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June 05, 2019 07:25

• Uraza Bayram celebration raises issue of returning Krasnodar mosque to Muslims

  There is not a single operating mosque in Krasnodar; the nearest ones are in Adygea; and they are always overcrowded on holidays, local Imams have stated.

June 04, 2019 22:16

• Ingush activist Zelimkhan Bopkhoev arrested

  A Nalchik court has ruled to detain Zelimkhan Bopkhoev, a participant of the March rally in Magas, accused of attacking law enforcers, for two months, his advocate Kaloi Akhilgov has informed.

June 04, 2019 22:08

• Azerbaijani SC softens verdict to oppositionist Bakhyshly

  The prison term of Orkhan Bakhyshly, a young activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has been halved by the decision of the Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan.

June 04, 2019 19:26

• Witness of resonant schoolboys' murder in Tbilisi detained

  A suspect in the case of the murder of schoolboys has been detained while trying to leave Tbilisi, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has informed today.

June 04, 2019 19:07

• Kuban police react to blogger's attack statement

  The Krasnodar Territorial Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has launched a check of the video, in which Vadim Kharchenko, a local blogger, told about an attack on him. YouTube users have supported the blogger and his activities.

June 04, 2019 18:49

• Volgograd Region: not enough room in mosques for believers to mark Uraza Bayram

  Today, at least 200,000 Muslims, who live and came to the Volgograd Region to visit their relatives or get seasonal work, took part in celebrating the Uraza Bayram holiday, Andrei Kirilenko, the executive officer of the regional Muftiate has stated.

June 04, 2019 14:35

• Ingush authorities promise to suspend demolition of resettlers' barracks

  The head of Ingushetia, Yunus-Bek Evkurov, has ordered to inspect, by June 20, the places of compact residence of forced migrants and to update the lists of those who claim to get the state support. There is no plan to urgently resettle the barracks in Nazran, said Timur Akiev, a representative of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

June 04, 2019 14:28

• Wife of a Jehovah's Witness* arrested in Dagestan tells search details

  The law enforcers, who conducted a search of the apartment of Arsen Abdullaev, a Jehovah's Witness (the organization, recognized as extremist and banned in Russia by the court), who was arrested in Dagestan, used threats and intimidation, Suat, Arsen's wife, has stated.

June 04, 2019 11:07

• Police stop protest action at Soros Foundation office in Yerevan

  Several dozen participants gathered for a protest action in front of the office of the branch of the "Open Society Institute-Assistance Foundation" (known as "Soros Foundation") in Yerevan. However, policemen did not allow protesters to approach the building by blocking the access with cordons.

June 04, 2019 10:50

• NKR residents tell about their expectations of ConIFA tournament

  After two days of the ConIFA-2019 Football Championship held in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), the teams of Abkhazia and Western Armenia are in the lead. Locals hope that the tournament of this scale will bring the NKR closer to international recognition.

June 04, 2019 00:57

• Tumso tells about Chechen's grave wound in conflict with law enforcers

  A resident of the village of Novye Atagi has lost his leg as a result of his wound received while trying to prevent armed people from kidnapping his neighbour, the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, has reported. According to his story, the shooter was a law enforcer.

June 04, 2019 00:52

• Ban on LGBT actions in Volzhsky appealed against at the ECtHR

  The prohibition of the gay parade and two LGBT pickets, scheduled in the city of Volzhsky, Volgograd Region, for August 2018, has been appealed against at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) today, Nikolai Alekseev, an LGBT movement activist, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

June 03, 2019 21:19

• Muslims of Southern Russia are preparing to celebrate Eid al-Fitr

  The authorities of the majority of the republics of Northern Caucasus and Adygea announced days off on the occasion of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr. On the eve of the celebration, the leader of Ingushetia called on the law enforcement bodies to give relief to petty offenders, and the Caucasian Muftiates reported holding collective iftars (collective breaking of the fasting) not only in their regions, but also beyond them.

June 03, 2019 21:01

• In Dagestan, court arrests four Jehovah's Witnesses*

  In Makhachkala, the Soviet District Court took into custody for two months four Jehovah's Witnesses*, who were detained after searches in their apartments.

June 03, 2019 20:24

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of May 27-June 2, 2019

  Decision of the ECtHR in the case on the disappearance of 12 residents of Chechnya; return of Ukrainian citizenship to Mikhail Saakashvili; detention of top-ranking law enforcers in Kabardino-Balkaria in the case on bribery, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of May 27-June 2, 2019, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

June 03, 2019 19:59

• Tbilisi court tightens punishment for defendants accused of killing schoolchildren

  Today, the Tbilisi Court of Appeal has increased the sentences to 11 years and 3 months of imprisonment for both defendants accused of killing schoolchildren in Tbilisi, advocates reported. Zaza Saralidze, the father of the murdered schoolboy, called the court's decision fair.

June 03, 2019 19:42

• Two persons arrested after assault on Samvel Babayan's supporters in Armenia

  People suspected of the armed attack against supporters of Samvel Babayan, the former Minister of Defence of Nagorno-Karabakh, were charged with illegal acquisition of weapons and ammunition. The court arrested them for two months, the spokesperson of the Investigating Committee of Armenia reports today.

June 03, 2019 19:34

• On May 27-June 2, 2019, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of May 27-June 2, 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.

June 03, 2019 13:09

• Azerbaijan blames Armenia for machine gun shelling of two villages

  During the last 24 hours, the ceasefire regime on the troops contact line was broken for 28 times, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

June 03, 2019 12:58

• Armenian political analysts criticize idea to change format of Nagorno-Karabakh talks

  The Baku's idea of attracting a delegate of the Azerbaijani community of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) to negotiations on Karabakh settlement will violate the earlier agreements and finally drive the talks to deadlock, the Armenian political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

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