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March 22, 2019 12:46

• Ukrainian Pavel Grib, accused of terrorism, sentenced to six years in prison

  The court has found Pavel Grib, a citizen of Ukraine, guilty of inciting his female acquaintance to commit a terror act in a Sochi school.

March 22, 2019 12:41

• Russian military exercises held in Abkhazia

  About 1500 Russian military servicemen of the Southern Military District (SMD) took part in the exercises held at Abkhaz training ranges, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.

March 22, 2019 11:01

• Chechen inmates of colony in Mordovia pierce their stomachs in protest

  At least eight convicts, including residents of Chechnya, committed a mass self-mutilation in protest against the actions of the colony administration in Mordovia. The FSIN (Russian Federal Penitentiary Service) considers the protest to be unjustified.

March 22, 2019 10:19

• Adyg activists criticize celebration of Circassian New Year

  The celebration of the Circassian New Year was held in Maikop with authorities' support. In Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia, this day is not celebrated. The Circassian New Year comes from paganism; it is not a folk custom and is not popular among the Adygs, since most of them do not want to sacrifice their Islamic identity, activists have stated.

March 22, 2019 08:37

• ECtHR obliges Azerbaijani authorities to pay 146,000 euros for demolished house

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has awarded the citizen of Azerbaijan, Adalyat Akhverdiev, a large compensation for the violation of his right to private property, obliging the authorities of this country to pay 146,000 euros under his complaint.

March 22, 2019 08:33

• Georgian opposition criticizes idea of revising the format of Geneva discussions

  President Salome Zurabishvili's proposal to create an additional format of dialogue with Russia due to inefficiency of Geneva discussions is contrary to Georgia's interests, the country's opposition has stated.

March 21, 2019 23:30

• Decline in militant activities indicates change in format of Dagestani armed underground

  In Dagestan, the armed underground has changed its way of life and has come to the form of secret units; therefore, it is too early to declare the complete absence of militants in the republic, report analysts.

March 21, 2019 22:53

• Dagestani human rights defender killed in Syria

  Gulnara Rustamova, a well-known Dagestani human rights defender, a co-chair of the movement "Human Rights Protection", was killed in the Syrian city of Baguz, her friend Ayat Abdurakhmanova reported.

March 21, 2019 20:17

• In Kabardino-Balkaria, activist harassed by police after complaining of counterfeit goods

  Law enforcers accused activist Anastasia Yemelyanova of disorderly conduct and threatened her with opening a criminal case after she had complained about counterfeit goods from the local market. According to the activist, corrupt law enforcers stand behind the counterfeit trade.

March 21, 2019 20:14

• In Armenia, doctors find no grounds for release of General Manvel Grigoryan

  Examinations showed that General Manvel Grigoryan accused of embezzlement does not suffer of any diseases incompatible with the arrest, report investigators. Manvel Grigoryan should be released, since the arrest adversely affects his health, the defence insists.

March 21, 2019 17:37

• Azerbaijan registers 30 shelling attacks per day

  During the shelling attacks on March 20-21, units of the Armed Forces of Armenia used large-calibre machine guns, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reported.

March 21, 2019 17:33

• Tbilisi City Mayoralty refuses to make concessions to taxi drivers on protest

  Protests of taxi drivers in the capital of Georgia will not entail a postponement of the introduction of new rules, according to which taxi cars should be painted white, announces Vice-Mayor Irakli Khmaladze.

March 21, 2019 11:53

• Eight officials of Abkhazia and South Ossetia included in Ukraine's sanction list

  The sanctions list compiled by Ukraine includes three citizens of Abkhazia and five citizens of South Ossetia who observed the elections in the Donbass in the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DNR and LNR, respectively), which Kiev treats as illegal separatist entities.

March 21, 2019 11:52

• Aslan Yandiev accused of terror acts in North Ossetia refuses to admit guilt

  In Rostov-on-Don, the court began to consider the case against Aslan Yandiev, accused of committing two terror acts in North Ossetia. Public prosecutors suggest Aslan Yandiev had links with militants of Shamil Basaev, and the defendant completely denies the guilt.

March 21, 2019 11:33

• Ingush activists re-apply for referendum on border with Chechnya

  A repeated application has been submitted to the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of Ingushetia for registration of an initiative group to hold a referendum on the issue of the border with Chechnya. This was announced by Magomed Mutsolgov, a rights defender, who chaired the sitting of the initiative group.

March 21, 2019 11:25

• Dispute of officials versus Tumso results in posting of new video about Akhmat Kadyrov

  On March 19, the Chechen TV showed a video with Akhmat Kadyrov, filmed in 1999, in which he criticized the situation in the republic and the invasion of militants in Dagestan. The TV's initiative is intended to strengthen the image of Ramzan Kadyrov's father, shaken after the statements of the blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov, residents of the republic say.

March 21, 2019 11:20

• Defence explains advantages of CER for Titiev

  Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", will be able to apply for the conditional early relief (CER) in seven weeks if he does not appeal against his verdict. The CER will allow him to continue working in Chechnya or in any other region of Russia, Pyotr Zaikin, an advocate, and Oleg Orlov, a board member of the HRC "Memorial" have explained.

March 20, 2019 23:54

• Circassian New Year arouses interest in Adygs' culture

  The tenth official celebration of the Circassian New Year is scheduled for March 21 in Maikop, the capital of Adygea. The holiday, which was originally considered a family one, over the years united the Adygs (Circassians) and interested other nations, scientists believe.

March 20, 2019 23:50

• Defence of Armenian Police head demands to interrogate Pashinyan

  The former head of the police used light and noise grenades to disperse demonstrators in April 2018, investigators assert. Levon Eranosyan would not plead guilty; his defence demands to interrogate the Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan.

March 20, 2019 23:46

• Alabama State recognizes Armenian Genocide

  Alabama has become the 49th US state to recognize the massacre of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire as genocide. Mississippi remains the only state that has not.