Incidents

May 20, 2022 14:03

• Relatives of Ingushetia native who perished in Ukraine wait for compensation

  The family of Captain Salam Merzhoev, who perished in Ukraine, has submitted documents to receive the payments promised by the president; but no money has arrived yet, a Salam's brother has stated. Salam Merzhoev has left his wife and two children behind.

May 19, 2022 23:59

• Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of a shelling attack near border

  Today, the Armenian armed forces have shelled the positions of the Azerbaijani army in the Kelbadjar District, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reports. Armenia denies the accusation.

May 19, 2022 23:56

• Instagram users* call to punish a Chechen teacher for beating children

  The Prosecutor’s Office of Chechnya has launched an investigation after a post with a video in which a man was beating children on a sports ground. Social media users considered the behaviour of the teacher to be excessively cruel and called for punishment.

May 19, 2022 15:42

• CTO in Makhachkala highlights change of format of Dagestani underground

  The regime of the counter-terrorist operation (CTO) in Makhachkala has been lifted, the Russian FSB has reported. The CTO conducted in the capital of Dagestan has confirmed analysts' conclusions about the transition of the local armed underground to the tactics of clandestine cells.

May 19, 2022 14:52

• Armenian opposition warns authorities against territorial concessions

  The principle of a mirror withdrawal of troops is unacceptable, since Armenia will lose control over strategic positions, protesters in Yerevan have stated. They demanded to hold the Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, accountable for the outcome of the autumn war in Nagorno-Karabakh.

May 18, 2022 23:52

• Number of activists detained in Armenia rises to 364

  Detained opposition supporters are suspected of failure to obey lawful demands of the police.

May 18, 2022 17:30

• Azerbaijan reports intense night shootout on Armenian border

  Last night, the positions of the Azerbaijani Army were intensively shelled in the direction of the dwelling settlement of Zeilik in the Kelbadjar District.

May 18, 2022 17:27

• CTO in Makhachkala was the first in eight months in Dagestan

  The counterterrorist operation (CTO), conducted in Makhachkala, during which law enforcers killed two militants, was the first in Dagestan in the last eight months. The previous CTO was carried out on September 10, 2021, in the Buynaksk District.

May 18, 2022 17:23

• Soldier blown up by a mine in Armenia

  A contract military serviceman has been wounded by a mine explosion; however, there is no threat to his life.

May 16, 2022 11:29

• Death toll of Georgian volunteers in Ukraine reaches eleven

  Rati Shurgaya, 38, became the 11th Georgian volunteer to perish in Ukraine since the start of the Russia's special operation.

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