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September 24, 2018 18:51

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of September 17-23, 2018

  Interethnic conflict in Kabardino-Balkaria; actions in Southern Russia against pension reform, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of September 17-23, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

September 24, 2018 18:44

• Interpol accepts Aslan Yandiev's complaint about his search

  The Commission for the Control of Interpol's Files (the CCF) has accepted for consideration the complaint filed by Aslan Yandiev, a native of North Ossetia, extradited from Slovakia to Russia. The complainant believes the search for him after the UN demand to suspend his extradition was ungrounded, the association "VayFond" reports today.

September 24, 2018 18:35

• Residents of Grozny criticize results of million-rouble expenses for city improvement

  In the centre of Grozny, builders have completed the reconstruction of yard areas and are to finish the improvement of streets till the 200th birthday of the city, the authorities reported. The construction works, which took 1.3 billion roubles only from extrabudgetary sources, are being conducted in a hurry, and that fact affects their quality, the local people complain.

September 24, 2018 14:19

• Azerbaijan claims shelling of its six villages in Karabakh conflict zone

  Over the past day, the Azerbaijani positions in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled 89 times, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reports today.

September 24, 2018 14:08

• "My Step" bloc wins elections to Council of Elders in Yerevan

  The "My Step" bloc headed by comedian Hayk Marutyan gained 81.06% of the votes at the elections to the Council of Elders of Yerevan, the Central Election Commission (CEC) reported.

September 24, 2018 11:44

• On September 17-23, 2018, three persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of September 17-23, 2018, three persons fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

September 24, 2018 11:37

• Advocate Benyash detained for 48 hours in a criminal case

  After the expiration of his administrative arrest, advocate Mikhail Benyash was not released from the special detention facility in Ust-Labinsk and was sent to Krasnodar. A criminal case was instituted against Mikhail Benyash under the article on using violence against a public official.

September 24, 2018 11:26

• In Makhachkala, about 340 people protest against pension reform

  In Makhachkala, about 340 people came to a rally against the pension reform sanctioned by the authorities. The event was organized by local Communists.

September 24, 2018 11:19

• Azerbaijani MFA accuses CSTO Secretary General of abuse of power

  The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) for Azerbaijan has condemned the statement of CSTO Secretary General Yuri Khachaturov concerning the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. The Azerbaijani MFA has referred to the Armenian citizenship of the CSTO Secretary General and accused him of bias and abuse of authority, since the CSTO does not have a mandate for activities related to the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.

September 23, 2018 11:33

• Soldier killed in NKR

  Artsakh Ovsepyan, a soldier of the Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) was killed by the shelling delivered from the Azerbaijani side, the NKR's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

September 23, 2018 11:30

• 25 people are still under arrest in Nalchik after disorders in Kendelen

  Eight out of the 33 persons, detained on September 19 after the Kabardinian-Balkar conflict in the village of Kendelen, were released from the Nalchik temporary isolation facility, a member of the Public Oversight Commission (POC) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has stated.

September 23, 2018 11:27

• Georgia: parliamentary faction on verge of collapse due to scandal with Iberia

  Nato Chkheidze, the founder of "Iberia" TV Company, has left the "Alliance of Georgian Patriots" Party, explaining it by the fact that the party had failed to support the TV Company in its conflict with the authorities. Ms Chkheidze's threatens to ruin the whole party's parliamentary faction.

September 22, 2018 17:02

• Imam Makhmud Velitov asks to replace rest of his sentence with a fine

  Makhmud Velitov, the Imam of the Moscow mosque "Yardyam", has filed to the administration of the penal colony in Astrakhan a motion to replace the remained part of his sentenced with a fine. The defence treats such an option for his release as more favourable than the conditional early relief (CER).

September 22, 2018 16:58

• Political analysts argue about tension in pre-election campaign in Yerevan

  In Yerevan, no mass bribing of voters will take place in the course of the elections to the Council of Elders, Armenian political analysts believe.

September 22, 2018 16:56

• Azerbaijan claims machine-gun shelling from Armenian side

  Over the past day, the armed forces of Armenia 112 times violated the ceasefire regime in the contact line of the troops and used large-calibre machine guns, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reported.

September 22, 2018 12:33

• Vandals damage monument to Azerbaijani poet Nizami in Derbent

  Facebook users have reported that vandals have damaged the monument to Azerbaijani poet and thinker Nizami Ganjavi, installed in a park of the city of Derbent. Earlier, the monument was repeatedly attacked by vandals.

September 22, 2018 12:29

• CSTO condemns shelling of Armenian-Azerbaijani border

  Yuri Khachaturov, the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), has stated that the shelling of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and pre-border villages led to victims and threaten a new round of tension in the Karabakh conflict zone.

September 22, 2018 12:27

• Pyatigorsk authorities repeatedly ban rally in defence of LGBT community

  The Mayoralty of Pyatigorsk has treated the action demanding to observe the constitutional rights of members of the LGBT community as propaganda, dangerous for children, and refused to sanction it, activists have stated.

September 22, 2018 09:15

• Lawyers accuse authorities of protracting inquiry into Katyr-Yurt bombing

  The protraction of the investigation into the bombing of the Chechen village of Katyr-Yurt in 2000 is caused by the reluctance to prosecute militaries, lawyers assert. In their opinion, Russian investigators, unlike the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), fail to take into account testimonies of victims from among civilians.

September 22, 2018 09:11

• Authorities of Volgograd Region promise to help relatives of the pilot who perished in Syria

  The farewell ceremony to Konstantin Nazarov, a native of the Volgograd Region, who perished in Syria on September 17, will take place at the school where he studied.