DFWatch (18–24 July 2015)
Daghestan
- A policeman and a suspected militant were killed in a shootout in the Tabasaran district on 19 July. A group of unidentified people opened fire to a group of policemen in the forest near the village of Akka.
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DFWatch (23–30 June 2015)
Daghestan
- President Ramazan Abdulatipov expressed his ‘complete loss of confidence’ in the acting mayor of Makhachkala Magomed Suleymanov. According to Abdulatipov, 148 houses are being built in the capital without proper
Chechen leader proposes building road and railway to Georgia
TBILISI, DFWatch–Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov proposes building a new railway as well as a new road connecting the Russian republic with Georgia, which still has tense relations with Russia.
Kadyrov’s provocative plan was launched at a press conference in Grozny.
South Ossetia parliament to discuss joining Russia
TBILISI, DFWatch–The de facto parliament in South Ossetia plans to start discussing the issue of joining Russia.
It was the parliament’s speaker who said this on Monday, as quoted by Itar-Tass.
“We do not renounce our slogans, there will be no two-pronged
Georgian, Turkish and Azerbaijani presidents meet in Tbilisi
TBILISI, DFWatch–The presidents of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey met in Tbilisi on Tuesday and celebrated the cooperation between their countries.
The summit was initiated by the Turkish president and the main topic was three joint projects. Two of them are already
Georgia, Turkey, Azerbaijan foreign ministers meet
TBILISI, DFWatch–The foreign ministers of Georgia, Azerbaijan and Turkey met on Wednesday in Azerbaijan’s second largest city Ganja to discuss regional cooperation.
Georgian Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze said they talked about the 2013-15 action plan, which
Naturalized Chechen refugee not allowed to leave Georgia
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Public Defender’s Office in Georgia calls on the Interior Ministry to react to the violation of the rights of a Georgian citizen who last month was prohibited three times from leaving Georgia.
Saikhan Muzayev complained to the office on January 20
Russia's South Ossetia fences now stretch 35 km
TBILISI, DFWatch–The length of barbed wire and fences along the delineation line with the breakaway region South Ossetia is now 35 kilometers.
Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze says 65 Georgian families have been affected as result of the installation of barbed wire
NATO and EU concerned about Russian borderization
TBILISI, DFWatch–NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and EU’s foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton express concern about the recent actions by Russian soldiers who are expanding the de facto border around the breakaway region South Ossetia and installing
Russia was asked about Georgian occupation at PACE
TBILISI, DFWatch–Russia avoided questions about the occupation of Georgian territory during a debate of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.
Georgia’s delegation was not given an opportunity to ask questions.
Speaker for the Russian