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May 21, 2019 17:00

• Roelofs urges supporters to protest against election outcomes in Zugdidi

  On May 20, Sandra Roelofs, a candidate for the post of Mayor of the city of Zugdidi, declared that she did not recognize the official outcomes of the election; while the opposition is launching protests all over Georgia.

May 21, 2019 14:39

• Titiev asks for CER

  A petition for conditional early relief (CER) of the Chechen rights defender Oyub Titiev has been submitted to the Shali City Court, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has informed today.

May 21, 2019 14:22

• Participants of equestrian march cross central Nalchik

  Today, policemen blocked the centre of Nalchik, freeing the way for participants of the equestrian march commemorating the victims of the Caucasian War.

May 21, 2019 14:16

• Pashinyan puts independence of judiciary under threat

  The call of Nikol Pashinyan, the Armenian Premier, to block courthouses is beyond the Armenian legislation, said Larisa Alaverdyan, a former Armenian Ombudsperson. The police failed to take actions to unblock courthouses, as they obey the Prime Minister, not the law, Avetik Ishkhanyan, a rights defender, believes.

May 21, 2019 11:24

• Chechen authorities hold mass commemoration of Kadyrov's teacher

  Vera Deryabina, the mother of Abubakar Edelgeriev, now an advisor to President Vladimir Putin, the former teacher of Akhmat and Ramzan Kadyrov, has been buried in the Kadyrovs' ancestral village. Thousands of people, including the republic's leadership, arrived to commemorate the teacher.

May 21, 2019 11:07

• Nalchik: over 300 gather to commemorate Caucasian War victims

  A concert of old Adyg songs was held at the monument to the victims of the Caucasian War "The Tree of Life" in Nalchik; after which 101 candles were lit. The participants interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted that the tragedy of the Caucasian War will never be forgotten by Adygs (Circassians).

May 21, 2019 10:54

• Abkhaz oppositionists block republic's highway

  In Abkhazia supporters of the opposition have blocked the highway near the village of Tamysh and the bridge over the Bzyb River.

May 21, 2019 08:21

• Report on bomb planted in Dagestani Muftiate turned to be false

  On May 20, law enforcers checked a report about the bomb allegedly planted in the building of the Dagestani Muftiate in Makhachkala. People from the building and around it were evacuated.

May 21, 2019 08:16

• Azerbaijan reports shelling of two villages in conflict zone

  The armistice regime in the Karabakh conflict zone was violated for 21 times; the positions of Azerbaijani militaries stationed in two villages bordering on Armenia came under fire, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

May 20, 2019 22:08

• Idea of renaming Tsentaroi into Akhmat-Yurt was no surprise to Kadyrov's fellow villagers

  Magomed Daudov, the Chairman of the Chechen Parliament, has offered to rename the Kadyrovs' patrimonial village, Khosi-Yurt (Tsentaroi), in honour of Akhmat Kadyrov. The renaming idea will cause no objections, local residents assert.

May 20, 2019 21:49

• Relatives report pressure on Azerbaijani activist in colony

  Babek Gasanov, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was subjected to inhuman treatment in the colony, his brother has stated today. In its turn, the country's Penitentiary Service treated the actions of the colony staff as legitimate.

May 20, 2019 17:54

• Relatives tell about search of the housing of Ingush MP's son

  Investigators believe that Daud Mamilov, a son of an Ingush MP, was involved in creating a terrorist unit and took oath to the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court. Law enforcers spent many hours searching the house and seized cell phones, a child's tablet and books in the Arabic language, said Daud's wife.

May 20, 2019 17:38

• Pashinyan's supporters stop their action near courthouses in Yerevan

  The Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, has thanked his supporters, who reacted to his call to block courthouses, and called on them to stop the action.

May 20, 2019 17:31

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events on May 13-19, 2019

  Elections in Georgia; start of trial of second president of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan and his release from custody, – read about these and other events in the weekly review of the main events in the Caucasus that happened during the week from May 13 to 19, 2019, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

May 20, 2019 17:28

• Pupils' pilgrimage in Chechnya accompanied by lectures about Akhmat Kadyrov

  In the month of Ramadan, authorities of Grozny organized excursions of high school pupils to the graves of saints, the Chechen Ministry of Education has reported. Schoolchildren themselves told that during the excursions they heard lectures about Chechen saints and Ramzan Kadyrov's father.

May 20, 2019 13:50

• Armenia: courthouses blocked after Pashinyan's appeal

  This morning, supporters of the Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, gathered at the courthouses and prevented employees from starting work.

May 20, 2019 13:36

• Volgograd activists call Kremlin to peace with Ukraine

  In Volgograd, four activists have held solo pickets demanding from Russian authorities to stop putting pressure on Ukraine.

May 20, 2019 11:16

• On May 13-19, there were no victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of May 13-19, 2019, in the course of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus no casualties or victims 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.

May 20, 2019 11:03

• Elections in Georgia end in two criminal cases

  The oppositional alliance "Strength in Unity" has counted 120 violations at the election of the Mayor in the city of Zugdidi. Based on the voting totals at 14 constituencies, the Georgia's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has opened two criminal cases.

May 20, 2019 10:53

• Azerbaijani GPO opens case against political emigrant Tural Sadygly

  The Azerbaijani General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has initiated a criminal case against the blogger and activist, Tural Sadygly, who is in political emigration. The Interpol has announced him wanted.