO), during which a 19-year-old villager in the Pankisi Gorge was seriously wounded. In its appeal to the government, the village council of elders treated law enforcers' actions as unacceptable.

December 27, 2017 13:53

• In Grozny, law enforcers inspect apartments, local residents report

  In the capital of Chechnya, law enforcers have checked IDs of local residents and drivers, Grozny residents reported.

December 27, 2017 13:28

• "Kommersant" reports Ramzan Kadyrov's role in liberation of doctors in Libya

  Two doctors from Belarus, who in Libya were forced to continue working under their contracts, were released after the intervention of the Chechen leader, the "Kommersant" reports.

December 27, 2017 13:01

• 187 prisoners pardoned in Georgia

  The Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili has timed the pardoning to the New Year. 123 prisoners will quit their colonies today.

December 27, 2017 12:25

• Dagestani resident sentenced to 18 years of imprisonment for violence against his children

  The Court of Khasavyurt has sentenced a local resident to 18 years of imprisonment in a penal colony. The man is accused of raping his seven-year-old daughter and beating his eight-year-old son, the Prosecutor's Office reports.

December 27, 2017 12:02

• Political analysts argue on Aina Gamzatova's prospects in presidential election

  The decision of Aina Gamzatova, the wife of the Dagestani Mufti, to run for presidency was not coordinated with Kremlin, but even such an attempt gives candidates a chance to become all-Russian-scale public figures, the political analysts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", believe.

December 27, 2017 11:04

• Grozny woman finds her daughter missing for more than 20 years in Dagestan

  Khava Ibragimova, who was evacuated during the first Chechen War from Grozny, on December 25 returned to her mother, who had been looked for her all these years. The return of the disabled girl to her family from a boarding school in Dagestani Buynaksk became possible after a DNA examination.

December 27, 2017 10:05

• Azerbaijan blames Armenia for shelling three villages

  Within the last 24 hours, Armenian and Karabakh militaries violated the ceasefire regime for 118 times, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported, adding that villages of the Gazakh and Tovuz Districts were shelled.

December 27, 2017 09:15

• In Makhachkala, authorities report 7500 stray dogs

  In the period from March to December, about 1000 animals were sterilized in a Makhachkala dog kennel, but the problem of catching stray dogs still remains urgent, the authorities report.

December 27, 2017 05:12

• Members of Chechen Diaspora voice their fear of authorities of Chechnya

  Germany has followed France and changed its attitudes towards asylum seekers from Chechnya. Some of them face deportation to their homeland. In Europe, most refugees from Chechnya are afraid of being persecuted by Ramzan Kadyrov's agents and they have to abandon public criticism of the republic's authorities.

December 26, 2017 20:51

• Vladikavkaz launches collection of signatures for compulsory study of Ossetian language

  The Association of Teachers and Researchers of the Ossetian Language and Literature collects signatures under an appeal to the President of Russia with a request to introduce a compulsory study of the second state language in schools of Northern Ossetia.

December 26, 2017 20:09

• Six Chechens detained in Egypt

  Natives of Chechnya, who lived in Cairo, were detained and placed to a deportation prison. This is reported by a member of the Dagestani Diaspora in Egypt.

December 26, 2017 18:56

• Some Kadyrov's subordinates maintain their Instagram pages

  Djambulat Umarov, Chechen Minister for External Relations, Press and Information, Elkhan Suleimanov, Chechen Minister for Public Health, and the Aishat Kadyrova's fashion house "Firdaus" continue to keep their pages in Instagram, despite the massive withdrawal of officials and institutions from the social network.

December 26, 2017 17:59

• Resident of Ingushetia complains of torture after his detention

  Ruslan Ugurchiev, a resident of Ingushetia, accused of illegal storage of arms and ammunition, has complained of torture aimed to obtain his confession, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reported.

December 26, 2017 15:21

• Mikhail Saakashvili refuses to testify to Ukrainian law enforcers

  When explaining his refusal to testify, the former President of Georgia said that the Security Service of Ukraine (known as SBU) has combined in one notice the summons for various investigative actions.

December 26, 2017 14:46

• Law enforcers explain detentions in Pankisi Gorge by Tbilisi special operation

  Today, five persons have been detained in the Pankisi Gorge. One of them was wounded when he tried to throw a grenade to law enforcers, the State Security Service of Georgia reported.