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December 03, 2018 17:57

• Armenia: Prosecutor's Office asks Parliament to sanction MP's arrest

  Today, Arthur Davtyan, the Public Prosecutor General of Armenia, has submitted a petition to the Parliament asking to give consent to the initiation of a criminal case against Aram Arutyunyan, an MP from the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), a source from the press service of the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

December 03, 2018 13:42

• Azerbaijan reports shelling of border village

  The armistice regime in the Karabakh conflict zone was violated for 30 times during the last 24 hours; the militaries' positions stationed in the village of Agdam of the Tovuz District came under fire, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated today.

December 03, 2018 13:21

• Seven persons detained at special operation in Tbilisi

  In the capital of Georgia, law enforcers have detained six citizens of Ukraine and a citizen of Georgia; weapons and ammunition were found on them during a search, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reported on December 2.

December 03, 2018 11:18

• Armenia: contract soldier dies from gunshot wound

  In one of the military units of the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD), a contract serviceman was killed in his combat position. A criminal case has been initiated.

December 03, 2018 11:11

• Volgograd activists demand to stop military conflict with Ukraine

  Several activists held solo pickets in Volgograd on December 2 demanding that the Russian authorities end the conflict with Ukraine because of the incident in the Kerch Strait and condemning the annexation of the Crimea.

December 03, 2018 11:00

• Vashadze announces protest action on Zurabishvili's inauguration day

  If the authorities refuse to negotiate, on December 16, the inauguration day of the newly elected President of Georgia, the opposition will stage a mass rally, members of the Alliance "Strength in Unity" stated at an action in Tbilisi on December 2.

December 03, 2018 10:50

• Casualty of shootout with "Rosgvardia" servicemen in Kuban identified

  Investigators have stated that fire at "Rosgvardia" (Russian National Guard) servicemen was opened by a resident of Krasnodar.

December 02, 2018 10:59

• Political analysts indicate absence of pre-election contest in Armenia

  Many of Yerevan residents interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have not decided who to vote for at the parliamentary elections to be held in Armenia on December 9. Political forces did not focus on victory, but set a goal to go to the parliament, note political analysts.

December 02, 2018 10:53

• Grigol Vashadze who lost presidential election in Georgia announces no revolution

  The Georgian alliance "Strength in Unity" assures that its members do not intend to organize a revolution because of disagreement with the result of the elections. However, the authorities warn that they will not allow revolutionary scenarios and unrest.

December 02, 2018 10:52

• Tbilisi residents hold a march on anniversary of two schoolchildren's murder

  In Tbilisi, on the anniversary of the murder of two schoolchildren, Zaza Saralidze, a father of one of them, has promised to continue the protests until all guilty persons are punished. The office of the Georgian Ombudsperson declared an ineffective investigation into the murder.

December 01, 2018 20:55

• Nagorno-Karabakh claims 120 attacks per week

  In the period from November 25 to December 1, the Azerbaijani armed forces fired 2000 shots at the positions of the Defence Army, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh reported.

December 01, 2018 20:48

• Children's Rights Commissioner's words on girls' circumcision provoke indignation in social networks

  Children's Rights Commissioner Anna Kuznetsova referred the issue of female circumcision to the medical field. That has provoked indignation of social network users who insist that mutilations are unacceptable.

December 01, 2018 14:43

• Lawyers report reasons for non-giving out body of female suicide bomber in Grozny

  The issue for giving out the body of Karina Spiridonova, who blew herself up in Grozny, is regulated by the law on burial of terrorists without notifying relatives, reported advocates. They recommended relatives to go to court.

December 01, 2018 14:41

• A resident of Kuban reports details of beating by law enforcers

  Yevgeny Bunin, a resident of the Tuapse District, has complained about torture and reported the deterioration in his health state after beating by law enforcers.

December 01, 2018 11:53

• Editor-in-chief of Azerbaijani website accused of anti-state appeals

  The Prosecutor's Office has charged Mustafa Gadjibeili, the editor-in-chief of the opposition publication "bastainfo.com", with public appeals against the state, abuse of office, and forgery. Mustafa Gadjibeili pleaded not guilty.

December 01, 2018 11:52

• Investigators fail to provide court with information about extrajudicial executions in Chechnya

  A court hearing on the lawsuit filed by the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" against investigators who refused to institute a criminal case on the extrajudicial execution of 27 residents of Chechnya was postponed due to the lack of materials for inspections. A representative of the plaintiffs announced the delay in the trial.

December 01, 2018 11:51

• "Transparency International" calculates Ramzan Kadyrov's income from horse racing

  In the period from 2014 to 2018, horses officially owned by Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov brought him more than 98 million roubles in prize money, the "Transparency International Russia" reported. All information about incomes is reflected in the Ramzan Kadyrov's tax declaration, reports Alvi Karimov, the press secretary for the leader of Chechnya.

November 30, 2018 23:00

• Law enforcers identify men killed in a shootout with law enforcers in Kabardino-Balkaria

  Three men killed in a shootout in the Maisky District have been identified as residents of Kabardino-Balkaria who had earlier criminal records; they were plotting attacks on law enforcers and kidnappings, sources reported.

November 30, 2018 22:54

• Court toughens punishment for a native of Chechnya for recruitment to IS*

  The Moscow District Military Court has sentenced to four years of imprisonment Akhmed Elsanukaev, sentenced in Grozny for posting on a social network the information about the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS) banned in Russia.

November 30, 2018 22:47

• Azerbaijan decides to send peacekeepers to South Sudan

  The Parliament of Azerbaijan has approved a draft law to send officers to South Sudan to replenish the composition of the UN mission. Peacekeepers are to arrive in Africa in January.