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2 weeks ago | 
oc-media.org | Nate Ostiller |Elizaveta Chukharova |Aytan Farhadova |Shota Kincha
Join the fight for free media in the Caucasus for as little as €5 and enjoy exclusive benefits from our team as a thank you. Become a memberDozens of teenagers have been arrested in connection to mass street fights that occurred on at least two separate occasions — 16 May and 17 May — in the Daghestani capital of Makhachkala, local authorities reported.
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3 weeks ago | 
oc-media.org | Elizaveta Chukharova |Aytan Farhadova |Shota Kincha |Nate Ostiller
Join the fight for free media in the Caucasus for as little as €5 and enjoy exclusive benefits from our team as a thank you. Become a memberRussian security forces have classified the armed assault on traffic police officers in Makhachkala on 5 May as a terrorist act. Russia’s Investigative Committee claims that the attackers had been planning the attack since December 2024.
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3 weeks ago | 
oc-media.org | Aytan Farhadova |Elizaveta Chukharova |Shota Kincha |Nate Ostiller
Members’ ExclusiveBecome an OC Media member and receive exclusive access to:OC Insider NewsletterThe Caucasus Daily BriefEarly access to storiesClosed Discord communityAudio version of the articlesA Caucasus-themed giftSupport independent journalism in CaucasusAlready a member? Related ArticlesDaily BriefRegional * On Wednesday morning, Armenia dismissed new Azerbaijani accusations of a ceasefire violation.
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3 weeks ago | 
oc-media.org | Elizaveta Chukharova |Aytan Farhadova |Shota Kincha |Nate Ostiller
Amidst the current global turmoil, small news outlets like ours could be the first to close. Help us get off grants and become the first reader-funded news site in the Caucasus, and keep telling the stories that matter. Become a memberMassive rockfall that occurred on Tuesday morning along the border between Daghestan’s Charodinsky and Gunibsky districts has completely cut off the Charodinsky district from the rest of the republic.
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3 weeks ago | 
oc-media.org | Elizaveta Chukharova |Aytan Farhadova |Shota Kincha |Nate Ostiller
Amidst the current global turmoil, small news outlets like ours could be the first to close. Help us get off grants and become the first reader-funded news site in the Caucasus, and keep telling the stories that matter. Become a memberKarachay–Cherkessia’s former Prime Minister, Vladimir Kaishev, is facing criminal charges over what investigators describe as a decade-long scheme of corruption and asset seizure.
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3 weeks ago | 
oc-media.org | Aytan Farhadova |Elizaveta Chukharova |Shota Kincha |Nate Ostiller
Members’ ExclusiveBecome an OC Media member and receive exclusive access to:OC Insider NewsletterThe Caucasus Daily BriefEarly access to storiesClosed Discord communityAudio version of the articlesA Caucasus-themed giftSupport independent journalism in CaucasusAlready a member? Related ArticlesDaily BriefRegional * CivilNet has reported that Vigen Eoljekjian, a Lebanese–Armenian imprisoned in Azerbaijan since 2020, went on a hunger strike for 15 days in order to be allowed to call his family.
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3 weeks ago | 
oc-media.org | Elizaveta Chukharova |Nate Ostiller |Aytan Farhadova |Shota Kincha
Amidst the current global turmoil, small news outlets like ours could be the first to close. Help us get off grants and become the first reader-funded news site in the Caucasus, and keep telling the stories that matter. Become a memberAdam Kadyrov, the 17-year-old son of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, has been awarded another honour — this time, a commemorative medal marking the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Akhmat-Grozny OMON (a special police unit).
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3 weeks ago | 
oc-media.org | Aytan Farhadova |Elizaveta Chukharova |Shota Kincha |Nate Ostiller
Members’ ExclusiveBecome an OC Media member and receive exclusive access to:OC Insider NewsletterThe Caucasus Daily BriefEarly access to storiesClosed Discord communityAudio version of the articlesA Caucasus-themed giftSupport independent journalism in CaucasusAlready a member? Related ArticlesDaily BriefRegional * In an interview with RIA Novosti, Abkhazian President Badra Gunba said that dialogue between Sukhumi (Sukhum) and Tbilisi will only be possible after Georgia recognises Abkhazia.
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3 weeks ago | 
oc-media.org | Elizaveta Chukharova |Nate Ostiller |Aytan Farhadova |Shota Kincha
Amidst the current global turmoil, small news outlets like ours could be the first to close. Help us get off grants and become the first reader-funded news site in the Caucasus, and keep telling the stories that matter. Become a memberA historic Chechen mosque has been demolished in the village of Leninaul, located in Daghestan’s Kazbekovsky District, despite earlier assurances from local officials that the building would be preserved.
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3 weeks ago | 
oc-media.org | Aytan Farhadova |Elizaveta Chukharova |Shota Kincha |Nate Ostiller
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