News

November 02, 2018 18:25

• Chechen authorities report on development of military tourism

  The first group of foreign tourists has arrived in Chechnya within the "MilitaryTour" programme. The Committee on Tourism of the Chechen Government has prepared a two-week programme for them, noting the nice prospects of this type of tourism.

November 02, 2018 14:25

• Political analysts explain Kremlin's position on Ingush-Chechen border

  The authorities of the Russian Federation have not distanced off from the conflict around the agreement on the Ingush-Chechen border, but took a wait-and-see attitude due to the lack of compromise solutions, political analysts believe.

November 02, 2018 14:24

• Ingush activists tell about tree felling in "Erzi" Reserve

  The Construction of the road on the Chechen-Ingush border began in August with tree felling in the "Erzi" Nature Reserve, and the result of this construction will be the destruction of monuments, historians and activists assert.

November 02, 2018 14:23

• KChR residents commemorate deportation victims

  On November 2, the city of Karachaevsk will held a march, at which the participants will help posters with names and photos of their relatives, who perished during the deportation of Karachay nationals in 1943. The photos will be placed on the Memory Wall in the Karachay-Cherkessian State University.

November 02, 2018 14:22

• Rights defenders achieve inquiry into torture of Krasnodar resident

  The decision of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) to close the criminal case on the kidnapping and torture of Aram Gambaryan, a resident of Krasnodar, was cancelled by the Prosecutor's Office. The case has been returned for additional investigation.

November 02, 2018 10:36

• President dissolves Armenian Parliament

  Armen Sargsyan, the President of Armenia has signed a decree on the dissolution of the National Assembly (Parliament), and scheduled extraordinary parliamentary elections for December 9.

November 02, 2018 10:33

• Two residents of Ingushetia disappear in Chechnya

  Moussa Tsechoev and his relative Ibragim Gutsariev left Ingushetia for Chechnya and did not return.

November 02, 2018 09:34

• Speaker Daudov inspects lands near Ingush border

  On the instruction of Ramzan Kadyrov, Magomed Daudov, the Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, has travelled to the border with Ingushetia and reported on plans for improving these territories. He has inspected the construction of the road, which had caused the border dispute.

November 02, 2018 09:33

• OSCE launches Moscow Mechanism because of human rights violations in Chechnya

  Russia has failed to essentially answer the questions asked by the countries of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) about violations of LGBTs' rights and extrajudicial executions in Chechnya. Sixteen countries have called to send an emergency mission to investigate these crimes in connection with Russia's violation of its OSCE commitments.

November 02, 2018 09:33

• ECtHR accepts complaint of Dagestani resident on torture

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has accepted the complaint of a Dagestan Biyarslan Akaev, who was sentenced to nine years in prison on charges of aiding militants. Akaev has stated in his complaint that he had slandered himself under torture.

November 02, 2018 09:33

• Ingush activists argue about CC's decision

  Opponents of the border agreement with Chechnya stopped their protest rally in Magas after the decision of the Constitutional Court (CC) of Ingushetia; but they are ready to resume it, said its organizers. The CC's decision will not lead to cancellation of the border law, the head of Ingushetia, Yunus-Bek Evkurov, has stated.

November 01, 2018 23:51

• Editor-in-chief of Azerbaijani website complains about ban to leave the country

  Border guards did not allow Mustafa Gadjibeili, the editor-in-chief of the "Bastainfo.com" website, to fly to Georgia. According to his story, the website was blocked after the publication about the attempt on the Mayor of the city of Ganja, but he was not informed about the ban on leaving the country.

November 01, 2018 23:49

• Armenian amnesty draft triggers prisoners' protests

  Dozens of prisoners in two correctional facilities of Armenia have gone on endless hunger strike, demanding to reconsider the draft amnesty law. Despite the protests, the parliament passed the draft as it was brought in.

November 01, 2018 23:48

• Five residents of Dagestan detained within extremism case

  Law enforcers have detained the organizer of a unit of the "At-Takfir Val-Hijra" organization, recognized as extremist in Russia and banned by the court, and four followers of this religious association.

November 01, 2018 18:55

• Complaint of fines after clashes in Kabardino-Balkaria reaches SC

  On October 31, the Supreme Court (SC) of Kabardino-Balkaria began to consider a complaint filed by a student of the Kabardino-Balkarian State University (KBSU), who challenged the fines imposed on him after he had appeared on the place of the September riots. The student claims that he did not take part in the protest action.

November 01, 2018 18:52

• Ramzan Kadyrov calls on to detain opponents of Chechen-Ingush agreement on border

  The Chechen authorities plan to equip the territories on the border with Ingushetia to attract tourists, announces Ramzan Kadyrov. He has suggested detaining those who "provoke" conflicts between Chechen and Ingush people.

November 01, 2018 18:50

• Armenian MPs refuse again to elect Nikol Pashinyan as Prime Minister

  Not a single member of the Armenian parliament voted to appoint Nikol Pashinyan the Prime Minister of Armenia. Such a decision leads to the dissolution of the National Assembly.

November 01, 2018 15:30

• Ingush Mufti Khamkhoev may face political isolation because of conflict with Kadyrov

  After voicing criticism against the authorities of Chechnya, Isa Khamkhoev risks to lose support of Ramzan Kadyrov against the background of deterioration in his relations with Ingush leader Yunus-Bek Evkurov. This opinion was voiced by scientists engaged in studies of the Caucasus.

November 01, 2018 15:23

• Azerbaijan registers 30 cases of shelling in conflict zone over a day

  The Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijani complained about shelling of its positions in the Karabakh conflict zone after the monitoring held by OSCE observers.

November 01, 2018 13:10

• Sochi residents complain about no help after flooding

  Residents of Sochi who lost property because of flooding and who lived without registration, as well as those people who recently bought houses, did not get any assistance. The people left without compensation believe it has no sense to seek money through the courts.