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February 21, 2022 15:34

• At action in Stepanakert, Karabakh residents demand reunification with Armenia

  Nagorno-Karabakh activists have marked the 34th anniversary of the liberation movement by laying flowers and wreaths at the Memorial Complex in Stepanakert. It is necessary to consolidate the Armenians and return to the main idea of the national liberation movement – reunification with Armenia, the activists have stated.

February 21, 2022 15:33

• Refugees from Donbass tell about their desire to return home

  The residents of Donbass, accommodated in the Rostov Region, have shared their fears for their relatives who remained at home, and expressed their desire to return to them as soon as possible.

February 21, 2022 15:25

• Residents of Georgian village install monument to Stalin

  In the village of Variani, Gori municipality, a monument to Joseph Stalin was erected. No one objected to the erection thereof, local residents assert.

February 21, 2022 12:08

• Activists of Chechen Diaspora in Europe speak in support of Ukraine

  The Ukrainian Diaspora has held actions in Austria and Germany calling on European politicians to support Ukraine. Members of local Chechen communities have supported the participants.

February 21, 2022 12:01

• Social network users draw parallels between evacuation from Donbass and start of Chechen war

  The idea to accommodate refugees from eastern Ukraine in Chechnya was supported by many Instagram users, who recalled that residents of Chechnya themselves had survived two military campaigns.

February 21, 2022 11:48

• Karabakh villagers demand protection against regular shelling

  The General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Nagorno-Karabakh has reported shelling of houses in the village of Tagavard on February 18. According to the GPO, walls and windows were damaged. Shelling occurs regularly; and authorities should ensure security, villagers demand.

February 20, 2022 08:20

• Six protesters detained in Batumi

  At their rally in Batumi, activists of the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party sought a meeting with Irakli Kobakhidze, the leader of the "Georgian Dream" Party. Law enforcers detained six people for disobeying the police.

February 20, 2022 08:05

• DPR residents tell about fear of uncertainty after evacuation to Rostov Region

  Some of the refugee accommodation centres in the Rostov Region were not ready to receive them; therefore, some of the arrived residents of Donbass are forced to stay in buses. Refugees themselves complain about uncertainty.

February 20, 2022 07:48

• Azerbaijan: three drivers arrested after protest action

  Three of the four drivers who blocked Geidar Aliev Avenue in Baku demanding issuance of permits for international transportation have been arrested: two are under administrative arrest; and a criminal case has been opened against the third one.

February 19, 2022 17:26

• Yerevan denied Baku's accusations of shelling

  The information that the Armenian party has shelled the positions of Azerbaijani soldiers in the Tovuz District has nothing to do with reality, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

February 19, 2022 17:12

• Refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh demand official status

  At their protest action in Yerevan, refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh, who lost their homes as a result of the 2020 war, have demanded official status from the authorities.

February 19, 2022 16:57

• Discussion of tourists' behaviour rules resumed after murder in KChR

  The murder of a tourist in the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) has no justification; guests in the Caucasus have always been treated with respect, said Zarina Doguzova, the head of the "Rostourism" (the Russian Federal Agency for Tourism). In their turn, Instagram users have pointed out that tourists need to be reminded of the need to follow the rules of conduct adopted in Northern Caucasus.

February 19, 2022 13:44

• Activists treat apologies by Baku protesters as forced

  The drivers who at night on February 17 blocked Geidar Aliev Avenue in Baku were detained by the police. Later, a video appeared on the Internet with their apologies. Azerbaijani activists are sure that law enforcers had forced the drivers to apologize by threats.

February 19, 2022 13:29

• Woman from Alagir pickets demanding inquiry into her son's murder

  The participants in the conflict, as a result of which Kazbek Kamarzaev, a resident of Alagir, was killed, can evade responsibility, since the only figurant has remained in the case, the casualty's mother has stated at her picket.

February 19, 2022 05:55

• Two men blown up by mine in Azerbaijan

  The Azerbaijani residents, Alishakh and Faig Safarov, received wounds when a mine exploded while they were repairing a road in the Terter District, the prosecutor's office informed on February 18.

February 19, 2022 05:44

• Yashin tells the date of transfer of petition for Kadyrov's resignation to presidential administration

  Ilya Yashin has positively assessed the campaign to collect signatures for the resignation of Ramzan Kadyrov; he plans to hand it over to the presidential administration on the anniversary of the assassination of Boris Nemtsov.

February 19, 2022 05:29

• Self-proclaimed DPR and LPR announce people's evacuation to Rostov Region

  The Rostov Region has enough experience to accept refugees from the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR). They will be provided with everything they need, Victor Vodolatsky, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on CIS Affairs, Eurasian Integration and Relations with Compatriots, said on February 18.

February 18, 2022 22:03

• “Baza” announces Bostanov’s confession to murder of a tourist in Karachay-Cherkessia

  Abdullakh Bostanov, a resident of Karachay-Cherkessia, who was put on the wanted list in a case on the murder of a tourist, addressed the police with a confession, the “Baza” Telegram channel reports today.

February 18, 2022 21:44

• In Baku, court upholds verdict against oppositionist Gumbatov

  The Court of Appeal in Baku upheld the verdict against oppositionist Agil Gumbatov, who was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment for injuring a fellow villager. An advocate announced the intention to appeal against the court’s decision.

February 18, 2022 21:27

• Scientists oppose construction of residential houses near scientific centre in Yerevan

  The construction of a residential complex next to the scientific chemical centre in Yerevan will disrupt the operation of expensive sensitive instruments, centre’s experts point out.