News

December 19, 2018 18:36

• Appeal to excuse Kadyrov's relative for road accident reminds of blood feud traditions

  In Chechnya, after a fatal road traffic accident, reconciliation of blood feud parties usually takes place quickly, but a driver's behaviour is a key, report experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" after a resonant road traffic accident, in which an official, a relative of Ramzan Kadyrov, had been found guilty.

December 19, 2018 18:26

• FSB reports killing IS* militants in Stavropol

  Members of a terrorist organization rendered armed resistance during their detention in Stavropol, reported the FSB. The number of the killed suspects was not reported.

December 19, 2018 18:18

• Former workers of "Nairit" plant block building of Armenian government

  Today, in Yerevan, participants of a rally have demanded to pay them penalties for delaying the wages due to workers of the "Nairit" plant. The protestors have also demanded a meeting with Nikol Pashinyan.

December 19, 2018 16:52

• Judge wouldn't explain CER refusal for Zhalaudi Geriev

  Alaudi Musaev, the advocate of Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, intends to appeal against the court judgement not to apply the conditional early relief (CER) to his client, noting that the judge failed to explain the motifs of his ruling to the defence.

December 19, 2018 16:46

• Dagestani journalists urge not to leave their colleagues' murders unpunished

  The participants in the annual memorial party for the perished journalists in Makhachkala have expressed regret that murders of many Dagestani journalists still remain unsolved.

December 19, 2018 11:56

• Second activist detained after clashes with police in Georgia

  The detainee is suspected that, together with David Kirkitadze, the leader of the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party, he attacked law enforcers in the Gurdjaani District, the Georgian police have stated.

December 19, 2018 11:51

• Court leaves Azerbaijani oppositionists under administrative arrest

  The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) has left Gusein Melik, an activist of the "Movement for Democracy and Prosperity", who had been sentenced to 25 days in jail, in custody. The oppositionist himself said he had been arrested for his posts on the Facebook.

December 19, 2018 11:43

• LGBT activists complain about disruption of their action in Volgograd

  The first in the last five years action of members of the LGBT community in Volgograd was disrupted shortly after the start. In the presence of policemen, Cossacks took away posters from solo picketers, tore them up and threw into a garbage bin, activists have reported.

December 19, 2018 08:26

• Georgia CoA refuses to cancel the outcomes of presidential election

  The lawsuit lodged by the opposition with a demand to annul the totals of the second round of presidential election in Georgia was dismissed by the Court of Appeal. The opposition intends to file a complaint on CoA's decision to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

December 19, 2018 08:20

• Zhalaudi Geriev's CER denied

  The Naur District Court of Chechnya has dismissed the petition of the advocate of Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, about his conditional early relief (CER) from the colony.

December 18, 2018 21:50

• Dormitory tenants in Nalchik complain about severe living conditions (+video)

  The dormitory building in Ingushskaya Street in Nalchik has fallen into disrepair: dampness and fungus provoke diseases, and the deficit of shared sanitary facilities deprives residents of household amenities, the tenants have stated.

December 18, 2018 21:45

• ECtHR's Grand Chamber finds Zara Murtazalieva's trial to be fair

  The appellate instance of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) – the Grand Chamber – has reviewed the case of a Chechen native, Zara Murtazalieva, on her initiative, but refused to recognize the violation of her right to a fair trial.

December 18, 2018 21:37

• KChR resident suspected of links with Syrian militants

  Investigators have put a resident of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) on the international wanted list on suspicion of his participation in the warfare in Syria on the side of militants.

December 18, 2018 19:01

• Azerbaijan reports 27 cases of shelling in conflict zone

  Cases of shelling of the Azerbaijani positions in the Karabakh conflict zone were registered from the direction of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijani reports today.

December 18, 2018 18:56

• State Duma MP offers introducing fines for approving peoples' deportation

  The State Duma of Russia was asked to introduce fines for public agitation and propaganda in order to prevent the rehabilitation of repressed peoples. An appropriate bill was initiated by Ruslan Balbek, Deputy Chair of the State Duma Committee on Nationalities.

December 18, 2018 18:43

• Prisoner dies during a hunger strike in Gldani Prison

  Giorgi Pasiashvili, a prisoner of the Gldani Prison, who was seeking to be released, died after a 40-day hunger strike.

December 18, 2018 14:15

• Well-known Russian musician speaks in support of Oyub Titiev

  Russian musician Boris Grebenschikov, who collaborates with the NGO "Amnesty International" (AI), has voiced his support for Oyub Titiev, involved as a defendant in a criminal case in Chechnya, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reports today.

December 18, 2018 14:06

• NGO activists demand to investigate police clashes with opposition in Georgia

  On December 17, the Georgian NGO "Centre for Human Rights Study and Monitoring" called on the Prosecutor's Office to investigate a clash between the opposition and the police on December 16.

December 18, 2018 11:12

• Relatives of sisters, who went missing in Chechnya, demand to resume inquiry

  Elita Aidamirova, a sister of Zargan and Satsita Aidamirov, who disappeared in the Kurchaloi District of Chechnya, has told about the circumstances of the incident that occurred in 2013. According to her story, the investigation into her sisters' disappearance was repeatedly suspended; and family members were under pressure.

December 18, 2018 11:03

• Activists state political obstacles to Circassians' repatriation to Russia

  Russian authorities create bureaucratic obstacles for Circassian repatriates from Syria and Turkey; and foreign Circassians have no chance to obtain citizenship under a simplified procedure, activists from Adygea and Kabardino-Balkaria have stated.