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May 17, 2019 10:09

• TIG demands inquiry into election violations in Georgian Zugdidi

  Georgian authorities should promptly investigate reports about the incidents during the election campaign in the city of Zugdidi, the "Transparency International Georgia" (TIG) has stated. The opposition believes that the so-called "thieves in law" are trying to influence the election outcomes in favour of the candidate from the ruling "Georgian Dream" Party. The latter has rejected the accusations, stating that opponents are trying to give a negative colour to the election of the Mayor of Zugdidi.

May 17, 2019 08:35

• NKR presidents pledge for Robert Kocharyan

  Bako Saakyan, the head of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), and his predecessor, Arkady Gukasyan, have guaranteed to the court that the second President of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan, will not hide if released from custody. Mr Kocharyan has denied the use of Karabakh soldiers to disperse demonstrators in 2008.

May 17, 2019 08:33

• Miners go on strike in Georgia

  Georgian miners have come out to a protest action in the city of Chiatura, demanding an increase in wages and improved working conditions. They also called on the country's authorities to publish the results of the examination of the mines in Tkibuli, where miners died.

May 17, 2019 08:31

• Chechen special unit "Terek" is on US sanctions list

  The "Terek" rapid-response squadron, its commander Abuzaid Vismuradov and the Chechen officer Ruslan Geremeev have been put on the US "Magnitsky List" of sanctions.

May 17, 2019 08:28

• Chechen authorities start dialogue with residents amid Abdurakhmanov's criticism

  Through the programmes "Special Talk" and "Social Advocate", the authorities respond to communal problems in Chechnya, local residents said. The programmes with the participation of officials are intended to show authorities' democracy against the background of the criticism exhibited by the popular blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, members of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations believe.

May 17, 2019 01:27

• Wife of detained North-Ossetia native doubts the version of his links with IS

  Georgy Guev, a native of North Ossetia, detained in Moscow on suspicion of financing terrorism, had transferred money to strangers in response to an appeal to help the poor in the month of Ramadan. This version was told by his wife.

May 17, 2019 01:23

• Deputy Chairman of Ingush Council of Teips detained in Magas

  Murad Daskiev, the acting head of the Council of Teips (family clans) of Ingushetia, has linked his detention with the placement on the Council's website of an appeal to the MPs of the National Assembly.

May 17, 2019 01:20

• Georgian MoD reports soldier's death

  Paata Chkhaidze, a contract serviceman of the National Guard of Georgia, has been driven to suicide, investigators suggested.

May 16, 2019 21:25

• MMA champion arrested for attacking policemen in North Ossetia

  The court granted the investigators' requests concerning a pre-trial restriction measure to three men detained for attacking inspectors of the road-and-patrol service (known as DPS) in the Ardon District. Two of them, including Mikhail Gazaev, the MMA European champion, were arrested, and the third detainee was left under house arrest.

May 16, 2019 21:21

• Native of North Ossetia detained in case on IS financing

  In Moscow, law enforcers detained Georgy Guev, a native of North Ossetia, who for four years transferred 50 million roubles to militants from the "Islamic State" (a terrorist organization banned in Russia by the court), the FSB reported.

May 16, 2019 13:59

• Azerbaijani oppositionists turn payment of fine into protest action

  Giyas Ibragimov and Bairam Mamedov, activists of the movement "Nida", used coins of the lowest value to pay the fines imposed on them by the court. The activists brought a bag of small coins to the bank. According to the activists, by their action, they wanted to draw public attention to the meanness of civil servants who imposed fines on activists.

May 16, 2019 13:56

• Social networks discuss Dagestani Muftiate's call to decrease food prices during Ramadan

  Individual entrepreneurs and sellers should not raise food prices during the holy month of Ramadan, state the Muftiate of Dagestan. Residents of the republic confirmed the rise in food prices and called on the authorities to intervene in the situation.

May 16, 2019 13:49

• In Chechnya, law enforcers find hiding with ammunition and explosives

  A hiding, found in the Urus-Martan District of Chechnya, is neutralized, reports the military commandant's office. The hiding allegedly belonged to militants active in the region.

May 16, 2019 11:29

• Gallup International's survey shows drop in credit of Nikol Pashinyan's personnel

  Significantly lower number of Armenian residents positively assesses the personnel policy of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, but his personal rating remains quite high. This follows from the Gallup International's survey. The real rating of the Armenian Prime Minister fell more dramatically, and that can be explained by his poor work, believes political consultant Armen Badalyan.

May 16, 2019 11:14

• Analysts predict activation of IS recruiters in Northern Caucasus

  The claim of the "Islamic State" (IS, a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court) concerning an attack on law enforcers in Chechnya is intended to make it easier for militants to recruit new supporters after defeats in Syria and Iraq, analysts suggest.

May 16, 2019 08:53

• Armenian court refuses to close Robert Kocharyan's trial

  After an advocate offered to disclose the testimony of one of the witnesses, the prosecutor demanded to hold the court sessions on of Robert Kocharyan behind closed doors, but the court rejected this demand. About 200 Kocharyan's supporters and opponents rallied at the courthouse.

May 16, 2019 08:49

• Chechen blogger Abdurakhmanov shows Akhmat Kadyrov's sermon about Christians

  YouTube users have thanked Tumso Abdurakhmanov for posting an archive video, in which Ramzan Kadyrov's father spoke disrespectfully about Christians and unbelievers. Akhmat Kadyrov's statements about Christians contradict the Islam; they mean a radical position, Orientalists have pointed out.

May 16, 2019 08:47

• Ingush activist Ismail Nalgiev denies using force to policemen

  Ismail Nalgiev denies his guilt and refuses to testify, his advocate, Andrei Sabinin, has informed.

May 15, 2019 21:07

• Suspect of plotting terror acts detained in Stavropol Territory

  Law enforcers have detained a suspected member of the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization banned in Russia by the court, who was planning to commit terror acts in the Stavropol Territory, the FSB has reported.

May 15, 2019 21:04

• Activists criticize EU's reaction to human rights violations in Azerbaijan

  In its annual report on human rights, the European Union (EU) has claimed persecutions of journalists and restrictions on lawyers' work in Azerbaijan. In this regard, rights defenders and oppositionists believe that the EU fails to make use of all the influence tools to solve the human rights problem in Azerbaijan.