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August 21, 2019 11:18

• Ingush law enforcers get under inquiry for refusing to disperse rally in Magas

  In Ingushetia, thirteen policemen fired after a rally in Magas for refusing to use force against activists, are charged with disobeying an order. The law enforcers tried to achieve reinstatement, but the court refused them.

August 21, 2019 01:05

• Rapprochement of Azerbaijani and Armenian military positions is caused by defence of pre-border villages

  The new militaries' positions on Azerbaijani-Armenian border have strengthened the protection of the Azerbaijani village of Ikindji Shikhli and the Armenian dwelling settlement of Chinari, which came under fire, Baku and Yerevan experts believe.

August 21, 2019 00:56

• Khasavyurt court arrests Kemran Isaev

  On August 20, the Khasavyurt District Court arrested Kemran Isaev, a resident of Dagestan, who was declared kidnapped by his relatives, within a case of firearm possession.

August 21, 2019 00:36

• KBR pilgrims share impressions about Hajj

  400 pilgrims from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) have committed their Hajj, having completely covered this year's quota allocated for the republic. The KBR pilgrims, who have returned from Mecca, noted a good organization of the tour.

August 21, 2019 00:23

• Magomed Gadjiev treats his criminal prosecution as law enforcers' revenge

  Magomed Gadjiev, a member of the Public Chamber and the Public Oversight Commission (POC) of Dagestan, told the court that law enforcers had forced him to slander the head of the republic's branch of the Federal Service of Court Marshals.

August 20, 2019 23:51

• Dagestani MIA releases video of Kemran Isaev's confession

  Kemran Isaev, a resident of Dagestan, suspected of possessing weapons and ammunition, said in the video posted today that he had planned to confess and surrender his pistol to the police.

August 20, 2019 19:12

• Kibar Khalvashi abandons plans to sell "Rustavi-2"

  Kibar Khalvashi, an owner of the "Rustavi-2" TV Company, did not find anyone who wanted to buy the TV Channel and announced the decision to head the company to get it out of the financial crisis.

August 20, 2019 18:59

• Chechen pilgrims report on their stay in Mecca

  The first pilgrims from Chechnya who visited Saudi Arabia this year returned to their homeland. They have no claims to organizers of the Hajj.

August 20, 2019 18:45

• Azerbaijan claims shelling attacks on two villages on border with Armenia

  The positions of the Azerbaijani troops in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled 22 times within 24 hours, and villages in the area bordering Armenia came under fire, reports today the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan.

August 20, 2019 14:42

• Ushguli residents stop protests after authorities' promises to restore family towers

  In Svaneti, residents of the Ushguli community stopped their protest action after the authorities promised to restore local towers.

August 20, 2019 14:31

• Abdulmumin Gadjiev's wife complains about restrictions on visits to her husband

  The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) of Dagestan dismissed 24 notifications of actions in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, an arrested correspondent of the newspaper "Chernovik" (Draft), reported Arsen Magomedov, one of the initiators of the actions. Dana Sakieva, a wife of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, complains that her visits to her husband are time-limited.

August 20, 2019 11:15

• Relatives of hunger-striking journalist Ragimov report his health worsening

  Ikram Ragimov, an Azerbaijani journalist, who is holding a hunger strike at SIZO (pre-trial prison), is in extremely grave condition, his relatives have stated after visiting him.

August 20, 2019 10:58

• Pashinyan claims unprecedented safety of Amulsar mine

  After his meeting with opponents of the Amulsar mine, the Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, said that the operation thereof would be unprecedented in compliance with environmental standards. In the ongoing protests, he saw the interest of the Armenia mining companies, who don't want to meet the standards.

August 20, 2019 10:46

• Kadyrov ignores Tumso's invitation to discussion

  Tumso Abdurakhmanov has criticized Ramzan Kadyrov's statements about his good knowledge of the Islam history. Network users have urged Kadyrov to accept the blogger's invitation.

August 20, 2019 08:32

• Complaint about Timur Muritov's torture submitted to ECtHR

  A complaint was sent to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) about the torture of Timur Muritov, convicted for recruiting people into the ranks of the "Islamic State" (a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court), who stated at the trial that he had been tortured by electric current and beat up by law enforcers in Dagestan.

August 20, 2019 08:20

• Journalists refute Kadyrov's interpretation of 1999 events

  The official Dagestan has always blamed international terrorist groupings for the 1999 invasion, the media have stuck to this formulation, and there were no accusations against Chechens, the Dagestani journalists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

August 19, 2019 21:51

• Resident of Chechnya receives real prison term for posting comment on Internet

  Abubukar-Sedyk Khadisov was found guilty of posting a comment justifying terrorism and sentenced to three years in colony, the North-Caucasian District Military Court has informed today.

August 19, 2019 21:39

• Dagestani residents demand to release their kidnapped fellow villager

  On August 18, Kemran Isaev, a resident of the village of Terechnoye, disappeared in the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan. Today, his relatives and fellow villagers rallied in Khasavyurt, claiming that the man was kidnapped. Isaev was detained on suspicion of illegal firearm possession, the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported.

August 19, 2019 20:27

• On August 12-18, 2019, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of August 12-18, 2019, no one fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

August 19, 2019 19:26

• Authorities discuss Amulsar gold mine operation amid protests

  Today, at the residence of the Armenian President, there has been a meeting on the issue of the Amulsar gold mine operation. Activists gathered in front of the residence. The authorities refused to conduct a new environmental impact assessment, while delegates of the protesters accused Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan of reluctance to negotiate with the opponents of the mine operation.