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July 13, 2018 08:13

• Holidaymakers in Stavropol Territory are calm about the resort fee

  The introduction of an additional fee for hotel guests in the Stavropol Territory did not affect the number of tourists, although not all of them knew about it. Local analysts had argued about whether the new fee would help in improving the infrastructure of the Caucasus Mineral Waters.

July 13, 2018 07:59

• South Ossetia: former Telecom Minister goes on hunger strike in SIZO

  On July 13, Georgy Kabisov, the former South-Ossetian Telecom Minister, announced an endless hunger strike, saying he is in custody on far-fetched charges, his wife has stated.

July 12, 2018 21:32

• Georgia delivers suspect of bank robbery over to Armenia

  The Georgian authorities have extradited Pyotr Tsygankov, a resident of Armenia, suspected of robbing a bank and a threat of explosion, to Armenia, the press service of the Armenian Police has stated.

July 12, 2018 21:32

• Five people suffer at helicopter emergency landing in Georgia

  Three pilots, a border guard and a policeman were injured in an emergency landing of a helicopter in the Kakheti region. The health condition of four victims is treated as stably grave; one person has undergone surgery.

July 12, 2018 18:58

• South Ossetia holds military exercises against NATO's call for withdrawal of Russian troops

  About 1000 soldiers and officers took part in exercises at a Russian military base in South Ossetia, reported the Ministry of Defence (MoD) after NATO had requested to withdraw the Russian troops from the above territory.

July 12, 2018 18:58

• Election of Yerevan Mayor scheduled for July 16

  Members of the "Elk" bloc proposed holding the early election of the Yerevan Mayor on August 8, but the Council of Elders supported the proposal of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) by a majority vote.

July 12, 2018 15:33

• One mountaineer killed by rock fall in Kabardino-Balkaria

  The body of the perished climber was delivered by helicopter to Nalchik and handed over to the investigators; the remaining two unharmed group members will descended on foot by themselves.

July 12, 2018 15:33

• Azerbaijan accused Armenia of machine-gun shelling

  Within the last 24 hours, Armenian militaries violated the ceasefire for 101 times, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.

July 12, 2018 12:37

• Residents of Dagestani village complain about mass prophylactic registering

  The believers of the village of Terechnoye, Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, were massively put on the so-called "prophylactic registry". For this purpose, law enforcers blocked parishioners in the mosque after Friday namaz (prayer), local residents have reported.

July 12, 2018 12:37

• Residents of Ingush village demand to restore road to North Ossetia (+video)

  Residents of the Ingush village of Dolakovo demand to liquidate the ditch dug in 1992 and restore the road that connects the border villages of Ingushetia with the federal highway. However, the head of the North-Ossetian village of Zilga and the deputy head of the Pravoberezhny District of North Ossetia insist on preserving the ditch.

July 12, 2018 08:16

• Suspect of killing policeman in Ganja detained

  The police have detained Farrukh Gasymov within the murder case of two policemen during the riots in the Azerbaijani city of Ganja.

July 12, 2018 08:16

• Serzh Sargsyan's nephew arrested

  The court in Yerevan has ruled to place Hayk Sargsyan, a nephew of Serzh Sargsyan, the third president of Armenia, on charges of an attempted murder.

July 12, 2018 08:16

• NATO calls on Russia to withdraw troops from Abkhazia and South Ossetia

  The leaders of 29 countries-members of the North-Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) have confirmed their support for the territorial integrity of Georgia. They called on Russia to withdraw troops from the territory of Abkhazia and South Ossetia and reject the earlier recognition of their sovereignty.

July 11, 2018 23:06

• Georgian citizen fined after detention at South-Ossetian border

  In South Ossetia, the court fined a woman from Rustavi for violating the border, and she was deported to Georgia.

July 11, 2018 22:58

• Riots in Azerbaijani Ganja: secular opposition replaced by religious radicals

  In the city of Ganja, one of the Shiite centres, social tension in the city resulted in the killing of policemen at a protest action. This is reported by experts. They have noted that in Azerbaijan, as a result of the authorities' actions against the secular opposition, religious radicals who raise social issues become more popular.

July 11, 2018 20:04

• Defenders report filing a complaint against Oyub Titiev's arrest to ECtHR

  Oyub Titiev, the head of the "Memorial" office in Grozny, has filed a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg against violation of his right to freedom and political motives for criminal prosecution. That is reported by his advocate.

July 11, 2018 20:00

• Relatives claim author of appeal to Ramzan Kadyrov suffers from mental deviations

  A resident of Chechnya, who addressed Ramzan Kadyrov in connection with the information about dangerous vegetables, grown by Chinese entrepreneurs in the republic, is registered at the psychiatrist's place. This was stated by relatives of the man on the air of the Chechen TV Channel. Messages about poor-quality vegetables were also disseminated by other WhatsApp users.

July 11, 2018 19:56

• Georgian resident arrested in US family murder case

  Malkhaz Kobauri, suspected of involvement in the murder of spouses and their child in the mountains of Georgia, has claimed that the people were killed by two people unknown to him.

July 11, 2018 14:13

• Schoolboy driving a car shot down a two-year-old child in Chechnya

  A two-year-old child died after getting under the car, driven by 12-year-old schoolboy.

July 11, 2018 14:11

• Suspects of killing Azerbaijani law enforcers named

  Rashad Beyukkishiev and Farrukh Gasymov have been put on the wanted list under the case of killing two policemen during the riots in the city of Ganja.