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July 18, 2019 14:27

• State Duma offers to pay Dagestani volunteers

  On July 17, the Russian State Duma adopted in the second reading a bill to equate to war veterans the volunteers who were opposing the invasion of Chechen militants into Dagestan. The new edition of the bill also provides for monthly payments.

July 18, 2019 11:30

• Opposition activist detained at protest action in Baku

  On July 17, law enforcers disrupted the picket organized by activists of the "Musavat" Party in front of the Iranian Embassy in Baku. More than 10 people were detained. Later, the protesters were released, except for Elman Guliev, the leader of the "Musavat" youth organization.

July 18, 2019 11:20

• In Tbilisi, performance participants demand resignation of Interior Minister

  On July 17, in Tbilisi, in front of the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), activists held a protest performance entitled "Shoot at Me" with the demand for the resignation of Georgian Interior Minister Giorgi Gakhariya, the "First Channel" reports on its website.

July 18, 2019 11:09

• 13 policemen injured in clashes with protesters in Ijevan (+video)

  Law enforcers were injured as a result of clashes with residents of the Tavush Region of Armenia, who blocked the road and demanded to allow them cutting down trees in the forest of Dilijan.

July 18, 2019 08:34

• Analysts compare appointments in Kadyrov's administration with Kremlin's cadre practices

  Idris Baisultanov, a Ramzan Kadyrov's cousin, has become a deputy to his fellow villager Galas Taimaskhanov, appointed earlier to the post of the head of the administration of the head of Chechnya. This demonstrates the family-clannish cadre policy that is characteristic not only of Chechnya, but also of the federal authorities, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

July 18, 2019 08:27

• CPRF leader in KChR treats his detention as political persecution

  Kemal Bytdaev, the head of the branch of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) in the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), has been detained within the case of organizing an unsanctioned rally in Cherkessk the capital of the republic. Bytdaev himself and his comrades accuse the authorities of political pressure on the party in connection with the elections to the republic's parliament.

July 18, 2019 08:20

• Advocates report pressure on arrested Ingush activists

  The defence of the Ingush activists, Akhmet Barakhoev, Musa Malsagov, Malsag Uzhakhov and Barakh Chemurziev has appealed against their removal from Ingushetia and the denial of access to the case materials. The activists are intimidated and blackmailed, said the advocates.

July 18, 2019 00:16

• Murtazali Gasanguseinov declares his indefinite protest action in Makhachkala

  Officials once again ignored a picket held by Murtazali Gasanguseinov, whom the authorities refused to sanction a rally with the demand for an effective investigation into the case on the murders of sons. Murtazali Gasanguseinov intends to seek a meeting with the Mayor of Makhachkala.

July 17, 2019 23:23

• Lawyers accuse authorities of pressure on judge in Robert Kocharyan's case

  Investigators searched the office of Judge David Grigoryan, who ruled the decision to release from custody Robert Kocharyan, the second president of Armenia. Defence of Robert Kocharyan and independent lawyers believe that David Grigoryan and the judicial system as a whole are under pressure.

July 17, 2019 17:53

• Head of Armenian village reports about shelling attacks on houses and fields

  Last night, the Azerbaijani armed forces have shelled an Armenian village, and bullets hit roofs of houses, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia reports. According to the head of the rural community, starting from July 11, the Azerbaijani armed forces are shelling the sown fields for a fire to break out there.

July 17, 2019 17:36

• Another law enforcer detained in case on dispersal of protesters in Tbilisi

  On July 16, the General Prosecutor's Office of Georgia reported about the detention of another employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) in the case on abuse of power during the dispersal of the protest action in front of the parliament building in Tbilisi.

July 17, 2019 14:06

• Authors of report on federalism point to problems in relations between Moscow and Caucasus regions

  The Russian authorities had a chance to build relations with the regions on the principle of "strong centre means strong regions"; however, the opportunity was missed, claimed the report presented at the International "Memorial". According to authors of the report, the federal relations in Russia have degraded.

July 17, 2019 13:55

• Chechen authorities see "domestic nature" in conflict over pastures on border with Dagestan

  A conflict over pastures on the border between Dagestan and Chechnya is not related to the definition of borders between the republics, but it was of "domestic nature", the administration of the Vedeno District announced.

July 17, 2019 11:08

• Law enforcers detain protesters in Ganja

  On July 16, at a protest action, mothers of the men, arrested in the "Ganja case", demanded to release their sons and investigate their complaints of torture. Law enforcers stopped the protest action and detained the protestors, but soon set them free.

July 17, 2019 10:55

• Baku political analysts disclose beneficiaries of problems around "David Gareja"

  The situation around the "David Gareja" Monastery Complex is being aggravated by forces seeking to undermine the strategic partnership between the two countries, believe Azerbaijani political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

July 17, 2019 08:39

• Kadyrov copies Putin's practice of manual ruling

  Authorities of Chechnya are promptly solving residents' problems voiced out on air of the programme with Ramzan Kadyrov broadcast on the local TV. Kadyrov has entirely copied the practice of "Direct Lines" with Putin, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted.

July 17, 2019 08:30

• Tbilisi picketers claim Georgia's safety for Russians

  Russian citizens permanently residing in Georgia have held an action aimed to overturn the Russian authorities' statements that it is unsafe to travel to Georgia.

July 16, 2019 23:09

• Court supports Vremenny residents in their claim against authorities

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan refused to grant the appeal filed by the authorities of the Untsukul District to challenge the verdict about their inaction on paying compensations to residents of the Vremenny village for their houses that had been destroyed during a counterterrorist operation (CTO).

July 16, 2019 22:35

• Two law enforcers wounded during special operation in South Ossetia

  Two militiamen were hospitalized with wounds after an attempt to detain a man suspected of robberies and kidnapping, reports the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for South Ossetia.

July 16, 2019 22:22

• Chechen authorities outlaw amateur singers

  Only performers approved by a special commission can play live concerts and upload videos with songs on the Internet, the Chechen Minister of Culture has announced.