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November 08, 2018 22:39

• Chechen SC cancels decision on CER for Zhalaudi Geriev

  Today, at the prosecutor's request, the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya has cancelled the decision on the conditional early release (CER) for Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

November 08, 2018 17:38

• HRC "Memorial" sends to ECtHR answers in case on kidnapped resident of Makhachkala

  The consideration by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) of a complaint about the ineffective investigation into the disappearance of Makhachkala resident Omar Valibagandov has reached its final stage, report rights defenders.

November 08, 2018 17:26

• Blogger Alexander Valov needs medical assistance in court

  Today, Alexander Valov, the editor-in-chief of the website "BlogSochi", has been taken to a court hearing on his case with a neck wound. He has claimed worsening of his health state and after that an ambulance was called to the court building, reported defenders of the blogger.

November 08, 2018 14:30

• In Kabardino-Balkaria, Adam Medaliev's car set on fire, activist reports

  Tonight, a car of activist Adam Medaliev, beaten on November 7, has been burned down, reports activist Ibragim Yaganov. Rights defender Valery Khatazhukov associates the attack on Adam Medaliev with his public activities.

November 08, 2018 14:21

• Azerbaijan reports machine-gun fire in conflict zone

  Over a day, the positions of the Azerbaijani armed forces were shelled 23 times in the Karabakh conflict zone, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reports today.

November 08, 2018 11:18

• Five Ingush students detained in Cairo, a resident of Ingushetia reports

  Five students from Ingushetia were detained during their stay in Egypt, and their whereabouts remain unknown for almost three months, reported a sister of a detained Ingush student.

November 08, 2018 11:14

• A resident of North Ossetia hospitalized after a grenade explosion in a private house

  In Vladikavkaz, a grenade detonated in a private house. One person was injured.

November 08, 2018 11:05

• In Tbilisi, opponents of Grigol Vashadze march along Rustaveli Avenue

  In Tbilisi, activists held a rally in memory of the opposition rally dispersed on November 7, 2007. Several hundred people opposed the participation in the presidential election of Grigol Vashadze, a candidate of the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party.

November 08, 2018 08:33

• KChR residents complain about delaying torture case at "E" Centre

  The investigation into the torture of Guzer Khashukaev by employees of the "E" Centre has not advanced at all since September, his relatives have stated to the head of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

November 08, 2018 08:25

• Relatives criticize refusal to transfer Cherkesov to another colony

  The Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia (known as FSIN) has refused to transfer Aslan Cherkesov, a native of Nalchik, from a colony in the Krasnoyarsk Territory closer to his home, referring to security concerns, his relatives have stated.

November 07, 2018 22:00

• Activist Adam Medaliev beaten up in KBR

  Three masked men have attacked Adam Medaliev at his land plot in the village of Nartan and beat up the activist. The attack had to do with his social activeness, as Medaliev defends at court the rights of Nartan villagers to land, Ibragim Yaganov, an activist, believes.

November 07, 2018 21:45

• Pavel Grib's arrest extended by six months

  The North-Caucasian District Military Court has extended, until April 24, 2019, the custody of Pavel Grib, a citizen of Ukraine, accused of inclining people to commit a terror act.

November 07, 2018 21:27

• Afghan Mukhtarly states violation of his right to correspondence in colony

  Colony bosses refuse to send Afghan Mukhtarly's letter to the Azerbaijani Minister of Justice; in the letter he asks to allow him to communicate with relatives via Skype, Afghan's wife has stated.

November 07, 2018 17:18

• Chechen resident suspected of links with Syrian militants

  A resident of the Itum-Kale District of Chechnya is participating in warfare in Syria on militants' side, law enforcers have suggested.

November 07, 2018 17:04

• Militaries report demining road in Chechnya

  While inspecting a road in the Achkhoi-Martan District, sappers found and destroyed several dozens of explosive objects, the Chechen Military Commandant's Office (MCO) has informed.

November 07, 2018 15:12

• Armenian investigators treat soldier's death as suicide

  After the death of Private Aristakes Azatyan in one of the central units of the Defence Army, investigators opened a case on bringing to suicide, the Investigating Committee (IC) of Armenia has stated.

November 07, 2018 15:01

• Wife of IBA's former head arrested in London

  Zamira Gadjieva, the wife of Djakhangir Gadjiev, the former head of the International Bank of Azerbaijan (IBA), has been placed in a detention facility in London. She is charged with money embezzlement.

November 07, 2018 14:53

• Opponents of LGBT forum hold protest in Yerevan

  A protest action against the Forum of LGBT-Christians of Eastern Europe and Central Asia was held in Yerevan. Valery Osipyan, the head of the Armenian Police, said that this forum will not take place in Armenia because of security risks.

November 07, 2018 12:59

• Azerbaijan counts 24 shelling attacks in conflict zone

  On November 6-7, positions of the Azerbaijani Army were shelled in two villages, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

November 07, 2018 12:50

• Practice of apologies to Kadyrov still relevant for Chechnya

  The Chechen leadership has failed to spread the practice of public apologies to Ramzan Kadyrov over Ingushetia; however, inside Chechnya, this practice remains efficient; and the authorities are not going to abandon it, the political analysts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", believe.