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March 25, 2014 19:56

• Five persons killed in a special operation in Dagestan

  On Tuesday, March 25, four members of illegal armed formations (IAFs) and one special troops agent were killed during a special operation conducted in the village of Pervomaiskoe, Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, said a local law enforcement source.

March 25, 2014 15:55

• MIA: KChR resident trained as terrorist in Syria detained in Krasnodar

  As reported by the press service of the Chief Department for the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) of the Russia's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), a resident of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), who underwent training at the commando training camp of the international terrorist grouping in Syria, was detained in the Krasnodar Airport.

March 25, 2014 15:22

• Moscow hospitals discharge all victims of Volgograd terror acts

  On March 24, a Moscow hospital discharged a resident of Udmurtia who was injured in the terror act committed in the bus in Volgograd. This was reported by a source from the emergency services of the city. According to the source, all victims, who were receiving medical treatment after the terror acts committed in Volgograd on the New Year's Eve, were discharged from Moscow hospitals.

March 25, 2014 14:11

• Muzychko, accused of banditry in Chechnya, killed at detention by Ukrainian MIA agents

  Alexander Muzychko, the coordinator of the "Right-Wing Sector" in Western Ukraine, who was put by Russian law enforcers on wanted list on charges of banditry in Chechnya, was fatally wounded at detention in the course of a special operation conducted by employees of the Ukrainian MIA.

March 25, 2014 14:04

• Prosecutor's Office: case against CORN sent to court

  The criminal case against members of the "Combat Organization of Russian Nationalists" (CORN), accused of involvement in crimes motivated by ethnic hatred and, in particular, the murder of Muslim Abdulaev, a resident of Dagestan, Judge Eduard Chuvashov, and advocate Stanislav Markelov, were sent to the court. This was reported by the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation.

March 25, 2014 03:40

• Ten suffered in Moscow in a mass brawl of natives of Kalmykia and Dagestan

  In one of the Moscow restaurants, 25 young men from Kalmykia and Dagestan took part in a brawl accompanied by stabbing; 10 of them were injured.

March 25, 2014 02:36

• Moscow hosts presentation of a new book about Stalin's deportation of Chechens and Ingushes

  On March 22, the Ingush branch of the International Society "Memorial" presented, at the Moscow State Museum of Gulag History, the book by Alexander Bozhedomov "Eviction of Ingushes and Chechens. Archive Chronicle: January 1943-January 1944".

March 25, 2014 01:40

• Dagestani authorities: local laws do not allow creating administration in Krasnopartizansk

  On March 22, the Dagestani village of Krasnopartizansk hosted a protest rally. The demands voiced by the protesters are also relevant for 100 villages established on transhumance lands by migrants from mountainous regions. However, representatives of the authorities and experts believe the demands voiced at the rally in Krasnopartizansk are still cannot be solved.

March 24, 2014 23:57

• Sochi: court ruling on refusal to coordinate rally comes into force

  On Monday, March 24, the ruling took effect of the Sochi Tsentralny District Court, which stated that the inaction of the Mayoralty in reviewing the notification about a rally against discrimination of Sochi residents was illegal.

March 24, 2014 23:33

• NAC: Idris Akavov, leader of "Babayurt" militant grouping, killed in Khasavyurt

  As reported by the Russia's National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) in the course of the shootout in the Dagestani city of Khasavyurt four militants were killed; one of them was identified as Idris Akavov, the leader of the "Babayurt" militant grouping.

March 24, 2014 20:39

• Hideout with ammunition found in KBR

  According to preliminary information, the hideout belonged to a local resident who was killed in a special operation in Bylym in December 2013.

March 24, 2014 19:18

• KBR: Guketlov's body given out to relatives for burial

  Power agents have given the body of Tengiz Guketlov, killed on March 14 during the assault of a household in Nalchik, out to his relatives, said a source from the Investigating Department (ID) for the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

March 24, 2014 16:29

• Wounded employee of Dagestani MfE is in grave-stable condition

  Investigators regard the official duties of Ibragim Tuchalov, an employee of the Dagestani Department of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE), to be the main reason for the attempt on him, said a source from the local law enforcement bodies. According to the MfE, Tuchalov is now in Saint Petersburg; his condition is grave but stable.

March 24, 2014 14:04

• In Yessentuki, investigators report about search for missing Imam Khubiev

  Yessentuki investigators ask locals who know anything about the circumstances of disappearance of Shamil Khubiev, the Imam of the settlement of Mirny, to come and report to law enforcement bodies.

March 24, 2014 11:18

• Two persons killed by avalanche at "Roza Khutor" ski resort

  The avalanche covered a group of six skiers, who were descended down the "Labyrinth" ski route. As a result, two women perished, said the regional branch of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE).

March 24, 2014 09:49

• Romanova: Evgeny Vitishko has no conflicts with prison authorities or other prisoners

  The health status of Evgeny Vitishko, an activist of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus", who is serving his term in the Tambov Region, causes no concern, said Olga Romanova, the executive director of the movement "Imprisoned Russia", after meeting the convict. According to her story, Vitishko has good relations with other inmates and colony administration.

March 24, 2014 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of March 17-23

  Hurricane causing numerous accidents in Southern Russia; scandal in Georgia with inquiry materials on the death of Zurab Zhvaniya posted on the Internet, which do not exclude his murder; completion of inquiry into the case of former Astrakhan Mayor Mikhail Stolyarov, accused of bribe-taking; appointment of parliamentary elections in South Ossetia; sentences in Volgograd in cases of explosion in "Bellagio" Café, and of riots in Ismailly; confirmation by North-Caucasian militants of death of Doku Umarov, leader of "Imarat Kavkaz", – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of March 17-23, 2014, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

March 24, 2014 03:11

• On March 17-23, seven persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  In the course of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, during the week from March 17 to March 23, 2014, at least seven people suffered, including four killed and three wounded persons. These are the results of the calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

March 23, 2014 22:11

• Forensic expert and Zurab Zhvaniya's guard detained in Georgia

  The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on March 20 photos appeared on the Internet from the place of death of Zurab Zhvaniya and from the morgue, showing alleged traces of violence on his body. The opposition has railed against the fact that the materials that constitute the secrecy of investigation appeared on the Internet.

March 23, 2014 18:13

• Roundtable "Russia Minus Northern Caucasus?" in Beslan discusses security issues

  The participants of the roundtable "Russia Minus Northern Caucasus?" held on March 21 in Beslan by the association of victims of terror acts "Mothers of Beslan", discussed the socio-economic status of Northern Caucasus, its prospects and the religion as a factor of stabilization or confrontation.