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August 11, 2019 11:35

• Azerbaijani journalist goes on hunger strike in SIZO

  Ikram Ragimov has announced a hunger strike, demanding an objective consideration of his complaint in court. Despite the deteriorating state of health, he was placed into the dungeon (punishment cell), his relatives have informed.

August 11, 2019 11:31

• NKR accuses Azerbaijan of 65 shelling attacks during week

  On August 4-10, Azerbaijani soldiers fired about 600 rounds at the positions of the Defence Army, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has informed.

August 11, 2019 11:29

• Arrest of Dagestani journalist Gadjiev extended until mid-September

  A court in Makhachkala has extended the arrest of the journalist, Abdulmumin Gadjiev, accused of financing terrorism, for another month. He has treated the prosecutors' arguments as stated his readiness to cooperate with investigators.

August 10, 2019 23:55

• South-Ossetian Ombudsperson complains about protracted consideration of claims against Georgia

  The Russian advocates representing the interests of the victims of the war with Georgia at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) have expanded the evidence base, but have not yet reached any positive decision of the ECtHR, Inal Tasoev, the South-Ossetian Ombudsperson, has stated.

August 10, 2019 23:53

• Because of criminal case in Russia, journalist Abdurakhmanov is illegal person in Turkey

  Rashid Abdurakhmanov, a Dagestani journalist living in Istanbul complained about the blocking of his accounts in Russia and could not extend his foreign passport, as he became a suspect in a criminal case. The blocking of bank accounts in Russia is used as a sort of an extrajudicial punishment, analysts assert.

August 10, 2019 11:11

• Muslims of Krasnodar tell about difficulties of celebrating Kurban Bayram

  Because of the absence of a mosque in Krasnodar, Muslim believers cannot fully perform the sacrifice rite on Kurban Bayram and take part in the collective holiday namaz (prayer). The nearest mosque in the settlement of Yablonovsky, Adygea, cannot house everyone, Krasnodar Muslims have complained.

August 10, 2019 11:06

• Idea of renaming Kurchaloi District continues trend of "Akhmatization" of Chechnya

  A Chechen theologian has proposed to rename the Kurchaloi District into the Akhmat one in honour of Ramzan Kadyrov's father. The proposal was made amid discussions about the personalities of Akhmat Kadyrov and Imam Shamil.

August 10, 2019 11:01

• Researchers of Caucasus warn of blood feud danger in blackmail case of Ingush women

  The residents of Ingushetia, who persuaded married women to adultery and blackmailed them, could face expulsion and blood feud, experts of the Caucasus believe.

August 10, 2019 09:27

• Believers tell about raid near Makhachkala mosque

  Law enforcers have set up three posts at the "Tangim" Mosque in Makhachkala and checked believers' cars leaving after the Friday namaz (prayer). Nobody was brought to the police stations, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported.

August 10, 2019 09:22

• Dagestan journalists treat Kadyrov's words about a rally in Grozny as provocation

  A group of Makhachkala residents is preparing a mass action to protest against Ramzan Kadyrov's about Imam Shamil. The Kadyrov's call to organize this action in Grozny is a deliberate provocation, Dagestani journalists have suggested.

August 10, 2019 09:17

• Azerbaijani rights defender stops hunger strike in colony

  Aliabbas Rustamov, a rights defender, has stopped his hunger strike demanding conditional early relief (CER) on the 14th day of his protest. He made such a decision in connection with the postponement of the court session and the appeals of the public and his advocate, the journalist. Shakhveled Chobanoglu has informed.

August 09, 2019 23:41

• Chechen villager detained by unknown persons in Grozny

  In the Chechen capital, armed people detained a resident of the village of Bachi-Yurt, eyewitnesses have reported.

August 09, 2019 23:32

• Georgian villagers complain about implications of demarcation with South Ossetia

  On August 7, South-Ossetian militaries established fencing from the side of South Ossetia, having deviated from the administrative border, residents of the village of Gugutiantkari, Gori District of Georgia, have stated. Georgian authorities condemned the works on the border.

August 09, 2019 20:13

• In Karachay-Cherkessia, organizer of summer school claims pressure from law enforcers

  In Karachay-Cherkessia, law enforcers visited Bella Shakhmirzova, an organizer of a creative school for children, and said they were to verify an anonymous message they had got about her. According to Bella Shakhmirzova, she did not let them into her house, since the visitors failed to produce the necessary documents.

August 09, 2019 20:12

• Ingush activist Musa Abadiev detained after a search

  In Ingushetia, law enforcers conducted a search at the house of Musa Abadiev, and after that he was brought to a detention facility in Vladikavkaz, reported on Facebook Timur Abadiev, an uncle of the activist.

August 09, 2019 14:22

• Political analysts explain informational closeness of authorities in Northern Caucasus

  Refusal of direct elections of regional heads leads to informational closeness of the authorities, while the elites are not ready to live in an open society and their mentality does not comply with the realities of the 21st century. This opinion was voiced by political analysts when they were commenting on the low ratings of the information openness of the authorities in Northern Caucasus.

August 09, 2019 14:17

• Armenian CoM approves compensation for victims of March 2008 events

  Payments to each victim of the events of March 2008 will amount to 10,500-63,000 US dollars. The exact number of people who suffered during the dispersal of the protests has not been identified, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) of Armenia reports. Many victims may not receive any compensation, since people were afraid to address doctors for help to register the severity of their injuries for fear of criminal prosecution, lawyer Armen Khachatryan explained.

August 09, 2019 12:39

• Kadyrov accuses journalists of distorting his words about Imam Shamil

  In the video that has appeared on the network, Ramzan Kadyrov is convincing his two friends-Dagestanis that his words about Imam Shamil were misunderstood.

August 09, 2019 11:48

• Residents of South Ossetia tell about hardships during five-day war

  Eleven years ago, in South Ossetia, doctors operated day and night on the wounded in the basement; loaders transported bread under bombings; and villagers got out of the war zone into refugee camps, participants in the events have recollected.

August 09, 2019 02:39

• At action in Tbilisi, Russians support Georgia's integrity

  Citizens of Russia, who gathered in Tbilisi, have condemned the authorities of their country for the Georgia's loss of control over Abkhazia and South Ossetia.