News

October 01, 2017 13:50

• "Berkat" market fire victims denied compensation

  Entrepreneurs who suffered losses in the fire at the "Berkat" market in Grozny on September 27 complained of a refusal of compensation. Workers cleared the site for the construction of a new pavilion in place of the burnt.

September 30, 2017 23:28

• 61 LGBT activists arrested after raids in Baku

  About 150 homosexuals and transgenders were detained in Baku during police raids conducted in mid-September. Over a third of them were arrested for up to 30 days, the rest were fined.

September 30, 2017 22:52

• Kremlin suspends Abdulatipov’s successor in waiting line of governor's resignations

  The Kremlin is dosing its decisions on replacing governors, and has not yet decided on the successor to Ramazan Abdulatipov, the editors-in-chief of the Dagestani media, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", have suggested.

September 30, 2017 22:41

• Monitoring shows Volgograd’s infrastructure inaccessible for invalids

  Staircases of apartment buildings, underground passages and a number of trade pavilions in Volgograd and the region are not fit for people with disabilities and baby carts, the public monitors assert. They are sure that the funds allocated for making the urban infrastructure better are spent inefficiently.

September 30, 2017 16:53

• Law enforcers find car of policeman killed in Dagestan

  A service police car of a district police inspector, who had been found dead in the Kizlyar District, was discovered burned down in a neighbouring district.

September 30, 2017 15:01

• District police inspector killed in Dagestan

  This morning, a body of a policeman with signs of violent death has been found in the Kizlyar District of Dagestan.

September 30, 2017 14:35

• LGBT activists: 50 gays tortured in Baku

  Last week, in Baku, more than 50 homosexuals and transgender people were detained and subjected to violence, including torture with electric current. Some of them were arrested for 30 days. This was reported by advocate Samed Rakhimli and activist Javid Nabiev.

September 30, 2017 12:23

• Baksan elders condemn prosecution of Ruslan Gvashev

  In a published video appeal, the elders of Baksan request to protect the rights of Black Sea Shapsugs and, in particular, Ruslan Gvashev in the Krasnodar Territory. The prosecution of Ruslan Gvashev for a moleben at the Tulip Tree is a discrimination against the minorities, the Baksan elders noted.

September 30, 2017 12:21

• In Cherkessk, activists accuse authorities of ignoring memory of Holocaust victims

  In Cherkessk, more than 30 people have gathered at the monument to Holocaust victims. The participants of the action have claimed the republic authorities silence down the history of extermination of Jews.

September 30, 2017 10:30

• Azerbaijani journalist Afghan Mukhtarly granted Pavel Sheremet Award

  The Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum (EaP CSF) has announced that Afghan Mukhtarly, an imprisoned Azerbaijani journalist, became a laureate of the Pavel Sheremet Journalism Award 2017.

September 30, 2017 09:38

• Investigators verify report on beating children in Dagestan

  On a website of one of the federal news agencies, investigators discovered the information stating a resident of Buynaksk ill-treated adopted children.

September 30, 2017 02:40

• Soldier from Dagestan suspected of shelling his colleagues killed during detention

  Gasan Abdulakhadov, a native of Dagestan, suspected of killing three soldiers at a firing range in the Amur Region, was fatally wounded in a shootout during his detention. This was reported by the press service of the Eastern Military District.

September 30, 2017 00:57

• Witness discloses Vardanyan’s plans to unite Armenia with NKR

  At the court session on the case of prepared seizure of power in Armenia by Arthur Vardanyan's armed grouping, the last witness was questioned. According to his story Vardanyan had considered it necessary to hold a referendum on reunification of Armenia with the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR).

September 30, 2017 00:08

• Sochi authorities reject five applications for rallies with Navalny

  On September 29, Alexei Navalny’s supporters held a campaign picket in the Hyde Park of the Khosta District of Sochi. The action passed without incidents.

September 29, 2017 22:50

• Ruslan Gvashev's health deteriorates sharply

  Today, the health condition of the Circassian activist Ruslan Gvashev has deteriorated sharply: he cannot get out of his bed and is no longer able to speak. Besides, he refuses to take any injections, his wife Natalia Gvasheva told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

September 29, 2017 19:58

• Soldier from Dagestan announced wanted after executing his fellow servicemen

  Today, at a military training ground in the Amur Region, during a routine night shooting, a soldier opened automatic fire at a group of soldiers, who were waiting for entering the fire line, the press service of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports.

September 29, 2017 19:40

• Makhachkala resident claims power agents’ inaction after his brother’s kidnapping

  Kamaludin Pirbaev, a native of Dagestan, was kidnapped in Moscow in summer of 2016; and since then, his whereabouts are unknown, his relative has stated.

September 29, 2017 18:48

• Nerses Pogosyan goes on hunger strike in Yerevan prison

  Nerses Pogosyan, a defendant in the case against Zhirair Sefilyan, the leader of the "100th Anniversary without Regime", has declared indefinite hunger strike after the court refused to release him from arrest.

September 29, 2017 18:08

• Opposition speaks against transfer of Tbilisi land to Bidzina Ivanishvili's company

  Today, the Tbilisi legislative agency was to consider the issue to change the status of the territory located near Freedom Square, between Pushkin Square and the Shalva Amiranashvili Museum of Arts. It is in that place where an underground parking is planned to be constructed.

September 29, 2017 17:53

• Social network users discuss video with beating of Ingush people in Beslan

  WhatsApp and social networks disseminate the evidence of beatings of people from Chechnya and Ingushetia in North Ossetia. According to authors of the reports, the victims came to take drugs from hidings.