Сaucasus held at gunpoint by caliphate

June 26, 2024 18:49

• Attack on synagogue was a surprise for Makhachkala Jews

  The Jews of Makhachkala have felt no obvious threats; the attack on the synagogue came as a complete surprise to them, said Valery Dibiyaev, the chairman of the Centralized Religious Organization of Jewish Communities of Dagestan.

June 25, 2024 23:34

• Death toll from militants’ attacks in Dagestan increases to 21

  In Dagestan, a policeman who participated in repelling a militants’ attack died in a hospital. So, the total number of perished law enforcers and civilians has reached 21.

June 21, 2024 23:09

• Mitigation of Leila Gatagazheva's restriction measure encourages her advocates

  The court ruling to release Leila Gatagazheva under recognizance not to leave the place has given hope that the criminal prosecution on charges of links with militants in Syria would be dropped, her advocates have stated.

May 26, 2024 23:04

• Leila Gatagazheva again placed under house arrest

  Despite the fact that the decision to transfer Leila Gatagazheva, a native of Ingushetia, under house arrest was made in her favour, it still violates the law, since the investigation period has ended and she could not have been given a preventive freedom restriction measure at all.

May 15, 2024 18:58

• Leila Gatagazheva's defence treats her return to SIZO as unjustified cruelty

  Leila Gatagazheva, who has been returned from house arrest to the SIZO (pre-trial prison) for the second time in a row, needs medical treatment; her health was undermined back in the Iraqi prison, her relative and advocates assert.

April 02, 2024 18:56

• Analysts assess reasons for underground activation in Northern Caucasus

  The activation of the radical underground in Northern Caucasus may be associated with external actors who are trying to worsen the situation inside Russia, but someone inside Russia is helping them, analysts have noted.

March 26, 2024 23:13

• Analysts dispute on risks of IS'* intensifying in Northern Caucasus

  After the terror act at the Crocus City Hall, in Northern Caucasus, there is a risk of intensification of militants of the IS*, although no terror acts on civilians have not been observed there since 2018. This was noted by Sergey Goncharov, a veteran of special services, and Andrei Koshkin, a military expert.

March 19, 2024 21:58

• Family of Khavazh Derbichev, resident of Ingushetia, treats his verdict of financing terrorism as reprisal

  The guilt of Khavazh Derbichev, a Malgobek resident, sentenced to 15.5 years within the case of financing terrorism, has not been proven; Khavazh himself and the case witness gave the testimonies obtained by law enforcers under torture, Derbichev's father and his advocate have stated.

February 25, 2024 23:14

• Verdict to Kuban woman of financing terrorism upheld

  The Russian Supreme Court (SC) has found no grounds to overturn the verdict to Olga Petrova, a resident of the Krasnodar Territory (also known as Kuban by the name of the main river), who was sentenced to seven years for financing terrorism.

February 21, 2024 23:21

• On February 12-18, 2024, three people were killed and policeman wounded in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week from February 12 to 18, 2024, during the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, four persons were shot dead: three alleged militants were killed and a policeman was wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

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