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David Shakhnazaryan. Photo: © Sputnik/ Asatur Yesayants.https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/politics/20181205/16045320/mozhete-arestovat-david-shahnazaryan-otkazalsya-idti-v-snb-i-dat-razyasneniya.html

11:18, 6 December 2018

Shakhnazaryan accused NSS of political persecution

David Shakhnazaryan, a candidate for the MP from the Republican Party of Armenia, has failed to appear at the National Security Service, where he was summoned to give an explanation after criticizing the statement of one of the candidates from the "My Step" bloc.

Maxim Lapunov at press conference in Moscow. Screenshot from video posted by user novayagazeta https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HG3eAEGK3V0

11:07, 6 December 2018

Rights defenders criticized Russian Ombudsperson's conclusions on Lapunov's case

The departure of the victim from the country cannot be the reason for refusal to initiate a criminal case, as suggested Tatiana Moskalkova, the Russian Ombudsperson, the lawyers of the Committee against Torture assert.

00:45, 6 December 2018

Editor-in-chief of Azerbaijani website links his summon to prosecutor's office with his prompt arrest

The case of Mustafa Gadjibeili, the editor-in-chief of the oppositional website "Bastainfo.com", accused of anti-state appeals, has been separated into individual proceedings. Mr Gadjibeili believes that his detention is being prepared.

00:38, 6 December 2018

Dagestan: deputy colony boss convicted for torture and extortions

The court has sentenced Ruslan Aliev, who being the deputy head of Correctional Colony No. 7 in Dagestan, used physical violence against the convict, as well as extorted and received a bribe from him, to eight years in prison, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation has reported.

Russia's Embassy to Egypt. Photo: press service of the Embassy of Russia to Egypt, https://egypt-hrg.ru/embassies-and-consulates.html

21:26, 5 December 2018

Relatives of missing Ingushes complain about inaction of Russian diplomats in Egypt

Employees of the Russian Embassy in Egypt fail to take steps to search for the Ingush students who disappeared after being detained in Cairo in August, their relatives have stated in Moscow. After contacting the president's reception office, relatives are planning to search for them through international organizations.

21:20, 5 December 2018

Azerbaijani oppositionist Gusein Melik arrested for 25 days

A court in Baku has appointed administrative arrest to Gusein Melik, an activist of the oppositional "Movement for Democracy and Prosperity" (MDP). The movement leadership believes that the reason for persecuting Mr Melik was in his criticism of the authorities in social networks.

21:10, 5 December 2018

Russian CC appoints date of announcing its verdict on Ingush-Chechen border

On December 6, the Constitutional Court (CC) of Russia will proclaim its decision on the constitutionality of the agreement on the Ingush-Chechen border, the CC's press service has announced today.

Embassy of Egypt in Russia. Photo: User:Kalan https://ru.wikipedia.org

16:59, 5 December 2018

Relatives of missing Ingush students picket Embassy of Egypt

Today, family members of five residents of Ingushetia who went missing in Egypt have submitted an appeal to the Embassy of Egypt asking to help in the search, and also conducted a solo picket demanding the return of their sons.

Polling booth at the presidential election in Georgia. Photo: © Sputnik / Denis Aslanov https://sputnik-georgia.ru/election-2018/20181129/243208948/Itogi-vyborov-mogut-annulirovat-na-pyati-uchastkakh-v-Gruzii.html

16:49, 5 December 2018

US Department of State concerns about violations at election in Georgia

The US authorities are satisfied with the fact that the presidential election took place in Georgia, but are concerned about numerous violations on the voting day, the spokesperson of the US Department of State has stated today.

Soldiers of the Armenian Army. Photo: http://www.mil.am/hy/news/5226

13:21, 5 December 2018

Azerbaijan counts 24 shelling attacks within 24 hours

The positions of the Azerbaijani Army in the conflict zone were shelled from the "occupied territories," the country's Ministry of Defence has stated today. At the same time, it did not report any ceasefire violations on the border with Armenia.

Mirtagi Asadov. Photo: personal FB page, https://www.facebook.com/2188770051137902/photos/pcb.2213666401981600/2213665558648351/?type=3&theater

13:07, 5 December 2018

Asadov blames Georgia's MFA for inaction

Mirtagi Asadov, the head of the Supreme Spiritual Administration of Muslims, released by the court from custody in Baku, has returned to Georgia. He said that the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs failed to react to his detention in Azerbaijan.

Central square in Stepanakert. Photo: Sputnik / Arpi Beglaryan https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/karabah/20181108/15562199/reshayushchij-golos-nagornogo-karabaha-mnacakanyan-rasstavil-tochki-nad-astan.html

11:19, 5 December 2018

NKR's MFA doesn't rule out releasing Azerbaijani soldier

The authorities of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has found Azerbaijan's proposal to exchange prisoners unacceptable; however, they are ready to release one of the three Azerbaijani prisoners, namely, the soldier Elnur Guseinzade, ahead of time, said the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of the NKR.

11:04, 5 December 2018

Mamed Ibragim's defence demands to summon search witnesses

Three witnesses from among inmates of Colony No. 16 who were attracted as search witnesses, failed to appear at the trial of Mamed Ibragim, an adviser to the Chairman of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan. The defence insisted on interrogation of them; and the court has adjourned the session.

Woman from the Caucasus. Photo: REUTERS/Diana Markosian

10:53, 5 December 2018

Scientists argue about "honour killings" custom in Northern Caucasus

The "Legal Initiative" has drafted a report on women, who in 2013-2017 fell victim to the so-called "honour killings". The report, which is scheduled to be published on December 6, is based on the studies conducted in the three republics of Northern Caucasus – Chechnya, Ingushetia and Dagestan.

European Court of Human Rights. Photo: REUTERS/Vincent Kessler

01:29, 5 December 2018

ECtHR awards over million euros to relatives of those who disappeared in Chechnya

The European Court of Human Rights has issued its decision on cases of 16 residents of Chechnya and one resident of Ingushetia, who were detained by militaries in 2002-2004 and then disappeared. The Russian authorities should pay compensations to their relatives amounting more than one million euros.

Banner with portraits of 'Donbass' veterans. Screenshot from Semyon Semenchenko's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2220806957954066&set=a.747741671927276&type=3&theater

01:24, 5 December 2018

"Donbass" veterans arrested in Georgia go on hunger strike

The six citizens of Ukraine and a citizen of Georgia, detained in Tbilisi during a special operation, have gone on a hunger strike in protest against the charges of illegal acquisition and possession of weapons, their advocate has announced.

OSCE observers. Photo: CC BY 2.0 / OSCE Special Monitoring Mission / OSCE SMM monitoring

21:51, 4 December 2018

OSCE Mission fixes no violations in the Karabakh conflict zone

The OSCE observers, who went today to the troops contact line in the Karabakh conflict zone, found no violations there, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Nagorno-Karabakh and the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan have reported.

Law enforcers. Photo: © Sputnik / Levan Avlabreli https://sputnik-georgia.ru/georgia/20171122/238275752/Specoperacija-v-Tbilisi-terrorizm-obzhivaetsja.html

21:47, 4 December 2018

Seven persons arrested in special operation in Tbilisi

A Tbilisi court has ruled to arrest six citizens of Ukraine and one citizen of Georgia, detained during a special operation in Tbilisi and suspected of illegally acquiring and storing weapons.

Law enforcer. Photo: Yulia Simatova / Yugopolis

18:03, 4 December 2018

IS* releases new video with teenagers attacking Chechen law enforcers

On December 3, the "Islamic State", a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court, posted an expanded version of a video with threats pronounced by the teenagers who attacked law enforcers in Chechnya on August 20 this year.

Warplane. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Russia

17:45, 4 December 2018

Two pilots perish in military aircraft crash in Armenia

The wreckage of the Su-25, which took off today from Gyumri, was found in the mountains of the Shirak Region; the pilots died, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.

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