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May 15, 2018 10:13

• Muftiate of Dagestan re-schedules start of Ramadan for May 17

  In Dagestan, according to the decision of the Council of Alims of the republic, the fasting in honour of the holy month of Ramadan will begin on May 17. In that matter, the Muftiate of Dagestan disagrees with the Council of Muftis for Russia, which declared the holy month of Ramadan to be started on May 16.

May 15, 2018 07:13

• In Baku, marathon in support of orphans turns into a PR action for authorities

  A marathon has been held in Baku. All the funds raised during it will be directed to support children deprived of parental care. The marathon has become a PR-action for the authorities and measures to support social orphans should not be advertised, believes Natiq Jafarli, a member of the Mejlis of the "Republican Initiative" Party.

May 15, 2018 05:58

• New Armenian Premier re-promises no anti-Russian rhetoric

  At the Eurasian Economic Union summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin met Nikol Pashinyan, who became the Prime Minister of Armenia after large-scale protests.

May 15, 2018 04:34

• Chechen teenagers get into a fight when authorities distribute bicycles

  In Chechnya, the distribution of gifts at the grand opening of the city centre has ended in conflicts among children. Residents complained about the bad organization of the action.

May 15, 2018 00:25

• Activists call on KBR's authorities to protect national languages

  The law on the voluntary study of national languages at schools will lead to the disappearance of the nations inhabiting the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) and the republic itself, and may trigger conflicts. This was stated by Madina Khakuasheva, a philologist, and Valery Khatazhukov, human rights defender.

May 14, 2018 21:15

• Russian authorities tell about unsuccessful search for gays in Chechnya

  The checks of information about the persecution of gays in Chechnya have reached a deadlock, as the authorities failed to find any members of the LGBT community there, Alexander Konovalov, the acting Russia's Minister of Justice, has announced.

May 14, 2018 20:42

• Azerbaijani citizen sentenced for raping a child in Dagestan

  A citizen of Azerbaijan is found guilty of sexual abuse of a five-year-old girl in Kaspiysk.

May 14, 2018 15:55

• Chechen rights defenders urged Putin to stop persecution of Oyub Titiev

  Scientists and art workers, clergymen, journalists and rights defenders have called on Vladimir Putin to transfer the consideration of the case of Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", to the federal level.

May 14, 2018 14:50

• Georgian MIA explains reasons for raiding nightclubs

  Organizers of the protest action "For Our Rights" and the Georgian Minister of Internal Affairs decided to create two groups to resolve drug policy issues and analyze the police actions during raids to nightclubs.

May 14, 2018 11:47

• A soldier of Karabakh Defence Army wounded

  Shamkhal Petrosyan, a soldier, born in 1998, was seriously wounded as a result of a shot from the Azerbaijani side, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh reports.

May 14, 2018 11:05

• IS disseminates a video with Paris terrorist swearing allegiance to militants

  According to the version of the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS) banned in Russia, a native of Chechnya, who committed a terror act in Paris, mentioned his attack was provoked by France bombing his companions.

May 14, 2018 10:00

• Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of shelling four villages

  Over the past day, the armed forces of Armenia have violated the ceasefire regime 98 times, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) reports.

May 14, 2018 09:20

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of May 7-13, 2018

  Election of Nikol Pashinyan as the Prime Minister of Armenia; bombing of the tomb of Sheikh of Chirkei in Dagestan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of May 7-13, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

May 14, 2018 08:59

• On May 7-14, 2018, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of May 7-14, 2018, there were no victims 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.

May 13, 2018 23:56

• Head of Georgian MIA apologizes to participants of action "For Our Freedom"

  After negotiations with protesters, Giorgi Gakhariya, Georgian Minister of Internal Affairs, came out to participants of the action "For Our Freedom" and apologized for a special operation in nightclubs.

May 13, 2018 18:57

• Ramzan Kadyrov disowns perpetrator of a terror act in Paris

  Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Chechnya, has confirmed the Chechen origin of an attacker on passers-by in Paris. Meanwhile, he has said that Khamzat Azimov had long been living in France and the French authorities were responsible for his deed.

May 13, 2018 14:28

• A terror act in Paris committed by a native of Chechnya

  A man who killed one and wounded four other passers-by in Paris on May 12 turned out to be a native of Chechnya, a source from the French judicial authorities report. Responsibility for the terror act was claimed by the "Islamic State" (IS) banned in Russia.

May 13, 2018 08:19

• A woman from Kabardino-Balkaria requests to return her relatives from Syria

  Madina Naloeva, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, has reported that a wife of her son and two of her grandchildren are awaiting a trial at an Iraqi prison in awful conditions. Appeals to the authorities with a request to return the children home remained unanswered, the woman notes.

May 12, 2018 19:52

• Armenian Govt formed in full

  The Armenian President has approved the candidatures of 13 ministers and one vice-prime minister, proposed by the Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Formation of a new Cabinet of Ministers (Government) is over.

May 12, 2018 17:52

• Special fighters mobilized to protest actions in central Tbilisi

  Tbilisi protesters have asked to withdraw special fighters from the territory of the protest action, stating that it is a peaceful demonstration. At the request of the protesters, the police blocked one roadway lane, so that they could occupy it.