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December 26, 2017 14:10

• Defence reports new case opened against "Muslim Unity" leader

  The Azerbaijani Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has suspected Talekh Bagirzade, the leader of the "Muslim Unity" movement, who is serving his 20-year-long imprisonment, of keeping some prohibited object in his prison cell, his advocate has stated.

December 26, 2017 11:32

• Three persons detained during a special operation in Georgia

  One of the local residents detained today in the Pankisi Gorge is suspected of rendering assistance to Akhmed Chataev killed in a special operation in Tbilisi.

December 26, 2017 10:06

• Permanent Mission of Kalmykia demands apologies from "TNT" TV Channel

  On December 25, Baatr Lidjiev, the deputy head of the Kalmykia's Permanent Mission under the President, suggested the TV series which showed a Buddhist statuette with an attached statuette of a naked woman had offended the believers' feelings.

December 26, 2017 02:08

• Tskhinvali residents complain about deficit of candles in stores

  Residents of the South-Ossetian capital reported interruptions with heating and water supply in their houses because of the electricity supply disconnection. To illuminate their apartments, the residents of Tskhinvali have to use church candles, since it is very difficult to find ordinary wax candles in stores.

December 25, 2017 20:54

• Gay from Chechnya tells about demands to apologize to Kadyrov

  Movsar Eskerkhanov, a refugee from Chechnya, said that he was forced to ask the authorities of the republic to forgive him for his coming-out.

December 25, 2017 19:38

• Kadyrov and Chechen officials announce transition to Mylistory social network

  More than 30,000 people have created their pages in the Mylistory social network after Ramzan Kadyrov got registered there, when his accounts in Facebook and Instagram were blocked, the press service of the government of Chechnya has reported. State Duma MPs and "Roskomnadzor" have demanded to explain the blocking of Kadyrov's accounts.

December 25, 2017 18:20

• Wife of Dagestani Mufti nominates herself for Russian presidency

  Aina Gamzatova, the editor-in-chief of the "Islam" magazine and the wife of the Mufti of Dagestan, has sent documents to the Russian Central Election Commission (CEC) asking to register her as a candidate.

December 25, 2017 17:46

• Oppositional Deputy shot dead in Western Georgia

  The Svaneti police are searching for a man who assassinated Lomar Niguriani, a Deputy of the Sakrebulo of the village of Mestia and the head of the district branch of the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party.

December 25, 2017 14:25

• Sochi residents honour victims of plane crash

  Today, in Sochi, in the vicinity of which a plane of the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) crashed a year ago, people held a memorial event to pay tribute to the memory of the victims. The mourning event was attended by several hundred city residents.

December 25, 2017 13:04

• Law enforcers report threat of terror acts in Chechnya

  In Chechnya, security measures have been enhanced in connection with the information about terror acts in preparation for the New Year's holidays, reports a source of the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent from the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

December 25, 2017 12:00

• Grozny residents report dress code for school morning performances

  In Chechnya, the authorities have demanded that during pre-New Year morning performances at schools, schoolgirls should wear kerchiefs. This was reported by parents of schoolgirls and teachers.

December 25, 2017 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of December 18-24

  Killing of eight suspected militants during special operations conducted in three regions of Northern Caucasus; armed attack on a Rostov journalist of the "Caucasian Knot"; vote of confidence in an updated government of Georgia; release of Chechen activist Ruslan Kutaev from a penal colony; second dismissal of an appeal against the verdict to Astrakhan activist Igor Stenin; inclusion of the Chechen leader in the US sanctions list, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of December 18-24, 2017, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

December 25, 2017 08:30

• Azerbaijan counts 156 shelling episodes from Armenian side

  On December 24 and at night on December 25, the Armenian Armed Forces violated the ceasefire for 156 times by using heavy machine guns, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated, not specifying any victims of the shelling.

December 25, 2017 06:57

• On December 18-24, 2017, eight persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of December 18-24, 2017, at least eight persons were killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

December 24, 2017 15:19

• US Congressman demands sanctions against Georgian authorities

  The interests of American investors in Georgia have not been taken into account; and this should be answered in the form of US sanctions against Georgian authorities, the Congressman Steve Russell has stated. Irakli Kiknavelidze, a Georgian oppositionist, has treated Russell's claims as an alarm signal.

December 24, 2017 02:00

• Campaign "Lachin without Mines" continues in Arar community

  The humanitarian organizations "HALO Trust" and "ONEArmenia" continue fundraising for demining the field near Arar village in the Kashatag District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR).

December 23, 2017 22:09

• Chechen authorities report increase in flow of tourists

  Since the start of the year, more than 90,000 tourists have visited Chechnya, which is 20 percent more than during the same period in 2016. On the New Year holidays, over 8000 tourists are expected in Chechnya, the Committee on Tourism at the Republic's Government has stated.

December 23, 2017 18:54

• In Stavropol, law enforcers start visiting apartments after explosion in apartment house

  In Stavropol, policemen and Cossacks launched raids to identify leasing apartments. The city authorities explained the purpose of the raids by protection of people from terror.

December 23, 2017 17:02

• Suspension of Ramzan Kadyrov's social media accounts angers Chechens

  At Saturday night, accounts of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov in Facebook and Instagram were inaccessible. In the afternoon on Saturday, Ramzan Kadyrov responded to the blocking of his accounts and accused the US authorities of that.

December 23, 2017 14:55

• US Senator urges Azerbaijan to release Afghan Mukhtarly

  US Senator Marco Rubio has called on the Azerbaijani authorities to remove all accusations from journalist Afghan Mukhtarly and release him from prison.