In the center of Tyumen, next to the building of the Union of Armenians of the Tyumen Region, a group of guys shouted xenophobic slogans against migrants: “Russia is for Russians, Tyumen is not for Khachi.”

The Supreme Court refused to transfer the criminal case against the lawyer, a native of Chechnya Timur Idalov, to Chechnya at the request of the defense. Since April, the man has been under arrest on charges of threatening to use violence against a Moscow law enforcement officer.

Azerbaijan still hopes to sign a peace treaty with Armenia before the end of this year. Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan Hikmet Hajiyev stated this in an interview with TASS. “We call on the Armenian political leadership to take the main step.

27-year-old native of Chechnya Mansur Movlaev appealed to the authorities of Kyrgyzstan with a request to grant him refugee status. He is currently in the country's temporary detention center.

From September 15 to September 17 inclusive, a “cleanup” was carried out in the village of Tsotsin-Yurt. The Russian military has set up headquarters on the territory of a former tractor brigade, which recently housed a car repair station.

In the Moscow court in the criminal case of the co-chairman of the Memorial human rights center Oleg Orlov, accused of repeatedly discrediting the Russian army, Murtazali Gasanguseinov acted as a witness. His sons were shot dead by security forces in Dagestan.

Former Prosecutor General of Georgia Otar Partskhaladze came under US sanctions for connections with Russia. This is stated on the website of the American Ministry of Finance. The ex-Prosecutor General's assets have been blocked, and US citizens are prohibited from cooperating with him.

The European Court of Human Rights ordered the Russian authorities to pay 26 thousand euros to Derbent resident Temirkhan Amakhanov, recognizing him as a victim of torture by security forces.

The European Parliament adopted a resolution on the case of oppositionist and economist Gubad Ibadoglu, who was arrested in Azerbaijan. The document condemns his criminal prosecution on trumped-up and politically motivated charges, and also calls for sanctions against Azerbaijani officials.

To date, 15 states and the EU have not recognized the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh and the presidential elections held there on September 9.