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September 20, 2018 14:45

• Media: dozens of people detained after clashes near Kendelen in Kabardino-Balkaria

  Clashes occurred on the motorway "Kavkaz" after law enforcers stopped at a checkpoint of the road-and-patrol service (known as DPS) in Baksan a group of people who were going to support one of the parties to the conflict in the Kendelen village. At least 30 people were detained, the media report.

September 20, 2018 14:42

• IL-20 shot down in Syria had natives of Southern Russia on board

  Sergey Gavryutin, a resident of Kuban, was the commander of the aircraft Il-20 shot down in Syria, and his assistant was Konstantin Nazarov, a native of the Volgograd Region. The dead list also includes Alexei Sedunov, a military man from the Astrakhan Region.

September 20, 2018 10:59

• In Armenia, a soldier killed in shelling from Azerbaijani side

  A soldier of the armed forces of Armenia died on the way to hospital from the wound he got in shelling in the conflict zone, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Armenia reported.

September 20, 2018 10:53

• Azerbaijani activist detained in Tbilisi

  Azerbaijani activist and blogger Azer Kazymzade, who criticized the Azerbaijani authorities, was detained in Tbilisi. Azer Kazymzade can repeat the fate of journalist Afghan Mukhtarly, who was forcibly brought from Tbilisi to Baku. This opinion was voiced by Azerbaijani political migrants.

September 20, 2018 08:45

• ECtHR asks Russian authorities questions about bombing of Chechen village

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) will consider the fourth complaint related to the bombing of the Chechen village of Katyr-Yurt in 2000. Until January 18, 2019, the Russian government should answer questions about the inquiry into events in Katyr-Yurt, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has stated.

September 20, 2018 08:43

• Historians explain ethnic conflict around Kanjali Battle in KBR

  The scale and significance of the Kanjali Battle can be a subject of discussion, but the ethnic conflict in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic has arisen on this ground because of harsh political restrictions, historians believe.

September 19, 2018 21:59

• Suspects of kidnapping singer Avraam Russo detained

  Vladimir Gusakov, detained on suspicion of kidnapping the singer Avraam Russo, had worked as a driver for another suspect, Telman Ismailov, a former owner of the Cherkizovo marketplace in Moscow, a source said.

September 19, 2018 21:56

• Writer Akram Ailisli complains about ban on leaving Azerbaijan

  The ban on travelling abroad prevents from receiving the necessary medical treatment, Akram Ailisli, an Azerbaijani writer, has stated in his letter to the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO). He asked to stop the criminal case against him.

September 19, 2018 21:56

• Clashes of activists and law enforcers occur near the KBR's village of Kendelen

  Participants of the march in honour of the 310th anniversary of the Kanjali Battle and their supporters tried to break through the barriers; policemen used tear gas.

September 19, 2018 19:06

• Sentenced Imam Makhmud Velitov feels better

  Makhmud Velitov, Imam of the Moscow "Yardyam" mosque, sentenced in the case on the justification of terrorism, is discharged from the hospital and transferred to a penal colony with conditions for inmates with low mobility. This has been reported by the Department for the Astrakhan Region of the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN).

September 19, 2018 19:05

• Equestrian procession route changed after conflict in Kendelen in Kabardino-Balkaria

  In Kabardino-Balkaria, activists who climbed Mount Kanzhal in honour of the 310th anniversary of the battle in those places decided to change their route to avoid new clashes with villagers. The village of Kendelen remains blocked by law enforcers.

September 19, 2018 14:53

• Court: Pyatigorsk Mayoralty to reconsider application for LGBT action in defence of gays in Chechnya

  The Pyatigorsk City Court has obliged the Mayoralty to review the application for a rally with a demand to investigate reports of mass persecution of gays in Chechnya.

September 19, 2018 14:47

• Azerbaijan claims shelling of its two villages

  Over the past day, the ceasefire regime in the Karabakh conflict zone was violated 87 times, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) reported.

September 19, 2018 14:43

• Law enforcers stop searching for militants on border between Chechnya and Ingushetia

  In the forest on the border between Chechnya and Ingushetia, fighters of the National Guard of Russia found no accomplices of three suspects who were killed in a shootout with Chechen law enforcers. Residents of Chechnya questioned the official version about the shootout.

September 19, 2018 11:46

• Three PFPA activists left under arrest until December

  In Baku, the court has extended the detention in custody for Babek Gasanov, Agil Magerramov, and Ruslan Nasirli, activists of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA). The defence intends to challenge the court's decision.

September 19, 2018 11:40

• Zaza Saralidze, a father of a schoolboy killed in Georgia, stops his hunger strike

  On September 18, after a meeting with Ilia II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Zaza Saralidze, an initiator of the action "Do not kill", decided to stop the hunger strike.

September 19, 2018 09:03

• Woman-witness confirms statement of "Caucasian Knot" correspondent about the attack at rally

  Bariyat Idrisova, a journalist, told the court about provocations during the oppositional rally in Makhachkala and the conflict of defendant Kasumov with the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

September 19, 2018 09:00

• Ukraine states detention of Russian from Kadyrov retinue

  The foreigner, detained in Kiev on suspicion of drug storage, has to do with the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, the Security Service of Ukraine (known as the SBU) has stated.

September 19, 2018 08:59

• Two men turned to doctors after clashes in Ingush village of Kendelen

  Two villagers of Kendelen needed doctors' help after the skirmishes with the participants of the march in honour of the 310th anniversary of the Kanjali battle who broke into the village, Tamara Gerieva, an activist, has reported.

September 19, 2018 08:58

• CTO in Dagestani Talgi passes unnoticed by villagers

  Residents of the village of Talgi, where three alleged militants were killed, did not hear the shooting and did not notice the limitations imposed by the counter-terrorist operation (CTO) regime. It is not possible to verify the information of law enforcers about the involvement of the casualties in the armed underground, journalists have stated.