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May 07, 2019 22:47

• Armenian judge instructed to reconsider Kocharyan's case

  The case of Robert Kocharyan has been handed over to David Grigoryan, who had claimed self-disqualification, when freedom restriction measure of the second Armenian President was discussed.

May 07, 2019 22:21

• Volgograd: visitors to six buildings and marketplace evacuated after bomb reports

  Today, employees and visitors of a number of shopping and business centres, as well as the marketplace in Volgograd, were evacuated after receiving false reports that the facilities had been mined. The person who wrote about bombs explained his motives by Russia's participation in the Syrian conflict, the director general of the "Voroshilovsky" Shopping Centre said.

May 07, 2019 22:09

• Azerbaijani oppositionist arrested for 15 days

  Alizamin Salaev, an activist of the oppositional Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has been sentenced to 15 days of administrative arrest on charges of disobedience to the police. The party treats his arrest as politically motivated.

May 07, 2019 14:46

• "Memorial" complains to Moskalkova of delay in payments to Vremenny residents

  The Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" appealed to Russia's Ombudsperson Tatiana Moskalkova with a request to find out why the Russian Ministry of Finance demanded to review the documents submitted by victims of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) in Dagestan.

May 07, 2019 14:36

• Azerbaijan claims shelling attacks on its village in conflict zone

  Over 24 hours, the positions of the Azerbaijani army in the Karabakh conflict zone, including in the border village, were shelled 24 times, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reports today.

May 07, 2019 11:17

• In Chechnya, Ramadan starts amid increase of food prices

  On the eve of the holy month of Ramadan, prices for certain foodstuffs went up in Grozny, local residents report. The republic's authorities are unable to restrain food price growth, Ruslan Kutaev, the head of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations, believes.

May 07, 2019 11:05

• Georgian villagers tell about consequences of flooding

  Because of the flooding, some villagers of the Gurdjaani and Lagodekhi Districts of Georgia have lost their crops. Local authorities indicate the need to restore protective facilities on the Alazani and Inaboti Rivers.

May 07, 2019 10:57

• Muslims of Southern Russia mark the start of Ramadan

  Charity events, collective Iftars and Nashid parties were held in Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria and Ingushetia on the occasion of the start of the holy month of Ramadan.

May 07, 2019 08:26

• Three women-residents of Ingushetia suspected of helping Syrian militants

  The investigating authorities of Ingushetia have declared three women-residents of the republic to be accomplices to the militants fighting in Syria. The eldest woman is 27 years old, the youngest one is 19, investigators have reported.

May 06, 2019 22:58

• Political analysts doubt reliability of IS*' statement about execution of militaries in Chechnya

  The report of an attack on military servicemen in Chechnya on April 22, widespread by the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization banned in Russia by the court, is aimed at maintaining its image and strengthening its influence on militants, experts assert. At the same time, they noted that Chechen authorities failed to provide any evidence refuting this information.

May 06, 2019 22:47

• Court fines Azerbaijani oppositionist

  The court has released Emin Babaev, a member of the "Republican Alternative" (ReAl) Party, from custody, having fined him for disobeying police. Babaev himself denies the charges. Azer Gasymly, the Chairman of the Party's Majlis, asserts that Babaev was detained for political reasons.

May 06, 2019 22:21

• Court rejects most of Cherkesov's complaints about his placement into dungeon

  In the Krasnoyarsk Territory, a court refused to recognize that placing Aslan Cherkesov, a native of Kabardino-Balkaria, into the dungeon (a punishment cell, also known as ShIZO) for many times in a row was a violation, the inmate's advocate has informed.

May 06, 2019 20:48

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of April 29-May 5, 2019

  Demonstrations on May Day; release of journalist Zhalaudi Geriev; aggravation in the Karabakh conflict zone, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of April 29-May 5, 2019, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

May 06, 2019 18:06

• Georgian citizen detained on South-Ossetian border

  A resident of the village of Kveshi, located on the border with South Ossetia, was detained on May 5, the Georgian State Security Service (SSS) has reported today.

May 06, 2019 17:58

• Ban on leaving Azerbaijan lifted from "Meydan TV" freelance authors

  The General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Azerbaijan has allowed trips abroad for three journalists and a writer, who had been prohibited from leaving the country in connection with the criminal case against the "Meydan TV".

May 06, 2019 13:56

• Georgian activists announce patrolling Azerbaijani border

  Activists of the "Strength in Unity" movement decided to start patrolling the territory of the "David Garedja" Monastery Complex since May 7, in order to prevent Azerbaijani border guards from blocking the road to the monasteries.

May 06, 2019 13:45

• During the week from April 29 to May 5, there were no victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  In the course of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, during the week from April 29 to May 5, 2019, no victims were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

May 06, 2019 13:35

• Defence treats oppositionist's detention in Baku as unjustified

  Emin Babaev, a member of the "Republican Alternative" (ReAl) Party, was detained on charges of disobeying the police and was kept in custody for more than 24 hours, although the judge has postponed the trial and released him, said Natig Djafarli, the Secretary of the Party.

May 06, 2019 11:23

• Border guards of Georgia and Azerbaijan mobilized because of monastery action

  The Georgian activists, who lined up in a living chain near the "David Garedja" Monastery Complex on the border with Azerbaijan, were closely watched by border guards of the two countries. Mamuka Bakhtadze, the Georgian Prime Minister, has stated that the solution of the problems of border demarcating and disputed territories will take a lot of time.

May 06, 2019 11:11

• Akhmed Pogorov put on the federal wanted list

  Law enforcers have announced a federal search for Akhmed Pogorov, a co-chairman of the World Congress of the Ingush People, who figures as a witness in the case of clashes at a rally in Ingushetia. Mr Pogorov could face an arrest, his advocates say.