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March 14, 2019 14:55

• Political analysts note Pashinyan's tension with Karabakh authorities

  At a sitting in Stepanakert, the Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, has unequivocally presented his policy of resolving the Karabakh conflict, speaking in favour of Nagorno-Karabakh's participation in the negotiations. Against this background, the Karabakh leaders, the protégés of the former Armenian authorities, are unfriendly towards Pashinyan, said the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

March 14, 2019 14:43

• Archival video with Akhmat Kadyrov confirms that Tumso was right

  By publicizing the archival video featuring Akhmat Kadyrov, Chechen authorities wanted to show that he was independent; however, the video itself has confirmed the words of the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, about the appeals of the first Chechen president to jihad, Ruslan Kutaev, a public figure, has stated.

March 14, 2019 11:20

• Two Georgian citizens detained at South-Ossetian border

  At the Georgia-South Ossetia demarcation line, near the village of Karapila, South-Ossetian law enforcers detained two residents of Kaspi municipality.

March 14, 2019 11:14

• Shali residents treat mosque named after Ramzan Kadyrov as excessive

  The construction of a mosque named after Ramzan Kadyrov in the city of Shali is coming to an end, the Mayoralty has reported. A mosque capable to house 20,000 believers in the city with a relatively small population is not needed; for the convenience of residents, it would be worthwhile to build several small mosques in different parts of the city, local residents told the "Caucasian Knot".

March 14, 2019 11:02

• Version of Tuntuev's suicide caused scepticism in his defence

  Ayub Tuntuev, a former security of the head of Chechnya, who was found dead in the colony, had never expressed his intent to commit suicide, but reported threats received after his complaint about torture was sent to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), the "Legal Initiative" has stated.

March 14, 2019 08:33

• Feminist slogans find no response in Northern Caucasus

  The absence in Northern Caucasus of actions like the feminists held in Baku on March 8 is caused not by local women's fear, but by their ideas about the appropriate social activeness, Svetlana Anokhina, a journalist, has explained.

March 14, 2019 08:22

• Kadyrov reacts to sanctions connected to Nemtsov's murder

  The head of Chechnya has condemned the US sanctions imposed in connection with the murder of Boris Nemtsov, and said he had no assets in the Middle East that US authorities decided to find.

March 14, 2019 08:12

• Exercises in Azerbaijan define prospects of attacking Karabakh

  The Azerbaijani Army is mastering offensive operations in conditions close to the situation at the Karabakh frontline; this is a demonstration of readiness for a forceful resolution of the Karabakh conflict, Baku military analysts believe.

March 13, 2019 22:45

• Georgian authorities demand to investigate man's death on border with Abkhazia

  On March 10, Georgian citizen Irakli Kvaratskheliya committed suicide after being detained while trying to cross the border with Abkhazia. According to eyewitnesses, Irakli Kvaratskheliya was beaten after his detention.

March 13, 2019 22:33

• MIA rejects version about preparation of Russian pop singer's murder by native of Dagestan

  Khidirnabi Kazuev, a native of Dagestan, said that he was plotting not a terror act, but a murder of pop singer Philipp Kirkorov by order of showman Maxim Galkin. Investigators should verify the Khidirnabi Kazuev's testimony, the defence insists.

March 13, 2019 17:13

• Prosecutor promises to check complaints on persecution of mosque-goers in Makhachkala

  Delegates of the Tangim mosque complained to the Prosecutor of Dagestan about regular raids held by law enforcers and detentions of believers. The Prosecutor promises to render his assistance, but if the pressure on the believers does not stop, the leaders and the public council of the Tangim mosque will seek a meeting with Vladimir Vasiliev, report participants of the meeting.

March 13, 2019 17:03

• Armenian soldier dies on border with Azerbaijan

  Today, soldier Gamlet Avakyan has died on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. He fell into a gorge, investigators report.

March 13, 2019 15:29

• David Kirkitadze declared his distrust in court

  After the court refused to release him, David Kirkitadze, an activist of the opposition "United National Movement" (UNM) party, declared his distrust in the court and called into question the participation of his advocates in the trial.

March 13, 2019 15:18

• Native of Pankisi Gorge killed in Syria

  Amiran Borchashvili, a citizen of Georgia, a native of the Dumashturi village in the Pankisi Gorge, who fought on the side of the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization banned in Russia by the court, was killed in Syria, the State Security Service (SSS) of Georgia reports.

March 13, 2019 15:07

• Law enforcers confound their testimonies against Mikhail Benyash

  Two of the law enforcers involved in the Mikhail Benyash's case as witnesses failed to confirm in court their testimonies about a fight between advocate Mikhail Benyash and policemen, reported advocate Alexander Popkov.

March 13, 2019 11:30

• Activist associates his detention with activities of his charitable foundation

  After his detention in Moscow, opera singer Vadim Cheldiev told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that law enforcers asked him strange and ridiculous questions. He associates his detention with the activities of his charitable foundation "Iron Ziu".

March 13, 2019 11:21

• Tumso forces Chechen public TV to publish archival video with Akhmat Kadyrov

  The Chechen TV and Radio Company published a video filmed in 1998, in which Akhmat Kadyrov criticized Aslan Maskhadov's opponents. Residents of Chechnya interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" noted that the video appeared against the background of discussions between blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov and Chechen officials.

March 13, 2019 02:20

• Armenian analysts estimate probability of war in Nagorno-Karabakh

  Azerbaijan will not initiate a large-scale war in Nagorno-Karabakh, but local confrontation in the conflict zone cannot be ruled out, believe Armenian political analysts and military experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

March 13, 2019 02:15

• Council of Europe's CPT condemns Russia for human rights violations in Chechnya

  The phenomenon of torture and severe ill-treatment of persons detained by members of law enforcement agencies remain widespread in Chechnya and the neighbouring republics, but the Russian authorities persistently fail to improve the situation with human rights in Northern Caucasus in the light of the Council of Europe's recommendations, the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) states.

March 13, 2019 02:08

• ECtHR awards compensation to families of 11 kidnapped residents of Chechnya

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ordered the Russian authorities to pay more than one million euros of compensation to relatives of 11 people detained by soldiers during the second Chechen military campaign. The ECtHR began to appoint more substantial compensation to relatives of disappeared persons, notes an advocate from the "Legal Initiative".