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August 15, 2018 08:27

• Six militants' hideouts found in Chechnya since the start of the year

  The detection of a hideout with weapons and ammunition, reported by Chechen law enforcers on August 11, became the sixth one in 2018 in this region.

August 14, 2018 22:42

• Person accused of preparing terror act in Novocherkassk pleads guilty

  Today, at a trial at the North-Caucasian District Military Court, Maxim Martynov, a defendant in the case of preparing a terror act in the shopping centre of Novocherkassk, has completely admitted his guilt.

August 14, 2018 22:11

• Meydan TV points to link of cotton growers' poisoning with Baku ambitions

  The drop of oil prices has forced Azerbaijan to look for alternative sources of filling in the budget; and the authorities have "staked on cotton," despite the threat to people's health, the Meydan TV has reported today after examining the situation with mass workers' poisonings in cotton fields.

August 14, 2018 21:41

• Azerbaijan counts 88 bombardments in the conflict zone

  The positions of the Azerbaijani Army in the Karabakh conflict zone were fired from large-calibre machine guns, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated today.

August 14, 2018 18:35

• Activists disrupt Kocharyan's press conference

  Today, in Yerevan, protesters have achieved cancellation of the press conference of Robert Kocharyan, after which they marched to the buildings of the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) and the Supreme Judicial Council of Armenia. They demanded to dismiss the judge, who had freed the former president of Armenia.

August 14, 2018 18:24

• Residents of Vremenny are without compensations for almost four years

  Since September 2014, residents of the Dagestani settlement of Vremenny are seeking compensations from the authorities for their housing destroyed during a special operation. Lawyers of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" have appealed against the judgement of the court, which in July this year refused to recognize the authorities' inaction.

August 14, 2018 18:17

• Resident of Ingushetia convicted despite his complaint about torture

  Today, the court has sentenced Abdulmalik Albagachiev, a resident of Ingushetia, to nine years in colony, having found him to be a participant in the conflict in Syria. His relatives intend to appeal against the verdict.

August 14, 2018 14:39

• Activists demand to return Kocharyan to custody

  In Yerevan, protesters have come to the building, where the former president of Armenia's press conference is scheduled, and demanded to cancel the decision to release Robert Kocharyan from custody.

August 14, 2018 14:31

• Convention on Legal Status of Caspian Sea fails to remove marine contradictions for Baku

  The signing of the Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea in general meets Azerbaijani interests. However, the document has failed to remove all the sea contradictions, the Azerbaijani experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

August 14, 2018 14:21

• Advocate specifies reason for Dudurkaeva's arrest

  The arrest in Istanbul of Seda Dudurkaeva, a daughter of the former head of the Chechen Branch of the Federal Migration Service (FMS), was caused by a suspicion of using a false passport, and not by links with Syrian militants, her advocate has explained.

August 14, 2018 10:59

• Relatives of victims of Rostov air crash win lawsuit against FlyDubai

  The court of the Dubai Emirate has ordered the "FlyDubai" Airline to pay about 217,000 US dollars as compensation to children of the victims of the plane crash in Rostov-on-Don.

August 14, 2018 10:48

• Participant in Ganja riots shot dead in Azerbaijan

  Law enforcement bodies have reported the murder of a suspect in organizing riots in Ganja. The casualty, as Azerbaijan law enforcers assert, professed radical religious views. He became the fifth person, killed by law enforcers after the riots in Ganja.

August 14, 2018 08:35

• Tourists demand to fire customs officers because of queues in Verkhni Lars

  The many-hours-long queues on the Russian-Georgian border have been created artificially; and the Russian customs officials guilty of that should be dismissed, said the author of the electronic petition, which was signed by more than 2400 people.

August 14, 2018 08:28

• Resident of Dagestan convicted for belonging to militants

  Russian court has found a resident of Dagestan to be a member of the "Makhachkala" armed grouping and sentenced him to 11 years in colony.

August 14, 2018 08:19

• Ilgar Mamedov returns home

  Ilgar Mamedov, the leader of the Republican Alternative (ReAl) Party, who was conditionally released from prison, is back at home and intends to continue his oppositional political activities.

August 13, 2018 21:39

• Jubilee of end of Five-Day War recalls civilians' tragedy

  The Five-Day War, which ended on August 12, 2008, brought untold sufferings to many residents of South Ossetia and Georgia, the journalists, who witnessed the events of ten years ago, have recollected.

August 13, 2018 21:08

• Kocharyan released from custody

  The Court of Appeal (CoA) has cancelled the decision to place Robert Kocharyan behind bars, referring to his inviolability as the former president of Armenia. However, the accusations of dispersing the oppositionist rally have not been dropped from him, said his advocate.

August 13, 2018 17:26

• Week from August 6 to August 12 passed without victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of August 6-12, 2018, there were no recorded events related to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. There were no reports of victims or casualties. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

August 13, 2018 17:15

• Azerbaijan reports shelling of its two villages in the conflict zone

  Within the last 24 hours, positions of Azerbaijani militaries in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled for 79 times, including from machine guns, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated today.

August 13, 2018 17:07

• Azerbaijani court releases Ilgar Mamedov

  Today, the appellate instance has replaced the remaining prison term of Ilgar Mamedov, the leader of the Republican Alternative (ReAl) Party, for the conditional punishment. However, the court has not acquitted the oppositionist, his advocate has noted.