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April 30, 2018 18:40

• Pashinyan is the only nominee for the post of Prime Minister of Armenia

  The time period for nominating candidates for the Armenian Premiership is over; Nikol Pashinyan, the leader of the "Elk" protest movement, is the only candidate.

April 30, 2018 15:42

• Video of death of detained Chechen causes resonance on Internet

  Tumso Abdurakhmanov, a blogger, has reported new circumstances surrounding the death of Turpal Israilov, a Chechnya resident, who was detained by law enforcers. Their actions have triggered active discussions on the Internet.

April 30, 2018 14:28

• Residents of Chechnya tell about compulsion to attend football match

  Today, in Grozny, the local "Akhmat" Football Club (FC) will play a match with the "Ural" FC from Ekaterinburg. Students and employees of the organizations funded from the state budget were instructed to attend the match as fans.

April 30, 2018 13:30

• On April 23-29, 2018, three persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of April 23-29, 2018, at least three persons were killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

April 30, 2018 10:48

• In Armenia, opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan nominated to be Prime Minister

  In case if Nikol Pashinyan is elected the Prime Minister, the main mission of his government will be to initiate extraordinary parliamentary elections.

April 30, 2018 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of April 23-29, 2018

  Resignation of Serzh Sargsyan from the post of Prime Minister of Armenia against the background of mass protests; end of flooding in the Volgograd Region; scheduling the date to elect the leader of Dagestan; election of a Georgian MP with the participation of Gigi Ugulava; revocation of the banking licence from the Makhachkala bank affiliated with Gamidov; statement on the return to politics proclaimed by the founder of the "Georgian Dream" Party, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of April 23-29, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

April 30, 2018 07:40

• Nalchik celebrates Balkar People's Revival Day with horse and auto race

  Celebrations in honour of the Balkar People's Revival Day were held in Kabardino-Balkaria. 80 horsemen and 100 car drivers took part in horse and car race.

April 30, 2018 01:17

• Nikol Pashinyan announces suspension of protests in Armenia

  In Armenia, protests are temporarily suspended because of the talks with all parliamentary factions scheduled for April 30, Nikol Pashinyan reports.

April 29, 2018 08:56

• US State Department urges Armenian authorities and opposition to negotiate

  The USA has called on all political forces of Armenia to negotiate the formation of a new government and avoid violence.

April 29, 2018 06:04

• Karabakh village of Talish hosts first wedding party after the war

  The Karabakh village of Talish, whose residents were evacuated during the war in 2016, is still being restored. The first wedding party after evacuation took part there with 250 guests.

April 28, 2018 22:46

• Dashnaktsutyun agrees to support Pashinyan

  The parliamentary faction of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) "Dashnaktsutyun" is ready to vote for the election of the oppositional leader Nikol Pashinyan as the Armenian Prime Minister, Arsen Ambartsumyan, a representative of the ARF's Supreme Council, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

April 28, 2018 21:46

• Vanadzor townspeople wish Pashinyan to defeat corruption

  The today's rally of Nikol Pashinyan's supporters in Vanadzor gathered more than 14,000 people, and became one of the largest oppositional rallies in the city's history, local residents and activists report. The participants have expressed hope that in the capacity of Prime Minister Pashinyan will be able to defeat corruption.

April 28, 2018 18:47

• RPA refuses to nominate its candidate to post of Prime Minister

  After the meeting with Serzh Sargsyan and Karen Karapetyan, delegates of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) refused to nominate their candidate for the post of the Prime Minister of Armenia.

April 28, 2018 18:09

• In Vanadzor, Nikol Pashinyan's rally gathers more than 5000 people

  In Vanadzor, participants of an opposition rally led by protest leader Nikol Pashinyan demanded to remove the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) from power.

April 28, 2018 16:43

• Ingush activists report attempt to disrupt conference on repressed nations

  The organizers of the conference "Rehabilitation Law of Repressed Nations: Current Enforcement Problem Status", which has started today in Ingushetia, have accused regional authorities of an attempt to disrupt the event.

April 28, 2018 15:59

• Nikol Pashinyan calls for direct talks with RPA

  Today, at a rally in Ijevan, protest leader Nikol Pashinyan has stated that the opposition is willing to meet simultaneously all MPs from the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) to discuss the current situation and proposals to overcome the crisis.

April 28, 2018 13:39

• In Baku, skyscraper catches fire

  Today, a fire has started on upper floors of a 130-metre skyscraper in Baku, known as Trump Tower Baku. The 13-20th floors of the 33-storey building were on fire. Meanwhile, the fire affected only the facade of the skyscraper.

April 28, 2018 12:42

• In Krasnodar, "Putin's Detachments" burn photos of Telegram founder

  In Krasnodar, activists of the patriotic movement "Putin's Detachments" held a rally with the demand to close Telegram and called its founder a "traitor."

April 28, 2018 10:28

• Dagestani resident complains about his relatives' kidnapping in Egypt

  In March and April, in the capital of Egypt, armed people kidnapped 18 residents of Dagestan, including 10 children. Their relatives cannot find out their whereabouts. This was reported on April 27 by Gusein Baisultanov, a relative of some of kidnapped people.

April 28, 2018 10:01

• Law enforcers say suspects killed in Dagestan are members of terrorist sleeper cell

  People killed by law enforcers during a special operation conducted in the Derbent District were members of a spontaneously created "sleeper cell" of a terrorist organization, reported the First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs for Dagestan.