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May 08, 2018 03:11

• About 350 people take part in patriotic march in Nagorno-Karabakh

  In Nagorno-Karabakh, a foot march was held in memory of the events related to the liberation of Shushi. Schoolchildren and students, accompanied by participants of military actions and war veterans, marched along the way of the movement of military units that took part in the storming of Shushi.

May 08, 2018 01:15

• Minor activist complains about ban to leave Azerbaijan

  The 17-year-old Azerbaijani activist, who earlier stated her persecution for participating in the campaign "We'll Tell About Dictator", wanted to go to Georgia for medical treatment; however, according to her story, at the border checkpoint she was told that she was under ban on leaving the country.

May 07, 2018 22:48

• Nikol Pashinyan announces May 8 a day-off

  Nikol Pashinyan, the leader of the protest movement, has announced May 8 to be a day-off, and called on all the residents of Yerevan to gather on that day in Republic Square and monitor the voting process.

May 07, 2018 22:19

• Rights defenders tell about fate of Dagestanis detained in Egypt

  The residents of Dagestan detained in Cairo, including women and children, were placed in the deportation prison for further deportation to their homeland; they are deprived of advocates' and consular help, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has stated today.

May 07, 2018 17:01

• Man killed by explosion in Stavropol apartment building

  A resident of a multi-storey building in Stavropol made a self-explosion, the unified duty-dispatching service has reported. According to preliminary data, a former law enforcer has blown up a grenade, a source reports.

May 07, 2018 15:55

• Sellers clash with law enforcers at a rally in Khasavyurt

  Today, in Khasavyurt, several dozen sellers of a city market have gathered in front of the city administration building to protest against the planned demolition of the shopping arcade.

May 07, 2018 15:07

• Nikol Pashinyan promises no revenge on current Armenian authorities

  Delegates from the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) are willing to vote for Nikol Pashinyan as the Prime Minister of Armenia, reports Vagram Bagdasaryan, the leader of the RPA pro-government parliamentary faction. Nikol Pashinyan himself has promised not to persecute officials of the current authorities.

May 07, 2018 14:23

• Volgograd residents associate deterioration of health with smog

  Residents of Volgograd have complained about the deterioration of their health. They associate it with the smog observed in the city since May 6. Specialists are engaged in investigating the cause of the smog.

May 07, 2018 12:20

• On April 30-May 5, 2018, five persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of April 30-May 5, 2018, at least five persons fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of them, three were killed and two others were wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

May 07, 2018 11:35

• ARF "Dashnaktsutyun" calls on to limit power of Armenian Prime Minister

  Today, the Armenian Parliament has started consultations of the factions concerning the election of the head of the Armenian Cabinet of Ministers. A member of the ARF "Dashnaktsutyun" faction has stated that the Parliament should have control over the police and the National Security Service.

May 07, 2018 09:25

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events from April 30 to May 6, 2018

  Failed attempt of Nikol Pashinyan to take Armenian Premiership and preparations for a new parliamentary vote on the issue; campaign "He's not our tsar" of Navalny's supporters, and May Day demonstrations in Southern Russia; special operation and an attack on policemen in the Stavropol Territory; European Championships in wrestling in Dagestani Kaspiysk – read about this in the review of the main events in the Caucasus during the week from April 30 to May 6, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

May 07, 2018 02:04

• Pickets in support of arrested activists held in Rostov-on-Don

  In Rostov-on-Don, activists held a series of solo pickets in support of Yan Sidorov and Vladislav Mordasov, accused of plotting mass riots.

May 06, 2018 19:18

• Participant of rally "He's not our tsar!" in Rostov-on-Don arrested for seven days

  The Kirov District Court of Rostov-on-Don has ruled to arrest Vladimir Khripun, an activist detained at an action against Putin's inauguration, for seven days. His advocate claims that he had been beaten up by law enforcers.

May 06, 2018 17:11

• Suleiman Kerimov comes to Moscow and gets into resuscitation ward

  Suleiman Kerimov, a Senator from Dagestan, arrived in Moscow with the permit of the French court, and was placed in the intensive care unit because of his heart problems, Alexei Krasovsky, his assistance at work in the Federation Council, has stated.

May 06, 2018 15:16

• Astrakhan: participant of the action "He's not our tsar!" arrested for five days

  The Kirov District Court of Astrakhan has found Abudin Mustafaev, a detained participant of the action "He's not our tsar!", guilty of petty hooliganism with disobedience to the police.

May 06, 2018 11:19

• ECtHR communicates Mukhtarly's complaint about his detention in Baku

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has started a communication on the complaint of the convicted Azerbaijani journalist Afghan Mukhtarly about his detention for a protest action in Baku in the spring of 2011.

May 06, 2018 04:22

• Astrakhan detainees complain about use of force

  The participants in the protest action before the inauguration of Russian President, detained in Astrakhan, state that they were detained with the use of violence.

May 05, 2018 19:14

• Krasnodar: 32 people detained at a rally "He's not our tsar!" against Putin

  With the use of violence, policemen have detained 32 protesters at a rally "He's not our tsar!" in Krasnodar.

May 05, 2018 15:57

• Makhachkala: rally participants demand Putin's resignation

  In the capital of Dagestan, more than 30 people went out today to hold a rally of supporters of the oppositionist Alexei Navalny; they demanded the alternation of power and opposed the blocking of the Telegram messenger.

May 05, 2018 14:35

• Two Chechen female residents suspected of links with Syrian militants

  The Chechen Prosecutor's Office has stated that investigators failed to thoroughly check the information about the departure of two women from Chechnya to Syria, but the Office has opened criminal cases against them.