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July 29, 2017 12:09

• Armenian soldier found dead at combat positions

  The body of Private Arkady Gambaryan was found today on the defensive section in the Tavush Region, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) reports.

July 29, 2017 07:52

• Azerbaijani national wrestling team boycotts World Championships

  Wrestlers of the national team refuse to go to Paris, where the World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championships will start on August 21. The athletes are note paid their salaries for more than a year.

July 28, 2017 20:40

• HRC "Memorial": father of shepherds killed in Dagestan unsuccessfully seeking judgement enforcement

  Despite the court judgement that came into force on May 2, investigators have not yet provided data on the initiation of a criminal case or denial thereof on the application of the father of the Gasanguseinov brothers killed in Dagestan, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial” reports.

July 28, 2017 18:24

• Volgograd HRC member arrested for two months

  Yuri Golder, the head of the Volgograd Consumer Rights Protection Association and a member of the Volgograd City Human Rights Council (HRC), suspected of taking a bribe from a businessman, has been arrested until September 26.

July 28, 2017 17:39

• NCFD power agents stop 190 potential militants from leaving abroad

  Sergey Bachurin, the head of the Chief Department for the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), has reported the prevention, since the start of the year, of 190 NCFD residents from joining terrorist organizations.

July 28, 2017 16:42

• Two Krasnodar female athletes win medals at Deaflympics

  Marina Grishina, a track-and-field athlete from the Krasnodar Territory, has won the long jump event at the Deaflympic (Surdolympic) Games; and Polina Smirnova, a Sochi lawn tennis player, has won a silver medal there.

July 28, 2017 16:20

• Truck blown up by mine in Nagorno-Karabakh

  In the Martuni District, a ZIL truck drove over a land mine; the driver and passengers were not injured, the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) of Nagorno-Karabakh reports.

July 28, 2017 14:22

• Volgograd Navalny’s supporters treat felling Widow's Park as memorial desecration

  Roman Rubanov, the leader of the Anti-Corruption Fund has appealed to a district investigating division of Volgograd, suggesting that cutting down the Widow's Park at the Mamaev Mound may look like a public desecration of the symbols of Russia's military glory.

July 28, 2017 14:12

• Law enforcers identify man suspected of shooting and killing Nazran resident

  A man suspected of shooting and killing a resident of Nazran has been identified, and a search for him is underway. This was reported by investigators, who refused to comment on a version about blood feud.

July 28, 2017 13:00

• Sarmatians' treasures brought to museum from construction site of "Platov" Airport

  More than 1500 discoveries from 32 burial complexes dating from the Bronze Age to the Middle Ages were investigated at the site of the construction of the "Platov" Airport in the Rostov Region. The discoveries were brought to the Azov Museum-Reserve.

July 28, 2017 11:39

• MIA and “Natsgvardia” sources fail to confirm law enforcers' wounding in Chechnya

  Reports on the wounding of two law enforcers in an explosion in the outskirts of the village of Nozhai-Yurt have not been confirmed, report sources from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) and the “Natsgvardia” (National Guard) of Russia. Local residents told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that in fact, two explosions occurred.

July 28, 2017 10:25

• Chechen teachers complain about demand to buy diaries with "Akhmat" FC emblem

  In Chechnya, educational institutions have been ordered to purchase school diaries with an emblem of the "Akhmat" FC printed in a local printing house. This was reported by school teachers and parents of schoolchildren.

July 28, 2017 02:31

• In "Sasna Tsrer" case, judge twice rejects self-disqualification

  In the case against 18 members of the unit "Sasna Tsrer" (Daredevils of Sassoun), an advocate and one of the defendants stated that Judge Artush Gabrielyan violates the right of the defendants to defence and fails to ensure their safety. Artush Gabrielyan has rejected both motions for his self-disqualification.

July 27, 2017 23:46

• Relatives of Chechen residents from "execution list" complain about threats

  Relatives of the residents of Chechnya enrolled in the so-called "execution list" published by the “Novaya Gazeta”, were forced to sign statements that their relatives had left for Syria or left home by themselves, the Russian BBC Service reports.

July 27, 2017 22:56

• Kadyrov announces his readiness to resign and leave for Jerusalem

  Ramzan Kadyrov is ready to resign and spend the rest of his life guarding the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The head of Chechnya has stated this in connection with the conflict situation around the above mosque.

July 27, 2017 21:49

• Man shot dead in central Nazran

  The car of a Nazran resident was shelled from automatic firearms; the driver died. This was reported by a law enforcement source, who suggested that the murder was committed on the blood feud grounds.

July 27, 2017 19:45

• "UNM" demands from Georgian and Ukrainian authorities to stop persecuting Saakashvili

  The Georgian opposition "United National Movement" (UNM) Party has treated the deprivation of Mikhail Saakashvili of his Ukrainian citizenship a conspiracy of the authorities of Georgia and Ukraine. Georgian experts believe that the countries agreed on the above during the visit of Petro Poroshenko to Georgia on July 17-19.

July 27, 2017 18:59

• Gukovo miners stop hunger strike

  In the Rostov Region, miners of the "Kingcoal" company and employees of the "Vostochnaya" mine have decided to stop their hunger strike due to authorities’ indifference and health deterioration. This was reported by Tatiana Avachyova, a member of the initiative group.

July 27, 2017 18:37

• Saakashvili's advocates to appeal against his deprivation of Ukrainian citizenship

  The decision of the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko to deprive Mikhail Saakashvili of Ukrainian citizenship will be challenged at court, the advocate Pavel Bogomazov has stated. In Kiev, Saakashvili's supporters have clashed with the police.

July 27, 2017 17:10

• Social network users urge authorities to solve Leninaul problem

  Local leaders in the village of Leninaul and social network provocateurs had contributed to the escalation of the village conflict, Dagestani journalists have stated. The authorities should settle the land disputes, rather than trying to settle Chechens-Avars conflicts, social network users believe.