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August 31, 2018 08:39

• Maria Lasitskene wins Diamond League final in Zurich

  Maria Lasitskene (Kuchina), a track and field athlete from Kabardino-Balkaria, has won the high jump competition at the final stage of the Diamond League, which was held in Zurich.

August 31, 2018 08:33

• South Ossetia hands five detainees over to Georgia

  The citizens of Georgia detained for violating the border were released after paying a fine, the South-Ossetia State Security Committee (KGB) has announced.

August 31, 2018 08:26

• Investigators suspect Ovik Abramyan and his brother of fraud

  Ovik Abramyan, a Former Prime Minister of Armenia, his brother Genrikh Abramyan and Alik Sargsyan, a former head of the Armenian Police, are suspected of abuse of powers and committing a fraud; a criminal case has been opened, the Armenian Investigating Committee has stated.

August 31, 2018 08:22

• Thirteen political forces claim seats in Yerevan Council of Elders

  The Central Election Commission (CEC) of Armenia has completed the acceptance of documents for participation in the early elections to the Council of Elders of Yerevan. Candidates of 4 blocks and 9 parties have applied for council seats.

August 30, 2018 21:34

• Kadyrov's instruction to control pupils worries residents of Chechnya

  After a series of teenagers' attacks on law enforcers, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, instructed officials to collect information about viewpoints of schoolchildren and students. Residents of the republic treat it as an attempt to establish total control over children and youth.

August 30, 2018 21:27

• Resident of Stavropol Territory convicted for attempt to join Syrian militants

  A court in the Stavropol Territory has sentenced a local resident, detained at Nalchik Airport while trying to go to Syria, to five years in prison.

August 30, 2018 18:00

• Georgian footballer persecuted for his action in defence of LGBT

  Announcements of nationalists' protest actions, flash mobs in social networks and an UEFA award followed the entrance to the football pitch with a rainbow bandage of Guram Kashiya, a football player of the Georgian national team.

August 30, 2018 17:54

• Magomed Suleimanov dismissed as head of Dagestani Medical Insurance Fund

  Investigators have reported today that the case of multi-million fraud at the Medical Compulsory Insurance Fund (MCHIF) was combined with the case of abuse of powers by Magomed Suleimanov in the post of acting Mayor of Makhachkala.

August 30, 2018 17:47

• FSIN asserts that Imam Velitov's condition is stable

  The state of health of Makhmud Velitov, an Imam of the Moscow "Yardyam" Mosque, who has been hospitalized in a hospital of a correctional colony in Astrakhan, caused no doctors' fears, the local department of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) has reported.

August 30, 2018 14:28

• Residents of Chechnya: authorities inflate budget to celebrate 200th anniversary of Grozny

  The authorities of Chechnya have reported an extensive programme to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Grozny. The city expects the arrival of political and public figures from different countries of the world, pop stars, and well-known athletes, an official of the Mayoralty reported.

August 30, 2018 14:17

• Azerbaijan reports shelling of its positions in two villages

  During the past day, the ceasefire regime in the conflict zone was violated 90 times, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reported.

August 30, 2018 12:14

• Attack on law enforcers in Dagestan becomes sixth incident since early 2018

  An attack which took place in the Khasavyurt District on August 29 and as a result of which policemen were wounded became the sixth attack on law enforcers in Dagestan since early 2018 and the first incident in the region.

August 30, 2018 12:04

• Georgia announces release of tourists detained in South Ossetia

  The tourists detained for violating the border are to be transferred to the Georgian side on August 30, the Georgian law enforcement bodies reported. According to their information, the detained resident of the Chvrinisi village had already been released. The tourists were detained because of the Russian border guards who moved the line of demarcation, the Georgian authorities believe.

August 30, 2018 11:57

• Residents of Shali learn about plans to expel families of militants

  The authorities of Chechnya prepare a gathering in Shali to arrange public condemnation and expel from the republic family members of the teenagers who attacked law enforcers, local residents reported. According to them, the detained relatives of the killed teenagers have not yet been released.

August 30, 2018 11:45

• Two policemen wounded in attack in Dagestan

  In the Khasavyurt District, an unidentified person wounded policemen after their request to produce his ID, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Dagestan reported.

August 30, 2018 08:33

• Imam Velitov hospitalized in Astrakhan colony

  Makhmud Velitov, an Imam of the Moscow "Yardyam" Mosque, convicted in the case of justifying terrorism, was sent to the hospital at the correctional colony in Astrakhan, said his advocate.

August 30, 2018 08:24

• Azerbaijani rights defenders are concerned about the killing of suspected extremists

  A suspect of preparing a terror act in Northern Azerbaijan was liquidated by law enforcers when rendering armed resistance, the State Security Service (SSS) has reported. Human rights defenders are worried about the increasing number of suspects' deaths without conducting an investigation.

August 30, 2018 08:18

• South-Ossetian KGB reports detained tourists from Georgia

  Five tourists were detained during their trip near the delimitation line with South Ossetia, the State Security Service (SSS) of Georgia stated on August 29. In its turn the State Security Committee (know as the KGB) of South Ossetia has stated that these detainees and one more detained person are suspected of violating the border.

August 29, 2018 21:44

• Rights defenders associate radicalization of Chechen youth with law enforcers' pressure

  Law enforcers' pressure on teenagers in Chechnya causes discontent among local residents and creates conditions for a new wave of armed underground, human rights defenders Ekaterina Sokiryanskaya and Valery Borschov have stated.

August 29, 2018 21:28

• Seda Dudurkaeva put on international wanted list

  Seda Dudurkaeva, a daughter of the former head of the Department for Chechnya of the Federal Migration Service (FMS), arrested in Turkey, is suspected of links with militants; she was put on the international wanted list through the Interpol channels, the spokesman of the Russian General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has announced today.