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June 16, 2017 06:19

• Armenian farmers affected by hail claim need to freeze loans

  In Armenia, fallen hail took farmers of the Armavir Region of to the brink of survival. According to Rafik Khachatryan, the leader of the Mrgastan community, farmers are even unable to pay wages to their workers, and some local residents already think about leaving in search for work.

June 16, 2017 00:57

• Azerbaijani activists claim importance of European Parliament's resolution on Afghan Mukhtarly's case

  In the resolution of the European Parliament on the case of Azerbaijani journalist Afghan Mukhtarly kidnapped in Tbilisi, MEPs gave an objective assessment of the situation with human rights in Azerbaijan. This was reported by Elshan Gasanov.

June 15, 2017 23:59

• Organizer of anti-corruption rally in Makhachkala avoids administrative punishment

  Policemen disrupted an action in the Makhachkala "Hyde Park", where activists planned to out questions to Russian President on the eve of his direct line, said Nurmagomed Gazimagomedov. According to his story, he was released from the police station in the evening on June 14, without drawing up any administrative protocol.

June 15, 2017 23:52

• Georgia improves its business attractiveness among European countries

  Georgia is ranked 20th out of 46 countries in the rating "Best European Countries for Business-2017", stepping up four positions against last year. Armenia went three places down and takes the 39th place, while Azerbaijan is one but last in the rating, having lost one position.

June 15, 2017 23:20

• Jalaldinov's relatives wail over no reaction to their appeal to Putin

  In the course of his "direct talk", the Russian President did not respond to the appeal of Ramazan Djalaldinov's relatives, who are now afraid of a negative reaction to their request to return the head of the family home.

June 15, 2017 21:05

• Missing resident of Dagestan found at police station

  Rashid Abdurakhmanov, a resident of the Dagestani village of Chervleny Buruny, whose disappearance after detention was reported by his relatives, is at the police station. This was reported by Rashid's wife.

June 15, 2017 19:42

• Housing shareholders of "Park Evropeisky" manage to win support of Russia's "Minstroy"

  The situation with the construction of the "Park Evropeisky" Residential Complex in Volgograd is under special supervision of the "Minstroy" (Ministry of Construction) of Russia, the shareholders of the complex said after their meeting with the Minister.

June 15, 2017 18:58

• Azerbaijan allocates funds for construction in Chodjuk Mardjanly

  About 5.334 million US dollars from the Azerbaijani President's Reserve Fund has been allocated for the construction of 100 houses in the village of Chodjuk Mardjanly, which is controlled by the Azerbaijani militaries since April 2016.

June 15, 2017 17:09

• European Parliament condemns kidnapping of Azerbaijani journalist Afghan Mukhtarly

  In its resolution adopted today, the European Parliament has called on the Georgian authorities to investigate the kidnapping of an Azerbaijani journalist in Tbilisi and the Azerbaijani authorities to release Afghan Mukhtarly.

June 15, 2017 15:45

• Kantemir Balagov's and Rezo Gigineishvili's films awarded "Kinotavr" prizes

  In Sochi, the "Kinotavr" film festival finished, and its main prize went to the film "Arrhythmia" directed by Boris Khlebnikov. The prize "To the Best Film Director" was awarded to Rezo Gigineishvili, a film director of Georgian origin, for his film "Hostages".

June 15, 2017 14:00

• Court refuses to release journalist Aziz Orudjev from custody

  The Nasimi District Court of Baku has not dismissed the defence's request to release Aziz Orudjev, the director of the online "Kanal-13" TV Channel, under house arrest.

June 15, 2017 13:59

• Armenian political analysts believe in introduction of sanctions against Azerbaijan

  According to political analyst Sergey Minasyan, it is possible that Armenia may use political tools of pressure against Azerbaijan, including economic sanctions. The sanctions will allow avoiding escalation of the situation in the Karabakh conflict zone, believes political analyst Stepan Safaryan.

June 15, 2017 13:30

• Court ignores defendants' fears about seizure of documents in Boris Nemtsov's murder case

  In the case of the Boris Nemtsov's murder, the judge gave the defendants for examination the materials of the court hearings not attended by them. Meanwhile, the judge ignored the statements of the defendants that the documents would be taken away from them during their transfer to the SIZO (pre-trial prison).

June 15, 2017 12:29

• Chechen villagers report young people's detentions

  In the village of Novogrozny, power agents are looking for the author of a video depicting the demolition by the authorities of residential houses, and detained over 10 persons, local residents report. In their turn, Chechen law enforcers said they had no information about detentions.

June 15, 2017 11:04

• "Novaya Gazeta": power agents demand from Amriev to plead guilty

  Murad Amriev, suspected of using a fraudulent document, has rejected power agents' demand to plead guilty and filed a petition to stop his criminal case, the "Novaya Gazeta" reports.

June 15, 2017 04:06

• Participants of Nogai People's Congress ask Vladimir Putin to solve land problem (+video)

  Following the results of the All-Russian the Nogai People's Congress held in the aul (village) of Terekli-Mekteb, its participants have adopted a resolution and an appeal to Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation.

June 15, 2017 03:19

• Investigators forbid reporters to talk about interrogation in Mukhtarly's case

  The journalist Sevinj Vagifgyzy, questioned within the criminal case opened against her colleague Afghan Mukhtarly, was forced to sign a non-disclosure obligation, her advocate reports. Members of the oppositional "Musavat" Party have also been summoned for questioning. The party leader has treated the Mukhtarly's case as politically motivated.

June 15, 2017 01:21

• Alexei Venediktov reports on attempts to question him on threats against "Novaya Gazeta"

  Alexei Venediktov, the editor-in-chief of the "Echo Moskvy", has announced his readiness to come to the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) to be questioned in connection with his appeal about threats from Chechnya against journalists of the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta".

June 15, 2017 00:22

• In Sochi, two Alexei Navalny's supporters arrested for 5 days

  The Central District Court of Sochi has sentenced Alexei Bychkov and Vitaly Buchenkov to administrative arrest for participation in an anticorruption rally. It took ten minutes from the Court to pronounce the decision to arrest both activists, and no people were allowed to attend the court hearing.

June 14, 2017 20:40

• Reuters: two gays from Chechnya report about detentions and torture

  Two young people from Chechnya have reported about torture and beatings to which they were subjected in the republic because of their homosexual orientation. One of them reported that he was tortured with electric current, and the second man managed to escape from the house, where his relatives planned to kill him.