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September 22, 2017 11:48

• In Makhachkala, schools evacuated because of terrorist threat

  In Makhachkala, pupils and teachers of two schools were evacuated after messages on undermining. Such messages were also got by four schools in Makhachkala.

September 22, 2017 11:16

• Policemen with a detainee blown up on a mine in Chechnya

  In the forest near the village of Vedeno, policemen with a militant detained a year ago were blown up on a mine. As a result, the detainee was killed, and the law enforcers were hospitalized. This was reported by a source from the law enforcement agencies.

September 22, 2017 11:02

• MfE's combat engineers defuse two air bombs in Chechnya

  In Grozny, experts from the Rostov Centre of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) have defused an unexploded air bomb. Another shell was liquidated in the mountainous Vedeno District.

September 22, 2017 10:00

• Three policemen hospitalized after shelling in North Ossetia

  Three policemen have been hospitalized after being shelled in North Ossetia; their lives are out of danger.

September 22, 2017 09:30

• Azerbaijan reports 128 shelling acts from the Armenian side

  Within the past 24 hours, the Armenian Armed Forces have violated the ceasefire on the contact line for 128 times, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported today.

September 22, 2017 01:55

• TI-R gets interested in the fate of the horse presented to Kadyrov

  The human rights organization "Transparency International-Russia" (TI-R) will check the cost of the horse, which Prince of Dubai presented to the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov.

September 21, 2017 22:06

• Dagestani authorities persuade fire victims to postpone hunger strike

  After meeting officials, Mokok villagers agreed to postpone their hunger strike planned for today till October. Their protest is caused by non-payment of compensations to fire victims. The Dagestani leader’s order is ignored, said the villagers.

September 21, 2017 20:50

• Russia hands more than 10 military trucks over to Abkhazia

  The Russia’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has started delivering military equipment to the Armed Forces of Abkhazia under the agreement on the joint troops grouping.

September 21, 2017 20:50

• BBC: relatives of missing Chechen residents not allowed complaining to Ombudsperson

  On the eve of the arrival of Tatiana Moskalkova, Russia’s Ombudsperson, relatives of Chechen residents from the "execution list" received threats from law enforcers, the BBC reports citing the relatives.

September 21, 2017 20:35

• Armenian activist stops hunger strike in prison

  Today, the convicted activist Hayk Kyuregyan has stopped his hunger strike, stating human rights violations in Armenia and a threat to country’s independence.

September 21, 2017 19:26

• Two alleged militants detained in Dagestan

  The Investigating Department (ID) for Dagestan of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports detention of two residents of Khasavyurt, who has joined militants in Kaspiysk.

September 21, 2017 18:20

• "Akhmat" leaves Russian Football Cup

  Today, the Grozny "Akhmat" Football Club (FC) has lost as guest 0:3 to Krasnoyarsk "Yenisei" in the 1/16 finals of the Russian Football Cup and left the tournament, the edition called "Championship" reports.

September 21, 2017 16:07

• Tbilisi hunger-strikers fail to see ambulance

  Tbilisi authorities refused to send an ambulance and set up bio-toilets near the parliament building for the hunger-strikers, the protesters assert.

September 21, 2017 15:22

• Tatiana Moskalkova explains deaths of five Chechen residents from "execution list"

  Three persons from the "execution list" made public by the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" died after armed clashes in Chechnya last December, and two others died from natural reasons. This has been reported by Tatiana Moskalkova, Russia's Ombudsperson.

September 21, 2017 12:11

• Chechen authorities show Tatiana Moskalkova two persons from "execution list"

  On September 20, two residents of Chechnya, earlier declared dead, were delivered to Grozny to meet Tatiana Moskalkova, Russia's Ombudsperson. This was reported by the Chechen authorities.

September 21, 2017 10:55

• Resident of Chechnya accused of financing Syrian terrorists

  A resident of Chechnya, who in 2015, in Syria, joined the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS), banned in Russia, is accused of financing terrorism.

September 21, 2017 10:08

• Grozny café suspended after mass poisoning

  Supervisory officials are examining a café in Grozny, whose visitors were hospitalized with poisoning.

September 21, 2017 08:04

• Reports on terror threats in Nalchik prove to be false

  Law enforcers failed to find any explosive devices in the shopping centres, from which residents of Nalchik were evacuated on September 20.

September 20, 2017 22:06

• KBR residents call Adygs Day a unifying holiday

  Today, the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has marked the Adygs Day for the fourth time. Nalchik townspeople treat it as a unifying holiday, but saw some opposition to the Revival Day of Balkar Nation in it.

September 20, 2017 20:57

• Police explain gays’ detentions in Baku by townspeople complaints

  The detention raids of Baku gays were triggered by citizens’ complaints that people with non-traditional sexual orientation are engaged in prostitution, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has stated. Local LGBT activists assert that homophobic sentiments are very strong in the country.