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August 18, 2018 11:13

• Nurmagomedov vs. McGregor fight causes fans' agio

  The tickets to the fights of Khabib Nurmagomedov from Dagestan and Conor McGregor, an Irishman, at the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in the USA were sold out in three minutes.

August 18, 2018 11:03

• Convict for attack on Nalchik is on ninth day of hunger strike in colony

  On August 9, Azamat Akhkubekov, a native of Kabardino-Balkaria, convicted for taking part in militants' attack on Nalchik in 2005, went on a hunger strike in protest against placing him in a punishment cell with a ban on prayers, his wife has informed today.

August 18, 2018 08:23

• Former head of Dagestani Diaspora in Minvody detained

  Magomed Rashidov, a former head of the regional ethnic and cultural autonomy of Dagestani nations in the city of Mineralnye Vody (Minvody), was detained in Moscow on suspicion of involvement in organized crime and links with Sagid Murtazaliev.

August 18, 2018 08:17

• Kadyrov pays 100,000 roubles to his son's opponent who lost the fight

  The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, organized another children's fight in Grozny, having paid 100,000 roubles to an 11-year-old kickboxer from Kabardino-Balkaria for a loss in a fight with his son. Users of social networks indicated the difference in opponents' weight categories, which was in favour of Kadyrov's son.

August 17, 2018 21:08

• Thousands come to support Pashinyan in Yerevan

  Supporters of Nikol Pashinyan from different regions of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh gathered for a many-thousand-strong rally in Yerevan to sum up the outcomes of the first hundred days of the new power. The action began under enhanced security measures.

August 17, 2018 20:55

• Putin nominates candidates for heads of Dagestan and Ingushetia

  The Russian President has forwarded to the parliaments of Dagestan and Ingushetia lists of candidates for the posts of the leaders of these regions, including Vladimir Vasiliev, the acting head of Dagestan, and Yunus-Bek Evkurov, the current head of Ingushetia.

August 17, 2018 20:47

• Chechen authorities tell about awarding 10,000 schoolchildren the title "Kadyrov Youngster"

  The ceremony of dedicating 520 children to "Kadyrov Youngsters", held on August 16, continued the trend of a rapid growth of the children's and youth organization, in which now every fourth Chechen pupil is a member, the republic's Ministry of Education has reported. The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, who spoke at the solemn ceremony, called the members of the organization to be the cadre reserve of the local power.

August 17, 2018 18:20

• Nagorno-Karabakh MoD claims attack of Azerbaijani troops

  15 Azerbaijani soldiers tried to attack the positions of the Nagorno-Karabakh army, stated the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh. The Azerbaijani armed forces deny the information.

August 17, 2018 18:01

• Court leaves Manvel Grigoryan under arrest

  Today, Manvel Grigoryan, a former member of the National Assembly of Armenia and the head of the "Yerkrapah Volunteer Union", has been left under arrest for other two months, his advocate reports.

August 17, 2018 13:59

• Islam Gugov's father complains to court about blackmail from law enforcers

  At trial, a father of Islam Gugov said that law enforcers threatened a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, accused of connections with Syrian militants, with new criminal proceedings against him and demanded from him to testify against Alim Sultanov.

August 17, 2018 13:51

• In Stepanakert, prosecutors close case on a fight involving law enforcers

  The Prosecutor's Office has closed the investigation into a criminal case on a fight, which triggered a mass protest in Stepanakert. The case was closed in connection with the reconciliation of the parties.

August 17, 2018 11:36

• Azerbaijan announces shelling of four villages in conflict zone

  The Armenian armed forces 92 times violated the ceasefire using large-calibre machine guns, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) reports.

August 17, 2018 11:25

• In Yerevan, Armenian government dissolves Council of Elders

  The decision to terminate the term of office for the Council of Elders of Yerevan was made after it had failed to elect a new mayor of the Armenian capital.

August 17, 2018 11:15

• Tourists deny customs officials' statement about reduction of queues at Verkhny Lars

  On August 16, the average waiting time at the border between Russia and Georgia reduced down to 2-3 hours, the Federal Customs Service of Russia reported. According to tourists, they actually spent in queues about seven hours.

August 17, 2018 09:59

• Kadyrov instructs Ministry to find the girl who disappeared in Dagestan

  The head of Chechnya has ordered to look for the eight-year-old girl, who went missing in Dagestan in late July, by involving the Chechnya's representative offices and communities in Russian regions, Zhambulat Umarov, the Minister for National Policy of Chechnya, has stated today.

August 17, 2018 09:44

• Investigators and defence argue about reputation of the judge who released Kocharyan

  The judge, who has released Robert Kocharyan, a former president of Armenia from arrest, had to take self-disqualification, as he had worked in Kocharyan's administration and passed sentences "on the March 1 case," the head of the Special Investigating Service (SIS) of Armenia has stated today. The Kocharyan's defence treats it as pressure on the court.

August 16, 2018 21:52

• Six workers fell victim to mine explosion in Rostov Region

  Five people were injured and one perished in an explosion in the "Obukhovskaya" Mine in the town of Zverevo, Rostov Region, the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) has reported.

August 16, 2018 21:42

• Journalists beaten up in Ingushetia question investigation prospects

  The duration of the inquiry into the attack on journalists and rights defenders in Ingushetia on the border with Chechnya has been extended and by October 25 will make 30 months, Yegor Skovoroda has informed. Investigators fail to take any real action to capture the criminals, the suffered journalists say.

August 16, 2018 21:26

• Appeals on behalf of Bakaev and IS* continue trend of information injections

  A video appeal of the Chechen singer Zelimkhan Bakaev and a video clip on behalf of the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization banned in Russia by the court, are intended to mislead the society, the rights defenders Tatiana Lokshina and Svetlana Gannushkina are convinced a year after the singer's disappearance.

August 16, 2018 18:12

• Rights defenders point to inefficiency of inquiry into torture of Anapa residents

  Investigators have conducted an inadequate check of the statements of three residents of the city of Anapa about torture, and again refused to initiate criminal cases, the Committee Against Torture (CAT) has stated today. Rights defenders demand a deeper investigation.