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October 01, 2018 15:52

• Armed forces report active Russian-Armenian exercises

  Over 1000 soldiers and officers from the Russian military base and the armed forces of Armenia take part in exercises at the Bagramyan military training ground, the Southern Military District reports. Joint exercises of air defence are scheduled for October 8, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Armenia reports.

October 01, 2018 15:50

• On Independence Day, residents of Abkhazia report people's disunity

  On the day to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the victory in the war of 1992-1993 and the declaration of independence, residents of Abkhazia complained about the deplorable state of the economy and the lack of people's unity.

October 01, 2018 12:39

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of September 24-30, 2018

  Appointment of the new leader in Kabardino-Balkaria; resignation of the Governor in the Astrakhan Region; signing of the agreement on fixing the border between Chechnya and Ingushetia; meeting between the President of Azerbaijan and the Prime Minister of Armenia; reappointment of Artyom Zdunov as the chair of the Dagestani government and the next CTO in the republic, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of September 24-30, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

October 01, 2018 09:58

• Georgian woman detained on South-Ossetian border

  The authorities of the Gori municipality have appealed to the European Union's observation mission in connection with the detention of a resident of the village of Khurvaleti on the Georgian-South Ossetian border.

October 01, 2018 09:55

• Chechen woman reports her son being tortured

  The arrest has been extended for Eida Arsanukhaev, a resident of Chechnya, accused of justifying terrorism. According to his mother, he tortured to obtain confessions. Arsanukhaev's arrest has been extended, despite his health problems, said Sols Musostov, his advocate.

October 01, 2018 09:53

• Ingush leader warns bloggers about responsibility for criticizing agreement with Chechnya

  Yunus-Bek Evkurov, the head of Ingushetia, has instructed officials to conduct explanatory talks with local residents about punishment inevitability for unlawful statements about the border with Chechnya.

September 30, 2018 11:39

• Rally in Baku demands military operation in NKR

  The people, who gathered for a rally in Baku, have demanded from the Azerbaijani authorities to launch a forceful "liberation of Karabakh."

September 30, 2018 11:22

• NKR accuses Azerbaijan of 230 acts of shelling within a week

  On September 23-29, units of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces made more than 3000 shots at the positions of the Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), its Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

September 30, 2018 11:18

• Court fines Mutsolgov for action in Magas

  Today, the Nazran City Court has found Ruslan Mutsolgov, the leader of the youth wing of the "Yabloko" Party in Ingushetia, guilty of violating the procedure for holding public events and fined him by 10,000 roubles. Mutsolgov said that he would appeal against the judgement.

September 30, 2018 10:39

• Mamed Ibragim arrested on the day he left prison

  Mamed Ibragim, an adviser to the chairman of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), who spent three years in a penal colony, was arrested again for two months for keeping a knife in his prison cell. 30 PFPA activists held an action in his support at the colony premises.

September 29, 2018 21:26

• Ilham Aliyev and Nikol Pashinyan agree to prevent border incidents

  The President of Azerbaijan and the Prime Minister of Armenia met at the summit of the CIS countries, where they decided to create a mechanism of operational communication to prevent violations of the ceasefire between the parties to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

September 29, 2018 20:53

• Four residents of Chechnya sentenced for attacking law enforcers

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya sentenced to 7-10 years of imprisonment four residents of the Nozhai-Yurt District who were found guilty of a bombing and wounding two policemen.

September 29, 2018 20:39

• Azerbaijan: international community to force Armenia to comply with UN resolutions

  From the rostrum of the UN General Assembly, the Azerbaijani Minister of Foreign Affairs has reported that the Armenian authorities are to be forced to implement the resolutions on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

September 29, 2018 20:14

• Over 250,000 roubles raised for victims of clashes in Kendelen

  Over the first three days of raising funds to help the Adygs affected by the clashes in the area of the Kendelen village, more than 250,000 roubles came, reported Astemir Shebzukhov, a journalist from Nalchik.

September 29, 2018 19:45

• Azerbaijan registers 98 cases of shelling from Armenian side

  During the day, the Armenian armed forces 98 times violated the ceasefire regime on the contact line of the troops, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reported.

September 29, 2018 11:40

• Museum first robbed in Nagorno-Karabakh

  A valuable silver coin of the 1st century BC is stolen from the Tigranakert Museum because of insufficient security measures, reported the Ministry of Culture for Nagorno-Karabakh.

September 29, 2018 11:22

• Oyub Titiev's advocates report threat to defence witnesses

  In the case against Oyub Titiev, the testimonies of prosecution witnesses are contradictory and cannot be trusted, stated advocates of the rights defender.

September 29, 2018 11:13

• In Tbilisi, merchants affected by fire demand compensation

  In Tbilisi, about 100 merchants who suffered losses as a result of the fire at the shopping centre "Children's World" held a rally with the demand to recognize them as victims and pay compensation.

September 29, 2018 08:35

• Ingush Government releases a map of new border

  The agreement on the establishment of a new Ingush-Chechen border accompanied of a map thereof has been posted on the website of the Government of Ingushetia.

September 29, 2018 08:25

• Mikhail Benyash arrested for two months

  The court has upheld the investigator's request and placed the Krasnodar lawyer Mikhail Benyash in custody for two months – until November 23.