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August 04, 2018 08:34

• Azerbaijani news agency stops work after apology to Ilham Aliev

  The presidential administration of Azerbaijan has stated that the agency attributed to Ilham Aliev an aggressive phrase directed towards Armenia. Media experts have linked the termination of the work of Internet resources of the APA holding with authorities' fears to disrupt negotiations on the Karabakh conflict.

August 04, 2018 08:24

• Experts criticize Russian MFA's version of Djemal's murder

  Employees of private and public organizations specializing in making inquiries have pointed to discrepancies of the data released by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) about traces of torture on journalists' bodies, and about the security of the area where Orkhan Djemal and his colleagues were killed.

August 03, 2018 22:06

• In Azerbaijan, list of political prisoners reduced by ten persons

  The Azerbaijani Centre for the Protection of Political Prisoners (CPPP) has updated the list of political prisoners and reduced it to 151 people. The names of nine new arrested people were added and other 19, released in the past six months, were excluded from the list.

August 03, 2018 21:55

• Two "Sasna Tsrer" members released from custody

  The court released on bail Sergey Kyuregyan and Tigran Manukyan after MPs had vouched for them.

August 03, 2018 19:36

• Rights defenders concerned over complaint about torture of a Chechen resident

  Bekkhan Zubairaev, who was deported from Austria to Russia and accused in homeland of organizing a terror act, was tortured in Grozny, his sister claims. The Committee against Torture decided to provide an advocate for Bekkhan Zubairaev.

August 03, 2018 19:25

• Rostov journalist killed in Africa becomes winner of "Laurel Branch" posthumously

  The jury of the "Laurel branch" awarded the prize to Rostov resident Alexander Rastorguev, who was killed in the Central African Republic (CAR) together with his colleagues while they were working on a documentary film.

August 03, 2018 19:15

• In Sochi, death toll of fire reaches ten people

  In Sochi, two more bodies were found at the place of the burned building which was constructed without any permit from the authorities. Ten people are reported to be dead. Relatives of four out of the victims, citizens of Armenia, have identified their family members.

August 03, 2018 12:58

• Underground shop for making explosives found in Krasnodar Territory

  In the homemade laboratory, law enforcers found six kilograms of TNT (trotyl) and ready-to-use striking elements, the local department of the FSB has reported.

August 03, 2018 12:47

• Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of machine-gun attacks

  During the last 24 hours, the Armenian Armed Forces violated the ceasefire regime for 81 times by using large-calibre machine guns, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

August 03, 2018 10:48

• 83 prisoners pardoned in Georgia

  On August 2, Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili signed a decree on pardon, according to which 40 people would leave prisons, and for other 43 prisoners, their sentences would be shortened.

August 03, 2018 10:32

• In Cherkessk, policeman suspected of beating a detainee

  A district police inspector of the Department for Cherkessk of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) is suspected of beating a detainee to obtain a confession and planting a material evidence on him, investigators reported.

August 03, 2018 10:23

• Penitentiary Service refuses Mekhman Guseinov of visiting his sick mother

  The Penitentiary Service has dismissed a request of blogger Mekhman Guseinov's to provide a meeting with his seriously ill mother. Officials motivated their refusal by the fact that the sentenced blogger did not participate in "correctional activities" in the penal colony. Activists consider the decision of the Penitentiary Service to be illegal and inhumane.

August 03, 2018 08:33

• CAR authorities tell about resistance rendered by Djemal and his colleagues to killers

  Orkhan Djemal and his colleagues failed to observe security requirements by leaving at night for the area controlled by rebels; and they resisted the attackers, said the Media Minister of the Central African Republic (CAR). There are no signs of torture on journalists' bodies, said the spokesperson of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).

August 03, 2018 08:23

• Cooperation with Russia is treated as main mission by new Abkhazian General Staff Commander

  On August 2, the Defence Minister of Abkhazia presented Major-General Vasily Lunyov as a candidate for the post of the Commander of the General Staff to Raul Khajimba, the President of Abkhazia, who expressed hope that the General would quickly join the staff of the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD).

August 02, 2018 23:10

• "Anji" fans ask Vladimir Vasiliev and Suleiman Kerimov to help their favourite FC

  About 1500 people signed an appeal to Senator Suleiman Kerimov and businessman Alisher Usmanov with a request to sponsor the Makhachkala "Anji" FC, which found itself in a difficult situation because of its large debts. The football fans wrote a separate open letter addressed to Vladimir Vasiliev, the acting leader of Dagestan.

August 02, 2018 22:52

• Chair of Georgian SC resigns

  Nino Gvenetadze has resigned because of her health problems, the press service for the Supreme Court (SC) of Georgia reports today.

August 02, 2018 19:13

• After Moscow's harsh declarations, CSTO Secretary General permitted to leave Armenia

  CSTO Secretary General Yuri Khachaturov, charged in the case on the dispersal of protests in Yerevan, may leave Armenia, the spokesperson for the investigating authorities has reported today. The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) reproached the Armenian authorities for persecuting political opponents.

August 02, 2018 19:03

• In Nalchik, activists arrange fundraising to help repatriates

  On August 1, on the Repatriate's Day, a charity event was organized in Nalchik. The raised funds will be used to support families of needy repatriates.

August 02, 2018 14:59

• Court leaves Magomedov brothers and their assets under arrest

  On August 1, the Tver Court of Moscow extended the arrests of Dagestani entrepreneurs Ziyavudin and Magomed Magomedov. On the same day, the Moscow City Court found lawful the arrests of all assets in the Magomedov brothers' case.

August 02, 2018 14:54

• Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of 73 shelling episodes

  On August 1-2, the Armenian armed forces 73 times violated the ceasefire regime in the border areas and in the Karabakh conflict zone, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) reports today.