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December 27, 2018 08:23

• NKR calls on Azerbaijan not to violate truce during New Year holidays

  The Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has accused the authorities of Azerbaijan of violating the truce, and urged to refrain from aggravating the conflict during the holidays.

December 27, 2018 08:20

• Rights defenders treat Kadyrov's reaction to a child's complaint as his promotion action

  The solution of the problem of the boy from Grozny, who has addressed Ramzan Kadyrov, was a typical Kadyrov's promotion action like those undertaken by Vladimir Putin. Kadyrov is manipulating the opinion of residents of Chechnya, by demonstrating polar reactions to people's appeals, rights defenders assert.

December 27, 2018 08:18

• Grozny residents report law enforcers' raids on the eve of holidays

  Law enforcers have strengthened security measures in Grozny before the New Year holidays, and on December 25, conducted passport checks, local residents have reported. The law enforcement bodies treat them as prophylactic measures.

December 26, 2018 22:09

• LGBT activist demands to punish law enforcers for disrupting pickets in Volgograd

  The actions of law enforcers during the pickets in defence of the LGBT movement in Volgograd should be assessed by investigators, the Prosecutor's Office and the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), said Alexei Nazarov, an activist.

December 26, 2018 21:56

• Media: well-known Dagestani fighter suspected of intent to join IS

  Khabib Nurmagomedov, an MMA fighter from Dagestan, was questioned at Makhachkala Airport before flying to Turkey. Border guards suspected him of trying to join the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court.

December 26, 2018 21:15

• MCC calls on Mufti of Ingushetia to hold dialogue on Sharia Court

  The Mufti of Ingushetia is invited to a meeting to be held on January 12 to discuss permissible conditions for the use of a Sharia Court, reports the Muslim Coordination Centre (MCC) of Northern Caucasus.

December 26, 2018 20:14

• Ramzan Kadyrov responds to Grozny boy's complaint about problems with water

  Ramzan Kadyrov drew the attention of the Grozny Mayor to a video appeal shot by a boy who complained on Instagram that he had hot water running from two taps.

December 26, 2018 20:13

• CaT succeeds in seeking investigation into kidnapping of an AI member in Ingushetia

  The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reported opening a criminal case on the fact of kidnapping in Ingushetia of Oleg Kozlovsky, a member of international human rights organization "Amnesty International" (AI), the Committee against Torture (CaT) reports.

December 26, 2018 16:26

• A Makhachkala family succeeds in cancelling eviction from home

  In Makhachkala, the court confirmed that the decision to evict a family from a residential building was not grounded, the Prosecutor's Office reported.

December 26, 2018 16:26

• In Georgia, residents of Gachiani village demand to release their fellow villagers

  On December 25, in the village of Gachiani in the Gardaban District, where Azerbaijani people lived, activists held an action with the demand to release two persons detained after a conflict at the cemetery on the charge of resisting the police.

December 26, 2018 16:25

• Case against a rally participant on Kadyrov Bridge in Saint Petersburg closed

  The administrative case against a 17-year-old coordinator of the art group "Vesna" (Spring), who in November participated in hanging out a banner on the Akhmat Kadyrov Bridge in Saint Petersburg, has been closed.

December 26, 2018 12:01

• Screening of film about Korean pop group cancelled in Makhachkala because of threats in social networks

  In Makhachkala, the screening of the film "Love Yourself" about the BTS Korean pop group, scheduled for January, has been cancelled. The administration of the Russian BTS fan club explained the cancellation by threats in social networks.

December 26, 2018 11:55

• NKR authorities ask residents to shelter fans from unrecognized states

  Twelve teams from unrecognized states-members of the Confederation of Independent Football Associations (ConIFA) will take part in the championship to be held in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR). Hotels may not cope with a large number of fans, the NKR's authorities fear. They are promoting the "Hospitable Family" programme, the participants of which will host foreign guests.

December 26, 2018 11:49

• Meydan TV: residents of Azerbaijan go to wizards because of doctors' incompetence

  The death of a resident of Azerbaijan during a ritual beating has not reduced the popularity of dangerous mystical rites. Due to the lack of money and low level of medical services in the country, many go for treatment not to doctors, but to traditional folk healers, magicians and exorcists, the Meydan TV has stated.

December 26, 2018 08:59

• Father of shepherds killed in Dagestan points to inefficiency of Putin's promises

  The promise of President Vladimir Putin to take the case under his personal control had no effect on the course of investigation, the father of the killed Gasanguseinov brothers-shepherds, has stated.

December 26, 2018 08:56

• Ingush Alims ignore Sharia Court

  The six religious leaders who had criticized the summoning of Ingush MPs to the Sharia Court have failed to appear at the Ingush Kadiate to defend their position. This was stated by the head of the Ingush Council of Teips (family clans).

December 26, 2018 08:52

• Ingush activist appeals against his fine at the ECtHR

  Ruslan Mutsolgov, the leader of the Ingush branch of the "Yabloko" Party, has appealed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) against the fine imposed on him for participating in a rally against the border agreement with Chechnya.

December 25, 2018 23:59

• Activists in Yerevan demand withdrawal of Russian military base

  The participants of the action held at the Russian Embassy to Armenia in Yerevan have demanded to remove the Russian military base from Gyumri, investigate the murder of Djulietta Gukasyan by a Russian soldier and revise the relations with Russia.

December 25, 2018 23:56

• Defence criticizes verdict in case of an attack on judge in Cherkessk

  A court in Cherkessk has sentenced Oleg Dyshekov, a local resident, to six years in prison on charges of assaulting a judge of the Supreme Court (SC) of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR). The visually impaired Dyshekov took the judge for another person; he had no intention of assaulting him; and the severe verdict was caused by the bias attitude of the court, the defence has stated.

December 25, 2018 20:05

• Dagestani MPH intercepts Kadyrov's initiative in helping sick child

  The boy, who complained to Ramzan Kadyrov about Dagestani doctors, is being treated at the expense of the state, the Dagestani Ministry of Public Health (MPH) has stated after Kadyrov's proposal to pay for the boy's treatment.