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October 06, 2017 16:09

• Court finds three KBR’s residents to be IS militants

  The North-Caucasian District Military Court has sentenced Islam Efendiev, Rustan Buttaev and Islam Osmanov, residents of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), to long prison terms. The defence has declared their innocence.

October 06, 2017 15:33

• A Chechen killed near border had to join militants, his relatives claim

  After his release from a penal colony in 2014, Arbi Bantaev, who was killed in the Kursk Region on September 30, "was not left along by Chechen law enforcers," and he had to return to militants. This was claimed by his relatives.

October 06, 2017 13:24

• In Chechnya, about 2000 hectares of land cleared during six months

  In the period from April to October, combat engineers destroyed about 7000 explosive devices and ammunition in five districts of Chechnya.

October 06, 2017 12:40

• Baku resident exposes problem of cancer patients and book crisis in Azerbaijan

  Baku resident Gurban Mamedov sells books to collect money to ensure medical treatment for his mother.

October 06, 2017 10:52

• Chechen resident sentenced for joining a militant grouping

  Magomed Dudaev, a resident of the Shali District, was sentenced to eight years of imprisonment in a high-security penal colony for joining an illegal armed formation (IAF) in 2016. According to the law enforcement agencies, IAF members did not show themselves in the past year.

October 06, 2017 10:40

• "Novaya Gazeta": Cossack Roman Zabolotniy killed for Syrian oil

  Cossack Roman Zabolotniy from the Rostov Region went to Syria to protect oil fields. Contractors have to fight off targets from militants, and the former paratrooper who was captured together with Roman Zabolotniy was involved in a battle for oil, the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" reports.

October 06, 2017 09:40

• Azerbaijan reports 104 cases of shelling from Armenian side

  Over the past day, the Armenian armed forces 104 times violated the ceasefire on the contact line. This was reported by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD).

October 06, 2017 08:56

• Relatives of men killed in Babayurt District claim kidnapping of them

  Anvar Ismayilov and Rasul Radjabov, who were killed on October 4 in the counterterrorist operation (CTO) area in the Babayurt District of Dagestan, were not involved in the armed underground and were kidnapped on the eve of their execution. This was reported by their relatives.

October 06, 2017 00:42

• Neighbours speak of Don Cossack executed in Syria

  Roman Zabolotniy was carrying out a military mission in Syria. This was reported by Anatoly Kotlyarov, a member of the Rostov City Duma and one of the Cossack's friends. Neighbours of Roman Zabolotniy said he took part in military operations and sang in a Cossack choir.

October 05, 2017 23:53

• Residents of Abkhazia, Karabakh and South Ossetia are sceptic about Catalonian referendum

  In the modern world, the right of peoples to self-determination is violated everywhere; and the international community applies the "double standards" policy, the residents of Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh and South Ossetia, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" in connection with the events in Catalonia, have stated.

October 05, 2017 21:59

• Power agents prevent Ruslan Gvashev appearance at rally in Krasnodar

  Ruslan Gvashev, detained on his way to Krasnodar, was released by the police only after the rally in his support was over. Gvashev said that he was surprised by the massive nature of the spontaneous action.

October 05, 2017 20:56

• US senators condemn persecution of gays in Chechnya

  In its resolution, the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations has condemned the persecution of homosexuals in Chechnya. Senators have also called on the US authorities to check whether the Magnitsky Act can be applied to the persons guilty of detaining and torturing homosexuals in Chechnya.

October 05, 2017 20:22

• Ruslan Gvashev stops his hunger strike

  Circassian activist Ruslan Gvashev has stopped his hunger strike at a request voiced by participants in a rally in his support. More than 200 people came to the action in front of the court building in Krasnodar.

October 05, 2017 19:45

• State Duma member confirms execution of captured Cossack in Syria

  Cossack Roman Zabolotniy captured by militants in Syria was executed with another Russian citizen after refusing to become a member of the IS. The work is underway to organize the transportation of his body to his homeland. This was reported by Victor Vodolatsky, a State Duma member, the former ataman of the All-Great Don Cossack Army.

October 05, 2017 18:34

• Dagestan: ten Krasnoarmeisk residents detained at protest action

  Power agents have dispersed residents of the Makhachkala dwelling settlement of Krasnoarmeisk, who opposed demolition of houses, Magomed Guseinov, the chairman of the local board of elders, reports. According to his story, policemen were shooting in the air and detained ten people.

October 05, 2017 16:46

• Ingush resident suspected of joining Syrian militants

  A resident of Ingushetia has joined militants in Syria and continues to fight against government forces, investigators report.

October 05, 2017 15:05

• Kuban law enforcers again stop car with Ruslan Gvashev

  In Sochi, after a three-hour detention, policemen allowed Ruslan Gvashev to continue his journey to Krasnodar to attend a court hearing. However, in Tuapse, the car with the activist was stopped again.

October 05, 2017 12:57

• Friends of man who disappeared in Chechnya question Tatiana Moskalkova's report

  Yet in January, law enforcers informed relatives of Makhma Muskiev that he had been killed. After that, Makhma Muskiev did not appear at home and could not be brought from Tsotsi-Yurt to a meeting with the Russia's Ombudsperson, believe residents of Chechnya.

October 05, 2017 11:46

• Sources disclose name of a Chechen killed in Kursk Region

  Arbi Bantaev, a native of Chechnya, became one of the persons killed in the Kursk Region in a shootout with border guards. This was reported by sources from the law enforcement agencies. According to them, four persons tried to cross the border, including Ali Demelkhanov, who led the Khasavyurt militants.

October 05, 2017 11:45

• Two IEDs defused in Makhachkala

  The power of incomplete explosive devices defused by combat engineers in Makhachkala was 200 grams of TNT.