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January 27, 2015 13:59

• Makhachkala: Envoy Melikov raises issue of preparing for celebrating 2000 years of Derbent

  Sergey Melikov, the Plenipotentiary Envoy of Russian President to the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), is paying a working visit to Dagestan; in Makhachkala, he held a meeting with activists of youth organizations and NGOs, inspected the city health facilities and reported on the planned sitting in Derbent.

January 27, 2015 12:22

• KBR resident convicted of aiding militants

  The Baksan District Court of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has sentenced a resident of the Baksan District to 13 months in prison on charges of aiding militants.

January 27, 2015 11:57

• Chechen Prosecutor's Office demands to close 85 pages of the social network "VKontakte"

  A lawsuit demanding to restrict access to the pages of 85 users of the social network "VKontakte" was submitted to the court by the Prosecutor's Office of Chechnya. Among the materials posted on these pages are caricatures from the magazine "Charlie Hebdo".

January 27, 2015 11:01

• MoDs of Armenia and Azerbaijan report shelling of their position in conflict zone

  According to the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan, within the last 24 hours, Armenian armed forces violated the ceasefire for 126 times. The Armenian party has announced 300 cases of shelling of its positions in the conflict zone.

January 27, 2015 09:34

• Society needs details of inquiry into murder in Gyumri, said demonstrators in Yerevan (+video)

  The marchers in Yerevan have demanded a more active informing of the society about the investigation of the massacre of the Avetisyan family in Gyumri; they carried posters demanding to extradite Valery Permyakov to the Armenian party. Activists have accused the Armenian authorities of inaction in this matter.

January 27, 2015 05:34

• Court in Dagestan rejects claim on Murad Nurmagomedov's unlawful arrest

  On January 26, a court in Makhachkala dismissed a lawsuit on invalidating the custody of Murad Nurmagomedov, the author of the video clip, criticizing the Muslims who celebrate the New Year. He is accused of illegal possession of firearms; his defence intends to appeal against the dismissal.

January 27, 2015 00:48

• Armenian investigators check version of Permyakov's accomplices

  As reported by the Police of Armenia, Armenian investigators are examining the version that Valery Permyakov, a Russian military, accused of massacring the Avetisyan family in Gyumri, could have accomplices.

January 26, 2015 23:58

• Armenia: relatives of Avetisyan family ask police to ensure their safety

  Relatives of the Avetisyan family, which was massacred in the Armenian city of Gyumri at night on January 12, have appealed to law enforcement bodies asking to ensure their safety.

January 26, 2015 19:22

• Participants of unsanctioned rally in Minvody arrested for 10 days

  Four participants of the unauthorized rally in the city of Mineralnye Vody (Minvody) have been brought to administrative responsibility – they were administratively arrested for 10 days. Among those arrested is Alexei Grischenko, a member of the local public movement "Veche CMV", the "Blocknote-Stavropol" reports.

January 26, 2015 16:31

• Armenian protesters demand international intervention into situation in NKR

  The participants of the action held at the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and the UN Office in Armenia expressed their demand to take diplomatic steps to stop sabotage actions and provocations undertaken by the Azerbaijani party on the border of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) and the Tavush Region of Armenia.

January 26, 2015 12:18

• MoD of Azerbaijan reports death of three soldiers in Karabakh conflict zone

  Three Azerbaijani soldiers were killed in the conflict zone, as there are wounded, said today the Ministry of Defence. In this case, the names of those killed and injured number is not listed.

January 26, 2015 11:39

• On January 19-25, no victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were registered

  In the course of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, during the week from January 19 to January 25, 2015, no victims were recorded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

January 26, 2015 10:12

• Azerbaijan accuses Armenian party of violating ceasefire

  Over the past 24 hours, the Armenian party has violated the ceasefire in the conflict zone for 124 times, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan has reported, while the spokesman for the MoD of Armenia has reported last night's relative peace on the contact line.

January 26, 2015 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of January 19-25

  Death of the baby – the only survivor in the attack on family in Gyumri, and interrogation of soldier Permyakov accused of the massacre by Armenian investigators; actions against caricatures on Prophet Muhammad in Chechnya, Dagestan, Georgia and Azerbaijan; verdict in Rostov-on-Don to journalist Sergey Reznik; mass brawl in a Minvody cafe with fatality; construction of railway in Southern Russia, bypassing Ukraine; revocation of license from "Adam International" Bank of Makhachkala, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of January 19-25, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

January 26, 2015 05:38

• Sacred Islamic relic brought from Makhachkala to Moscow

  On January 25, a hair of Prophet Muhammad was delivered from Makhachkala to Moscow for public observation at the gala party "Mawlid al-Nabi".

January 25, 2015 14:42

• Police release natives of Dagestan detainees at Vnukovo

  The natives of Dagestan Shuaib Shuaibov and Isa Abdusamadov, who were detained at Vnukovo Airport have been released from the police after a check, said Aisha Selimkhanova, an activist of the Dagestani Regional Public Organization (DRPO) "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy).

January 25, 2015 08:59

• Adaptation commission returns guy who was going to fight in Syria back to Ingushetia

  As reported by Adam Tsechoev, the head of the Malgobek District, through the efforts of the district adaptation commission they managed to return a local guy, who was in the way to war in Syria, from Turkey to Ingushetia.

January 25, 2015 06:37

• ECtHR's decision in Yusupova's case evidences poor investigation of disappearances in Chechnya, advocates assert

  The decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in the case "Malika Yusupova at al versus Russia" has proved that the investigatory authorities did not want to inquire into people's applications about disappearances in Chechnya, said the lawyer Dokku Itslaev.

January 25, 2015 01:22

• Two natives of Dagestan detained in Moscow on return from Egypt

  The natives of Dagestan Shuaib Shuaibov and Isa Abdusamadov were detained on their arrival from Egypt to Moscow and then sent to Makhachkala, said the wife of Shuaibov. According to her story, Shuaibov and Abdusamadov were questioned on suspicion of the men's participation in the hostilities in Syria. However, the local MIA did not confirm this information.

January 24, 2015 23:53

• Sister of Babaev who died in Azerbaijani colony disagrees with examination

  Elshad Babaev, who was kept in a colony of Azerbaijan, has died a natural death, medical experts have concluded. However, his relatives assert that Elshad died from torture, while law enforcers fail to conduct an objective investigation.