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January 11, 2018 00:14

• Elderly woman's story puzzles authorities of Azerbaijan and Chechnya

  For the third week, the Azerbaijani and Chechen authorities cannot identify a 104-year-old woman found in the Goranboy District of Azerbaijan. The woman voiced her desire to leave for Chechnya after Ramzan Kadyrov had promised to help her.

January 10, 2018 22:49

• In Stavropol Territory, village council head accused of recruiting fighters for IS

  A case against the head of the Kucherlinsky village council, accused of recruiting a resident of the Stavropol Territory to the ranks of Syrian militants, was brought to court.

January 10, 2018 20:49

• Pankisi detainee accused of aiding and abetting terrorists

  Zurab Idoidze, a resident of Georgia, was accused of aiding and abetting Akhmed Chataev and members of his grouping. The detainee pleads not guilty, his advocate reported.

January 10, 2018 20:18

• Turkish authorities arrest Georgian citizen acquainted with Akhmed Chataev

  Gocha Saginadze, a Georgian citizen, detained in Turkey on the charge of having connections with terrorists, has been taken into custody. His wife is to be deported from the country, the agency "Interpressnews" reports with reference to Milliyet.

January 10, 2018 19:07

• Azerbaijan scales up its forces in Afghanistan at US' request

  Military analysts have treated the increase of the number of Azerbaijani peacekeepers in Afghanistan as making overtures to the USA. According to their forecasts, such an increase will not lead to a deepening of the Azerbaijan-NATO partnership.

January 10, 2018 17:44

• Activist Zviad Kuprava and his wife beaten in Tbilisi

  Zviad Kuprava, the leader of the "Centre for Law Enforcement Reform", and his wife were injured as a result of an attack.

January 10, 2018 16:06

• Chechen woman calls on Ramzan Kadyrov to stop kidnappings

  In her video appeals to Ramzan Kadyrov and his mother Aimani Kadyrova, a woman who introduced herself as a resident of Chechnya, has requested to stop kidnappings and persecution of people in the Chechen Republic.

January 10, 2018 09:37

• Temirlan Machalikashvili dies in hospital

  Today, a 19-year-old resident of the Pankisi Gorge, severely wounded by law enforcers during a special operation in the Pankisi Gorge on December 26, 2017, has died. This was reported by a doctor.

January 10, 2018 04:56

• In Dagestan, a man wanted for involvement in Syrian militants' actions

  Vladimir Oleinikov, a resident of Dagestan, was put on the wanted list in connection with the charges of involvement in an illegal armed formation (IAF). This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) after the release on the Internet of a video, in which a man who introduced himself as Vladimir Oleinikov said that he was a doctor in the IS.

January 09, 2018 23:44

• In Tskaev's case, defence accuses investigators of sabotage

  Three policemen accused of the death of Vladimir Tskaev in Vladikavkaz were released from custody under recognizance not to leave. An advocate of the Tskaev's family believes that investigators intentionally secured their release. 

January 09, 2018 23:07

• On December 25-31, 2017, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of December 25-31, 2017, 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 09, 2018 18:42

• A grenade defused in an Armenian school

  Combat engineers have defused a combat grenade, found today in a rural school in the Lori Region of Armenia.

January 09, 2018 18:02

• Azerbaijan increases number of its peacekeepers in Afghanistan

  A group of 70 Azerbaijani soldiers and officers sent to Afghanistan. Meanwhile, Azerbaijan has increased the number of its peacekeepers in Afghanistan from 94 to 120 soldiers and officers.

January 09, 2018 15:54

• Member of HRC "Memorial" disappears after his detention in Chechnya

  Today, in Chechnya, law enforcers have detained Oyub Titiev, the chief of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial". His whereabouts is unknown, reported Oleg Orlov, a member of the Board for the HRC "Memorial".

January 09, 2018 14:50

• Yunus-Bek Evkurov promises to help Ingush natives after their return from Syria

  Residents of Ingushetia, who return from the Middle East, will be able to start a peaceful life at home. This has been announced by Ingush leader Yunus-Bek Evkurov. He has treated the decision to send Sunni policemen from the Caucasus to Syria as "hitting the spot."

January 09, 2018 11:11

• Relatives report unsuccessful search for singer Zelimkhan Bakaev

  Five months after disappearance of Zelimkhan Bakaev, an artist from Chechnya, investigators did not shed light on his fate. His mobile phone number was re-registered to a resident of Moscow, and someone replaced his WhatsApp avatar with a photo of the Grozny mosque, reported relatives and colleagues of Zelimkhan Bakaev.

January 09, 2018 10:33

• More than 12,000 tourists visit Chechnya for New Year holidays

  In Grozny, the New Year tree celebrations gathered more tourists than local residents, city residents reported.

January 09, 2018 08:40

• Instagram blocks page of young woman dancing in hijab

  At users' requests, the Instagram administration has blocked a page of a young woman who danced in hijab.

January 09, 2018 08:38

• Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of machine gun shelling

  On January 8-9, the Armenian armed forces violated the ceasefire regime 118 times, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijani reported.

January 09, 2018 08:22

• Seven-year-old child shot dead in Chechnya

  While playing at home with a traumatic pistol, a ten-year-old boy shot and killed his seven-year-old brother.