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September 01, 2018 16:20

• Nagorno-Karabakh accuses Azerbaijan of 150 shelling episodes within the week

  During the week from August 26 to September 1, Azerbaijani militaries made more than 2000 shots at positions of the Defence Army, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh has stated.

September 01, 2018 16:17

• Residents of Chechnya associate change of Qadi in Shali with attacks on law enforcers

  A new Islamic judge (Qadi) has been appointed in the Shali District of Chechnya; the teens who committed a series of attacks on policemen are natives of this district. Local residents believe that this appointment is associated with the tightening of authorities' control over the youth and preparation for the deportation of attackers' relatives from Chechnya.

September 01, 2018 16:10

• Azerbaijan counts 95 shelling episodes from Armenia

  Within the last 24 hours, Armenia's servicemen violated the ceasefire regime for 96 times, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

September 01, 2018 16:06

• Giorgi Margvelashvili refuses to run for Georgia's presidency

  The President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili has stated that he has no intention to participate in the upcoming presidential election. After this statement was made, the opposition criticized the President, while members of the ruling party said that Margvelashvili had no chance to win.

September 01, 2018 15:56

• Employee of Sochi airport dies when evacuating passengers

  The cause of the death of the employee who has died today while evacuating passengers from a burning aircraft was previously identified as a heart attack, the representative of the Sochi Airport has stated.

September 01, 2018 10:47

• Australian painters present their works for exposition in NKR

  The exposition in the city of Shushi, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the first Armenian Republic, the 2800th anniversary of Yerevan and the proclamation day of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), presents more than 60 works of the 20 painters from Australia, who have Armenian origin.

September 01, 2018 10:36

• 18 passengers suffer at emergency landing in Sochi

  Tonight, a Boeing-738 caught fire when landing at Sochi Airport, six out of eighteen victims were hospitalized.

September 01, 2018 10:27

• Talish villagers tell why they cannot return home

  The announced by the Karabakh authorities return of Talish villagers, evacuated during the 2016 April war, by September 1, is postponed, since the restoration of their houses destroyed by bombardments has not been completed yet.

September 01, 2018 08:25

• Activists in Yerevan hold action against LGBT propaganda

  Today, in front of the German Embassy in Yerevan, a group of activists held an action against LGBT propaganda and for the preservation of the traditional family. Activists called not to condemn residents of the Armenian village for their clash with LGBT activist until the end of the investigation.

September 01, 2018 08:18

• Volgograd activists demand to release Navalny

  Today, six participants of the "Strategy-31" action held solo pickets demanding not to raise the retirement age, to dismiss the Mayor of Volgograd and to release the oppositional leader Alexei Navalny.

August 31, 2018 22:34

• North and South Ossetia split concerning mourning for victims of terrors act in Beslan

  The authorities of North Ossetia have ignored the request of residents to postpone the start of the academic year from September 1 to September 4 because of the Day of Sorrow for the victims of the terror act in Beslan. Meanwhile, South Ossetia, which is another state the de jure, will celebrate the Day of Knowledge on September 5.

August 31, 2018 22:26

• ECtHR's decision reminds of persecution of "Nurdjular"* supporters in Russia

  The verdict of the European Court of Human Rights (EctHR) provides grounds for reviewing sentences for supporters of the organization "Nurdjular" banned and recognized extremist in Russia, including in Northern Caucasus, believe theologians and lawyers.

August 31, 2018 18:38

• 15 OSCE countries demand from Russia to report human rights violations in Chechnya

  Russia is unwilling or unable to solve the problem of human rights violations in Chechnya, announced 15 member countries of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and demanded from the Russian authorities to report within ten days on the measures taken.

August 31, 2018 18:27

• In Zverevo, two miners killed in accidents during 13 days

  On August 30, there was a funeral of a miner, who died of injuries after the incident which occurred at the "Obukhovskaya" mine in the Rostov Region. He has become the second victim during 15 days.

August 31, 2018 18:17

• New appointment in National Guard of Russia reminds of shortage of personnel in Chechnya

  Ramzan Edilov, a fellow villager of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, has been appointed the head of the department for private security of the National Guard of Russia in Chechnya, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed by an official of the National Guard of Russia on August 30.

August 31, 2018 18:06

• Germany extradites a native of Kabardino-Balkaria suspected of terrorism

  A native of Kabardino-Balkaria is suspected of involvement in the Syrian conflict, the FSB reports today.

August 31, 2018 13:21

• Doctors tell about health condition of policemen wounded in Dagestan

  The policemen did not receive any wounds dangerous for life, the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported.

August 31, 2018 13:15

• Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of machine-gun attacks

  Within the last 24 hours, units of Armenian Armed Forces, by using heavy machine guns, violated the ceasefire for 86 times, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated today.

August 31, 2018 11:12

• Detention of street musicians in Yerevan caused their colleagues' protest

  In Yerevan, policemen detained two street musicians from Ukraine. The policemen's actions aroused indignation of detainees' colleagues, who staged a musical protest action. Lilit Makunts, the Minister of Culture of Armenia, has stated support of street musicians.

August 31, 2018 10:58

• Volgograd: at rally, Communists demand resignation of Russian government

  Participants in the rally of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) have criticized Putin's speech on the pension reform, calling it withholding of money from the population. Communists have called for the resignation of the government and holding an all-Russian referendum against the increase of the retirement age.