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A session in the Russian State Duma. Photo http://duma.gov.ru

08:05, 27 July 2018

Residents of Dagestan scarify law on native languages

Russian State Duma MPs adopted the law on the native (national) languages on July 25. The new order of studying them will encourage some of the parents to refuse from their children's studying the mother tongue in favour of the Russian language; while Russian authorities will continue pursuing their policy of assimilating minor nations, residents of Dagestan have stated.

Robert Kocharyan. Photo © Sputnik / Sergei Guneev https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/politics/20151006/809968.html

08:05, 27 July 2018

Former Armenian President Robert Kocharyan accused of dispersing demonstrators in Yerevan

Investigators have requested the arrest of the second Armenian President, Robert Kocharyan, accused of overthrowing the constitutional order in connection with the dispersal of protests in Yerevan on March 1-2, 2008.

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

21:53, 26 July 2018

Court leaves Oyub Titiev under arrest

The Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya has denied the defence's request to transfer Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", under house arrest and left him in custody until December 22.

A special operation. Photo by the press service of the Russian National Anti-Terrorism Committee http://nac.gov.ru/

21:52, 26 July 2018

Law enforcers tell about militants blocked in Derbent high-rise apartment block

In an apartment of the residential building cordoned off in Derbent, there are two alleged militants, a law enforcement source has reported.

War in Syria. Photo: REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

18:01, 26 July 2018

Chechen law enforcers announce the number of persons willing to join militants in Syria

In January-June this year, Chechen law enforcers prevented the departure of 10 people to Syria, while in the first six months of 2017, 50 residents of Chechnya were detained for trying to join terrorists.

Flowers around the gym at the Beslan school. Photo by Alan Tskhurbaev for the "Caucasian Knot"

18:00, 26 July 2018

"Truth of Beslan" website partially blocked for posting Shamil Basaev's letter

The "Roskomnadzor" (the Russian Federal Service for Supervising Communications, Information Technologies and Mass Media has demanded to block the page of the website "Pravda Beslana" (Truth of Beslan), which posted a copy of the letter sent by terrorists in 2004 from the captured school.

Azerbaijani soldiers. Photo https://mod.gov.az/ru/foto-arhiv-045/?gid=22462

14:56, 26 July 2018

Azerbaijan claims 105 cases of shelling from Armenian side

The Armenian armed forces have violated the ceasefire in the Karabakh conflict zone and used large-calibre machine guns, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) reported.

Anatoly Bibilov, the President of South Ossetia, visited the major holy sites in Syria. Photo by the press service of the President of South Ossetia https://sputnik-ossetia.ru/South_Ossetia/20180725/6813134.html

14:55, 26 July 2018

Political analysts see only symbolic benefits in South Ossetia's cooperation with Syria

Economic cooperation will allow Syria and South Ossetia to enter the markets of other countries, reported Syrian Prime Minister Anatoly Bibilov. The political aspect is more important than economic agreements between countries, noted Russian political analysts.

People from Chechnya and Ingushetia were delivered to the carriages in trucks. February 1944. Screenshot of the video by the user vainakh38 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKmb-WX0OI0

11:33, 26 July 2018

Ingush State Archive gets unique documents about deported Vainakh people

Ingushetia has got a large archive containing documents about the life and activities of special settlers during the years of deportation. As a result of the specialists' work in the archival institutions of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, 2000 sheets and personnel documents concerning the lives of special settlers were found.

Aslan Yandiev. Photo: screenshot of the video on the Ren.tv YouTube channel

11:30, 26 July 2018

Aslan Yandiev, accused of terrorism, convoyed to North Ossetia

Aslan Yandiev, who had been extradited from Slovakia on the charge of involvement in terror acts, was taken from Moscow to Vladikavkaz and placed to the FSB SIZO (pre-trial prison).

08:21, 26 July 2018

Political analysts forecast fight on corruption after election of the head of Dagestan

The political will to combat Dagestani corruption originates from the Kremlin, but it is not known to what extent this process will continue if Vladimir Vasiliev is elected the head of the republic, political analysts and journalists believe.

08:19, 26 July 2018

UN CaT points to human rights violations in Northern Caucasus

The situation in Northern Caucasus is a matter of serious concern: extrajudicial executions, torture, kidnappings are fixed there but remain non-investigated, Claude Heller, a member of the UN Committee against Torture (CaT), has stated. Russian human rights defenders have called on the UN to pay special attention to human rights violations in Chechnya.

21:43, 25 July 2018

Oyub Titiev's defence in Chechnya has chance to prove case falsification

The Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya has satisfied the complaint of the defence of Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" asking to check the records of bout the examination of the DVRs (digital video recorders) installed along the Oyub's path on the day of his detention.

Kurban Kurbanov. Photo from the official website of the Makhachkala City Urban Okrug https://www.mkala.ru/

21:43, 25 July 2018

Sources report detention of Makhachkala Deputy Mayor

Kurban Kurbanov, the Deputy Makhachkala Mayor and the head of the department of architecture and town-planning, has been detained.

Tarkhan Batirashvili (Abu Umar al-Shishani). Photo http://www.chechensinsyria.com/?page_id=21362#jp-carousel-21342

17:20, 25 July 2018

Umar al-Shishani's brother killed in Syria

Tamaz Batirashvili, an elder brother of Tarkhan Batirashvili, one of the leaders of the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization banned in Russia by the court, died in the warfare in Syria. This was reported by residents of the Pankisi Gorge.

17:17, 25 July 2018

Azerbaijan: suspected organizer of assassination attempt on Ganja Mayor shot dead

The suspect was killed at detention, Azerbaijani law enforcement sources report.

13:51, 25 July 2018

Three people suffer from explosion in Armenian capital

The victims of a blast in the glass-making shop have been taken to hospital, the Armenian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) has reported.

Military exercises in Armenia. Photo: Radio Azatutyun (RFE/RL)

13:51, 25 July 2018

Political analysts treat exercises of Russian soldiers in Armenia as routine ones

The large-scale exercises at the military base in Armenia are a planned event of the summer training schedule of the Russian Army, but not an indication of their preparation for an aggravation in the Karabakh conflict zone, experts believe.

An Adyghe language lesson. Photo: Anna Zagumennova / Sovetskaya Adygeya http://sovetskaya-adygeya.ru/index.php/stati/14385-adygejskij-yazyk-eshche-ne-pozdno

11:48, 25 July 2018

In NCFD regions, activists criticize amendments to law on native languages

The amendments to the second reading have not changed the original meaning of the bill on native languages, which still contains the principle for voluntary study of the national languages of the peoples of Russia. This was announced by activists from North Ossetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, and Ingushetia.

11:48, 25 July 2018

A regular soldier killed in Armenia

A regular soldier of the Armenian army was fatally wounded to his head and died.

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