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January 07, 2015 23:59

• Action "Christmas in captivity" held in Sochi IVS in Matsesta

  Today, a charity action "Christmas in captivity" was held at the temporary detention facility (IVS) in the Sochi district of Matsesta. Activists congratulated the detainees on the occasion of Orthodox Christmas holidays and gave gifts to them.

January 07, 2015 19:58

• Azerbaijani CEC cancels outcomes of municipal elections at three precincts

  Today, the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Azerbaijan has cancelled the outcomes of the municipal elections of December 23, 2014, at one precinct, thus, making the total number of such precincts equal to three. All of them are in the Masalli District in Southern Azerbaijan.

January 07, 2015 17:45

• Detainee's dead body found in IVS of Rostov Region

  Today, employees of the temporary detention facility (known as IVS) of the Neklinovsky District of the Rostov Region have found a detained man with no signs of life in one of the facility cells.

January 07, 2015 17:16

• Azerbaijan arrests ten citizens suspected of involvement in warfare in Syria

  Ten alleged members of warfare in Syria have been arrested in Azerbaijan. They were charged with the creation of illegal armed formations (IAFs) and participation therein.

January 07, 2015 15:55

• SFD and NCFD residents celebrate Christmas at elevated security measures

  Today, the believers of the Russian, Georgian, Jerusalem and Serbian Orthodox Churches have celebrated their Christmas. The events were held under strengthened security measures.

January 07, 2015 15:40

• 150 thousand of Azerbaijani Orthodox believers celebrate Christmas (+video)

  Today, the Orthodox Christians of Azerbaijan have celebrated Christmas. On the night of January 7 divine services were held in the catherdrals and churches of Azerbaijan.

January 07, 2015 07:27

• HALO Trust: at least 13 people fell victim to mine explosions in NKR in 2014

  In 2014, in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, 13 people suffered from mine explosions: two of them were killed and 11 others were injured, a representative of the international humanitarian organization named "HALO Trust" told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

January 07, 2015 05:33

• Seven people rescued from under snow after avalanche in KBR

  Six cars were covered by a snow avalanche in the area of Mount Elbrus; workers rescued seven people trapped in their cars.

January 07, 2015 03:43

• Heavy snowfall in Georgia interrupts communication with 16 villages

  16 villages in the Mestia District of the Svaneti Region in Western Georgia are cut off from the outside world. The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has sent help to car drivers stuck in snowdrifts.

January 07, 2015 02:02

• Defence of Anar Mamedli treats his transfer to colony outside Baku as biased

  Anar Mamedli, the head of the Centre for Monitoring Elections and Democracy Training in Azerbaijan, has health problems in the colony, where he was transferred from the Baku SIZO (pre-trial prison) after the court rejected his appeal against the conviction, said Anar's father. The decision to transfer Mamedli to a colony remote from Baku is biased, said his advocate.

January 07, 2015 01:56

• Experts treat situation in Northern Caucasus as dangerous and predict escalation of conflict

  Reduction in the number of victims of the North-Caucasian conflict was caused by the outflow of militants to other warfare zones; this trend will change after the return of combatants from Syria, the rights defenders and experts questioned by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

January 07, 2015 01:54

• Two policemen and one suspected militant killed in Dagestan

  Two policemen and one suspected militant were killed in the shelling of a police squad in the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan. Two other law enforcers were wounded.

January 06, 2015 14:12

• American PEN Centre urges Azerbaijani authorities to release Khadija Ismayilova

  The American PEN Centre has spoken out in defence of the journalist Khadija Ismayilova, arrested in Azerbaijan, believing that the arrest is negatively affecting the country's international image.

January 06, 2015 12:55

• Azerbaijani MoD refutes information about its losses in Karabakh conflict zone

  The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has treated as misinformation the report released by its counterpart of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) about the death of its soldiers last night at the contact line.

January 06, 2015 12:12

• GPO of South Ossetia to send remains of David Basharuli for genetic examination in Russia

  The General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of South Ossetia plans to send the remains of a young man found in a forest of the Leningor District to the genetic examination in Rostov-on-Don, in order to confirm that they belong to the citizen of Georgia David Basharuli, who disappeared six months ago.

January 06, 2015 11:33

• MoD of Nagorno-Karabakh reports on deaths of three Azerbaijani soldiers

  The military agencies of Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh report on numerous bombardments of their positions during the recent day. Meanwhile, according to the Karabakh side, three Azerbaijani soldiers were killed.

January 06, 2015 10:41

• Georgian citizen who disappeared six months ago found dead in South Ossetia

  David Basharuli, a 19-year-old citizen of Georgia, who disappeared six months ago in the Leningor District of South Ossetia, was found dead. Local residents found his body hanging in a wooded area.

January 06, 2015 08:50

• In Ingushetia, two blood enemies reconciled

  In Ingushetia, during the national Mawlid in honour of the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad, two residents of Nazran announced their refusal of blood feud. During the past year, more than 50 blood enemies were reconciled in Ingushetia.

January 06, 2015 04:11

• US urge Karabakh conflict parties to refrain from hostilities

  The US State Department has expressed its concern over the armed incidents between the parties to the Karabakh conflict and urged Armenia and Azerbaijan to refrain from hostilities.

January 06, 2015 00:26

• Mikhail Abramyan asks Prosecutor of Krasnodar Territory to check legitimacy of his inclusion in federal wanted list

  Mikhail Abramyan, the Secretary of the Krasnodar regional branch of the "Communists of Russia" Party, has filed an official complaint about his inclusion in the federal wanted list to the secretariat of the Regional Prosecutor's Office.