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January 14, 2015 19:32

• In Ingushetia, Khalukhaev family members leave their house after armed incident with neighbours

  After an armed incident with the Khadjiev family members, the Khalukhaev family members left their house. In Ingushetia, officials are working to reconcile the two families. This was reported by Ulan Evloev, the Chairman of the Presidium of the Teip Council under the leader of Ingushetia.

January 14, 2015 18:57

• Chechen office of HRC "Memorial" attacked

  Unidentified persons have attacked the office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in Gudermes and assaulted its staff members with eggs. This was reported by Oleg Orlov, a member of the board of the HRC "Memorial".

January 14, 2015 18:41

• MECA takes responsibility for hacking Georgian "Carrefour" website

  The Middle East Cyber Army (MECA) has claimed the responsibility for hacking the website of the network "Carrefour" in Georgia. The very fact that the website has been hacked indicates that radical Islamists successfully run a "cyber jihad" around the world.

January 14, 2015 16:39

• OSCE monitoring in Karabakh conflict zone interrupted because of fire

  Monitoring of the OSCE on the contact line between the armed forces of Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan has been interrupted because of a shot fired from the Azerbaijani side, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Nagorno-Karabakh reports.

January 14, 2015 14:34

• Two men killed in Gali District of Abkhazia identified

  Law enforcers have identified two persons killed in a shootout in the Gali District of Abkhazia, who allegedly participated in the kidnapping of a local resident. A regime of special operation is still valid in the Gali District, and the law enforcers are looking for other members of the grouping of kidnappers.

January 14, 2015 13:54

• Incident in Gyumri to be investigated by Armenia, local residents believe

  Residents of the town of Gyumri demand to extradite Valery Permyakov detained on suspicion of mass murder of Avetisyan family members to the Armenian side.

January 14, 2015 07:40

• In Armenia, Karabakh war veterans predict increase in number of incidents on contact line

  The incidents at the contact line with Azerbaijan involve special services of Turkey. This was stated by Yuri Mikaelyan, the Chairman of the Union of Karabakh war veterans. Aragats Mkrtchyan, the Deputy Chairman of the Union of Karabakh war veterans, explains the tension on the contact line by political instability in Azerbaijan.

January 14, 2015 05:48

• ISIL supporters returning from Syria contribute to spread of radical ideas in Azerbaijan, experts assert

  Participation of Azerbaijani citizens in hostilities in Syria in the ranks of the ISIL recognized as a terrorist organization can contribute to the import into Azerbaijan of radical ideas and increase in the number of their supporters. This opinion has been expressed by experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

January 13, 2015 22:24

• Heads of NCFD regions visit Derbent at background of election scandals and vandalism

  The importance of preservation of monuments of history and architecture was stated by the regional leaders of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) who visited Derbent with the Russian presidential envoy to the NCFD at the background of the acts of vandalism, committed on January 8, 9 and 11; however, the agenda of the visit, according to information from official sources, did not assume the visiting of the sites of vandalism.

January 13, 2015 20:49

• Union "Women of Don" appeals against Court's decision on registration of NGO as "foreign agent"

  The Rostov NGO Union "Women of Don" has appealed against the decision of the Zamoskvorechye District Court of Moscow to recognize the legitimacy of the inclusion of the NGO in the register of "foreign agents".

January 13, 2015 20:02

• Residents of Gyumri commemorate the assassinated Avetisyan family

  The action of candle-lighting in memory of the executed Avetisyan family took place in the centre of the city of Gyumri. The casualties' bodies were placed into the church for the funeral service.

January 13, 2015 19:51

• Azerbaijan refutes its losses on January 11 in Karabakh conflict zone

  Officials of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) have denied the reports of their counterparts of Armenia and the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) that on January 11 the Azerbaijani Army suffered losses as a result of armed incidents.

January 13, 2015 19:05

• Dagestani Prosecutor's Office challenges verdict against Maidanskoe resident

  Public prosecutors have challenged the verdict against Magomed Abdurashidov detained during a special operation in Dagestan who was sentenced to one year of imprisonment on charges of aiding and abetting militants.

January 13, 2015 18:57

• Relatives Dagestani native Magomed Aliev cannot find him

  For the fourth day, family members and advocates of Magomed Aliev, a student of the Stavropol University, accused of promoting terrorism, cannot reveal his whereabouts.

January 13, 2015 16:06

• In Nalchik, SC completes examination of evidence in case of Alexei Makoev killed in special operation

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Kabardino-Balkaria has completed the examination of evidence in the case of Alexei Makoev, a resident of Chegem, killed during the special operation carried out on April 30, 2013, in the vicinity of the village of Khasanya. The SC started to question witnesses in the case.

January 13, 2015 14:28

• Valery Permyakov pleads guilty of mass murder in Gyumri

  Valery Permyakov suspected of the murder of the Avetisyan family in the town of Gyumri is at the 102nd Russian military base in Armenia. He confessed of the mass murder. The Armenian and Russian law enforcement agencies are in talks about which country will investigate the case.

January 13, 2015 09:13

• Arif Yunus marks his 60th birthday in custody in Azerbaijan

  On January 12, Arif Yunus, a conflictologist and historian, a researcher at the Institute of Peace and Democracy (IPD), who is accused Azerbaijan of treason, was 60 years old. He marked his birthday in the SIZO of the country's Ministry of National Security (MNS).

January 13, 2015 08:02

• Mother of detained resident of Dagestan cannot establish her whereabouts

  Raziyat Isabekova, a resident of the village of Novokayakent, Kayakent District of Dagestan, states that she cannot find his daughter Saida Khalikova, who was detained last December.

January 12, 2015 23:32

• Five persons lost in shootout in Gali District of Abkhazia

  Today, in the Gali District of Abkhazia, which borders on Georgia, a shootout broke out in the course of a special operation, in which killed five persons were killed. As reported by Raul Lolua, the Minister of Internal Affairs of Abkhazia, the death toll includes an employee of the Special Missions Centre of the State Security Service of Abkhazia and a Russian border guard.

January 12, 2015 23:27

• In Ingushetia, unidentified persons throw grenade into house of Rector Ibragim Khalukhaev

  Unidentified persons threw a stun grenade into the yard of the house belonging to Ibragim Khalukhaev, the Rector of the Ingush Institute of Economics and Law. No one was hurt in the incident.