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December 02, 2017 16:47

• Two schoolboys perish in a brawl in Tbilisi

  The second boy wounded in a mass teenagers' brawl in Tbilisi has died. This was reported by Avtandil Imedadze, the head of the republic's hospital, the "InterPressNews" reports.

December 02, 2017 14:01

• Paraglider who went missing in KBR found dead

  Rescuers have found the body of a tourist from the Moscow Region in the mountains. They handed it over to the policemen in Nalchik.

December 02, 2017 12:19

• URA states anti-Armenian campaign in Russian mass media

  The agreement with the European Union (EU) embodies the Armenia's multi-vector foreign policy, and in no conflict with its membership in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), participants of the parliamentary hearings have stated.

December 02, 2017 06:30

• Doctor tells about attempts to reanimate the detainee beaten to death in KChR

  Within the case of Ruslan Rakhaev, a former deputy head of the OVD (Interior Division) of Cherkessk, accused of beating a detainee to death, an ambulance doctor has been questioned. She told that when she tried to save Dakhir Djankezov, she heard his ribs crunching, while, according to policemen, the man suddenly fell down from his chair and fainted.

December 02, 2017 05:30

• Court rules to study firearms of IS unit in KChR

  The registration centres that control the firearm circulation give conflicting data about the submachine guns, which, according to investigators, were owned by members of the "Islamic State" (IS, banned in Russia) unit created in the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR). This was stated by defendants' advocates. The court agreed to deliver the submachine guns into the courtroom and disassemble them on the spot.

December 02, 2017 01:18

• Deputies argue on Ingushes' participation in social and political life of North Ossetia

  The call of North-Ossetian officials to attract young Ingushes living in the republic to the "Mashuk" Forum has caused some resonance. Deputies from North Ossetia and Ingushetia came into dispute about the situation of Ingushes in the Ossetian society.

December 01, 2017 21:45

• Relatives report kidnapping of Grozny resident

  On November 22, armed people took Zelimkhan Dikaev away from his home; he has not returned yet, his relatives told the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

December 01, 2017 20:56

• Dagestani resident who cut his belly returns home from SIZO

  The Makhachkala court has transferred Akim Kuliev, who has complained about torture after his arrest under the case of setting the district administration on fire, under house arrest. Two other figurants in the case remain at the SIZO (pre-trial prison).

December 01, 2017 15:28

• FBI joins investigation into circumstances of special operation in Tbilisi

  Four suspected terrorists stayed in Georgia illegally, the Minister of Internal Affairs (MIA) reported. At the request of the Georgian authorities, FBI experts provide assistance to investigators, the US Ambassador announced.

December 01, 2017 14:54

• Law enforcers confirm death of Akhmed Chataev in Tbilisi

  Akhmed Chataev, wanted in Russia and included in the sanctions list of the United States, has committed a suicide bombing during a special operation carried out in Tbilisi on November 22, the Georgian State Security Service reported.

December 01, 2017 12:30

• Earthquake occurs in southern Chechnya

  On November 30, a magnitude 3.2 tremor was registered in the Shatoi District of Chechnya. No information about casualties and destruction has been reported.

December 01, 2017 10:16

• All Chechen conscripts sent to army

  400 young Chechens will take their regularly military service in the units of the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD), stationed in the Southern Military District; and 100 others – in the units of the Russian National Guard (Natsgvardia), the Military Commissariat of Chechnya has stated.

December 01, 2017 06:38

• Dagestani team wins Russian Cup in freestyle wrestling

  In the final match of the Russian Cup in freestyle wrestling, the Dagestani team defeated the team of the Crimea with a score of 8:0.

December 01, 2017 00:52

• Video of Kuliev self-mutilation posted

  Akim Kuliev, a resident of Dagestan, injured himself in a cell of the SIZO (pre-trial prison); this is shown by a video, posted on the YouTube on November 30. Kuliev refused from his evidence given under torture, said his advocate.

December 01, 2017 00:47

• ECtHR finds deportation of Dagestani native from Germany legitimate

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has upheld the decision to deport an 18-year-old native of Dagestan, suspected of having ties with terrorists, to Russia.

December 01, 2017 00:00

• Georgia's SC obliges MIA to pay 5700 US dollars to LGBT activists

  The Supreme Court (SC) has appointed a compensation of 15,500 laris to be paid by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) to about 20 LGBT activists, who suffered during a rally in Tbilisi in 2013.

November 30, 2017 22:43

• Rome Professor helps zoo activists to get land near Makhachkala

  This week, "Ecolife" activists have begun building a centre for homeless animals near the dwelling settlement of Talgi near Makhachkala. The land plot was allocated by the authorities at the request of Professor Djalal Saidbegov, a native of Dagestan, who works at the University of Rome, an "Ecolife" source has stated.

November 30, 2017 19:22

• Use of marijuana decriminalized in Georgia

  The Georgia's Constitutional Court (CC) has abolished criminal punishment for consumption of marijuana and cannabis, finding it an encroachment on the freedom to choose the type of rest and relaxation.

November 30, 2017 14:37

• Russian State Duma MP tells about the fate of Cossack Zabolotny in IS

  Six people, captured in Syria, including Roman Zabolotny, a native of the Rostov Region, are supposedly alive; negotiations are underway with militants about hand the captives over, Victor Vodolatsky, a State Duma MP, has stated.

November 30, 2017 14:25

• Chechen authorities found 104 Russia citizens in Iraq

  Among Russian citizens captured by the Iraqi militaries in Mosul, there are women and children from different Russian regions.