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December 30, 2013 13:16

• ICRF: terror act in trolley-bus in Volgograd was committed by male suicide bomber (video)

  According to the preliminary information, an explosive device in a trolley-bus in Volgograd was activated by a male suicide bomber. This was reported by Vladimir Markin, Spokesman of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

December 30, 2013 11:47

• Northern Caucasus a year before the Olympics: chronicle of terror acts

  On February 7, 2014, Sochi will host the opening ceremony of the 22nd Winter Olympic Games. In the context of the ongoing conflict in Northern Caucasus, the "Caucasian Knot" is hereby publishing a chronicle of sabotage and terror acts committed in the pre-Olympic year in the North-Caucasian and Southern Federal Districts (NCFD and SFD).

December 30, 2013 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of December 23-29

  Terror act at the railway station in Volgograd; publication of names of plenipotentiary envoys of the leader of Dagestan in four regional districts; abolition of direct election of regional leader in Karachay-Cherkessia; adoption in Kabardino-Balkaria in the first reading of the law to abolish the election of regional leader, and election of Arsen Kanokov as the senator from the region; ratification of gas agreements with Russia by Armenian Parliament and opposition protest; Russian figure skating championship in Sochi, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of December 23-29, 2013, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

December 30, 2013 07:05

• Death toll in terror act in Volgograd reaches 18 persons

  Death toll in the terror act in Volgograd has reached 18 persons. At night of December 30, Andrei Zadorin, who was in critical condition, died in hospital. This was reported by a source from the health care institutions of the Southern Federal District (SFD).

December 30, 2013 06:06

• On December 23-29, 2013, 22 persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week from December 23 to December 29, 2013, the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus brought sufferings to at least 22 people; of them, 15 persons lost their lives, and seven more were wounded. These are the results of the calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

December 30, 2013 01:07

• Cherkasov: if verdict to Vitishko comes into force, we'll regard him as political prisoner

  The case of Evgeny Vitishko has an obvious political context, the participants of the rallies in support of the Krasnodar ecologist held in various cities of Russia have stated. Alexander Cherkasov, the Chairman of the Board of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", believes that the decisions of this sort taken in localities are contrary to the efforts undertaken by the federal centre to improve the country's image.

December 29, 2013 22:26

• Vladimir Markin: terror act in Volgograd could be committed by male suicide bomber

  One of the versions of the law enforcement bodies suggests that a suicide bombing at the railway station in Volgograd could be committed by a male suicide bomber. Earlier, Vladimir Markin, Spokesman of the ICRF, has reported that, according to the preliminary information, the terror act was committed by a female suicide bomber, a native of Dagestan.

December 29, 2013 16:48

• One year prior to Sochi Olympic Games, militants committed 32 explosions

  According to the calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot", during the "pre-Olympic" year from February 12, 2013, till December 29, 2013, 32 explosions were committed in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) and the Southern Federal District (SFD).

December 29, 2013 15:19

• Sunday terror act becomes third explosion in Volgograd since beginning of 2013

  The explosion committed on Sunday at the railway station in Volgograd became the third explosion since the beginning of the year. Earlier, the terror act was committed in the city bus, and there were attempts to blow up police buildings.

December 29, 2013 12:55

• Besik Kudukhov, two-time Olympic medalist, was killed in road traffic accident near Armavir

  In the Krasnodar Territory, Besik Kudukhov, a native of South Ossetia, two-time Olympic medalist and four-time world champion in freestyle wrestling, was killed in a road traffic accident.

December 29, 2013 00:14

• Followers of various trends in Islam in Dagestan call on believers not to celebrate New Year

  New Year celebrations have nothing in common with Islamic traditions and have no historical past in Dagestan. This was stated by Akhmad Anchikhsky, a follower of the Salafi trend in Islam. Meanwhile, according to Sirazhudin-Khadji Akhmedov, a follower of the Dagestani Sufism, some actions of celebration can drive Muslims out of Islam.

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December 28, 2013 23:26

• Zaur Gasanov, who committed self-immolation attempt on December 25, dies in Azerbaijan

  Today at about 10:00 p.m., in a Baku hospital, Zaur Gasanov, an invalid and a Karabakh War veteran, who attempted self-immolation on December 25, has died.

December 28, 2013 22:53

• Investigators search for two suspects of committing Pyatigorsk explosion

  Investigators are working with various versions of involvement of two main suspects in the explosion of a car in Pyatigorsk, said a source from local law enforcement bodies.

December 28, 2013 20:00

• Another self-immolation attempt committed in Baku

  Today in Baku, a man attempted self-immolation and was hospitalized in grave condition. This is the second self-immolation attempt in Baku this week and the third during this year, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

December 28, 2013 19:48

• Tsokov: killings of Imams in Northern Caucasus remain uninvestigated

  A year after the murder of Ibragim Dudarov, Deputy Mufti of North Ossetia, there is no information about the course of the inquiry, said Khadjimurat Gatsalov, Co-Chairman of the Council of Muftis of Russia. Felix Tsokov, a former investigator of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) in North Ossetia, also said that in Russia as a whole, same as in Northern Caucasus, murder of Imams remain uninvestigated.

December 28, 2013 17:33

• Sarkisyan: Armenian opposition to address Constitutional Court after publication of ratified Armenian-Russian agreements

  Activists of the Armenian opposition parties plan to address their lawsuit to the Constitutional Court of Armenia with a lawsuit regarding the invalidity of the parliamentary vote on ratification of the Armenian-Russian agreements on gas, said Lyudmila Sarkisyan, an MP from the oppositional faction "Armenian National Congress" (ANC).

December 28, 2013 13:14

• Suspected militant killed in house explosion in Dagestan

  Today, a militant, blocked in a house in the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, was killed as a result of the explosion. This was reported by a source from the district law enforcement bodies.

December 28, 2013 12:13

• Pyatigorsk bomb had power of 50 kg of TNT (trotyl) equivalent

  An explosive device detonated in Pyatigorsk on December 27 was of about 50 kg of TNT equivalent, a source from the law enforcement bodies reports.

December 28, 2013 04:40

• Over 20,000 Sochi residents spent several hours without heating and electricity

  In the evening of December 27, in Sochi, residents of "Zavokzalny", "Gagarin" and "New Sochi" neighbourhoods spent several hours without electricity and heating supply because of troubles on the cable lines.

December 28, 2013 02:18

• Alexander Valov challenges court's decision to find him guilty of violations in organizing rally in Sochi

  Alexander Valov, the owner of the website "BlogSochi", who was found guilty of violating the order of organizing a rally, filed an appeal against the court's decision.