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

May 19, 2019 14:54

• Ex-president of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan, released from custody

  The court has released the second president of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan, under the guarantee of the incumbent and a former presidents of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR). This decision provoked a stormy reaction in hundreds of Kocharyan's supporters and opponents, who gathered outside the courthouse.

May 19, 2019 14:42

• Law enforcers look for bomb in Makhachkala mosque

  The threat of mining a mosque in Makhachkala has not confirmed, the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported. Instagram users urge to quickly find and punish the author of the bomb report.

May 19, 2019 14:38

• Miners block roads in Western Georgia

  Employees of the mining and processing combine in the Georgian city of Chiatura, who are demanding higher wages, have partially blocked the roads to the enterprise.

May 19, 2019 13:47

• By their reaction to "Magnitsky List", Chechen law enforcers show loyalty to Kadyrov

  The head of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has offered to apply US sanctions to the entire ministry; and the commander of the "Terek" SOBR (special quick-response regiment) has linked the sanctions with the regiment's successful fight against terrorism. By their statements, law enforcers reconfirmed their loyalty to the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, local residents believe.

May 19, 2019 13:35

• Two women-natives of Ingushetia suspected of links with Syrian militants

  Investigators have suspected that two women left Ingushetia for Syria and were helping the militants of an international terrorist organization.