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May 31, 2019 13:54

• Georgian GPO reminds Saakashvili of extradition threat

  Mikhail Saakashvili, who has returned to Ukraine, said that he would soon arrive in Georgia, where he had been sentenced under several cases and will be held responsible, the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Georgia has stated.

May 31, 2019 13:48

• Four Azerbaijani oppositionists fined for their action on Republic Day

  On May 28, in the Azerbaijani village of Novkhany near Baku, members of oppositional parties held a rally on the Republic Day. Four of them, detained prior to the action, were released at the end of the day.

May 31, 2019 13:39

• Tbilisi: participants of book festival note youth's interest in reading

  Over 70 publishers took part in the fair at the 21st Tbilisi International Book Festival. Young people are most interested in reading; therefore, new Georgian writers are now in demand, publishers have emphasized.

May 31, 2019 11:42

• Law enforcers try to press Ingush Red Cross because of claims to Musa Malsagov

  The Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has stigmatized the Ingush branch of Red Cross as a "foreign agent" only because its head, Musa Malsagov, took part in protests and was arrested, Magomed Bekov, an advocate, has stated.

May 31, 2019 11:27

• About 300 volunteers help organizing ConIFA European Championship

  Football teams began arriving in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) to take part in the ConIFA (Confederation of Independent Football Associations) European Championship. Volunteers from NKR and Armenia are involved in organizing the event.

May 31, 2019 09:45

• Georgian political analysts rule out mass protests on Azerbaijan border

  In the near future, no new wave of disputes around the "David Gareja" Monastery Complex located on the Azerbaijani-Georgian border is expected. The call of Elias-II, the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, to give up mass protests has contributed to a decline of protesters' emotions.

May 31, 2019 09:34

• Court in Egypt leaves Ingush students in custody

  The arrest of four Ingush students accused of extremism in Egypt has been extended by 15 days, their relatives have informed.

May 30, 2019 23:57

• Nagorno-Karabakh denies its involvement in death of Azerbaijani soldier

  The Defence Army has not violated the ceasefire regime and is not related to the death of an Azerbaijani soldier on the contact line of troops, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh reports. The OSCE have called on the parties to the Karabakh conflict to show restraint.

May 30, 2019 23:55

• Dagestan announces three days off on occasion of Eid al-Fitr

  The authorities of Dagestan provided residents of Dagestan with more days off than for the celebration of Eid al-Fitr in 2018.

May 30, 2019 21:56

• Astrakhan resident suspected of providing financial assistance to IS

  A man accused of involvement in a grouping of the "Astrakhan shooters" is suspected of having transferred money to a member of the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court.

May 30, 2019 21:54

• Azerbaijan claims shelling attacks on its two villages

  Positions of the Azerbaijani army were shelled 23 times, including in three district bordering Armenia, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reported.

May 30, 2019 13:38

• Baku court refuses applying CER to Asif Yusifli

  A Baku court has rejected the petition of Asif Yusifli, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), for release him under conditional early relief (CER). His defence intends to appeal against the refusal.

May 30, 2019 13:35

• Georgian politicians react to Saakashvili's restored Ukrainian citizenship

  Members of the ruling "Georgian Dream" Party have criticized the decision to return the Ukrainian citizenship to Mikhail Saakashvili.

May 30, 2019 13:34

• Yekaterinburg: jury acquits ted a Chechen native Movsur Khasaev

  At the Sverdlovsk Regional Court, the jury has unanimously declared Movsur Khasaev, a native of Chechnya, accused of killing Yekaterinburg resident Ashot Arutyunyan, to be innocent.

May 30, 2019 09:45

• Ban on Iftar in Kizilyurt stadium fails to prevent Muslims from gathering in cafés

  The Kizilyurt stadium is closed for a mass Iftar for security reasons, but this does not prevent residents from regularly gathering for collective Iftars in cafés. Holding Iftars is not a public event and needs no authorities' sanctions.

May 30, 2019 09:37

• Tbilisi: protesters demand to release journalist Afghan Mukhtarly

  At the rally in Tbilisi, Azerbaijani activists have supported Afghan Mukhtarly. There is some fault of Georgian authorities in the fate of the journalist, who was convicted in Azerbaijan, protesters have claimed.

May 30, 2019 08:50

• Georgian Parliament refuses to investigate Temirlan Machalikashvili's murder

  Most Georgian MPs have voted against the creation of an interim commission for investigating the special operation in Pankisi, during which law enforcers killed a local resident, Temirlan Machalikashvili.

May 30, 2019 08:47

• Russian authorities suspend the work of Ingush Council of Teips

  By the decision of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) of the Russian Federation, the activities of the Council of Teips (family clans) of the Ingush people are suspended for three months. However, Murad Daskiev, the interim head of the council, has stated that they will not stop their work.

May 30, 2019 08:44

• Attendance of Makhachkala "Tangim" Mosque is stable despite law enforcers' raids

  The resumption of law enforcers' checks of the Tangim Mosque in Makhachkala has failed to affect the number of worshipers, Imam Nigmatulla Radjabov has stated. In their turn, lawyers believe that personal searches are permissible only if there are reasonable suspicions.

May 29, 2019 22:23

• Ultimate Fighting Championship terminates contract with coach of Ramzan Kadyrov's sons

  The administration of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company, has ceased its cooperation with Abdul-Kerim Edilov, a light heavyweight athlete from Chechnya, the media report.