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September 19, 2018 01:24

• Azerbaijani oppositionist Orkhan Bakhyshly sentenced to 6 years of imprisonment

  Orkhan Bakhyshly, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has associated his persecution with political nature.

September 18, 2018 23:23

• Vladimir Putin hands over oil company to Chechnya at request of Ramzan Kadyrov

  The Russian President has signed a decree to transfer shares of the "Chechenneftekhimprom" Company from the federal ownership to the authorities of Chechnya.

September 18, 2018 23:19

• Political analysts: large-scale military exercises in Southern Russia to demonstrate strength

  Exercises involving military units of the Southern Military District demonstrate the Russia's strength in the region, including to the authorities of Georgia, where the NATO exercises had been held earlier. That opinion was voiced by political analysts and journalists.

September 18, 2018 18:59

• Azerbaijani SC upholds verdict to journalist Afghan Mukhtarly

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan has dismissed a cassation appeal filed by Afghan Mukhtarly, sentenced for six years of imprisonment. The journalist's defenders intend to apply to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

September 18, 2018 18:55

• Law enforcers look for accomplices of militants killed in Chechnya

  The militants, who were killed in a shootout with Chechen law enforcers, were plotting a terror act in Chechnya, the law enforcement bodies suggest. At the border between Chechnya and Ingushetia, fighters of the National Guard of Russia have started a special operation to search for accomplices of the killed militants.

September 18, 2018 18:53

• Two residents of Chechnya publicly apologize for mass fight at wedding party

  In Shali, a conflict between participants of a wedding party cortege provoked a mass fight. The men apologized on the air of the TV Channel. Some local residents found the practice of public apology in Chechnya inadmissible.

September 18, 2018 13:39

• Volgograd: workers of "Krasny Oktiabr" Factory complain about salary delays

  Workers of the Volgograd "Krasny Oktiabr" (Red October) Factory are afraid of losing their jobs due to the bankruptcy of the enterprise. They face salary delays.

September 18, 2018 13:37

• Russian gunners hold exercises in Armenia

  Servicemen of artillery units of the Russian military base in Armenia are mastering their skills of mortar shooting in mountainous terrain.

September 18, 2018 10:17

• Law enforcers report killing three militants in Chechnya

  On September 16, servicemen of the "Rosgvardia" (Russian National Guard) shot dead three militants on the Chechen-Ingush border, law enforcement sources have stated.

September 18, 2018 10:16

• Law enforcers search "Yerevan.today" editorial office

  A search of the editorial office of the website "Yerevan.today" was conducted as part of the wiretapping case of Arthur Vanetsyan, Director of the National Security Service (NSS) of Armenia, and Sasun Khachatryan, the head of the Special Investigating Service (SIS). The work of the website is paralyzed, Sevak Akopyan, the editor, has stated.

September 18, 2018 08:46

• Law enforcers tell about inquiry into attempt on Imam Khamzat Chumakov in Ingushetia

  Investigators have found proofs of involvement of three residents of Ingushetia in preparing an assassination attempt on Imam Khamzat Chumakov in 2017. The alleged leader of the attackers is trying to evade responsibility, law enforcers have stated.

September 18, 2018 08:44

• Residents of Ingushetia and Chechnya tell about situation on the border

  The Ingush authorities had long ignored the infrastructure problems of the mountainous Sunzha District; therefore, the initiative of their Chechen counterparts, who began building a road, caused no opposition among residents of the nearest Ingush villages. This was reported by residents of border areas of the two republics.

September 17, 2018 21:55

• Coordinator of Navalny's Krasnodar office detained immediately after release

  Razmik Simonyan was detained again right after the end of his arrest, Alexander Saveliev, an activist, has stated.

September 17, 2018 21:53

• Court sentences Victoria Budaikhanova, native of Dagestan, to five years of conditional imprisonment

  The Moscow District Military Court has announced the verdict to Victoria Budaikhanova, a native of Dagestan, accused, after her return from Syria, of links with militants of the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court.

September 17, 2018 18:28

• Opponent of peaceful negotiations on Nagorno-Karabakh arrested in Azerbaijan

  Aziz Gakhramanov, a member of the "Musavat" Party, was arrested for 10 days after picketing against the ineffective conclusive negotiations on Nagorno-Karabakh which lasted 25 years. Members of the "Musavat" Party believe the persecution of Aziz Gakhramanov is of political nature.

September 17, 2018 18:27

• Armenia and Azerbaijan argue about losses in conflict zone

  The Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan has rejected the information about three killed Azerbaijani soldiers voiced by Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of Armenia.

September 17, 2018 18:26

• Karabakh war veterans support CSTO Secretary General Yuri Khachaturov

  Veterans of the Karabakh war demanded from Sasun Khachatryan, the chief of the Special Investigating Service of Armenia, to apologize to CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organization) Secretary General Yuri Khachaturov in connection with insulting statements addressed to him.

September 17, 2018 18:23

• Grozny residents describe situation in city on day of failed rally

  On September 16, a rally against the verdict to residents of the Kurchaloi District, to which social network users called, did not take place, the authorities confirm. Security measures were enhanced in the places where rallies could be held, local residents reported.

September 17, 2018 15:37

• Armenian citizen injured in shelling from Azerbaijani side

  The Azerbaijani armed forces shelled a border village in the Tavush District of Armenia. A local resident is wounded.

September 17, 2018 15:30

• Public employees and students report being forced to take part in cleaning Grozny streets

  On September 15, residents of Grozny took part in the All-Russian action "General cleaning of the country". Employees of public institutions, state-financed organizations and students reported that they came to clean the city at the request of their chiefs.