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January 30, 2018 12:37

• Eleven people injured by collapsed ceiling in Tbilisi metro

  This morning, in Tbilisi, a part of the ceiling has collapsed at the "Varketili" metro station. Three victims were initially reported. Later, the number of victims grew up to 11, reported an ambulance doctor at the place. According to her, all the victims were taken to the hospital, the "Sputnik-Georgia" reports.

January 30, 2018 08:45

• Vladimir Vasiliev explains reasons for dismissal of officials in Dagestan

  The minister for public education and the minister for land and property relations were removed from office because of their "extremely bad work," announced acting Dagestani leader Vladimir Vasiliev.

January 30, 2018 03:33

• In Sochi, parties to school conflict come to amicable agreement

  Veniamin Kondratiev, Governor of the Krasnodar Territory, met persons involved in a school conflict in Sochi, as a result of which teacher Elena Nosova had been dismissed. The dismissed teacher and the school administration have agreed to conclude an amicable agreement, according to which the Elena Nosova's dismissal record would withdraw mentioning a dismissal under article and she would retract her claim to court.

January 30, 2018 00:07

• Khazbiev complains about "fascist" conditions in Ingush IVS

  The court session on changing the freedom restraint measure of Ingush oppositionist Magomed Khazbiev was held on January 29 at the Magas District Court.

January 29, 2018 19:48

• Navalny's electoral office in Volgograd fixes 65 detainees at "Voters' Strike"

  The activists fined for their participation in the protest action named "Voters' Strike" on January 28 will appeal against their fines at the Volgograd Regional Court, in order to have the right afterwards to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), said Alexei Volkov, the coordinator of the local Alexei Navalny's office.

January 29, 2018 18:41

• Miralioglu announces his intent to run for Azerbaijani presidency

  The "Classical" Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (CPFPA) has announced its participation in the upcoming presidential election. Its leader, the 60-year-old Mirmakhmud Miralioglu, was nominated as a candidate for presidency at the today's session of the Supreme Majlis of the party, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

January 29, 2018 17:46

• Gukovo miners hold picket and blame red tape for delays with allocation of coal

  A sanctioned picket of miners was held today near the "Antratsit" Culture Centre in the town of Gukovo. The action was attended by 47 people – the maximum allowed number of participants.

January 29, 2018 15:24

• More than 300 Azerbaijanis killed in Middle East, authorities report

  Today, the Azerbaijani State Committee for Work with Religious Organizations (SCWRO) has reported that Azerbaijanis killed in Syria and Iraq fought on the side of radical groupings.

January 29, 2018 13:16

• Residents of Chechnya treat protest against Sobchak's visit as a staged performance

  A protest of young people who demanded from Ksenia Sobchak to leave Chechnya after her picket in Grozny contradicted the laws of hospitality. This opinion was voiced by some of the residents interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

January 29, 2018 09:52

• In Georgia, investigators to examine video about torture of a soldier

  The Prosecutor's Office of Georgia has launched an investigation into the video with torture of a conscript soldier shown on TV.

January 29, 2018 09:10

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of January 22-28

  Action "Voters' Strike" in Southern Russia; charges against the Mayor of Makhachkala; threats to rights defenders in Dagestan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of January 22-28, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

January 29, 2018 06:11

• On January 22-28, 2018, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of January 22-28, 2018, no victims to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were registered. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

January 29, 2018 03:05

• About 200 people support "Voters' Strike" in Sochi

  An action in support of the All-Russian "Voters' Strike" was held in Sochi. Its participants declared the need for public control over the presidential election.

January 28, 2018 18:58

• POC member not let to Navalny's supporters detained in Volgograd

  About 50 people were detained during an unsanctioned march in support of the "Voters' Strike" in Volgograd; about ten of them were released, Alexander Efimov, a member of the regional Public Oversight Commission (POC) said.

January 28, 2018 17:57

• Over 50 people hold "Voters' Strike" in Makhachkala

  More than 50 people took part in the All-Russian action "Voters' Strike", held in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan. They gathered at the Avar Theatre, where earlier authorities did not sanction the action.

January 28, 2018 16:42

• "Voters' Strike" in Rostov-on-Don was 200 people strong

  Participants in the "Voters' Strike" in Rostov-on-Don have warned the authorities that they would not accept the dishonest elections.

January 28, 2018 13:42

• Sobchak complained to police about provocateurs in Grozny

  Today, Ksenia Sobchak, TV presenter and a presidential candidate, has held a solo picket in Grozny demanding to release Oyub Titiev, a local rights defender.

January 28, 2018 07:01

• Presentation of Mikhail Saakashvili's book cancelled in Armenia

  The announced presentation of the translation into Armenian of the book by former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili "Awakening of Force" was cancelled due to technical reasons, the organizers of the event have reported. According to Arthur Sakunts, a rights defender, the event was cancelled for political reasons.

January 28, 2018 01:29

• Gannushkina tells about "re-education" practice of European Chechen women

  Rights defenders know about young Chechen women from Europe, who are forcibly kept in Chechnya by their relatives and are exposed to domestic violence and forced to marry, Svetlana Gannushkina, the head of the Civil Assistance Committee, said in her interview with the "Kommersant" on January 27.

January 27, 2018 17:36

• Circassian activists notify Mayoralty about planned rally

  The "Adyge-Khase" youth movement has filed a notification to the Mayoralty of the city of Cherkessk about a rally scheduled for February 5 and dedicated to the unsolved murders of activist Aslan Zhukov and an adviser to the head of the republic Fral Shebzukhov.