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Law enforcers. Photo: press service of the National Antiterrorist Committee, http://nac.gov.ru/

12:14, 30 August 2018

Attack on law enforcers in Dagestan becomes sixth incident since early 2018

An attack which took place in the Khasavyurt District on August 29 and as a result of which policemen were wounded became the sixth attack on law enforcers in Dagestan since early 2018 and the first incident in the region.

12:04, 30 August 2018

Georgia announces release of tourists detained in South Ossetia

The tourists detained for violating the border are to be transferred to the Georgian side on August 30, the Georgian law enforcement bodies reported. According to their information, the detained resident of the Chvrinisi village had already been released. The tourists were detained because of the Russian border guards who moved the line of demarcation, the Georgian authorities believe.

Former deputy Mayor of Shali Ramzan Musaev (right) puts his killed son under anathema in presence of deputy head of Chechnya's MIA. Screenshot from video posted by user NOVOSTI KAK EST, https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=QjaoUkCZti8

11:57, 30 August 2018

Residents of Shali learn about plans to expel families of militants

The authorities of Chechnya prepare a gathering in Shali to arrange public condemnation and expel from the republic family members of the teenagers who attacked law enforcers, local residents reported. According to them, the detained relatives of the killed teenagers have not yet been released.

11:45, 30 August 2018

Two policemen wounded in attack in Dagestan

In the Khasavyurt District, an unidentified person wounded policemen after their request to produce his ID, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Dagestan reported.

08:33, 30 August 2018

Imam Velitov hospitalized in Astrakhan colony

Makhmud Velitov, an Imam of the Moscow "Yardyam" Mosque, convicted in the case of justifying terrorism, was sent to the hospital at the correctional colony in Astrakhan, said his advocate.

Law enforcers of Azerbaijan. Photo: press service of the State Security Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan, http://www.dtx.gov.az/en/

08:24, 30 August 2018

Azerbaijani rights defenders are concerned about the killing of suspected extremists

A suspect of preparing a terror act in Northern Azerbaijan was liquidated by law enforcers when rendering armed resistance, the State Security Service (SSS) has reported. Human rights defenders are worried about the increasing number of suspects' deaths without conducting an investigation.

08:18, 30 August 2018

South-Ossetian KGB reports detained tourists from Georgia

Five tourists were detained during their trip near the delimitation line with South Ossetia, the State Security Service (SSS) of Georgia stated on August 29. In its turn the State Security Committee (know as the KGB) of South Ossetia has stated that these detainees and one more detained person are suspected of violating the border.

Law enforcers. Photo: REUTERS/Alkhan Gargayev

21:44, 29 August 2018

Rights defenders associate radicalization of Chechen youth with law enforcers' pressure

Law enforcers' pressure on teenagers in Chechnya causes discontent among local residents and creates conditions for a new wave of armed underground, human rights defenders Ekaterina Sokiryanskaya and Valery Borschov have stated.

21:28, 29 August 2018

Seda Dudurkaeva put on international wanted list

Seda Dudurkaeva, a daughter of the former head of the Department for Chechnya of the Federal Migration Service (FMS), arrested in Turkey, is suspected of links with militants; she was put on the international wanted list through the Interpol channels, the spokesman of the Russian General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has announced today.

Arman Mkrtumyan © Photo: press office of the Judicial Department of RA https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/society/20180605/12468443/predsedatel-kassacionnogo-suda-armenii-podal-proshenie-ob-otstavke.html

21:20, 29 August 2018

Armenian judge wounded at house shelling

Arman Mkrtumyan, a former Chairman of the Court of Cassation, received two gunshot wounds, but did not want to stay in hospital, doctors said.

Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: REUTERS/Said Tsarnayev

17:05, 29 August 2018

Officials explain Ramzan Kadyrov's threats to rights defenders

In Chechnya, there are no restrictions for members of human rights organizations, the Chechen authorities announce. The Chechen Press Minister has explained that while speaking of rights defenders, Ramzan Kadyrov meant "notorious journalists."

A man holds khife above his head celebrating capture of Tabqa airbase by militants. Photo: REUTERS / Stringer

16:56, 29 August 2018

ICRF reports about Ingush participant in conflict in Syria

A resident of Ingushetia left for Syria, where he joined a terrorist organization, reports today the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

Arman Mkrtumyan. Photo: press office of the Judicial Department of RA

15:00, 29 August 2018

In Armenia, house of former Court of Cassation chair shelled

Three men in masks entered the territory of the house belonging to Arman Mkrtumyan, the former chairman of the Armenian Court of Cassation, and opened random fire from machine guns. One attacker has been detained, reports today Sona Truzyan, the advisor to the chief of the Investigating Committee of Armenia.

Tram stop in front of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, July 26, 2013. Photo: REUTERS / Vincent Kessler

14:51, 29 August 2018

ECtHR awards 20,000 euros to relatives of disappeared Dagestani resident

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has awarded the compensation of 20,000 euros to family members of Amirkhan Alikhanov, a resident of Dagestan, kidnapped in December 2004.

Tanks of Azerbaijani Army. Photo: https://mod.gov.az/ru/foto-arhiv-045/?gid=21938

14:41, 29 August 2018

Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of 89 cases of shelling

On August 28-29, the Armenian armed forces used large-calibre machine guns during the shelling, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reported.

Lev Gudkov, Director of the Levada Centre. Photo: RFE/RL

14:32, 29 August 2018

Sociologists associate better attitude towards Chechens with anti-Ukrainian propaganda

An image of the enemy, got by Russian citizens during the wars in Chechnya, fades away, and the propaganda has redirected xenophobia from Caucasians to Ukrainians, believe sociologists from the "Levada Centre".

Guests of beer festival in Stepanakert, August 28, 2018. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot.

10:57, 29 August 2018

First ever Nagorno-Karabakh beer festival held in Stepanakert

According to law enforcers, about five thousand people took part in the first beer festival in the history of Nagorno-Karabakh. The residents of the city, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", would like to see such topical festivals in Stepanakert more often.

10:40, 29 August 2018

Rights defenders condemn Kadyrov for threats

Putin must condemn the statements of Chechen leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, with threats against human rights defenders and promises to collectively punish families of alleged members of the armed underground, the human rights organizations Human Rights Watch (HRW), the Amnesty International (AI) and the Front Line Defenders (FLD) have stated.

Celebration of the 10th anniversary of independence recognition in Tskhinvali, August 26, 2018. Photo: Natalia Airiyan, https://sputnik-ossetia.ru/South_Ossetia/20180826/7022702.html

10:18, 29 August 2018

Abkhazia and South Ossetia mark 10 years of Russia's recognition of their independence

Delegations from Russia, Transnistria, Nagorno-Karabakh, Syria, Nauru and self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics have attended the festivities on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of Russia's recognition of independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

08:32, 29 August 2018

Houses of Azerbaijani residents damaged by earthquake

This evening, two underground tremors were fixed in the Lerik District of Azerbaijan. No victims have been reported; however, cracks appeared on some houses.

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