Nagorno-Karabakh after the truce: A two-year war

July 17, 2019 23:23

• Lawyers accuse authorities of pressure on judge in Robert Kocharyan's case

  Investigators searched the office of Judge David Grigoryan, who ruled the decision to release from custody Robert Kocharyan, the second president of Armenia. Defence of Robert Kocharyan and independent lawyers believe that David Grigoryan and the judicial system as a whole are under pressure.

July 17, 2019 17:53

• Head of Armenian village reports about shelling attacks on houses and fields

  Last night, the Azerbaijani armed forces have shelled an Armenian village, and bullets hit roofs of houses, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia reports. According to the head of the rural community, starting from July 11, the Azerbaijani armed forces are shelling the sown fields for a fire to break out there.

July 17, 2019 17:36

• Another law enforcer detained in case on dispersal of protesters in Tbilisi

  On July 16, the General Prosecutor's Office of Georgia reported about the detention of another employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) in the case on abuse of power during the dispersal of the protest action in front of the parliament building in Tbilisi.

July 17, 2019 14:06

• Authors of report on federalism point to problems in relations between Moscow and Caucasus regions

  The Russian authorities had a chance to build relations with the regions on the principle of "strong centre means strong regions"; however, the opportunity was missed, claimed the report presented at the International "Memorial". According to authors of the report, the federal relations in Russia have degraded.

July 17, 2019 13:55

• Chechen authorities see "domestic nature" in conflict over pastures on border with Dagestan

  A conflict over pastures on the border between Dagestan and Chechnya is not related to the definition of borders between the republics, but it was of "domestic nature", the administration of the Vedeno District announced.