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August 21, 2018 08:15

• Rights defender Gyulyalyev could leave Azerbaijan

  Ogtai Gyulyalyev, the coordinator of the Centre for Protecting Political Prisoners, has left Azerbaijan for Georgia after a six-year ban on leaving the country.

August 21, 2018 08:12

• Teens' attack in Chechnya confirms "Caucasian Knot" conclusion about underground's rejuvenation

  The eldest of the five attackers on policemen in Chechnya is 18 years old, others are from 11 to 17 years old, a law enforcement source has stated. The age of the alleged militants has confirmed the trend revealed by the "Caucasian Knot" back in 2017: in Chechnya, young people are actively joining the armed underground.

August 20, 2018 22:06

• Law enforcers tell about interconnection of attack series in Chechnya

  A militant tried to undermine himself at the DPS (road-and-patrol service) in the village of Mesker-Yurt in the Shali District, but he survived, and no policeman was hurt, law enforcement sources have stated.

August 20, 2018 21:57

• Series of attacks on law enforcers is fifth IS' attack in Chechnya (+video)

  The attacks on policemen in the Shali District and in Grozny have become the fifth such incident in Chechnya and the 22nd in Northern Caucasus, the responsibility for which was claimed by the "Islamic State" (IS, a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court).

August 20, 2018 17:57

• Residents of Grozny learn about fate of their disappeared relatives

  Two cousins considered disappeared for a week have been found at a police station, their relatives report. The reasons for the detention of the young men who wear beards are still unknown.

August 20, 2018 17:53

• Two persons killed after an attack on law enforcers in Grozny

  Law enforcers killed a driver of the car, who hit three policemen in Grozny. A child in the car was also killed. According to the law enforcers, the killed suspect tried to organize an explosion at a checkpoint.

August 20, 2018 13:55

• Azerbaijan claims 92 cases of shelling from Armenian side

  In the period from August 19 to August 20, the Armenian armed forces 92 times violated the ceasefire regime on the border and in the Karabakh conflict zone, reported the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan.

August 20, 2018 13:52

• On August 13-19, 2018, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of August 13-19, 2018, no one fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

August 20, 2018 12:27

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 13-19, 2018

  Nomination of candidates for the posts of Dagestani and Ingush leaders; new detention of a top-ranking official in Dagestan; explosion at a mine in the Rostov Region; mass poisoning of children in a health camp in Dagestan; release of oppositionist Ilgar Mamedov from the Azerbaijani prison, ‑ see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of August 13-19, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

August 20, 2018 11:19

• Chechen residents treat statement on search for a girl from Dagestan as authorities' PR

  A statement about the participation of Ramzan Kadyrov in the search for a girl disappeared in Dagestan is a PR step of the Chechen authorities, local residents reported. The Ramzan Kadyrov's late reaction to resonant events is an attempt to demonstrate his importance in Northern Caucasus, suggest the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

August 20, 2018 11:18

• Abkhazian politician's statement on dialogue with Georgia causes resonance in Tbilisi

  Abkhazian politician Sergey Shamba spoke in favour of starting a dialogue with Georgia. In Georgia, politicians voiced the need to develop relations between ordinary people. Dialogue can be hampered by Russia, and Sergey Shamba himself spoke about the coexistence of independent states, and that is unacceptable for Georgia, noted Tbilisi politicians.

August 19, 2018 09:42

• Afghan Mukhtarly's defence states violation of his rights in colony

  The journalist Afghan Mukhtarly, who is in an Azerbaijani colony, has no chance to receive political literature and meet his family confidant, Samir Asadli, the coordinator of the "Nida" Movement, has stated. The defence prepares a complaint about the violation of Mukhtarly's rights to the court.

August 18, 2018 22:12

• Social network users discuss Magomed Suleimanov's detention

  Today, users of social networks have actively reacted to the information about the detention of Magomed Suleimanov, the chief of the Dagestani Mandatory Health Insurance Fund (MHIF). Many of the social network users sympathized with the official and recalled his achievements as the Mayor of Izberbash.

August 18, 2018 22:03

• Nagorno-Karabakh accuses Azerbaijan of 170 cases of shelling during a week

  In the period from August 12 to August 18, the Azerbaijani armed forces made more than 1500 shots at the positions of the Defence Army, reported the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh.

August 18, 2018 17:40

• Mass commemoration of Temirkhanov shows Chechens' protest potential

  The mourning events in memory of Yusup Temirkhanov, convicted for murdering Yuri Budanov, which took place not only in Chechnya, but also in many cities abroad, have demonstrated the Chechens' unity in relation to authorities' actions and human rights violations in the republic, the political analysts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", believe.

August 18, 2018 17:28

• Dagestani official suspected of stealing 210 million roubles

  Magomed Suleimanov, the head of the Dagestani Fund of Mandatory Medical Insurance was detained on suspicion of creating a criminal community and frauds with payments, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has stated today.

August 18, 2018 17:20

• German citizen separated from children treats judgement of Sochi court as inhuman

  The Adler Court failed to notify Benjamin Kesser, a citizen of Germany, about the session, at which the court decided to leave his four children with their mother in Russia, and gave him no chance to refute the claimant's statements, his defence asserts. Mr Kesser has appealed against the judgement, treating it as "inhuman."

August 18, 2018 14:48

• Azerbaijan counts 81 bombardments from Armenia

  During the past 24 hours, Armenian militaries violated the ceasefire on the troops contact line for 81 times by using large-calibre machine guns, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

August 18, 2018 14:38

• Pashinyan announces victory over corruption in Armenian govt

  There are no more corrupt officials among high-ranking government officials, the Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a rally in Yerevan, while summing up the outcomes of the first hundred days of the new government's rule.

August 18, 2018 14:31

• Photo of Georgian wrestlers in T-shirts with Russian flag triggers protests in Tbilisi

  A photo of the members of the Georgian national freestyle wrestling team and their coach wearing T-shirts with a portrait of the Russia's freestyle wrestling head coach against the background of the Russian flag, posted on the Internet, has turned into scandal; a protest action was held in Tbilisi.