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June 06, 2018 21:11

• Dagestani residents rally to stop demolition of houses

  Residents of Makhachkala and Kaspiysk came to the building of Dagestani government demanding to stop the demolition of their houses, recognized as illegal constructions, or compensate for the cost of their apartments.

June 06, 2018 19:44

• Georgian MPs dispute on inquiry into schoolboys' murder

  The "United National Movement" (UNM) Party refused to join the parliamentary investigating commission set up to study the murder case of two schoolboys, treating it as the authorities' diversionary manoeuvre. The ruling party has reproached the UNM for inconsistency.

June 06, 2018 19:36

• Resident of Georgia released from Tskhinvali detention centre

  Teimuraz Dudashvili, a shepherd from Georgia, detained on the border with South Ossetia on June 5, has returned home.

June 06, 2018 18:46

• Man sentenced in Zhirair Sefilyan's case goes on hunger strike

  In Yerevan, the court has postponed the consideration of a motion for release of four persons sentenced in the case against Zhirair Sefilyan, the leader of the movement "100th anniversary without regime". Nerses Pogosyan went on hunger strike in protest.

June 06, 2018 16:10

• Sochi hopes to welcome million guests of FIFA World Cup

  In Sochi, 2000 hotels are ready to accommodate guests to watch matches of the FIFA World Cup, the City Mayoralty reports. However, no rush is observed and there are a lot of free rooms available in many hotels of the city.

June 06, 2018 13:25

• In Nagorno-Karabakh, Police Chief and State Minister resign

  Kamo Agadjanyan, the chief of the Nagorno-Karabakh Police, explained his request for resignation by the demand voiced by the public. The reasons for the resignation of State Minister Araik Arutyunyan are still unknown.

June 06, 2018 11:55

• In Azerbaijan, two persons fell victim to earthquake

  In Azerbaijan, after an earthquake, one person died from the stress he had suffered, and another one was hospitalized. The authorities and local residents reported cracks in the houses.

June 06, 2018 09:48

• Tbilisi metro drivers stop their strike

  The decision to stop the protest action was made today after the night talks with officials of the Tbilisi Mayoralty.

June 06, 2018 06:04

• Refusal to study national languages threatens youth's radicalization

  Many residents of Adygea and Kabardino-Balkaria are against the transfer of studying their native languages to the voluntary basis, the Adyg scientists, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", have stated. In their opinion, people's discontent can lead to the creation of a new social movement.

June 06, 2018 00:04

• Georgia breaks its diplomatic relations with Syria

  The decision of the Syrian authorities to establish diplomatic relations with Abkhazia and South Ossetia was made under Russian pressure; it violates the fundamental norms and principles of the international law, the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has stated.

June 05, 2018 19:40

• "Sasna Tsrer" abandons uprising idea

  With the change of power in Armenia, the need for an armed uprising has vanished; the "Sasna Tsrer" regiment is ready to cooperate with the new authorities, its members have stated today.

June 05, 2018 18:43

• Activists demand resignation of Georgia's MoJ head

  Teya Tsulukiani, the Minister of Justice of Georgia, cannot elect a new chief prosecutor, as she failed to cope with reforming the justice system, activists of ten non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have stated. The Georgian Prime Minister has rejected the demand to dismiss the head of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ).

June 05, 2018 16:34

• Evkurov's conflict with Muftiate reminds of Kadyrov's interests in Ingushetia

  The periods of relation aggravation between Yunus-Bek Evkurov and the Muftiate are related to disagreements between the leaders of Ingushetia and Chechnya, believes Akhmet Yarlykapov, Senior Researcher at the Centre for Caucasus Studies at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (known as MGIMO).

June 05, 2018 15:54

• "Kinotavr" participants wear T-shirts with photos of arrested film directors

  At the "Kinotavr" film festival opened in Sochi on June 2, friends and colleagues of film directors Kirill Serebrennikov and Oleg Sentsov held an action to draw attention to the criminal cases against the Russian and Ukrainian film directors.

June 05, 2018 14:47

• CTO legal regime lifted in Dagestan

  Today, the counterterrorist operation (CTO) legal regime has been lifted in the Tsumada District in Dagestan after the completion of special actions, reports the spokesman for the operative headquarters of the republic.

June 05, 2018 09:17

• Negotiations on resumption of metro work in Tbilisi fail

  This night, Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze has had two rounds of talks with metro drivers on strike. However, the negotiations have failed. The machinists stay unhappy with the proposal to raise their salaries in 2019 and announced the continuation of their strike.

June 05, 2018 08:36

• BCA dismisses appeals filed by ReAl activists

  The court has dismissed appeals filed by two activists of the "Republican Alternative" Party (ReAl) about their administrative arrests.

June 05, 2018 08:20

• Chechnya to have four free days to celebrate Eid al-Fitr

  The authorities of Chechnya declared the days off for June 15-June 18 in connection with the holiday of Eid al-Fitr. Meanwhile, local theologians have not yet decided on the date for completion of Ramadan, the month of fasting.

June 05, 2018 06:53

• Rights defenders treat Islam Gugov's case as unprecedented

  A case of Islam Gugov, involved in the third trial after his voluntary return from Syria, is a precedent when the law enforcement bodies ignore the guarantees given by the authorities, believes Oleg Orlov, a member of the Council for the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial". Depreciation of the authorities' promises inflicts great damage to the prevention of extremism and terrorism, believes Valery Khatazhukov, head of the movement "For Human Rights" in Kabardino-Balkaria.

June 05, 2018 01:20

• Lawyer Emin Aslan kidnapped in Azerbaijan

  Azerbaijani lawyer Emin Aslan, who prepared for Azerbaijani citizens a number of complaints to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), was detained in Baku and taken away to some unknown destination, the "Caucasian Knot" was informed by Anar Mamedli, the head of the Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies Centre (EMDS).