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March 01, 2019 17:59

• Data on Chechen-Ingush border entered into state registry

  The updated Chechen-Ingush border has been checked by experts of federal agencies and entered into the "Rosreestr" (Unified State Real Estate Registry – USRER), the agency has announced today.

March 01, 2019 12:55

• Azerbaijan reports 26 shelling attacks in conflict zone

  During the last 24 hours, the truce regime in the Karabakh conflict zone was violated for 26 times; two border villages were hit by the shelling, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported today.

March 01, 2019 12:48

• Owner of house destroyed during CTO in Nalchik tells about tenant

  The house, in which during the counterterrorist operation in Nalchik, three persons were killed, was rented by a young man a day before the CTO, the woman-owner of the house has stated. Law enforcement sources have named the casualties.

March 01, 2019 11:24

• HRW: Russia introduces censorship of youth music

  The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has made a statement in the context of cancellation of concerts and authorities' interference into the concert activities of groups and performers popular among young people in various Russian regions, including Northern Caucasus.

March 01, 2019 11:13

• Zurabishvili announces demarcation of Georgian-Azerbaijani border

  The issue of the common border section will be resolved by the end of the year, the Georgian President, Salome Zurabishvili, has stated during her visit to Azerbaijan, citing the friendly relations of the two countries.

March 01, 2019 08:22

• NKR residents commemorate victims of Sumgait pogroms

  On February 28, district centres of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) held marches, laying of flowers and other events in memory of the victims of the Sumgait pogroms. A documentary film about the pogroms of the Armenian population in Azerbaijan in late 1980s and early 1990s was screened in the central library of the district centre of Gadrut.

March 01, 2019 08:17

• Dagestani woman accused of links with militants

  A female resident of Makhachkala had joined militants and took part in a robbery and kidnapping of two persons, the Prosecutor's Office (PO) has stated.

February 28, 2019 21:26

• Blogger Iraziev claims being registered at police after criticizing nightclubs in Dagestan

  In his video appeal, Eldar Iraziev, a comedian actor and a blogger, who is popular in Dagestan, has said that law enforcers put him on the police prevention registration list as an extremist after he had spoken about nightclubs. When commenting on the scandalous performance "Hunting for Men", the blogger called for the introduction of censorship in Dagestan.

February 28, 2019 21:17

• On Natalia Estemirova's birthday, AI calls for investigation into her murder

  During ten years, the murder of Natalia Estemirova has never been effectively investigated, the "Amnesty International" (AI) declares on the birthday of the murdered rights defender who would celebrate her 61st birthday today.

February 28, 2019 18:10

• Advocates criticize Azerbaijani authorities for sentencing PFPA activists

  The verdict in the case on financing the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) is not justified and unfair, and therefore, it will be challenged, advocates of the sentenced activists announce.

February 28, 2019 18:02

• Georgian opposition starts collecting signatures to change election system

  Today, over 20 opposition parties have started to collect signatures under a petition to completely abandon the mixed proportional majority system in favour of the proportional system at the 2020 parliamentary elections. Opposition members explain their petition by the fact that under the current proportional majority system, the ruling party gains most of the mandates in the parliament.

February 28, 2019 17:51

• Dagestani commission finds problem section on border with Chechnya

  A participant of the trip arranged by the commission on the demarcation of the Dagestani borders reported about a dispute between a local entrepreneur and residents of Chechnya over construction at the border.

February 28, 2019 13:32

• Five residents of Ingushetia receive long prison terms for plotting terror acts

  Today, the North-Caucasian District Military Court has found residents of Ingushetia guilty of preparing terror acts at the French Embassy in Moscow and sentenced them to imprisonment for the terms from 12 to 20 years.

February 28, 2019 13:21

• Azerbaijan counts shelling of six villages

  During the last 24 hours, positions of the Azerbaijani Army were shelled for 22 times, including those stationed on the border with Armenia, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported today.

February 28, 2019 13:11

• Policeman suspected of beating up Dagestani resident

  A criminal case has been initiated against a road-and-patrol service (known as DPS) inspector suspected of beating up a resident of the Kayakent District of Dagestan, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has reported. In its turn, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) asserts that physical force was lawfully applied to the man after he disobeyed the policemen.

February 28, 2019 11:20

• Anniversary of Sumgait pogroms reminds of unresolved refugees' problem

  The issue of refugees' return, including from Sumgait and the payment of compensations to them should be discussed at the official Azerbaijan-Armenia talks, but it is not raised, said Avaz Gasanov, the head of the Azerbaijani Society for Humanitarian Studies. The issue of paying compensations to refugees from Sumgait can only be considered in conjunction with the issue of compensations for damages to all the victims of the Azerbaijani-Armenian conflict, Shakhin Gadjiev, the editor of the "Turan" News Agency, believes.

February 28, 2019 11:10

• Participants of rally in Nazran complain of law enforcers' pressure

  The Ingush activists, Ismail Nalgiev, Bagaudin Khautiev and Khasan Katsiev were summoned to the Centre "E" (Centre for Combating Extremism – CCE) and interrogated by law enforcers. The questions concerned the mourning rally on February 23 in Nazran, at which the head of the republic was booed, the activists said.

February 28, 2019 08:25

• Performance organizers apologize to residents of Dagestan

  The organizers of the play "Hunting for Men" in Dagestan have promised to check all the performances for compliance with local notions of morality after Khabib Nurmagomedov criticized the event. The Dagestani Council of Elders has expressed concern about the aggressive reaction to the performance and called for tolerance.

February 28, 2019 08:20

• Bomb components found after CTO in Nalchik

  The investigators, who examined the private house in Nalchik, where three alleged militants were killed, have found, along with submachine guns, a pistol and grenades, components for making improvised explosive devices (IEDs). The counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime, introduced in Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, has been lifted.

February 28, 2019 08:13

• Baku court announces verdict in PFPA case

  On February 27, the three defendants in the case of funding sources for the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) were sentenced to prison terms ranging from 3 years to 7 years and 3 months. Two other defendants received conditional terms.