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March 18, 2018 16:41

• Observers threatened and abused by sporty men at elections in Dagestan

  Observers complained of a ban on walking around the site. They told that the representatives of the electoral committee and two young men in sports suits demanded them to "sit still" in their places.

March 18, 2018 16:27

• Amazingly high voter turnout reported at presidential election in Chechnya

  In the election of deputies of the State Duma of Russia in 2016 in Chechnya, the highest voter turnout in Russia was 94.92%.

March 18, 2018 14:16

• Dead people "vote" at presidential election in Southern Russia

  Some voters admitted that they were not familiar with the candidates' programs and made the choice intuitively, judging by the candidates' appearance.

March 17, 2018 23:49

• Avetis Avetisyan, participant of "Million Mask March", released before term

  The Kotaik Regional Court of Armenia has released Avetis Avetisyan, a participant of the "Million Mask March", convicted to five years in prison, from the courtroom, having satisfied the application for the conditional early relief (CER).

March 17, 2018 22:43

• Head of "Yabloko" office in Ingushetia reports visit of CCE agents

  Ruslan Mutsolgov, the head of the election office of the "Yabloko" Party, said that his home was visited by employees of the Centre for Combating Extremism (CCE) and invited his brother, Magomed Mutsolgov, to a "prophylactic conversation".

March 17, 2018 20:41

• Meat sellers complain about mass checks after Kadyrov's statement

  Large-scale quality checks of beef, mutton and chicken meat sold in Chechen marketplaces were launched after the statement of the head of the republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, about the need to combat genetically modified (GM) foodstuffs. The inspectors' actions caused sellers' discontent.

March 17, 2018 17:19

• Muslim activist detained in Stavropol Territory

  In the Stavropol Territory, law enforcers detained Minatulla Omarov who participated in protests against the ban on wearing hijabs by schoolgirls.

March 17, 2018 14:02

• Six Azerbaijani oppositionists left under arrest

  The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) has upheld the decision to arrest six activists of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) detained before a rally held on March 10 against the early presidential election.

March 17, 2018 10:10

• In Ingushetia, IDPs demand to return their right to housing

  On March 15, about 200 internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Chechnya gathered in a private house in Nazran. They reported to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent their problems with the extension of refugee status. The IDPs also recorded a video message to the authorities of the country.

March 17, 2018 06:52

• Navalny's office announces sending 53 observers to election in Chechnya

  An office of oppositionist Alexei Navalny has submitted to the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Russia a list of 53 people to be sent to Chechnya as observers at the presidential election. Ella Pamfilova, the chair of the CEC, has stated that she takes "additional responsibility" for those who go to the republic to observe the voting process.

March 17, 2018 04:44

• In Yerevan, more than 100 people come to action in memory of Arthur Sargsyan

  Members of the front "For the sake of the Armenian state" held a rally and a march in memory of Arthur Sargsyan, who died a year ago after a hunger strike at SIZO. Participants of the action handed out pieces of bread to residents of Yerevan to remind them of the deed of Arthur Sargsyan, who in 2016 delivered food to members of the "Sasna Tsrer" unit to the police building they had seized.

March 17, 2018 03:02

• US Mission to OSCE calls for release of Oyub Titiev

  The US mission to the OSCE has called for the release of rights defender Oyub Titiev and expressed its concern over his continued persecution, the Voice of America Russian Service reports.

March 17, 2018 00:05

• Gasanguseinovs' defence states falsifications in case of killed shepherds

  The case of the murder of brothers-shepherds Nabi and Gasangusein Gasanguseinov is being falsified, so that those guilty could escape punishment, the casualties' relatives and their advocates have stated at today's press conference in Makhachkala.

March 16, 2018 23:05

• Defence of Gasanguseinov family claims falsification in killed shepherds' case

  Results of the forensic examination, which showed the presence of genetic traces of shepherd brothers killed in the Dagestani village of Goor-Khindakh on submachine guns, were formulated with gross procedural violations and were kept in secret from defence for a long time, reported advocates of the Gasanguseinov family. 

March 16, 2018 20:36

• Opposition to send observers to all Sochi polling stations

  About 500 observers from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), the "Yabloko" Party, the "Civil Initiative" and Alexei Navalny's office will come to Sochi polling stations to monitor the voting at the Russian presidential election, sources from the opposition have stated today.

March 16, 2018 18:40

• Eleven tourists injured in cableway accident in Georgia

  As a result thereof, 11 tourists from Russia, Ukraine and Sweden were injured in the Gudauri Ski Resort; seven of them were delivered to Tbilisi by helicopter and reanimobiles, Avtandil Talakvadze, Director of the Centre for Emergencies Coordination and Emergency Care of the Georgia's Ministry of Public Health, has reported.

March 16, 2018 17:31

• In Chechnya, public employees report crowd organization at polling stations

  In Grozny, school employees are instructed to stay at polling stations on March 18 until the completion of the voting, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told by Petimat, a teacher of the school in Grozny.

March 16, 2018 17:15

• In Astrakhan, two activists detained for distributing leaflets

  Today, in Astrakhan, the police have detained two activists who were distributing leaflets with an appeal to participate in the action "Voters' Strike".

March 16, 2018 14:42

• Two residents of Volgograd Region sentenced for financing terrorism

  Today, Kazbek Bachaev and Ruslan Taimyskhanov have been found guilty of sending money to the militants of the "Islamic State" (IS) and the "Imarat Kavkaz", both recognized as terrorist organizations and banned in Russia by the court, at war in Syria and sentenced to nine and eight years of imprisonment, the Court reports.

March 16, 2018 12:15

• New acting Dagestani head undertakes to restore Izberbash Radio Plant

  The debt of the Izberbash Radio Plant named after Pleshakov amounts to about 60 million roubles, and wage arrears comprised the greatest part of the debt, announced Vladimir Vasiliev, the acting leader of Dagestan.