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November 26, 2018 10:57

• Congress of Chechens in Dagestani Khasavyurt alarms network users

  Chechens have no "mono-ethnic region" in Dagestan, and it is a big problem. This has been declared by State Duma member Buvaisar Saitiev at the Congress of Chechens of Dagestan held in Khasavyurt. The statement voiced by the State Duma member has alarmed Dagestani users of social networks, and they have pointed out the danger of aggravation of the territorial dispute and the outbreak of conflict.

November 26, 2018 10:57

• Singer Mashidat Omaraskhabova wounded in Makhachkala

  The police are engaged in investigation into an assassination attempt on Mashidat Omaraskhabova, Meritorious Artist of Dagestan, who got a bullet wound near her house in Makhachkala.

November 25, 2018 11:43

• March of Nikol Pashinyan's supporters finished in Yerevan

  On November 24, participants of the rally, led by Nikol Pashinyan, marched through nine out of twelve administrative districts of the Armenian capital. Nikol Pashinyan called the march unprecedented.

November 25, 2018 11:28

• Nagorno-Karabakh accuses Azerbaijan of 150 cases of shelling per week

  In the week from November 18 to 24, the Azerbaijani armed forces fired 2000 shots at the positions of the Defence Army, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh reported.

November 25, 2018 11:21

• Grozny residents report on detentions of youth party participants

  After a publication of a video, in which Chechen young men and women demonstrate bottles with drinks, law enforcers identified and detained those young people. They were set free only several days later, relatives of the detainees reported.

November 25, 2018 11:10

• A supporter of Grigol Vashadze beaten in Marneuli

  In Marneuli, three law enforcers stopped Kakha Kvaratskheliya, a 50-year-old supporter of Grigol Vashadze, checked his ID and when they learned that he would vote for Grigol Vashadze, they beat him for that, reported the spokesman of the Grigol Vashadze's office in Marneuli, with reference to the victim.

November 24, 2018 16:57

• Azerbaijan reports on 26 attacks from Armenian side

  Over the past day, the armed forces of Armenia 26 times violated the ceasefire regime on the contact line of the troops, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reported.

November 24, 2018 16:43

• Thousands of Nikol Pashinyan's supporters march in Yerevan

  The march through most of the Yerevan districts sums up the "velvet revolution," announces Nikol Pashinyan, the acting Prime Minister of Armenia.

November 24, 2018 16:31

• In Russia, Northern Caucasus leads in number of unemployed people

  In Ingushetia, a quarter of the employable population remains without work. In total, in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), the unemployment rate is 9.9%, the "Rosstat" (Russian Federal State Statistics Service) reports.

November 24, 2018 11:54

• Circassian repatriates' house to be repaired with funds raised from sale of calendars

  Activists from Kabardino-Balkaria hold an annual charity event for the sale of the Circassian calendars for 2019. The organizers decided to spend the proceeds on repairing the house of a Syrian repatriates.

November 24, 2018 11:48

• Prosecution witness testifies in favour of Pavel Grib

  Maria Yuristova, a friend of Sochi resident Tatiana Ershova, has partially retracted her earlier testimony given at trial in the case against the Ukrainian citizen Pavel Grib and refuted the prosecutors' version. Tatiana Ershova and Pavel Grib did not discuss any plans of terror act and the political issues were not the main topic of their conversations, the witness stated.

November 24, 2018 11:38

• Court arrests a man suspected of wounding Grigol Vashadze's supporter

  The court decided to detain a man suspected of attempting to assassinate Nodar Burdiladze, the head of the Grigol Vashadze's election office in the Oni District. The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Georgia stated that the attack did not have any political background.

November 24, 2018 01:30

• Two natives of Dagestan sentenced for plotting a terror act in Moscow

  On November 23, the Moscow District Military Court found Ibragim and Adam Gakaev guilty of plotting explosions during the FIFA Confederations Cup and sentenced each of them to seven years of imprisonment.

November 24, 2018 01:26

• BBC traces path of mercenaries to Syria from Southern Russia

  Starting from early 2018, Russian mercenaries from the "Wagner Private Military Company", who took part in military operations in eastern Ukraine and Syria, have been performing tasks in two African countries: Sudan and the Central African Republic, a fighter from the private military company has told BBC.

November 23, 2018 22:35

• In Azerbaijan, activist sentenced to correctional labour and a fine

  In Baku, a court found lawyer and blogger Aslan Ismailov guilty of hooliganism and sentenced him to a year of correctional labour and a fine of 900 US dollars. Aslan Ismailov associated the prosecution with his criticism of the authorities.

November 23, 2018 22:26

• Krasnodar law enforcers interrupt picket against torture

  Today, in Krasnodar, Alexei Nikitin has held a solo picket with the demand to stop torturing detainees and close a special detention centre of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). The picketer has stated that law enforcers detained him, but the police claim that they simply had a conversation with Alexei Nikitin.

November 23, 2018 17:57

• Azerbaijan registers 28 attacks per day

  Units of the Armenian armed forces 28 times violated the ceasefire regime by using large-calibre machine guns, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reports today.

November 23, 2018 17:49

• Telethon raises over 11 million US dollars for Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia

  The money raised at the annual telethon of the Hayastan all-Armenian Fund will be used to implement programmes in Nagorno-Karabakh and create jobs in the communities of Armenia.

November 23, 2018 17:40

• Oyub Titiev awarded Prize for Human Rights and the Rule of Law

  The Ministries of Foreign Affairs for France and Germany included Oyub Titiev in the list of laureates of the Prize for Human Rights and the Rule of Law for 2018, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reports today.

November 23, 2018 15:17

• Father of Machalikashvili killed in Pankisi refuses to believe investigators' version

  On the grenade seized from Temirlan Machalikashvili killed during his detention in the Pankisi Gorge, experts found particles of his DNA, reported the Georgian State Security Service. Malkhaz Machalikashvili, a father of the killed man, pointed out inconsistencies in the official version concerning the details of the special operation and said the grenade had been planted to his son after his murder.