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January 15, 2018 16:18

• Humorous video about Kadyrov gains almost one million views per day

  A video entitled "Chief Assistant" was posted by video blogger Danila Poperechny on the YouTube on January 14. By 4:00 p.m. on January 15, it gained 921,745 pageviews and more than 111,000 likes against 3000 dislikes.

January 15, 2018 16:07

• Internet posts photos made before attack on Andrei Rudomakha

  Activists of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch) made photos within the fenced area in the forest near Gelendzhik. After that, they were exposed to beating. The photos taken by them and published today by the "Novaya Gazeta" newspaper prove the construction of capital buildings that is underway inside the fenced territory.

January 15, 2018 13:41

• Chechen long-liver placed to a social centre in Chechnya

  Madina Alieva, who was found in Azerbaijan and who introduced herself as a 104-year-old Chechen woman, was placed to a social centre in the Chechen village of Alpatovo.

January 15, 2018 10:35

• Baku believers rally in support of Iranian authorities

  A group of believers held a rally in support of the Iranian leaders in front of the Embassy of Iran in Baku. Participants of the action held portraits of Ayatollah Khamenei in their hands and shouted slogans in support of the Iranian authorities.

January 15, 2018 09:08

• On January 8-14, 2018, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of January 8-14, 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 15, 2018 09:05

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of January 8-14

  Detention in Chechnya of the leader of the representative office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"; guilty verdict to journalist Afghan Mukhtarly in Azerbaijan; death in Tbilisi of a man wounded in a special operation in the Pankisi Gorge, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of January 8-14, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

January 15, 2018 06:46

• EU condemns verdict to Afghan Mukhtarly

  The European External Action Service (EEAS) has demanded to investigate the kidnapping and prosecution of Azerbaijani journalist Afghan Mukhtarly.

January 15, 2018 00:29

• In Volgograd, exhibition "Sarmatians' Gold" presents unique artefacts

  More than 90 artefacts of the Sarmatian culture, made of precious metals, are exhibited at the Volgograd Regional Museum of Local History. Many of those artefacts have never earlier been exhibited for public.

January 14, 2018 19:34

• Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of 126 bombardments per day

  Over the past 24 hours, Armenian militaries have violated the ceasefire for 126 times by using large-calibre machine guns, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

January 14, 2018 16:30

• Oyub Titiev's relatives leave Chechnya

  The family of Chechen rights defender Oyub Titiev, accused of drug dealing, has left Chechnya for security reasons, Pyotr Zaikin, Titiev's advocate has stated today.

January 14, 2018 08:43

• Norwegians agree to support Oyub Titiev

  On 11 January, the human rights organizations the Norwegian Helsinki Committee, the Human Rights Watch, the Amnesty International, the International Federation of Human Rights and the World Organization Against Torture issued a joint statement demanding from Russian authorities to release the rights defender Oyub Titiev.

January 14, 2018 05:56

• Video calling to kill rights defenders spread in social networks on behalf of IS*

  A video clip on behalf of the militants of the "Vilayat Kavkaz", a branch of the "Islamic State" (IS), banned in Russia by a court decision, with the call to kill prominent Russian rights defenders has been spread in the WhatsApp instant messenger, in a number of Telegram channels and among users of the Facebook.

January 14, 2018 01:36

• New charge brought against journalist Afghan Sadygov three months before his release

  Azerbaijani journalist Afghan Sadygov, convicted on charges of assaulting a woman in the reception room of the head of the Jalilabad District, has faced a new charge three months before the end of his prison term.

January 13, 2018 20:50

• Relatives of the person who died at Vladikavkaz police station demand objective inquiry

  Today, about 300 residents of Vladikavkaz came out to picket in support of relatives of Vladimir Tskaev, who died at the police after interrogation. His close relatives fear that policemen want to "hush up" his death.

January 13, 2018 20:18

• Rights defenders criticize Armenia's MoJ for high mortality in jails

  The high death rate from illnesses in Armenian prisons indicates poor medical care and authorities' inhumane policy, Arthur Sakunts and Aikui Arutyunyan, rights defenders, have stated.

January 13, 2018 17:46

• Son of killed militant detained in Gubden

  Law enforcers have detained Nurmagomed Taimasov, a resident of the village of Gubden, after finding ammunition in his house. According to his relatives, the cartridges and a grenade were planted there.

January 13, 2018 16:57

• Chechen woman puts forward to Kadyrov conditions of apology for criticism (+video)

  The woman, who has recorded critical video appeals to the head of Chechnya and his mother, confirmed her readiness to apologize to Kadyrov, if relatives of the disappeared Chechens get at least their remains.

January 13, 2018 13:31

• Relatives publicly condemn Chechen woman for video appeal to Kadyrov

  The video appeals to the head of Chechnya and his mother were recorded by Aishat Guchigova, who lives in France, her relatives have reported, stating that they are ashamed of her words; and one of her relatives wished her death for criticizing Kadyrov.

January 13, 2018 10:46

• Law enforcers refuse to give out body of man killed in Avtury to relatives

  Relatives of Khamzat Baimuradov, suspected of killing the chief of the police station and shot dead during his detention, fear of blood feud, residents of the Avtury village reported. Relatives and friends had no chance to bury the Khamzat Baimuradov's body, since bodies of killed terrorists were not given out to family members, the police reported.

January 13, 2018 06:32

• US urge Azerbaijan to release Afghan Mukhtarly

  The US Department of State is concerned over the verdict to Afghan Mukhtarly and calls on Azerbaijan to release the journalist.