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January 22, 2019 08:54

• Residents of Dagestan tell about torture and money extortion

  Despite the claim of torture, the Makhachkala court has sentenced Yusup Asadulaev to eight years in colony, after finding him guilty of helping Ruslan Darsamov, the leader of the local underground. Asadulaev's brother, who also complained of torture, is being protected by rights defenders, the "Mediazona" has reported.

January 21, 2019 23:59

• News of writing off gas debts causes distrust among residents of Chechnya

  The authorities of Chechnya use all the methods of influencing debtors to pay utility bills; and the writing off of the multibillion-rouble debts for gas contrary to these methods is unlikely to affect ordinary people, residents of the republic said. Chechen lawyers also think it unlikely that the republic's gas debts will be written off.

January 21, 2019 23:58

• Chechen authorities offer to improve practice of public apologies

  The Chechen authorities are ready to make headings for apologies and repentances in mass media so that residents of the republic were responsible "for their words" in social networks or for their actions, said Djambulat Umarov, the Minister of National Policy, External Relations, Press and Information of Chechnya.

January 21, 2019 18:58

• Social network users alarmed about plans to revise Dagestani-Chechen border

  On January 20, the head of Dagestan treated the revision of the border with Chechnya as "a planned mandatory work." Social network users have noticed that Vladimir Vasiliev failed to answer the question about the concession of republic's territories.

January 21, 2019 18:52

• Three Russian servicemen perish in Abkhazia

  Five servicemen from the Russian military base situated in Abkhazia fell victim to a fall of an armoured personnel carrier (APC) into the gorge, the Southern Military District has reported.

January 21, 2019 16:02

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of January 14-20, 2019

  Gas explosions in multi-storey buildings in Shakhty and Tbilisi; unprecedented court decision to write off Chechen residents' multibillion-rouble debts for gas; completion of receiving documents from applicants running for the position of Makhachkala Mayor; formation of the government and the launch of the new parliament's activities in Armenia; rally in Baku with the demand to release political prisoners, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of January 14-20, 2019, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

January 21, 2019 14:40

• Three persons arrested in Southern Russia within the case of financing IS

  In Dagestan, Krasnodar Territory and Adygea, under the guise of charitable activities, members of the grouping raised money for Syrian militants, the FSB has reported.

January 21, 2019 14:30

• Oyub Titiev's defence persuades court to question fingerprint expert

  The fingerprint examinations of the package with the narcotic drug, which, according to law enforcers, was seized from Oyub Titiev, were held with violations, the defence of the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has stated. The court did not question the expert who came to the session, but agreed to summon another expert for questioning.

January 21, 2019 11:35

• Georgian cartoon about war in Abkhazia included into Berlinale-2019 programme

  The animated film "Armed Lullaby" has been included into the programme of the Berlin International Film Festival, to be held in February. The cartoon tells about the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict through the eyes of a child.

January 21, 2019 11:33

• Political analysts criticize outcomes of meeting of the MFA heads of Armenia and Azerbaijan

  The meeting of the heads of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MFAs) of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Paris has shown that the international community is trying to reanimate talks on the Karabakh conflict. However, the agenda failed to include issues related to violations of the armistice regime, political analysts have noted.

January 21, 2019 11:30

• Resident of Georgia detained for beating up LGBT supporters

  Police have detained a 21-year-old resident of Georgia, suspected of attacking employees of the Success Bar.

January 20, 2019 11:29

• Sasha Project comes to Dagestan amid new threats

  The singer, who had long doubted about coming to Dagestan, has reported that she is in the republic under reliable security. At the same time, new threats addressed to her and concert organizers have appeared in social networks.

January 20, 2019 11:23

• NKR accuses Azerbaijan of 180 shelling attacks within a week

  Azerbaijani soldiers fired 1300 shots at the positions of the Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.

January 20, 2019 11:10

• Rally in Baku demands to release of Guseinov

  About 3000 people took part in the action organized by the opposition in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. The demands to release the blogger Mekhman Guseinov and other political prisoners were voiced out at the rally.

January 20, 2019 11:01

• "Gazprom" appeals against decision to write off Chechens' gas debts

  The authorities of Chechnya have decided to wait for the court judgement to write off the republic residents' debts for supplies of natural gas to enter into legal force, the republic's Prosecutor’s Office (PO) announced on January 18. These debts began accumulating when Grozny "lay in ruins," Mansur Soltaev, a member of the Public Chamber, has explained.

January 19, 2019 18:38

• Chechnya's SC overturns verdict to convict for aiding militants

  The case of a resident of Grozny, sentenced to eight years in a colony within the case of helping members of the armed underground, has been sent for revision by a new composition of the court.

January 19, 2019 18:32

• Azerbaijan claims 20 shelling attacks from Armenia

  Within the past 24 hours, the Armenian Armed Forces violated the ceasefire regime on the troops contact line for 20 times, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.

January 19, 2019 18:21

• Explosion in Tbilisi reveals imperfection of construction supervision

  The nine-storey building, where four humans perished in gas explosion, was gasified and inhabited, but has not yet been commissioned, the Tbilisi Mayoralty has confessed. The relevant gaps in the legislation must be eliminated, the Georgian Young Lawyers Association (GYLA) has stated.

January 19, 2019 18:06

• European countries protract ratification of partnership agreement with Armenia

  The ratification of the Armenia-European Union (EU) agreement is delayed by European countries because of the change of power in Yerevan, said Ararat Mirzoyan, the Speaker of the Armenian Parliament.

January 19, 2019 11:59

• Advocates warn about consequences of Kocharyan's case for Armenia's image

  The court has refused to release Robert Kocharyan, the second Armenian President, and extended his arrest by two months. His defence has decided to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), stating that the prosecution of the second President of Armenia will affect the image of the country.