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October 11, 2018 22:00

• Nikol Pashinyan announces date of his resignation

  Today, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has announced that he will resign until October 16 to ensure the dissolution of the country's parliament and the early parliamentary elections.

October 11, 2018 18:02

• Social network users urge Kadyrov to respect law while punishing hero of a scandalous video

  The video, which captured how a native of Chechnya had thrown a can at passengers, provoked indignation among users of social networks. They believe such behaviour should be punished, but call on Ramzan Kadyrov to act according to the law.

October 11, 2018 17:50

• Law enforcers release Stavropol activist

  Muslim Suleimanov, a resident of the Stavropol Territory, has been released by law enforcers without any charge brought against him, and his brother Rinat remains detained, report relatives of the activist. The gathering of residents of the Irgakly village, dissatisfied with the detention, has been finished after officials of the Stavropol Territory promised to investigate the situation.

October 11, 2018 14:31

• Video with apologies of infamous Chechen posted after Kadyrov's threats

  A video clip, in which a Chechen publicly apologizes for throwing a metal can at metro passengers, has been posted today in the page of the pro-government television company. The young man said that "he was scolded by the republic's leadership."

October 11, 2018 14:21

• Azerbaijan fixes 25 attacks on Armenian border

  Over the past 24 hours, positions of the Azerbaijani Army were shelled in two border areas, in particular, in one village, the Azeri Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

October 11, 2018 14:12

• Police fail to find attackers on moloko+ journalists

  The police have decided to suspend the inquiry into the attack on Pavel Nikulin and Sofiko Arifdjanova, the journalists of the moloko+ edition, because they failed to find the attackers, said the advocate.

October 11, 2018 11:06

• Kadyrov demands public apology from Chechen for his boorish behaviour in metro

  A video, in which a man throws a metal can at metro passengers shouting "Akhmat is power!" has angered the head of Chechnya. Ramzan Kadyrov has harshly characterized the hero of the video, stating that he does not personify the Chechen people. The head of Chechnya also demanded that the man come to him by "the first plane."

October 11, 2018 10:55

• Rights defender explains dispute about Chechen-Ingush border by provocation

  The Chechen-Ingush territorial dispute has been artificially provoked and is being pumped from outside, Akhmed Gisaev, the head of the Human Rights Analysis Centre, has stated. The Orstkhoev community, whose lands are the subject of a dispute, had initially indicated the absence of contradictions regarding these territories, the rights defender has noted.

October 11, 2018 10:45

• Georgian opposition starts collecting signatures against marijuana cultivation and export

  The "Strength in Unity" Movement has received special forms from the Georgian Parliament for collecting signatures for amending the Constitution towards banning the cultivation and export of marijuana.

October 11, 2018 08:34

• Ingush protesters treat abolition of border agreement as priority

  The protesters in Magas have supported the demand for resignation of Yunus-Bek Evkurov, but treat the cancellation of the border agreement and the preservation of the territories in Ingushetia as the issue of fundamental importance, said the protesters interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

October 11, 2018 08:26

• Benyash's advocates claim the court's refusal to study proofs

  The Krasnodar Territorial Court has upheld the decision on 40 hours of compulsory work, appointed to the lawyer Mikhail Benyash under the article on violation of the procedure of organizing a rally. His guilt was not proved, his defence has reported.

October 10, 2018 21:33

• Defence associates Khandoyan's death with beating at court

  The state of health of Araik Khandoyan, a member of the "Sasna Tsrer" armed detachment, worsened during his detention, his advocates have stated.

October 10, 2018 21:25

• Protesters demand from Evkurov to revoke his signature to border agreement

  The outcomes of voting at the Ingush Parliament on fixing the Ingush-Chechen border should be cancelled, the organizing committee of the rally in Magas said to the chairman of the National Assembly. Protesters demand from the head of Ingushetia to revoke his signature to the border agreement.

October 10, 2018 21:15

• TV Company named after Kadyrov receives right to All-Russian broadcasting

  The Akhmat Kadyrov TV and radio company named "Put" (Path) has become the first regional Islamic television channel that received broadcasting right throughout Russia, the spokesman of the Chechen Ministry for Press has stated.

October 10, 2018 18:22

• A Stavropol activist detained by law enforcers, his relatives report

  During a search in the house of Muslim Suleimanov, a resident of the Stavropol Territory, law enforcers planted ammunition and took him away to some unknown destination, reported his relatives. They associate the persecution of Muslim Suleimanov with his active civic position.

October 10, 2018 18:13

• Azerbaijani SC upholds verdict to Giyas and Gasan Ibragimov

  Today, the Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan has dismissed a complaint filed against the sentences of activist Giyas Ibragimov and his father Gasan Ibragimov, who were found guilty of insulting judges.

October 10, 2018 18:05

• In Armenia, a key participant in seizure of police building dies

  Araik Khandoyan, a member of the "Sasna Tsrer" (Daredevils of Sassoun) armed unit, in August released by the court in Armenia, died, reported Varuzhan Avetisyan.

October 10, 2018 15:13

• Ingush MPs disrupt new voting on border with Chechnya

  12 MPs have registered to take part in the parliament session to reconsider the issue of the Chechen-Ingush border. Meanwhile, the quorum requires 17 MPs.

October 10, 2018 15:05

• CTO legal regime lifted in two districts of Dagestan

  Today, an official from the operational headquarters of the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) in Dagestan has reported that law enforcers completed special operations in the Buynaksk and Kumtorkala Districts.

October 10, 2018 14:55

• Azerbaijan claims shelling of five villages

  Over the past 24 hours, the ceasefire in the Karabakh conflict zone was violated 28 times, reported the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan.