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December 15, 2018 18:01

• Activists criticize enforcement by Azerbaijani authorities of ECtHR's decisions

  The practice of enforcing the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) suggests that the authorities will not rush to abolish the ban on leaving the country imposed on the Azerbaijani citizens who has won their cases at the ECtHR, oppositionists and human rights defenders believe.

December 15, 2018 17:54

• Distrust of authorities at background of border dispute gives rise to rumours about brawl of Chechens with Ingushes

  The concealment from journalists of important information about interethnic conflicts in jails has resulted in people's distrust of the authorities. Against the background of tensions around the Ingush-Chechen border, this distrust contributes to active spread of alternative versions about a brawl of inmates of Kabardino-Balkarian colony, experts believe.

December 15, 2018 12:51

• Court upholds refusal to investigate extrajudicial executions in Chechnya

  The investigators' refusal to initiate a criminal case after the publication of the "Novaya Gazeta" about the killing of 27 residents of Chechnya by law enforcers has been found lawful, a Stavropol court reports.

December 15, 2018 12:46

• Armenian opposition opposes Russian interference in Gyumri murder case

  The "Resolute Citizen" Party is demanding information from the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Armenia on whether the suspect of killing a Gyumri resident is still in the Russian military base. If is so, it means that in Armenia Russian laws are given preference over local ones, the "Sasna Tsrer" Party has stated.

December 15, 2018 09:07

• ECtHR rejects seven claims of South-Ossetians against Georgia

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has refused to consider seven out of 1500 lawsuits filed against Georgia in connection with the 2008 military conflict, Inal Tasoev, the Ombudsman under the South-Ossetian President, has stated.

December 15, 2018 09:04

• Mourning for Nazran casualties unites Muslim communities

  Various believers' communities got united in mourning for the residents of Ingushetia killed on December 12 in Nazran. The commemoration held in Magas was jointly conducted by an official of the Ingush Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) and the Imam, independent from the Muftiate.

December 15, 2018 08:58

• Orientalists assess prospects of Sharia Court on Chechen-Ingush border

  Not all the Ingush MPs are ready to come to the session of the Sharia Court, although defamation of the supporters of the border agreement is not the aim of the trial, said the MP Zakri Mamilov and the Elder Akhmed Barakhoev. The Sharia Court recognizes that the decision of the Parliament is not compliant with the Islam, but it will not be able to enforce its verdict, experts have stated.

December 15, 2018 08:54

• Residents of Yerevan criticize Russian Embassy after murder in Gyumri

  The Russian diplomatic mission (Embassy) has failed to react to the murder of Djulietta Gukasyan and to all the earlier crimes committed by Russian militaries in Gyumri, the participants of the picket in Yerevan have stated.

December 14, 2018 23:56

• Mass namaz on Nazran casualties held in Magas

  Participants of the mass namaz (prayer) held in the city of Magas, the capital of Ingushetia, in memory of Muslim Khashagulgov and Ilez Khaniev killed on December 12 in Nazran. The funeral of Khaniev, who had no close relatives, is organized by volunteers.

December 14, 2018 23:51

• Baku court upholds fine imposed on oppositional leader

  The court has upheld the fine of 1500 US dollars imposed on Ali Kerimli, the leader of the oppositional Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), after action held in Baku.

December 14, 2018 20:29

• Kremlin responds to Ramzan Kadyrov's statement about lack of money

  Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov has called Ramzan Kadyrov's statement about the lack of funding for Chechnya a declamation normal for the leader of the region, but suggested addressing the issue to the Russian government.

December 14, 2018 20:26

• A resident of Ingushetia suspected of kidnapping a young woman

  A suspect forced a 24-year-old woman from Malgobek into his car and took her away to some unknown destination, reported investigators. According to a source, the young man intends to marry the woman he has kidnapped.

December 14, 2018 14:23

• Defence of resident of Adygea treats his shooting at wedding as tribute to traditions

  Ruslan Beretar, a resident of Adygea, suspected of hooliganism after shooting from a car of the wedding cortege, has committed no crime, but followed traditions, his advocate has stated.

December 14, 2018 14:18

• Woman suspected of funding North-Caucasian militants put under house arrest

  A court in Moscow has ruled to arrest six out of seven natives from Northern Caucasus, suspected of financing militants. The seventh detainee-a woman placed under house arrest.

December 14, 2018 10:29

• Dagestani historians tell about formation of border with Chechnya

  The administrative Dagestani-Chechen border has clear historical background and need no revision, Dagestani historians have stated after the border discussion announced by the heads of the two republics.

December 14, 2018 10:24

• Natives of Chechnya and Dagestan complain to the ECtHR about torture in Omsk colony

  The convicts serving their sentences at a correctional facility (colony) in Omsk have complained to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) about torture and harassment. There are four natives of Chechnya and two – from Dagestan among them.

December 14, 2018 10:18

• ECtHR treats ban for 11 persons to leave Azerbaijan as violation

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has passed its decision on cases of 11 Azerbaijani citizens who complained about the ban on leaving the country.

December 14, 2018 09:56

• Bloggers' visit to Chechnya triggers ambiguous reaction in social networks

  A group of bloggers has visited Grozny and met the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov. The guests admired the architecture of the capital of the republic. Critics in social networks have doubted the need for this visit and suggested the visitors' desire to please Kadyrov.

December 14, 2018 09:36

• Ingush Council of Teips summons MPs to Sharia Court

  Summonses to the sitting of the Sharia Court on the issue of the Ingush-Chechen border will be served to the members of the republic's parliament, the Ingush Council of Teips (family clans) has announced.

December 14, 2018 09:19

• Kadyrov complains about lack of funds in Chechnya and asked not to interfere

  The authorities of Chechnya could have done more for the development of the republic if not for the reduction of funding for the development programme of Chechnya, said the head of the region, Ramzan Kadyrov.