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September 26, 2018 01:17

• Over 150,000 roubles raised for the victims of clashes near Kendelen

  Residents of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) and Adygea have raised more than 150,000 roubles to help the Adygs, who suffered in clashes that occurred in the vicinity of the village of Kendelen, Olga Begret, the head of the NGO named "Ochag" (Hearth), has informed.

September 26, 2018 01:10

• Activist Bagaudin Khautiev detained after rally in Sunzha

  Bagaudin Khautiev, the head of the Council of Youth Organizations of Ingushetia, has been detained by law enforcers after an unsanctioned rally near the building of the Sunzha District Administration.

September 25, 2018 23:01

• In Sunzha, activists protest against Chechnya's territorial claims

  In Ingushetia, activists and residents of the Sunzha District came to the building of the district administration after the news about the resignation of district head Issa Khashagulgov. They have demanded from officials to explain if it is actually planned to hand a part of the Ingush territory over to Chechnya.

September 25, 2018 22:53

• Participants of wedding party cortege continue practice of public apology in Chechnya

  In Grozny, policemen sent to an impoundment lot the cars of young people who were fighting for a place in the wedding party cortege and shooting in the air. On September 24, participants of the incident also apologized on the air of the Chechen TV Channel. The incident became the second one within eight days after the public apologies voiced by participants in a similar incident which took place in Shali.

September 25, 2018 22:42

• Head of Ingush district bordering with Chechnya resigns

  Issa Khashagulgov has announced his decision to voluntarily leave the post of the head of the Sunzha District. Ismail Nalgiev, the leader of the NGO "Choice of Ingushetia", believes that Issa Khashagulgov protested by his resignation against the plans to hand over a part of the district over to Chechnya.

September 25, 2018 22:21

• Georgian opposition initiates constitutional amendments banning export of marijuana

  The "Strength in Unity" movement in Georgia has announced it will collect signatures to introduce amendments to the Constitution of the country banning the cultivation and export of marijuana.

September 25, 2018 17:19

• ECtHR gives Azeri authorities three months to answer Babaev's complaint

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has opened communication on the case of the Azerbaijani theologian Sardar Babaev, his advocate has stated today.

September 25, 2018 17:11

• Ingush activists bring Chechen border issue to public debate

  The absence of reaction of republic's and federal authorities to the problem of the Chechen-Ingush border has forced Ingush public organizations to convoke a general civil forum on the republic's territorial integrity.

September 25, 2018 16:58

• Azerbaijan counts 82 shelling episodes within the last 24 hours

  The Azeri Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported today that during the last 24 hours Azerbaijani positions in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled for 82 times.

September 25, 2018 14:24

• Kocharyan goes to court against Premier Pashinyan

  Robert Kocharyan, the second Armenian president, demands from the court to recognize Nikol Pashinyan's statements as slander.

September 25, 2018 14:15

• Saralidze asks Mayoralty to allow setting up tents at Georgian Parliament

  Zaza Saralidze, the father of the murdered schoolboy, has applied to Tbilisi Mayoralty for an official permit to install tents in front of the parliament building in order to keep holding protests regardless of weather.

September 25, 2018 11:17

• Authorities of Dagestan do not react to Gasanguseinov parents' action

  The father and mother of the Gasanguseinov brothers killed in the Dagestani village of Goor-Khindakh held a five-hour picket in Makhachkala, but did not succeed in meeting the leader of Dagestan. The parents of the killed brothers say they will hold daily pickets until the leader of the republic accepts them. 

September 25, 2018 11:14

• Azerbaijani activist placed into dungeon for reading a book, his mother says

  In Azerbaijan, imprisoned activist Giyas Ibragimov has complained of being placed into a dungeon (punishment cell) because of reading a book after the beginning of the night's sleep regime time. The Penitentiary Service claims that Giyas Ibragimov violated the regime, but denies the fact of his placement to the punishment cell.

September 25, 2018 11:06

• In Azerbaijan, a minor activist suspected of unsanctioned action

  A 17-year-old Azerbaijani activist, who earlier claimed she was persecuted for participating in the campaign "Let's tell about a dictator", became a suspect in the case on unsanctioned action after posting a video from a polyclinic.

September 25, 2018 08:40

• Wetteland about elections in Armenia: boring, but honest

  The voting at elections to the Council of Elders of Yerevan showed the increased confidence of Armenian residents in the process. This was stated by Lene Wetteland, an adviser of the Norwegian Helsinki Committee, in her interview published by the "Caucasian Knot".

September 25, 2018 08:32

• Organizer of equestrian march criticize authorities for conflict in Kendelen

  Should officials started dialogue with public activists and acted professionally, the confrontation in Kendelen could have been avoided, Aslan Kudaev, the organizer of the equestrian march in honour of the 310th anniversary of the Kanjali Battle, has stated today.

September 25, 2018 08:25

• Kuban FSB reports detention of Ukrainian spy

  Law enforcers have announced Sergey Stefanenko, a citizen of Ukraine, who was detained in the Krasnodar Territory (also named Kuban by the main river), to be an exposed agent of the Ukrainian Security Service (known as the SBU).

September 24, 2018 22:47

• A resident of Kabardino-Balkaria disappears after clashes, his relatives report

  Since the morning on September 19, relatives of Rashid Pugoev from Prokhladny cannot contact him, reports a local group in Instagram. Users of the social network have expressed the opinion that the disappearance of the young man may be related to the conflict between Kabardian and Balkar people in the village of Kendelen.

September 24, 2018 22:32

• Parents of Gasanguseinov brothers demand a meeting with Vladimir Vasiliev

  Today, in Makhachkala, a father and a mother of the brothers-shepherds killed in the Dagestani village of Goor-Khindakh, have held a picket in the hope to meet the leader of the republic. The parents demanded to punish the persons who killed their sons, but no officials came out of the building to meet the Gasanguseinov spouses.

September 24, 2018 19:29

• Economists report about unsolved conflict between Ramzan Kadyrov and Igor Sechin

  After handing over the low-liquid "Chechenneftekhimprom" to the Chechen authorities, the "Rosneft" will retain its main asset in the republic, therefore the dispute between Ramzan Kadyrov and Igor Sechin will continue, economists reported.