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August 01, 2022 18:27

• US Congressman proposes transferring HIMARS to Georgia

  When explaining his call to transfer HIMARS multiple rocket launchers to Georgia, US Congressman Adam Kinzinger wrote that after the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia might enter into an armed conflict in Southern Caucasus.

August 01, 2022 13:41

• Georgia: experts criticize authorities' report on economic growth

  The Georgian Statistical Agency (GSA) has reported the growth of country's economy in June. However, Georgian economists assert that statistics are influenced by money transfers from abroad, while in Georgia, a number of industries are declining, and the number of unemployed is growing.

August 01, 2022 13:06

• Ingushetia is worst Russian region in terms of gasoline accessibility for residents

  According to the first half of 2022, residents of Ingushetia can afford to buy only 570 litres of gasoline for their salary. This is the worst result in Russia. Residents of Chechnya and Kabardino-Balkaria can also purchase less than 600 litres.

August 01, 2022 11:40

• Armenian villagers go out to protest against canal water pollution

  Residents of the village of Djrashen, Ararat Region, have blocked the road in protest against water pollution in the canal flowing through the village. They treat the discharge of waste water from the pig farm as the source of pollution.

August 01, 2022 11:24

• Passers-by treat Russians' pacifist action in Gyumri as inappropriate

  On July 31, more than 20 Russian citizens held a pacifist march in the Armenian city of Gyumri. Their action found no support among local residents, the organizers have reported.

August 01, 2022 11:06

• Meliya refutes information about Saakashvili's quitting UNM

  The advocate's statement about Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili's departure from the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party that he founded is untrue and was voiced out as part of the defence's strategy, Nika Meliya, the party chairman, has suggested.

August 01, 2022 10:47

• Residents of Chechnya call to abandon practice of expensive gifts to groom's family

  The practice of giving expensive presents by the bride to the groom's family is contrary to traditions; it should be cancelled, Instagram* users have pointed out in their comments to the video by the "Grozny" State TV Channel.

July 31, 2022 12:31

• KBR residents oppose propaganda in schools

  From the new school year, they introduce educational hours "Talk about the important" in schools. However, social network users from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) have stressed that authorities should pay more attention to the quality of education, and not to engage in propaganda at schools.

July 31, 2022 12:29

• Amid opposition's support, Abkhaz activists stop their hunger strike

  Djansukh Adleiba, Vadim Markholiya and Daur Gunba stop their hunger strike and move on to other forms of protest. Their action has helped drawing public attention to the issue of handing over the Pitsunda state dacha to Russia, Adrug Ardzinba, the opposition spokesman, has stated.

July 31, 2022 12:26

• After autumn was, over 1000 refugee families receive housing in Nagorno-Karabakh

  Six large families of internally displaced persons (IDPs, or forced migrants) have moved into new houses built in the Askeran District of Nagorno-Karabakh; they were provided with furniture, cows and poultry. In total, over 1000 families received housing. They plan to cultivate the land and raise livestock.

July 31, 2022 12:22

• Yerevan: protesters treat Pashinyan as crisis culprit

  During the time that Nikol Pashinyan is in power in Armenia, the issue of international recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh's independence has disappeared from the country's political agenda; the living standards have gone down; and corruption is flourishing, the members of the oppositional "Resistance" movement have stated.

July 31, 2022 12:17

• Colony staff again prohibit advocate to visit Chechen Salekh Magamadov

  Alexander Nemov, an advocate, was again denied a visit to his client, Salekh Magamadov, a native of Chechnya, convicted of assisting a militant. The advocate was told that Magamadov was not in the colony.

July 31, 2022 12:13

• Yerevan refutes Baku's statement about shelling

  The information that Armenian militaries shelled the positions of their Azeri counterparts' positions stationed in the Kelbadjar District is untrue, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

July 31, 2022 12:06

• CNN: Russia asks USA to include convict for Khangoshvili's killing into exchange

  Russian officials have offered to include Vadim Krasikov, convicted in Germany for assassinating Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, a former Chechen field commander, in negotiations with Americans on prisoners' exchange.

July 30, 2022 16:08

• Rights defenders criticize Georgian authorities' reaction to Takalandze's arrest

  Georgian authorities have shifted the responsibility for the fate Kristine Takalandze, who was arrested in Abkhazia for espionage, to special services, without trying to use any political mechanisms, human rights defenders have stated.

July 30, 2022 02:46

• Abkhaz protesters demand government resignation

  The leadership of Abkhazia has ignored the people's gathering announced in Sukhumi against the transfer of the Pitsunda state dacha to Russia. In this regard, the hunger strikers put forward a demand for the resignation of the government and announced the refusal to drink water.

July 30, 2022 02:42

• Peacemakers report shelling village in Nagorno-Karabakh

  Azerbaijani militaries have shelled a border village located in the Martuni District of Nagorno-Karabakh, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

July 29, 2022 23:57

• Azerbaijani activists treat sentence for murder of Avaz Khafizli as lenient

  In Baku, a court sentenced a defendant accused of murdering Avaz Shikhmamedov (Khafizli), a reporter and public figure, to 9.5 years of imprisonment.

July 29, 2022 23:54

• Human rights defenders treat activist Pyunkhan Kerimli’s sentence as revenge for criticizing Azerbaijani authorities

  Human rights activists believe that the verdict to activist Pyunkhan Kerimli, who was expelled from Germany, is intended to punish him for criticizing the authorities of Azerbaijan and is aimed at intimidating other political migrants abroad.

July 29, 2022 23:49

• Azerbaijani oppositionist Ashurov reports about a provocation in IVS

  Samir Ashurov, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), needed the help of medical officers in an IVS (temporary detention facility), where he had been transferred from a SIZO (pre-trial prison).