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January 17, 2019 22:08

• Court orders to write off debts of Chechen residents for fear of mass protests

  In accordance with the court decision, the "Gazprom Mezhregiongaz Grozny" Company is to write off more than nine billion roubles from debtors. Attempts to secure payments of debts created social tensions, the Prosecutor's Office for Chechnya reports.

January 17, 2019 17:56

• POC recognizes Pavel Grib's health state as suitable for SIZO conditions

  Pavel Grib does not complain about the conditions of detention at the Rostov SIZO (pre-trial prison), and his health state does not prevent him from being under arrest, reports today the chairman of the Public Observation Commission (POC) for the Rostov Region.

January 17, 2019 17:49

• Chechen authorities announce a free excursion to region bordering Ingushetia

  A free excursion to the Galanchozh District is scheduled for January 26, and any citizen of Chechnya can take part in it, reports the spokesperson for the Ministry of Tourism for Chechnya. The initiative was announced after Ingush activists had voiced a call to abandon the resettlement of Chechen residents to the above territory.

January 17, 2019 17:38

• In Tbilisi, three persons injured in an explosion still stay in hospitals

  In Tbilisi, a child and two adults hospitalized after an explosion in a multi-storey building continue receiving medical treatment in hospitals. The child's condition is assessed as satisfactory, doctors report today.

January 17, 2019 14:34

• Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of machine gun fire

  Positions of the Azerbaijani armed forces were shelled 29 times over the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reported.

January 17, 2019 14:26

• "Russian Community of Abkhazia" calls on authorities to investigate attacks on Russian citizens

  On January 16, the "Russian Community of Abkhazia" issued a statement in connection with the aggravation of the criminal situation and resonant crimes against Russian citizens committed in Abkhazia over the past several days. The public association called on the authorities to take measures to catch the criminals.

January 17, 2019 11:05

• Authorities report about resettlement of all Khrakh-Uba and Uryan-Uba villagers

  A total of 130 families have been resettled to Dagestan from the villages of Khrakh-Uba and Uryan-Uba, located in Azerbaijan. Initially, it was planned to resettle 138 families, but, according to Sergey Chebotaryov, the Minister of the Russian Federation for the North-Caucasian Matters, some families refused to move, or received housing as military servicemen.

January 17, 2019 10:59

• Film by KBR director included into Berlin Festival programme

  The movie "Russian Boy" by Alexander Zolotukhin, a filmmaker from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), telling about the events of the First World War, will be screened at the Berlin International Film Festival.

January 17, 2019 10:50

• New persecutions of gays in Chechnya evidence the impotence of international institutions

  International organizations have no efficient instruments to influence Russia in connection with human rights violations in Chechnya, the rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

January 17, 2019 01:08

• Oppositionist demands reopening of case about brawl at Yerevan Council of Elders

  Investigators have unreasonably closed the case of beatings at a sitting of the Council of Elders of Yerevan, said Sona Agekyan, an activist of the "Apricot Country" Party. Another participant of the incident, Marina Khachatryan, said that she forgave the offenders.

January 17, 2019 01:02

• Death toll of Tbilisi explosion reaches four

  A domestic gas explosion occurred on January 16 at about 8:20 p.m. in a nine-storey building in the Didi Digomi District in the outskirt of Tbilisi.

January 16, 2019 22:21

• Armenian investigators refuse to stop prosecution of Kocharyan

  The investigator would not agree with the statement of Robert Kocharyan's advocates, who believe that the second president of Armenia cannot be charged under an article that was not in the country's Criminal Code in 2008.

January 16, 2019 22:13

• Shakhty residents come to funeral service for explosion casualties

  The Mayoralty of the city of Shakhty has announced today the mourning day for those who perished in the explosion of the domestic gas in an apartment building. Townspeople came to the venue of the accident to hold a civil memorial service.

January 16, 2019 18:25

• Sasha Project receives threats after announcement of a concert in Dagestan

  The performance in Dagestan, scheduled for January 19, can be disrupted because of the statements voiced by "anti-fans of Egor Kreed", reports today Russian singer Sasha Project.

January 16, 2019 18:14

• Chechen woman apologizes for trying to help her son living in Europe

  To help her son living in France, a woman from Achkhoi-Martan tried to send him a fake medical certificate about his alleged beating by Chechen law enforcers, reported the Chechen State TV and Radio Company (ChGTRK) "Grozny" on January 15. The woman herself and her relatives apologized to the authorities of the republic on the air of the TV Channel.

January 16, 2019 17:55

• Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of 26 cases of shelling

  On the past day, the positions of the Azerbaijani army were shelled, including in two villages, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reported.

January 16, 2019 14:23

• Sources in Chechnya: family of man accused of killing taxi driver and her relatives reconciled

  A case against a resident of Chechnya, accused of killing a female taxi driver from North Ossetia and robbery, was brought to court. Representatives of the Chechen religious figures and relatives of the defendant travelled to North Ossetia and conducted a ceremony of reconciliation with the family of the killed taxi driver, reported a source from the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of Chechnya.

January 16, 2019 14:07

• In Shakhty, body of fifth victim found at place of explosion

  In Shakhty, rescuers found the body of the fifth victim of a house collapse and completed search and rescue operations, the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) reported.

January 16, 2019 13:58

• Two activists join hunger strike in support of political prisoners in Azerbaijan

  At least 14 activists went on a hunger strike with the demand to release all political prisoners in Azerbaijan. On January 15, investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova and political prisoner Orkhan Bakhyshly were the last who joined the activists.

January 16, 2019 11:26

• Two men wounded in shelling in Tbilisi

  A car was fired at the centre of the Georgian capital. Two wounded men were taken to hospitals.