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April 04, 2022 23:46

• Nine warders of Yaroslavl penal colony convicted for torturing a native of Chechnya

  A court sentenced employees of a penal colony in the Yaroslavl Region to different terms of imprisonment from three years to three years and four months for torturing prisoner Abubakar Tsagalaev.

April 04, 2022 20:32

• On March 28-April 3, 2022, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of March 28-April 3, 2022, no killed or wounded in the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the “Caucasian Knot” based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

April 04, 2022 20:30

• Wife of journalist Polad Aslanov demands to stop pressing him in colony

  The wife of the convicted journalist, Polad Aslanov, has held a protest action near the building of the Penitentiary Service in Baku, calling to stop pressing her husband. The beating of Aslanov, which caused her wife's action, could be sanctioned by colony bosses, Fikret Djafarli, a human rights defender, has suggested.

April 04, 2022 14:06

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of March 28-April 3, 2022

  Arrival of refugees in the Rostov Region and the death of military personnel from Southern Russia in Ukraine; trial in a case of fighters of the National Guard of Russia dismissed for refusing to go to Ukraine, and the persecution of pacifists; beginning of Ramadan; Bibilov’s statement on plans on joining South Ossetia and Russia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of March 28-April 3, 2022, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

April 04, 2022 11:57

• OSCE calls on Armenia and Azerbaijan to negotiate

  To settle all the outstanding problems, Armenia and Azerbaijan should hold talks, Zbigniew Rau the Chairman of the OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe), has suggested.

April 04, 2022 11:54

• Authorities of Dagestani Tlyaratinsky District reported military's death in Ukraine

  Timur Magomedomarov, a native of the Tlyaratinsky District, has perished in Ukraine. Since the start of the special operation, it has become officially known about the death of at least 65 military servicemen from Dagestan.

April 04, 2022 11:51

• Kadyrov criticizes "priority scale" of Dmitry Peskov, Kremlin press secretary

  The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has expressed dissatisfaction with the fact that the presidential press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, failed to comment on the awarding of the rank of lieutenant general to him, but called the TV presenter, Ivan Urgant, "a great patriot."

April 04, 2022 11:49

• Volunteer who perished in Ukraine buried in Georgia

  David Gobedjishvili, who volunteered for Ukraine and died there, has been buried at home in Tkibuli.

April 03, 2022 11:50

• North-Caucasian Muslims welcome Ramadan

  Believers in Northern Caucasus have welcomed the holy month of Ramadan with collective prayers; in the regions, various cultural and charity events are timed to the holy month of fasting.

April 03, 2022 11:29

• Nagorno-Karabakh residents tell about the consequences of gas cuts

  The authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh have explained the cut off of gas supply to Nagorno-Karabakh by a failure of the gas pipeline in Armenia. Residents of Stepanakert have said about the significantly increased costs of heating their apartments and houses with electricity during gas cuts.

April 03, 2022 11:10

• Armenian analysts point to risks of mirror troop withdrawal

  The initiative of mirror withdrawal of troops threatens the security of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh and is a hidden demarcation of border sections, Armenian analysts have stated.

April 02, 2022 18:32

• Activist detained in Krasnodar

  In Krasnodar, law enforcers have detained Alexander Aposhnyansky, an activist, who had earlier taken part in the action against the special operation in Ukraine, and drew up a protocol against him on non-payment of certain earlier fines for violating traffic rules.

April 02, 2022 18:18

• Gas supply cut off in Nagorno-Karabakh

  Residents of Askeran, and then of other dwelling settlements of Nagorno-Karabakh, are without gas today.

April 02, 2022 17:41

• Over 14,500 refugees from Donbass arrive in Rostov Region in a day

  During the past 24 hours, over 14,500 refugees from the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR) crossed the Russian border in the Rostov Region, border guards have informed.

April 02, 2022 17:11

• Woman from Gelendjik fined for discrediting militaries

  The Gelendjik City Court has fined a 30-year-old local resident by 40,000 roubles, finding her guilty of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.

April 02, 2022 12:08

• Statement on referendum in South Ossetia points to Russia's plans to affect Georgia

  Moscow can use Anatoly Bibilov's proposal to include South Ossetia into Russia as a tool to put pressure on Georgia, the Georgian analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have pointed out.

April 02, 2022 11:54

• ECtHR refuses to consider Saakashvili's complaint

  The complaint of the third President of Georgia, Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, filed with the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on his medical care and treatment in custody has been excluded from the list of cases that are under consideration, Beka Dzamashvili, a Deputy Minister of Justice of Georgia has informed. Saakashvili said that he himself asked to suspend the consideration of the complaint.

April 02, 2022 08:48

• Baku police disrupt Shakhbaz Guliev's protest action

  On April 1, Shakhbaz Guliev, who spent six years in prison in Nagorno-Karabakh, intended to hold a protest action outside the Azerbaijani presidential administration. He planned to demand a pension, disability category and assistance in employment. Policemen detained him, but took him from the police station to the Centre for receiving complaints from citizens of Azerbaijan.

April 02, 2022 08:36

• Astrakhan activist fired from school

  The school managers have fired Elena Baibekova, a teacher from Astrakhan, who spent five days under arrest after her pacifist picket; she was fired for absenteeism. Baibekova intends to seek reinstatement at work.

April 02, 2022 08:25

• Muftiates of North-Caucasian regions announce Ramadan starting date

  The holy month of Ramadan will start in Dagestan, Chechnya, Kabardino-Balkaria and North Ossetia on April 2, the Muftiates have announced.