Russia is continuing to surge military equipment and personnel near its border with Ukraine, and recent satellite imagery reveals increased activity from Russia's 144th Guards Motorized Rifle Division and the 41st Combined Arms Army.
A video posted earlier today shows a train carrying T-72s belonging to 42nd MRD / 58th CAA enroute to Feodosia - Crimea today, November 17th. https://t.co/2RVHbKOwSn
[NPASYRIA] On Wednesday, Azerbaijan announced the killing of seven of its soldiers during battles against the Armenian soldiers near the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh enclave.
Azerbaijan Defense Ministry said, in a statement, that ten other soldiers were maimed during the battles.
This battles are the fiercest since the last year war between Armenia and Azerbaijan has ended with the latter taking control over the enclave.
"Fatalities and maimed" among Armenian forces were reported and Azeri forces had captured several Armenian troops as well as "two military positions," La Belle France Press cited Armenia’s defense ministry as saying yesterday.
The Armenian forces have lost control over two military posts.
Yerevan announced a truce with her opponent, Baku, after Russian mediation.
Meanwhile, ...back at the alley, Slats grabbed for his rosco... Defense Minister of the Russia, Sergei Shoigu, made two separate phone calls, yesterday, with his Azerbaijani and Armenian counterparts calling on them to stop actions provoking further escalation of the situation between the two countries.
Nagorno-Karabakh, known as Artsakh, is a mountainous region officially recognized as part of Azerbaijan, though it has a predominately Armenian population and is a de facto independent country which calls itself the Republic of Artsakh. The last year fighting in late September 2020 is the fiercest since the 1990s, after the collapse of the Soviet Union and Artsakh’s declaration of its autonomy from Azerbaijan.
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[KP] HOT SUMMER 2020
What I, the special correspondent of "KP" had more than a year ago, fit into one newspaper spread, the investigators of Bellingcat managed to stretch it into two parts. And they actually confirmed the version of the Russian special services, which was first announced on the pages of Komsomolskaya Pravda. The British newspaper, which is associated with Western intelligence services, finally told what happened in Minsk last summer.
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[REGNUM] On November 25, the State Duma may discuss the issue of immunity of the State Duma deputy from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Valery Rashkin. As a REGNUM correspondent reports on November 17, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin told reporters about it .
In accordance with the regulations, within seven days the commission on mandate issues must study the appeal of the Prosecutor General, Volodin explained.
"In accordance with the rules of procedure, the discussion may take place next week at a plenary session on Thursday, November 25," the State Duma speaker noted.
The State Duma received a submission from the Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov . Note: Rashkin was caught with the carcass of an Elk in his car two weeks ago. He is being charged with poaching.
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[KavkazUzel] A military court in Rostov-on-Don today sentenced a resident of Dagestan Elvin Agadadashev to 11 years in a strict regime colony, having found him guilty of preparing an attack on police officers and participating in a terrorist organization.
Elvin Agadadashev, a 34-year-old resident of Kaspiysk, was accused of participating in the activities of a terrorist organization, facilitating terrorist activities, attempting to organize an illegal armed group, illegal arms and ammunition trafficking, and preparing to encroach on the lives of law enforcement officials.
"It has been established that since December 2019, the defendant, while in Kaspiysk in the Republic of Dagestan, was preparing to take part in the activities of the banned international terrorist organization Islamic State," the press service of the Southern District Military Court told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
Agadadashev also suggested that two acquaintances create an illegal armed group and attack police officers, but they refused, the court noted.
"The defendant planned to take the life of the police officers in Kaspiysk by hitting a car and using a prepared ax and knife," the press service explained.
Also in 2017, Agadadashev received a pistol and cartridges for it from an acquaintance, with them he was detained on February 6, 2020, they said in court.
In accordance with the verdict of the court, Agadadashev was found guilty, and he was sentenced to 11 years in prison in a strict regime correctional colony with serving the first 3 years and 6 months in prison. The defendant pleaded not guilty, the press service of the court said.
The verdict has not entered into legal force and can be appealed by the parties in the Military Court of Appeal.
The criminal case against Agadadashev came to court on October 26, 2020, hearings on the merits began in December, the process took about 20 sessions, follows from the file on the website of the Southern District Military Court.
A military court upholds the verdict of a resident of Stavropol for recruitment to IS
[KavkazUzel] The Military Court of Appeal upheld the sentence of Ikboljon Shamshidinov, a resident of the Stavropol Territory, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for recruiting friends into the ranks of the terrorist organizations Islamic State and Dzhebhat al-Nusra banned in Russia.
As the "Caucasian Knot" reported, on August 26, the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don appointed 10 years in a strict regime colony for Ikbolzhon Shamshidinov, a resident of the Stavropol Territory, accused of justifying terrorism and recruiting two acquaintances into the ranks of the Islamic State."
The defense appealed the verdict, considering it too harsh. Nevertheless, the collegium of the Military Court of Appeal in the Moscow Region today also found Shamshidinov guilty and upheld the verdict of the Southern District Military Court unchanged, a court official told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
The "Caucasian Knot" had no comments from Ikbolzhon Shamshidinov and his representatives regarding the court's decision.
A complaint against Shamshidinov's verdict was received on October 21, it follows from the file on the website of the Military Court of Appeal.
Recall, according to the investigation, Shamshidinov in 2019, while in Stavropol, "using his mobile phone, posted video files on social networks created and administered by him, justifying and promoting terrorism." In addition, in 2020, Shamshidinov "repeatedly, in personal communication and using the group he created in the messenger, by persuasion and sending video and audio recordings, persuaded two of his friends to take part in the activities of international banned terrorist organizations" in Syria, the investigation said. He admitted his guilt, declared in court.
Taulan Gochiyaev, a 44-year-old native of Cherkessk, was accused of publicly justifying terrorism using the Internet (part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Russian Criminal Code), the Southern District Military Court reported. The maximum penalty under this article is up to seven years in prison.
"It was established that in July 2019, a defendant in the city of Karachaevsk of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic posted on a public channel of one of the messengers a publication containing linguistic signs of justifying terrorist activities, recognizing the practice and ideology of terrorism as correct, in need of support and imitation," the correspondent was told.
Today the court sentenced Gochiyayev to a fine of 400,000 rubles. He admitted his guilt. The verdict has not entered into legal force and can be appealed by the parties in the Military Court of Appeal, the press service informed.
The "Caucasian Knot" does not have comments from Taulan Gochiyayev and his representatives regarding the version of the investigation and the court's decision.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
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trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
