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January 17, 2018 05:48

• Andrei Rudomakha put under state protection after attack on him

  Investigators have granted a motion to grant state protection for Andrei Rudomakha, a coordinator of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch), who received anonymous threats after he had been beaten in Krasnodar. This was reported by his advocate. The activist himself claimed he felt bad.

January 17, 2018 00:33

• Marik Dudaev killed in South Ossetia

  Marik Dudaev, a resident of South Ossetia, released from detention in Georgia in 2013, was shot dead in his native village of Artsev.

January 16, 2018 18:18

• Armenian Parliament condemns genocide of Yazidis in Iraq

  Today, the Armenian Parliament has approved the draft statement "On condemnation of the Yazidi genocide on the territory controlled by terrorist groupings in Iraq in 2014", the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports with reference to the online broadcast of the meeting on the Armenian Parliament's website.

January 16, 2018 18:11

• Relatives of assassinated Omaev doubt he could attack law enforcers

  Alexei Omaev, who was shot dead by law enforcers in Kaspiysk, could not attack policemen as he was partially paralyzed, his relatives told the "Caucasian Knot".

January 16, 2018 16:30

• Oyub Titiev pleads not guilty in his appeal to Russian President

  In his appeal to President Putin and the chiefs of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) and the Russian FSB, rights defender Oyub Titiev, arrested in Chechnya, has claimed a fabrication of the criminal case against him and forgery of evidence.

January 16, 2018 15:10

• Law enforcers call suspect killed in Kaspiysk a militant recruiter

  Alexei Omaev, killed in Kaspiysk, was suspected of acting as a militant intermediary and recruiting young people for the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS) banned in Russia by the court. This was reported by sources from the law enforcement bodies.

January 16, 2018 14:15

• Soldier dies in Nagorno-Karabakh

  Investigators are studying the circumstances of the death of the serviceman Arutyun Khachatryan, who was mortally wounded this night, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh has reported.

January 16, 2018 10:45

• Participant of conflict with policeman's murder shot dead in Ingushetia

  In the evening on January 15, a resident of Ingushetia was killed in the village of Plievo. The murder could be motivated by revenge of relatives of a policeman killed as a result of a domestic conflict in Magas in 2016, a source in the security forces said.

January 16, 2018 10:41

• Residents of Chechnya see pretence in authorities' help to long-liver

  The authorities of Chechnya have reported the delivery of keys from a new house to 104-year-old Madina Alieva, who was found in Azerbaijan. Local residents interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have suggested that the Chechen authorities use the story of the elderly woman for self-promotion.

January 16, 2018 07:32

• UNM demands making state expenses for Mikhail Saakashvili public

  Zaza Bibilashvili, one of the leaders of the opposition "United National Movement" (UNM), has filed an appeal to the administration of the Georgian President with the demand to make public the expenses of the State Security Service for the period for which former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili is accused of embezzlement.

January 16, 2018 06:45

• Armenians criticize authorities for price growth

  Residents of Armenia have complained about the rise in prices for many goods. The opposition bloc "Elk" has urged citizens to go to protest against the growth of prices.

January 16, 2018 04:38

• Lithuania imposes sanctions against Ramzan Kadyrov

  Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov and some of his subordinates have been included by Lithuania in the Magnitsky List of sanctions.

January 16, 2018 02:47

• Chechen natives claim danger for author of video appeal to Ramzan Kadyrov

  A woman who posted on YouTube video appeals to Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov and his mother is in danger. This opinion was voiced by natives of Chechnya interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondents.

January 16, 2018 01:48

• Astrakhan activists hold solo pickets in support of Maxim Panfilov

  Astrakhan activists Alexei Tyurin, Mikhail Anisenko, and Igor Stenin have held solo pickets in support of Maxim Panfilov, who was sentenced in the case of involvement in mass riots in Bolotnaya Square.

January 16, 2018 00:47

• Man killed in shootout in Kaspiysk

  Police have killed the man who opened fire on them in Kaspiysk, a source from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) has reported.

January 16, 2018 00:45

• Video on behalf of IS* reminds of special services' role in killing rights defenders

  The video spread in social networks on behalf of the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by a court decision, calling to kill Russian rights defenders, will help the authorities to reload responsibility for such killings on extremists and marginalized people, the experts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", believe.

January 15, 2018 21:47

• Former National Guard commander shot dead in Georgian marketplace

  Samson Kutateladze, a former high-ranking military and a Georgian MP, was found dead today in his office on the "Istanbul" marketplace in the city Rustavi.

January 15, 2018 20:52

• Titiev's defence reports non-admission of doctor to Oyub

  Investigators refused to let a doctor to the arrested rights defender Oyub Titiev, who cannot eat any hard food without his dentures, his advocate Pyotr Zaikin and Oleg Orlov, a Board Member of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", have stated.

January 15, 2018 19:05

• Gukovo miners demand to provide them with coal

  According to organizers, the picket was 47 people strong. The miners demanded to allocate coal for heating their houses.

January 15, 2018 16:23

• Rights defenders count 161 political prisoners in Azerbaijan

  The Azerbaijani Centre for Protection of Political Prisoners (CPPP) has updated the list of political prisoners by adding three new convicts and eliminating one released.