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April 26, 2019 22:37

• Akhmed Barakhoev convoyed to Vladikavkaz

  Neither the defence nor the relatives were infirmed about the transfer of Akhmed Barakhoev, the leader of protests in Ingushetia, from Nalchik to Vladikavkaz, Fatima Urusova and Akhmed's son Ilez has informed.

April 26, 2019 22:19

• FSB reports prevented terror act in KBR

  In Nalchik, the capital of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), law enforcers have detained a militant, who was preparing a terror act with the use of a homemade bomb, the Russian FSB has reported today.

April 26, 2019 21:48

• Court acquits suspect of killing Chechen law enforcers

  Rasambek Bekmurzaev, a native of Chechnya, has been fined for crime concealment, but was found innocent in killing of three law enforcers and involvement in the armed underground, the court has ruled today.

April 26, 2019 16:47

• Morocco gives out native of Dagestan accused of links with militants

  Ramazan Salamov, accused of participating in an illegal armed formation (IAF), who was on the international wanted list, has been extradited to Russia, the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has informed today.

April 26, 2019 16:38

• Hideout with weapons found near Azerbaijani village

  Law enforcers have found a hideout with pistols, grenades and ammunition in the vicinity of the village, located 19 kilometres from the border with Dagestan, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Azerbaijan has reported today.

April 26, 2019 14:18

• Azerbaijan counts 27 shelling attacks in the conflict zone

  The positions of the Azerbaijani Army in the Karabakh conflict zone have come under fire, including those stationed in three villages, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed today.

April 26, 2019 14:03

• Social network users condemn Kadyrov's official for threats to Tumso Abdurakhmanov

  Khamzat Edelgiriev, the head of the Chechen Hunting Authority, a fellow villager of Ramzan Kadyrov, has posted a video message with threats addressed to critics of Kadyrov Senior. Residents of Chechnya understand that threats are mainly addressed to the blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov.

April 26, 2019 10:44

• Siberian activists join solidarity actions with Ingushes

  Residents of the Irkutsk Region have supported the action of solidarity with Ingush oppositionists, initiated by Saint Petersburg and Moscow activists. Picketers in the above three Russian cities demanded to stop persecuting activists in Ingushetia.

April 26, 2019 10:28

• Dispute about Georgian-Azerbaijani border provokes conflict at Udabno Monastery

  For several days, monks, pilgrims and tourists could not get to the Udabno Monastery located in the territory of the ancient Georgian cave complex "David Gareji", the road to which was blocked by Azerbaijani border guards. The conflict was settled after negotiations of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MFAs) of Georgia and Azerbaijan.

April 26, 2019 10:15

• IRFS accuses Azerbaijani authorities of pressing journalist

  Azerbaijani special services are tapping the conversations of the journalist Sevindj Osmangyzy, the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) has stated after a record of her private conversation appeared on a pro-government TV channel. By breaking into the privacy of oppositional journalists, authorities are trying to silence them, the IRFS has stated.

April 26, 2019 08:10

• Ingush delegation leaves Magas for Egypt to negotiate students' fate

  Ingush officials and a well-known theologian have left for Egypt to negotiate the return of the arrested Ingush students to their homeland. The young people have been charged with extremism, espionage and links with "Islamic State"*, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has announced.

April 26, 2019 08:01

• USA closes entry for Chechen Premier

  The US Department of State has banned Muslim Khuchiev, the Chairman of Chechen Government (Premier), to visit the USA, treating him involved in human rights violations.

April 25, 2019 22:24

• ECtHR rejects compensation for first president of Armenia

  The Strasbourg Court found no reason to award compensation to Levon Ter-Petrosyan under his complaint of house arrest during mass protests in March 2008.

April 25, 2019 22:15

• Social networks criticize Nurmagomedov's reaction to beating of Dagestani man

  Users of social networks reproached Khabib Nurmagomedov that he much more harshly criticized the actors and singers on tours in Dagestan than the law enforcers from the Moscow Region who were detained after beating a native of Dagestan.

April 25, 2019 17:51

• Kremlin refuses to support Ramzan Kadyrov's initiative to demolish checkpoints

  The Ramzan Kadyrov's call to remove all checkpoints on the roads between the regions of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) was rejected by Moscow because of the threat of terror acts and the law enforcers' distrust in the leader of Chechnya, believe experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

April 25, 2019 17:45

• In Ingushetia, mass arrests set stage for new protests

  The police detain activists on the basis of photo and video materials, and anyone who attended the rally in Magas can become a suspect, states human rights defender Tamirlan Akiev. The arrests will result in an increase in the protests in Ingushetia, human rights defenders believe.

April 25, 2019 14:49

• Azerbaijan registers shelling attacks on two villages

  Over the past 24 hours, the positions of the Azerbaijani army were shelled about 30 times, including the positions in four areas bordering Armenia, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reports today.

April 25, 2019 14:43

• Descendants of Armenian Genocide survivors report stories of their families

  Residents of Armenia honoured the memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey in 1915 by laying flowers at the "Tsitsernakaberd" Memorial Complex.

April 25, 2019 11:34

• Meeting of local residents speaks against HPP construction in Pankisi

  At a meeting convoked in the village of Djokolo, residents of the Pankisi Gorge spoke against the construction of a chain of hydropower plants (HPPs) in the gorge, as well as against the detention of their fellow villagers, who had taken part in clashes with the police.

April 25, 2019 11:26

• Colorado House of Representatives recognizes NKR's independence

  On April 24, 2019, the House of Representatives of the US State of Colorado adopted a resolution condemning the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Turkey. By a separate point, the House recognized the independence of the Republic of Artsakh (the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic – NKR).