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December 18, 2018 10:55

• UNM activist detained in Georgia goes on hunger strike

  David Kirkitadze, a detained member of the political council of the parliamentary oppositional "United National Movement" (UNM) Party, has refused to plead guilty and went on a hunger strike in protest against his detention.

December 18, 2018 08:30

• "European Georgia" condemns detention of UNM activist

  The oppositional "European Georgia" Party has called on the authorities not to deprive the detained activist David Kirkitadze of his freedom, treating the violation of the right to assembly as one of the evidences of a deep political crisis.

December 18, 2018 08:24

• JAMnews: Azerbaijani society reacts aggressively to criticism of national hero

  The Azerbaijani student, who doubted the feat of Mubariz Ibragimov, who perished in Nagorno-Karabakh, was blamed as a traitor in her homeland.

December 17, 2018 23:08

• Court dismisses Kocharyan's lawsuit against Pashinyan

  The Armenian Civil Court of Appeal dismissed the lawsuit filed by Robert Kocharyan, the second President of Armenia, with a request to recognize the statements voiced by Nikol Pashinyan as defamation.

December 17, 2018 22:59

• UNM political council member detained in Georgia

  Today, Georgian law enforcers have detained David Kirkitadze, a member of the "United National Movement" Party, as part of measures in an investigation into clashes between the opposition and the police on December 16.

December 17, 2018 22:51

• A preacher from Dagestan denies his involvement in terrorist financing

  The money raised in Northern Caucasus is used to help people, states Abu Umar Sasitlinsky. He has denied the information on financing militants from the "Islamic State"* and the "Jabhat-an-Nusra"*.

December 17, 2018 17:37

• About 1000 Russian and Abkhaz soldiers and officers hold joint military drills

  Over a week, the "Nagvalou" and "Tsabal" training grounds hosted military exercises, which involved more than 1000 soldiers and officers from Abkhazia and Russia, the TASS quoted on December 17 the press service of the Southern Military District as reporting.

December 17, 2018 17:30

• Opposition announces long-term protests in Georgia

  Starting from December 18, the alliance "Strength in Unity" launches protest actions with the demand to hold early parliamentary elections, announces today Grigol Vashadze, one of the opposition leaders, a former Georgian presidential candidate.

December 17, 2018 13:41

• Prosecutor's Office reports absence of videos from cameras on Titiev's detention day

  The outdoor video cameras located on the route of Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial", on the day of his detention were either inactive, or the records from them did not survive, the representative of the Prosecutor's Office has stated today during the announcement of the materials of the case.

December 17, 2018 13:33

• Azerbaijan reports machine-gun shelling in conflict zone

  During the last 24 hours, positions of Azerbaijani military servicemen deployed in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled for 28 times, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated today.

December 17, 2018 13:21

• On December 10-16, four persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of December 10-16, 2018, in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, two people perished and two others were wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

December 17, 2018 12:53

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events on December 10-16, 2018

  Summing up parliamentary elections in Armenia; inauguration of new president of Georgia against opposition's protests; session of Sharia Court in Ingushetia on border with Chechnya – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of December 10-16, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

December 17, 2018 10:52

• Opposition demands resignation of Georgian government

  At a protest action in Tbilisi, leaders of the opposition have demanded early parliamentary elections and resignation of the government.

December 17, 2018 10:34

• Two Volgograd activists hold pickets against war with Ukraine

  In their solo pickets, two residents of Volgograd have demanded not to admit military actions against Ukraine. They came out with posters "Is there money to go to war?" and "War with Ukraine is our authorities' madness".

December 17, 2018 10:18

• Two militaries wounded in Nagorno-Karabakh

  The servicemen were brought to Yerevan from Stepanakert with explosive and gunshot wounds, the hospital has reported.

December 17, 2018 10:03

• Zviad Gamsakhurdiya's sons go on hunger strike

  Konstantin and Tsotne Gamsakhurdiya went on a hunger strike, demanding to investigate their father's murder.

December 16, 2018 09:44

• Most Ingush MPs ignore Sharia Court

  Only 10 out of 30 members of the Ingush Parliament came to a session of the Sharia Court. They said they had voted against the law on the border with Chechnya. The Sharia Court has asked the Council of Teips of Ingushetia to interview the MPs, who had ignored the session.

December 16, 2018 09:41

• Batumi resident suspected of attacking transgender

  In Batumi, policemen have detained a young man suspected of beating a transgender woman.

December 16, 2018 09:37

• Court in Azerbaijan mitigates punishment to protester of families of perished soldiers

  On December 14, a Baku court reduced the arrest of Togrul Godjaev, who was detained at a rally held by relatives of the militaries perished in the Karabakh conflict, from 30 days to 15 days.

December 15, 2018 18:06

• Relatives of Russian women tell about their departure to the IS

  Young women from the republics of Northern Caucasus and other regions of the Russian Federation left for the warfare areas in Syria and Iraq unexpectedly for their relatives. Russian authorities should return them to their homeland, even if at home they may face criminal prosecution, their parents assert.