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A road. Ingushetia. Photo by Martin Iden http://www.gazetaingush.ru/

08:07, 7 September 2018

Chechen authorities disclose details of works on Ingush border

Chechen workers have asphalted about 4 kilometres of the road on the border with Ingushetia, the Chechen "Minavtodor" has reported, thus, confirming the information of Ingush activists about the works performed in the Sunzha District.

08:06, 7 September 2018

European activists urge to postpone Chechen's extradition to Russia

Actions against extradition of Akhmed Altamirov, an ethnic Chechen and a native of Ingushetia, accused of links with militants, to Russia were held in Stockholm, Paris and Berlin. Authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina decided to extradite him after they received Russia's assurances that Altamirov would not be tortured

Argun. Photo Alexxx1979 https://ru.wikipedia.org

21:09, 6 September 2018

Argun residents tell details of mass detentions

Mass detentions were launched in Argun before the August series of attacks on policemen in Chechnya, and stopped after the appointment of a new head of the interior department, local residents have reported.

Military exercises of the Armenian army. Photo © Photo: official site of the MoD of RA https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/society/20180706/13074954/artillerijskie-ucheniya-s-primeneniem-sistemy-grad-proshli-v-armenia.html

21:08, 6 September 2018

Russian artillery and aviation hold exercises in Armenia

Exercises of more than 500 militaries from the Russian base in Armenia were held at the "Alagyaz" training ground, the Southern Military District (SMD) has reported.

17:08, 6 September 2018

Azerbaijani oppositionist Adilov denied CER

The court in Baku has denied the conditional early relief (CER) to Murad Adilov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA).

Soldier of the Nagorno-Karabakh army. Photo © Sputnik/ David Galstyan http://ru.armeniasputnik.am/karabah/20160808/4596435.html

12:59, 6 September 2018

Azerbaijan states machine-gun shelling in conflict zone

Over the past 24 hours, positions of the Azerbaijani Army were shelled for 99 times, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

Oyub Titiev at the court session. Photo by the press service of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial"

12:57, 6 September 2018

Judge admits failure to find key witness in Oyub Titiev's case

The Judge, who is considering the case of Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", told about futile search for a witness who allegedly saw Oyub smoking marijuana. Swedish rights defenders from the organization entitled "Civil Right Defenders" came to visit the court session.

Shali street, Chechnya. Photo: Shaliets https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Шали#/media/File:Город_Шали.jpg

09:54, 6 September 2018

Chechen authorities abandon attempts to show that repressions against militants' families are people's demand

Law enforcers of Chechnya have rejected the idea to hold a people's assembly, announced by them earlier, to expel the families of the participants in the attacks on policemen.

Khasan Katsiev, Bagaudin Khautiev, Ismail Bulguchev and Ismail Nalgiev (from left to right). Screenshot of the activists' video appeal to authorities on Chechnya's territorial claims to Ingushetia, September 4, 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsqZFGulDF8&t=48s" class="main_article_image

09:11, 6 September 2018

Presence of Chechen law enforcers in Ingushetia causes no authorities' reaction

Under protection of Chechen policemen, workers from Chechnya moved deep into the Sunzha District of Ingushetia, while continuing building the road, activists asserts. Residents of Ingushetia are outraged that the authorities left these actions without reaction, Magomed Mutsolgov, a human rights defender, has stated.

Law enforcers. Photo: REUTERS/Alkhan Gargayev

09:09, 6 September 2018

Chechnya: law enforcers talk to attackers' teachers

Policemen have offered teachers to give negative characteristics to the participants in the recent attacks on law enforcers, a source said. The Chechnya's Minister of Information has refuted the data on any pressure exerted on the families of assassinated teenagers.

Judokas. Photo: Mzia Saganelidze (RFE/RL)

23:34, 5 September 2018

Armenian judokas refuse to go to championships in Baku

The Armenian national judo team will not go to the World Championships in Azerbaijan, because of absence of security guarantees from the hosting party. The Azerbaijani Ministry of Sports claims that it has issued a guarantee letter to Armenian athletes.

A police officer. Photo: Maxim Tishin / Yugopolis

23:32, 5 September 2018

Resident of Ingushetia convicted of "honour murder"

The court has sentenced a resident of Ingushetia to eight years in prison, having found him guilty of killing his 31-year-old daughter. A police source said that it was an "honour murder."

Tbilisi. Georgia. Photo: Levan Gokadze https://ru.wikipedia.org

17:19, 5 September 2018

Georgian authorities argue with opposition because of forum participants from Russia (+video)

The international South Caucasian forum with participation of Russian journalists and political analysts has begun against the backdrop of a protest action. Four Russian participants of the event were not allowed to enter the territory of Georgia.

A soldier of the army of Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo REUTERS/Staff

15:17, 5 September 2018

Azerbaijan claims shelling of five villages in conflict zone

During the past day, the positions of the Azerbaijani army were shelled 83 times, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijani reported.

The Georgian police cars. Photo Sputnik / Alex Shlamov https://sputnik-georgia.ru/incidents/20180902/241927047/Grabezh-kvartiry-i-avtomobilej-v-Ahalcihe-zaderzhan-odin-chelovek.html

15:10, 5 September 2018

Four persons fell victim to an explosion in Georgia

One person was killed and other three people were injured as a result of an explosion in the city of Poti.

Magomedrasul Omarov. Photo http://dorkaspiy.ru/direction

11:32, 5 September 2018

A video of Dagestani "Rosavtodor" chief's detention appears on Internet

An operational video record disseminated on the Internet shows how law enforcers detain Magomedrasul Omarov.

Photo: screenshot of the Russian Ministry of Defence https://sputnik-abkhazia.ru/video/20180903/1024894500/takticheskoe-uchenie-motostrelkovogo-i-artillerijskogo-soedinenij-baltijskogo-flota.html https://sputnik-abkhazia.ru/video/20180903/1024894500/takticheskoe-uchenie-motostrelkovogo-i-artillerijskogo-soedinenij-baltijskogo-flota.html

08:36, 5 September 2018

Over 1000 Abkhaz and Russian militaries master coastal defence skills

At the Nagvalou Training Range, the personnel of the Southern Military District (SMD) in Abkhazia and servicemen of the Abkhaz Ministry of Defence (MoD) have repulsed the conditional attack of the Marine Corps assault on the Black Sea coast.

The Turkish lira and the dollars. Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

08:35, 5 September 2018

Crisis in Turkey jeopardizes Azerbaijani economy

A sharp drop of the Turkish lira and the noticeable weakening of the Russian rouble at the background of expected new sanctions have affected the Azerbaijani manat and the Georgian lari. The economic crisis in Turkey has already caused serious losses for the oil sector of Azerbaijan and promises further negative consequences for the country's economy.

Robert Kocharyan. Photo © Sputnik / Asatur Yesayants
https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/politics/20180904/14244201/kocharyan-ne-smozhet-pokinut-armeniyu---sledstvie-ustanovilo-meru-presecheniya.html

21:41, 4 September 2018

Robert Kocharyan, former Armenian President, forbidden to leave the country

The investigators took a written recognizance not to leave the country from the second president of Armenia Robert Kocharyan, who was accused within the case of dispersal of the oppositional rally.

Law enforcers. Photo: Russian National Anti-Terrorism Committee http://nac.gov.ru/

21:39, 4 September 2018

Families of attackers on policemen expelled from Chechnya

Family members of the participants in the attack on policemen on August 20 have left Shali under the pressure of law enforcers, local residents said. According to the estimates of the "Caucasian Knot", this is the sixth case during two years, when relatives of members of the underground and the people, whom the authorities labelled as militants, were forced to leave their home.

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