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December 08, 2017 15:38

• Schools and kindergartens closed in mountains of Adjaria

  Today, a heavy snowfall has interrupted classes in 43 schools of the Khulo District, 28 schools of the Shuakhevi District and in one school of the Keda District. This was reported by Khulo Mayor Gocha Meladze. According to the district administration, 20 kindergartens have also been closed.

December 08, 2017 15:09

• In Kislovodsk, law enforcers cordon off a mosque, believers report

  Armed law enforcers are verifying IDs of people who came for a Friday prayer to the mosque of the Belorechensky village in Kislovodsk, eyewitnesses reported.

December 08, 2017 13:25

• Tuapse Mayor Alexander Chekhov detained

  Law enforcers detained Alexander Chekhov, the head of the Tuapse administration, on suspicion of taking bribes. This has been reported today by sources from the law enforcement bodies.

December 08, 2017 10:52

• In Dagestan, earthquake damages two schools and kindergarten

  In the morning on December 7, a magnitude 4.9 tremor was registered in the Khiv District of Dagestan.

December 08, 2017 06:00

• More than 500 families affected by Spitak earthquake still have no housing

  The Armenian government has completed a programme to provide housing for city families affected by the earthquake of 1988. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Tanya Arzumanyan, a member of the Urban Development Committee.

December 08, 2017 05:41

• Former cadet of MIA Academy placed in dungeon

  On December 7, members of the Public Oversight Commission visited at the SIZO Anzor Magomadov, accused of preparing a terror act and trying to join militants in Syria. According to their story, Magomadov is now placed in the punishment cell (dungeon). This was preceded by his conflict with a SIZO warder, whom he turned to with complaints about toothache.

December 08, 2017 00:30

• Residents of Dagestan: Azerbaijani secret services hunt for army deviationists

  In recent months, the situation with the persecution by Azerbaijan of Russian citizens who refuse to serve in the Azerbaijani army has become more acute. This was announced during a press conference held on December 7 in the editors' office of the RIA "Derbent", the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

December 08, 2017 00:01

• ECPT reproaches Moskalkova for distorting report on kidnappings in Chechnya

  The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (ECPT) denied Tatiana Moskalkova's statement that the European delegation found no evidence of executions and extrajudicial killings in Chechnya.

December 07, 2017 22:14

• Meydan TV: human traffickers benefit from domestic violence in Azerbaijan

  Azerbaijani women, who fell victim to human traffickers, had been subjected to domestic violence in their families, says the Meydan TV's report "Victims of Trafficking in Human Beings. PART ONE: Girls Abandoned to Fate's Mercy" dated December 6, 2017.

December 07, 2017 21:06

• UNM threatens with protests against Saakashvili's extradition

  The Georgian oppositional party "United National Movement" (UNM) has switched to an emergency working mode in connection with an attempt to detain Mikhail Saakashvili in Kiev, and declared its readiness to protest against his extradition from Ukraine.

December 07, 2017 17:07

• Azerbaijani journalist Makhbub Zulfugarly released

  In Azerbaijan, Makhbub Zulfugarly, a journalist and activist, sentenced to five months of imprisonment on the charge of defamation, has served his sentence and has been released. He intends to seek his rehabilitation at the Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

December 07, 2017 15:35

• Southern republics become outsiders of Russian salary rating

  Dagestan and Adygea took the last lines in the rating of the Russian regions in terms of the number of highly-paid employees and the level of the average salary. The rating has been compiled by the RIA "Rating". Kabardino-Balkaria, Chechnya and Kalmykia were also mentioned among the outsiders of the rating.

December 07, 2017 15:29

• Suspect of killing "Rosgvardia" officer in Armavir arrested

  Today, by a court judgement, Mukhtar Malsyugenov, suspected of killing two people, including an employee of the "Rosgvardia" (Russian National Guard) in an Armavir restaurant, was arrested.

December 07, 2017 15:14

• Law enforcers update trend to kidnap people in Chechnya

  In Grozny, a kidnapping of seven persons has resumed the trend which took place during the military campaigns in Chechnya. This opinion has been expressed by civilians who expect the response from international organizations.

December 07, 2017 14:36

• A woman from Makhachkala accused of involvement in armed underground

  A case against a 33-year-old woman from the capital of Dagestan, accused of involvement in an illegal armed formation (IAF) in the territory of a foreign state, has been sent to court.

December 07, 2017 13:46

• Azerbaijan advocates preserving Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine

  Azerbaijan supports the settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on the basis of the existence of two states with the capital of Palestine in East Jerusalem, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) commented on the US President's statement on the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

December 07, 2017 09:25

• Kaspiysk residents demand to close brick factories

  At their meeting, residents of the Kirpichny village claimed the operation of six brick factories in the suburbs of Kaspiysk led to an ecological disaster.

December 07, 2017 06:54

• Former MIA's Academy cadet pressured by law enforcers, his defence asserts

  In Krasnodar, the court has prolonged the detention in custody until January 15, 2018, to Anzor Magomadov, a resident of Sochi, a former cadet of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) Academy, accused of plotting a terror act and attempting to join militants in Syria. According to his advocates, law enforcers put pressure on the defendant to obtain his confession.

December 07, 2017 06:01

• Chechnya resumes publishing "Goch"

  In Chechnya, the publication of the independent literary and art magazine "Goch" (Translation), the release of which was stopped several years ago, has been resumed.

December 07, 2017 03:09

• UN Special Rapporteurs call on Azerbaijan to allow Khadija Ismayilova travel abroad

  A ban on travelling abroad violates the Khadija Ismayilova's right to freedom of expression, claimed two UN Special Rapporteurs.