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January 12, 2015 20:22

• Experts associate acts of vandalism in Derbent with mayoral election

  In Derbent, acts of vandalism were committed to divert public attention from the mayoral election and trigger riots on ethnic grounds. This opinion was expressed by experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

January 12, 2015 19:44

• Kislovodsk Imam sentenced to 3.5 years in prison

  Today, Kurman-Ali Baichorov, the Imam of Kislovodsk, was found guilty of illegal drug dealing and sentenced to 3.5 years of deprivation of freedom.

January 12, 2015 19:30

• Experts associate desecration of Moscow mosque with terror act in Paris

  The desecration of the Memorial Mosque on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow was provoked by the attack on the edition office of the "Charlie Hebdo" in Paris and the events surrounding the terror act. This opinion has been expressed by experts Orkhan Djemal, Andrei Zubov, and Lev Levinson interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

January 12, 2015 18:55

• Chechen Parliament submits to Russian State Duma bill on punishment of terrorists' family members

  In the explanatory memorandum to the bill posted on the website of the Russian State Duma, Chechen MPs note the need to strengthen responsibilities of terrorist "not only for him or herself, but first and foremost for their parents and relatives."

January 12, 2015 13:30

• Six members of one family killed in Gyumri

  In the city of Gyumri, the administrative centre of the Shirak Region of Armenia, a family of six persons, including one child, was killed. Another child survived and was hospitalized, the Armenian police told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

January 12, 2015 12:05

• On January 5-11, at least five people fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week from January 5 to January 11, 2015, at least five persons suffered from the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus; of them, three persons were killed and two others were wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

January 12, 2015 10:45

• In Grozny, school affected by militants' attack resumes classes

  In Grozny, the school No. 20 affected during the militants' attack on the city on December 4, 2014, has resumed classes in the restored building.

January 12, 2015 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of January 5-11, 2015

  Accidents caused by bad winter weather in Southern Russia and countries of Southern Caucasus; Orthodox believers celebrate Christmas; rallies in Armenia and Georgia in memory of victims of terror attacks in Paris; resumption of broadcasting of Radio Liberty in Azerbaijan; terror act in Istanbul, committed by a suspected native of Northern Caucasus; start of trial in the United States of terror act in Boston against a native of Chechnya Johar Tsarnaev, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of January 5-11, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

January 11, 2015 13:28

• Experts explain muted reaction of North-Caucasian Muslims on terror act in Paris by their fatigue over conflicts

  In Northern Caucasus, muted reaction of Muslims to the terror act in Paris, anti-Islamic rhetoric, and in general to the problem of publication of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad can be explained by their fatigue over the conflict in their region.

January 11, 2015 06:41

• In Dagestan, author of anti-New Year video charged with possession of weapons

  Murad Nurmagomedov, an author of the video criticizing Muslims celebrating the New Year holiday, who was detained in Makhachkala, was charged with illegal possession of weapons. This was reported by his advocate.

January 10, 2015 20:46

• NKR accuses Azerbaijan of 2500 shelling episodes within a week

  As stated today by the Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), within this week, Azerbaijani armed forces have violated the ceasefire in the conflict zone for about 2500 times.

January 10, 2015 19:36

• Volgograd residents complain about sharp rise in food prices

  After January 1, Volgograd has seen a sharp rise in foodstuff prices, townspeople report. It was caused by the economic situation, mainly, by introduction of sanctions, local politicians believe.

January 10, 2015 18:39

• Defence of ecologist Vitishko appeals against his placement into dungeon

  Advocates of Evgeny Vitishko have appealed against the decision to place the ecologist in late July 2014 for three days into the punishment cell (dungeon). The defence has also prepared a complaint against the verdict to the ecologist.

January 10, 2015 13:54

• Elvin Abdullaev, activists of PFPA youth committee, detained in Baku

  Elvin Abdullaev, a member of the Youth Committee of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was detained in Baku on suspicion of drug dealing. Elvin Abdullaev is persecuted for political reasons, PFPA believes.

January 10, 2015 13:15

• On anniversary of restoration of Chechen-Ingush ASSR, Chechen residents commemorate deportation victims

  On January 9, the day of restoration of the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (ASSR), abolished after the deportation of Chechens and Ingushes in 1944, residents of Chechnya commemorated victims of Stalin's deportation.

January 10, 2015 09:09

• Fans of "Anji" ask head of ICRF to take inquiry of Magomedov's murder under control

  The murder of the football player Gasan Magomedov has deeply concerned residents of Dagestan, as the fans of the "Anji" FC say in their open letter to the head of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF). They are asking the head of the ICRF to take the investigation into the case under his personal control.

January 10, 2015 08:14

• Azerbaijani CaT reports four deaths in custody from torture within year

  Over 2014, the Azerbaijani Committee against Torture (CaT) received 112 complaints about acts of torture, inhuman and degrading treatment; four of these complaints were related to deaths of detainees, as Elchin Bekhbudov, the head of the CaT, said at a press conference, where the CaT's annual report was presented.

January 10, 2015 04:54

• Georgian parliamentary parties support rejection of majority elections

  The Georgian parliamentary parties have supported the proposal of the non-parliamentary opposition to reform the electoral legislation and abolish the parliamentary elections by the majority system. They treat the majority system as the worst of all existing ones.

January 10, 2015 04:05

• Monument to Azerbaijani poet Nizami damaged in Derbent

  As reported by local residents, at night on January 9, in the city of Derbent, a monument to the prominent Azerbaijani poet and thinker Nizami was desecrated.

January 09, 2015 23:59

• "Christmas Tree" festivity held in Grozny

  On the occasion of the Orthodox Christmas, the Chechen capital organized a "Christmas Tree" festivity for children of Orthodox families.