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March 30, 2019 01:06

• Evkurov accuses Ingush protest leaders of irresponsibility

  Organizers of protest actions in Ingushetia provoked youth to violate the law and escaped responsibility, said the head of Ingushetia, Yunus-Bek Evkurov, at a meeting with Akhmed Dzeitov, the secretary of the republic's Security Council.

March 29, 2019 21:21

• Advocate Akhilgov reports dismissal of 19 policemen after rally in Ingushetia

  The patrol-and-post service (PPS) battalion, which on March 26 refused to disperse the protesters in Magas, has been disbanded, Kaloi Akhilgov, an advocate and a former press secretary for the head of Ingushetia, Yunus-Bek Evkurov, has informed today.

March 29, 2019 21:11

• Residents of Dagestan report law enforcers' raid near Kirovaul mosque

  Law enforcers checked passports of those who came to Friday namaz (prayer) in the Kirovaul mosque and took away those who had no documents on them. The justification of law enforcers' actions caused disputes in social networks.

March 29, 2019 20:20

• IDPs demand housing from Georgian authorities

  People forced to leave Abkhazia in the early 1990s have still been waiting for the apartments promised by the authorities, announce participants of a picket held in front of the Georgian parliament building.

March 29, 2019 20:09

• Ramzan Kadyrov reports on appearance of driver guilty of road accident in Moscow

  A driver wanted after a road accident in Mozhaisk highway has come to the police, reports today Ramzan Kadyrov. The leader of Chechnya has published a video with the apology voiced by Muslim Djambekov. Users of social networks argued about the need for the Chechen leader's intervention in such resonant cases.

March 29, 2019 15:48

• Woman from Makhachka complains about kidnapping of her brother

  A female relative of Makhachkala resident Omar Abdurashidov complained to the police that he was kidnapped while leaving a shop, advocate Sapiyat Magomedova reports today.

March 29, 2019 15:36

• Three persons wounded in shooting at Nazran City Mayoralty

  In the evening on March 28, a son of the Nazran Mayor and other persons were injured in shooting in the City Mayoralty building, sources report today.

March 29, 2019 15:25

• Azerbaijan registers 21 shelling attacks in conflict zone

  Positions of the Azerbaijani army came under fire, including in two border villages, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reports today.

March 29, 2019 11:18

• Investigators explain Nurov's links with metro explosions

  In 2010, Magomed Nurov, the arrested resident of Dagestan, helped Gusen Magomedov, who was then wanted for taking part in organizing explosions in Moscow metro, to escape, investigators believe.

March 29, 2019 11:11

• Azerbaijani journalist Nureddin Ismailov convicted conditionally

  A court in Baku has sentenced Nureddin Ismailov, the editor-in-chief of the website "Teref.az", to 5.5 years of conditional imprisonment within the case of anti-state appeals. His defence intends to appeal against the verdict.

March 29, 2019 10:59

• Nalchik residents react ambiguously to date for celebration of revival of Balkar people

  On March 28, the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) held concerts and exhibitions dedicated to the restoration of the national autonomy of the Balkar people. Some residents of the republic interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe that the festivities should have been timed to the May 3, the anniversary of the return in 1957 of first deportees.

March 29, 2019 08:40

• Kadyrov demands from alleged perpetrator of road accident in Moscow to come to police

  Ramzan Kadyrov has demanded from the person, who provoked a road accident in the Mozhaisk Highway and escaped from the venue "not to disgrace his clan."

March 29, 2019 08:26

• Military experts note systematic strengthening of combat positions by Azerbaijan

  Azerbaijan is moving its positions towards Armenian ones in case of a large-scale war, Samvel Agababyan, a military observer, has noted. The works on the border with Armenia have been actively underway for six months already, Ayk Khachikyan, a military analyst, has confirmed.

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March 28, 2019 22:33

• Three Crimean Tatars detained in Rostov-on-Don

  Residents of Crimea detained in Rostov-on-Don while trying to travel to Ukraine are suspected of involvement in the "Hizb ut-Tahrir", a terrorist organization banned in Russia, reports a source from the law enforcement bodies.

March 28, 2019 22:23

• Two residents of Dagestan sentenced for blood feud murder

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan found two local residents guilty of murdering in 2012 their countryman on the motive of blood feud and sentenced them to 24 years and 14 years in a penal colony, respectively, the Prosecutor's Office reports today.

March 28, 2019 22:11

• Azerbaijani SC confirms ban on Ilgar Mamedov's participation in elections

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan decided to remove the suspended sentence from Ilgar Mamedov, the leader of the Republican Alternative Party (ReAl), but left in force the restriction on his participation in elections. The defence will appeal against the decision, an advocate reports.

March 28, 2019 18:42

• Law enforcers accumulated in Nazran after spontaneous protest

  At night on March 28, car drivers carried out a mass spontaneous motor rally in Nazran, and after that, the additional units of law enforcers were accumulated in the city, activists reported. Today, the situation in the streets is calm, residents of Nazran note.

March 28, 2019 18:33

• Suspect in case on bombings in metro detained in Dagestan

  A suspected member of a militant grouping organized by Magomedali Vagabov was involved in the bombings in the Moscow metro in 2010, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports today.

March 28, 2019 18:24

• Georgian authorities pay compensation to Vano Merabishvili

  Vano Merabishvili, the former Georgian Minister of Interior Affairs, got compensation awarded under the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), the Georgian government reported on March 27. The ECtHR found that the preliminary arrest of the official had violated his rights.

March 28, 2019 14:53

• Ingush Council of Teips distances itself from rally at entrance to Nazran

  The federal highway was blocked after the end of the rally in Magas and without the knowledge of the Ingush Council of Teips, the elders declared in their video message on YouTube. They also noted there were practically no Magas protesters among those who blocked the highway.