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September 13, 2017 07:41

• Schoolgirl rescues two children from fire in Babayurt

  In a Dagestani village, a third-form schoolgirl has taken two five- and six-year-old girls out of a burning apartment. This was reported by the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) on September 12.

September 13, 2017 05:43

• Vladikavkaz: one man wounded in shootout

  Unidentified persons have shelled a car in central Vladikavkaz; the driver was hospitalized.

September 13, 2017 04:08

• Political analysts doubt Mikhail Saakashvili's return to Georgia under "Ukrainian scenario"

  The confrontation with the Ukrainian authorities, entered by Mikhail Saakashvili, the former Georgian President, has become one of the urgent topics discussed in the Georgian blogosphere. In Ukraine, Mikhail Saakashvili has spit on the laws of the country and once again demonstrated his "fighting spirit." This opinion is expressed by Internet users.

September 13, 2017 00:21

• Political analysts link Lapshin’s pardoning with Aliev’s release

  Azerbaijani authorities have timed the pardoning of blogger Alexander Lapshin to the release from custody of Mekhman Aliev, Director of the “Turan” News Agency, thus trying to hide their vulnerability to international pressure, the political analysts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", believe.

September 12, 2017 21:00

• Fourteen inmates convicted for riots in Nardaran are at large before time

  Fourteen believers-residents of the dwelling settlement of Nardaran, who were sentenced in November 2015 to prison terms of up to 2.5 years after clashes with the police, are back at large.

September 12, 2017 19:20

• Ruslan Gvashev reports health deterioration

  Ruslan Gvashev, a Circassian activist, who went on a hunger strike in protest against court decisions about his prayer at the Tulip Tree, says his health has worsened, but his protest will continue.

September 12, 2017 17:05

• Video of shelling FSB building in Malgobek posted

  Supporters of the “Islamic State” (IS), a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court, has posted a video showing the attacks on the police post and the building of the Malgobek the FSB department for Ingushetia.

September 12, 2017 15:52

• ECtHR accepts Pavel Grib’s complaint to consideration

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has demanded from Russia to report on the state of health of Pavel Grib, a Ukrainian, who is kept at the Krasnodar SIZO (pre-trial prison).

September 12, 2017 12:20

• Alexander Lapshin's departure to Israel postponed

  Alexander Lapshin will leave for Israel together with his mother, who is to arrive in Baku. This was reported by advocate Eduard Chernin. According to him, the blogger continues to receive medical treatment in the hospital, and his life is not in danger.

September 12, 2017 11:54

• Igor Nagavkin's hunger strike fails to convince court to consider complaint against prosecutor

  On September 11, the Cheryomushki Court of Moscow dismissed the complaint filed by Igor Nagavkin. This has been reported today by Farit Murtazin, an advocate of the rights defender.

September 12, 2017 08:11

• Dagestan declares September 15 to be a day off

  The Government of Dagestan has announced the next Friday to be a day off in connection with celebrations on the occasion of the Unity Day for the Peoples of the Republic.

September 12, 2017 06:18

• Ukraine’s MIA considers three versions of Makhauri’s murder

  The death of Timur Makhauri, a native of Chechnya, caused by a car explosion in Kiev, could be connected with Russia's special services, said Artyom Shevchenko, the press secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Ukraine, adding that other versions of his murder are also investigated.

September 12, 2017 04:26

• Russian soldier hospitalized after a brawl in Gyumri

  A brawl involving soldiers from the 102nd Russian military base occurred in Gyumri. One of the men involved therein has been hospitalized with bodily injuries.

September 12, 2017 03:27

• "Golos" names most frequent violations at elections in Kuban

  On September 11, at a press conference in Moscow, activists of the “Golos” (Vote) Public Association told about the violations fixed by them and other observers in the course of September 10 elections in Kuban.

September 12, 2017 00:03

• North-Ossetian CEC refuses to regard video records as violation evidence

  The video records posted on the YouTube, the authors of which position them as evidence of ballot throw-in at polling stations in North Ossetia, do not prove violations. This was declared by the Central Election Commission (CEC) of North Ossetia.

September 11, 2017 21:56

• Kadyrov's statements on Myanmar result in Muslims’ detentions in Russia

  139 participants of an unsanctioned action in support of Myanmar Muslims were detained in Saint Petersburg on Sunday, September 10.

September 11, 2017 15:34

• Defence states threat of torturing Saakashvili in Georgia

  Today, Markiyan Galabala, one of Saakashvili's advocates, has lodged an application to the State Migration Service of Ukraine asking to recognize that his client needs additional protection, the advocate himself told on air of the “NewsOne” TV Channel.

September 11, 2017 14:22

• In Baku, court releases Mekhman Aliev from custody (+video)

  Today, the court has changed the pre-trial restriction measure to Mekhman Aliev, the director of the Turan news agency, to the police supervision.

September 11, 2017 14:05

• Ruslan Gvashev goes on hunger strike

  Circassian activist Ruslan Gvashev has declared indefinite hunger strike in protest against the court's decisions in the case on the prayer near the Tulip Tree.

September 11, 2017 13:11

• Author of report on Ramzan Kadyrov announces victory at elections in Moscow

  Opposition politician Ilya Yashin, who in 2016 announced a threat to the Russia's national security from the leader of Chechnya, announced his victory on September 10 at the elections to the council of members to the Krasnoselsky District of Moscow.