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December 30, 2017 10:47

• Azerbaijan declares readiness to give broad autonomy to NKR

  Ali Gasanov, an assistant to Azerbaijani president, has stated that his country is ready to provide the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) with broad autonomy if it gets back to Azerbaijan. The political analysts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", were sceptical about this proposal.

December 30, 2017 06:48

• Azerbaijani activists report repression intensification in 2017

  In 2017, Azerbaijani authorities scaled up their attacks on human rights, the activists and political analysts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", believe. They pointed to a severe verdict on the "Nardaran case" and increased pressure on independent journalists.

December 30, 2017 05:50

• IS claims responsibility for the attack in Saint Petersburg

  The terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS) (banned in Russia) claims responsibility for the explosion in a supermarket in Saint Petersburg on December 27, the SITE Intelligence Group, which tracks terrorists’ network activities has reported.

December 29, 2017 21:55

• Fifteen people detained near Salafi mosque in Makhachkala

  Law enforcers treat the detention of 15 Muslims after their regular Friday prayer (namaz) in a Makhachkala mosque as a preventive action. All the detainees were released, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has assured.

December 29, 2017 18:17

• Dagestani natives detained after attacking journalist in Moscow (+video)

  Moscow law enforcers are investigating the attack on Djemal Aliev, a Dagestani journalist. Two of his fellow countrymen have been detained; the third one is being searched for.

December 29, 2017 17:39

• Court bans temple erection in "Ak-Gel" Park

  Today, the Leninsky Court of Makhachkala has satisfied the claim lodged by townspeople demanding to forbid the construction of the Orthodox cathedral in the park near Lake Ak-Gel.

December 29, 2017 15:34

• South Ossetia closes border with Georgia

  The border with Georgia will be closed from December 31 until the morning of January 2, because of enforced security measures during the New Year celebrations, South-Ossetian State Security Committee (KGB) wrote on the Facebook.

December 29, 2017 15:31

• Georgian citizen detained in Turkey for ties with Chataev

  At Tbilisi's request, Turkish law enforcers have detained Gocha (Ali) Saginadze, a Georgian citizen and an Akhmed Chataev's acquaintance.

December 29, 2017 15:02

• Seven kidnapped Grozny residents released

  Seven residents of the capital of Chechnya, kidnapped in November, were released after almost a month of stay in an illegal prison, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reports.

December 29, 2017 13:43

• Kindergarten employee in Dagestan suspected of beating a child

  The prosecutor's office has initiated a criminal case against a Dagestani kindergarten educator, who struck a child in the face.

December 29, 2017 12:08

• KChR's Nogais unite to defend their rights

  On December 28, the constituent assembly of the Congress of the Nogai People was held in the village of Erken-Khalk, Nogai District of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR). The Congress should defend the rights of the Nogais living in the region.

December 29, 2017 02:48

• "EcoWatch" leader Andrei Rudomakha hospitalized after attack

  In Krasnodar, Andrei Rudomakha, a coordinator of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch), was attacked. As a result, he was hospitalized.

December 29, 2017 00:03

• Relatives of victims report about life after terror act in Volgograd

  The terror act at the railway station and the explosion in a trolleybus committed four years ago became a terrible tragedy for the city, Volgograd residents told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. Employees of the railway station, who avoided injuries, did not receive compensation for severe psychological harm inflicted to them.

December 28, 2017 22:23

• Georgian economists forecast rise in prices for goods after increase in tariffs

  In Georgia, tariffs for supply of electricity and tap water will rise on January 1, 2018. The State Commission has explained the growth of tariffs by the need for repair and development of pipelines and power grids. After the increase in tariffs, prices for goods will also rise, economists noted.

December 28, 2017 21:42

• Ingushetia enhances security measures after terror act in Saint Petersburg

  Yunus-Bek Evkurov has instructed the law enforcement bodies to enhance security measures in Ingushetia during the winter holidays in connection with an explosion in a Saint Petersburg supermarket.

December 28, 2017 19:48

• Four Pankisi detainees arrested

  Today, in Tbilisi, the court has pronounced the decision to take into custody four men detained during a special operation in the Pankisi Gorge and accused of aiding and abetting terrorists.

December 28, 2017 17:46

• Georgian authorities report granting apartments to 445 IDP families

  In Gori, 445 families of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Abkhazia and South Ossetia were granted apartments in eight new buildings, the Georgian authorities reported.

December 28, 2017 14:00

• Snowboarders rescued in Sochi mountains

  On December 27, rescuers used a helicopter to evacuate two snowboarders from Moscow who stuck among rocks in the area in Sochi, the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) reports.

December 28, 2017 13:07

• Chechen state servants report being forced to subscribe to Ramzan Kadyrov's new account

  In Chechnya, employees of budgetary organizations were instructed to create accounts in Mylistory to follow the leader of the republic. Meanwhile, they did not get any requests to close their pages in Western social networks.

December 28, 2017 12:07

• President Putin: explosion in Saint Petersburg was a terror act

  In the case of an explosion in a Saint Petersburg supermarket, investigators classified the incident as an attempted murder. However, today, the Russian President has called the incident a terror act. Vladimir Putin has also reminded the recent detention of natives of Dagestan and Ingushetia in the case of a preparation of terror acts in Saint Petersburg.