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January 03, 2019 14:04

• "Edinaya Rossiya" Party promises to expel its members accused of pedophilia

  A question on expulsion of former members of the Astrakhan Regional Duma from the "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia) Party, involved as defendants in a case on rape and corruption of minors, will be resolved at a next meeting, reports the "Edinaya Rossiya" Party.

January 03, 2019 11:05

• Residents of Georgia are obliged to get registered in new pension system

  An electronic system of administering pension contributions has been launched on the website of the Pension Agency of Georgia. Registration therein is mandatory for all employed citizens, as well as for employers.

January 03, 2019 10:56

• Child hospitalized into intensive care unit after New Year shooting in Derbent

  A three-year-old boy was taken to hospital in Derbent with a gunshot wound after he went with his parents to a New Year's fireworks, the Ministry of Public Health of Dagestan has reported. Instagram users have criticized gun owners for the rash use thereof.

January 03, 2019 10:47

• Georgian officials fined for mistakes in declarations

  Eight mayors of cities and districts of Georgia, as well as MPs, ministry officials and judges have been fined by the Public Service Bureau after checking their property declarations.

January 03, 2019 00:50

• Based on outcomes of 2018, Georgian political analysts urge to amend format of Geneva discussions

  Despite the inefficiency of the Geneva discussions, they should not be stopped, as there is no better format for discussing problems today, Georgian political analysts believe.

January 02, 2019 17:42

• UFC President announces a new fight: Conor McGregor vs Khabib Nurmagomedov

  The revenge fight between Irishman athlete Conor McGregor and Dagestani fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov will take place in 2019. This was announced by UFC President Dana White on January 1.

January 02, 2019 17:34

• A woman from Nalchik succeeds in seeking to return her granddaughter from Iraq

  The number of children returned from the Middle East on December 30, 2018, included a six-year-old granddaughter of Nalchik resident Madina Naloeva. The girl was taken away from Russia in 2015. According to Children's Rights Commissioner Anna Kuznetsova, other 36 children are to be returned from Iraq in January.

January 02, 2019 17:23

• Parents of Grozny schoolgirls report about a dress code at New Year's morning festivities

  Some women of Grozny treated as unnecessary a requirement for junior schoolgirls to wear headscarves for the New Year's morning festivities. Such a decision made by parents created problems for teachers with their chiefs, teachers reported.

January 02, 2019 17:11

• Azerbaijan reports machine gun fire at eight villages

  The Azerbaijani positions in the Karabakh conflict zone, including in the border villages, have been shelled 46 times over a day, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reports today.

January 02, 2019 11:26

• Relatives complain that resident of Novorossiysk was tortured

  Two men held a resident of Novorossiysk in an apartment for several hours and beat him up, his relatives have stated. Suspects have been detained; supposedly, they are related to law enforcement structures.

January 02, 2019 11:18

• Astrakhan officials report about resettling of family from burnt-down high-rise building

  The family left homeless due to a fire on New Year's night in the Trusov District of Astrakhan was provided with other housing, the authorities have stated.

January 02, 2019 08:22

• Armenian rights defenders point to increase in soldiers' non-combat casualties in 2018

  The increase in the number of non-combat casualties among Armenian servicemen was a consequence of the impunity of the command and the poor training of technical and medical services of the Ministry of Defence (MoD), the rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

January 02, 2019 08:16

• Dagestan fighter wins $1 million at a tournament in the USA

  Magomed Magomedkerimov, a native of Dagestan, has won the final of the Professional Fighters' League (PFL) in the middleweight category.

January 02, 2019 08:11

• Father of blogger Guseinov denied meeting his son at SIZO

  The administration of Baku SIZO-1 (pre-trial prison) did not allow the father of the blogger Mekhman Guseinov to visit his son today, as the father, Rafig Guseinov himself, told the "Caucasian Knot", expressing his concern for his son.

January 02, 2019 08:05

• Social network users recall Belkharoev's links with Kadyrov

  The murder in Nazran of Ibragim Belkharoev has nothing to do with domestic (everyday) reasons, since the deceased was close to the Chechen leadership, social network users believe.

January 01, 2019 21:00

• A daughter of a woman murdered in Gyumri demands to disclose details of investigation

  Almost a month after the murder of Julietta Gukasyan, a resident of Gyumri, her relatives still know nothing about the motives of the crime and the investigation progress, said Asmik Gukasyan, a daughter of the murdered woman. According to her, a detained Russian soldier should be handed over to the Armenian side.

January 01, 2019 20:48

• Grozny residents complain about nagging from law enforcers at New Year's event

  In the centre of Grozny, the atmosphere of suspicion was felt during the New Year's festivities because of intensified inspections, residents of Grozny reported.

January 01, 2019 20:39

• Nagorno-Karabakh registers 10,000 shelling attacks from Azerbaijan over a year

  In 2018, the ceasefire regime on the contact line of the armed forces of Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan was about 10,000 times violated by the Azerbaijani side. The Azerbaijani armed forces fired more than 97,000 shots at the Armenian positions and used both small arms and grenade launchers, states the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh in its report on the results of 2018.

January 01, 2019 20:23

• Year results in Northern Caucasus: mass protests and arrests of officials

  In the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), the past year is remembered by several crises, including expansion of the territory of Chechnya by Ramzan Kadyrov despite mass protests in Ingushetia, interethnic conflict which led to the resignation of the Kabardino-Balkarian leader, and a number of top-ranking officials fell under arrest and investigations in Dagestan.

January 01, 2019 13:18

• Several persons executed Ibragim Belharoev's murder

  At the venue of the attack on Ibragim Belkharoev, shell cases of two different calibres were found, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) informs. The criminal case was initiated under the article about the murder committed by a group of persons.