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August 28, 2018 08:29

• Picketer from Volzhsky complains to FSB about law enforcers' corruption

  Today, a businessman from the city of Volzhsky has held a picket outside the building of the Russian FSB, stating that he has faced an attempt to deprive him of his hotel complex, and complaining about corruption in power structures of the Volgograd Region.

August 28, 2018 08:19

• 1500 militaries raised on alert in Dagestan

  Motorized rifle soldiers and marines, raised by training alert, have moved to the coastal training ground Adanak in Dagestan, the Southern Military District (SMD) has reported.

August 27, 2018 22:23

• Five people injured in clash near Amulsar mine

  The people accompanying the head of the "Lidian Armenia" Company sprayed gas, from which a policeman and four activists suffered, who blocked the road to the Amulsar deposit. The Inspectorate for Ecology and Mineral Resources of Armenia has urged the "Lidian Armenia" to suspend the works at the mine until the re-inspection is over.

August 27, 2018 22:15

• Levada Centre fixes growth of intolerance to natives of the Caucasus

  The "Levada Centre" explains the growth of xenophobic attitudes towards natives of the Caucasus by the deterioration of the socio-economic situation. At the same time, the sociological survey published today indicates a marked improvement in the attitude of Russian residents to natives from Chechnya.

August 27, 2018 22:07

• Georgian court leaves person accused of killing American family in custody

  Today, the court rejected the petition of the defence of Malkhaz Kobauri to release him from arrest for killing the Smith family in mountains of Georgia.

August 27, 2018 18:40

• Residents of Chechnya tell about new wave of teens' detentions

  After the recent series of attacks on policemen, law enforcers took teenagers straight from the streets and conducted many-hours-long interrogations of them, residents of the Shali District of Chechnya have reported. According to their estimates, from 150 to 200 people were detained.

August 27, 2018 18:28

• On August 20-26, ten persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  Five people perished and five others were wounded in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus during the week from August 20 to August 26, 2018. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

August 27, 2018 18:15

• Witness argues with Titiev's defence on acquaintance with law enforcers

  Today, at the trial of Oyub Titiev, the head of Grozny representative office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", Yusup Shakhgeriev, a policeman, stated that he knew nobody from the direct-action team. An advocate of Oyub Titiev has objected that he personally saw the witness handshaking with the group.

August 27, 2018 16:20

• Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of 82 cases of shelling per day

  Over the past day, the Armenian armed forces have violated the ceasefire regime on the contact line 82 times, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reports today.

August 27, 2018 16:10

• International film festival held in open air in mountains of Abkhazia

  Today, the 8th annual international open-air film festival "A Point in the Infinite Universe" has finished in Abkhazia. 36 films were shown during the festival.

August 27, 2018 16:01

• Chechen residents criticize attempts to justify Ramzan Kadyrov's threats to rights defenders

  The Chechen TV has announced the full Kremlin support for the Ramzan Kadyrov's statements against rights defenders. The authorities actively try to justify the scandalous statements voiced by the Chechen leader, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told by local activists.

August 27, 2018 15:08

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 20-26, 2018

  Attack of teenagers on policemen in Chechnya; celebration of Eid al-Adha in the Caucasus; visit of the Chancellor of Germany to Southern Caucasus, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of August 20-26, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

August 27, 2018 11:55

• Georgian and US marines train boarding fight skills in Black Sea

  Fighters from the Coast Guard of Georgia and personnel of the USS Carney destroyer of the US Sixth Fleet have conducted manoeuvres and trained boarding fight exercises.

August 27, 2018 11:39

• On Eid al-Adha days, Caucasian Muslims give meat to the needy

  Over 3.5 tons of sacrificial meats were donated by volunteers from the "Solidarity" Foundation to the people in need in Chechnya, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, and also in Tatarstan, Bashkiria, in the camps of Syrian refugees in Lebanon and in the Gaza Strip. About 10,000 people got donations in the days of Eid al-Adha, reported Khava Tataeva, a coordinator of the special programmes of the "Solidarity" Foundation.

August 27, 2018 11:32

• Bikers hold a rally against exploitation of Amulsar gold field

  On August 26, in Armenia, about 20 bikers organized a motocross race from Yerevan to Amulsar. They wanted to support activists who blocked the roads to the Amulsar gold field.

August 27, 2018 11:23

• Angela Merkel demonstrates her awareness of human rights problems in Azerbaijan

  On August 25, during her visit to Baku, German Chancellor Angela Merkel met civil society activists. Participants of the meeting expressed different assessments for the Angela Merkel's visit from the point of view of the possible contribution to the protection of human rights. According to them, the German Chancellor demonstrated good knowledge of the situation with human rights in Azerbaijan. However, some of the activists have noted it is hardly worth waiting for a lot from the meeting.

August 25, 2018 23:59

• Chechen public employees obliged to come to subbotniks under threat of dismissals

  In the Grozny District of Chechnya, employees of rural administrations and public institutions are regularly obliged to take participate in subbotniks (Saturday voluntary works), reported participants of the events themselves.

August 25, 2018 21:09

• Captain states pirates' attack on tanker with sailors from Georgia

  A Greek tanker with 17 Georgian citizens, which disappeared for two weeks from radar along the coast of Africa, has been found and returned to the port, the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has informed.

August 25, 2018 21:06

• Over 80 people take part in Youth Forum in Nagorno-Karabakh

  The topic of the Sixth Youth Forum, which is attended by some 80 residents of Nagorno-Karabakh, is social entrepreneurship.

August 25, 2018 16:59

• Fighters Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor MacGregor exchange insults

  A fighter from Dagestan Khabib Nurmagomedov and an Irishman Conor MacGregor, whose upcoming fight at the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in the USA caused a stir among fans, accused each other of cowardice. Adulmanap Nurmagomedov, the father and the coach of the Dagestani athlete, called his son a favourite of the fight.