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April 18, 2018 10:58

• Ilham Aliev takes office as President of Azerbaijan

  Azerbaijan held the ceremony of inauguration of President Ilham Aliev, who took the post for the fourth time in a row.

April 18, 2018 07:00

• Women murdered with impunity in Caucasus: Who is to blame?

  When commenting on a brutal murder of a young woman in Khasavyurt, rights defenders have reported that in Dagestan, the situation with violence against women differs a little from the situation in Russia in general.

April 18, 2018 06:07

• In Yerevan, protesters explain their dissatisfaction with Serzh Sargsyan

  Supporters of the opposition movement "My Step!" interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent see the main problems of Armenia in the failures in the foreign and domestic politics, in the social, economic and education spheres, as well as in the total corruption and the presence of oligarchs.

April 18, 2018 05:46

• Political analysts report expansion of ISIL beyond Northern Caucasus

  The majority of special operations and detentions of suspected supporters of the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS) banned in Russia began to take place outside Northern Caucasus, states political analyst Akhmet Yarlykapov. Meanwhile, experts do not expect a significant increase in the activities of IS supporters in Russia.

April 18, 2018 02:52

• Three Azerbaijani women sentenced to death penalty in Iraq

  The Central Criminal Court of Iraq recognized three Azerbaijani women as members of the "Islamic State" (IS, banned in Russia) and sentenced them to death penalty.

April 17, 2018 23:53

• Georgian resident detained on border with South Ossetia

  Russian border guards detained a shepherd from the Gori District of Georgia, his fellow villager who managed to escape has told.

April 17, 2018 18:47

• Moscow Armenians support protests against Serzh Sargsyan

  In Moscow, opponents of Serzh Sargsyan's Premiership held an action near the Armenian Embassy with appeals to "Reject Serzh". They treated his previous policy as a failure.

April 17, 2018 17:48

• Activists in Karabakh support Serzh Sargsyan's opponents in Armenia

  Five residents of Stepanakert have held an action, urging Serzh Sargsyan, a former Armenian president, appointed today to the post of Prime Minister, to quit politics.

April 17, 2018 16:23

• Serzh Sargsyan elected Prime Minister of Armenia

  Today, most of the Armenian MPs have voted today for the appointment of former President Serzh Sargsyan as the Prime Minister.

April 17, 2018 16:11

• Ramzan Kadyrov loses leading positions in rating of popular politicians in Russia

  In 2017, the media mentioned Ramzan Kadyrov twice less often than oppositionist Alexei Navalny, the "Medialogia" reports. Meanwhile, the leader of Chechnya fell into the top five most mentioned politicians.

April 17, 2018 14:00

• In Southern Russia, IS unit leader commits suicide bombing

  In the Rostov Region, one person was killed and three others were detained during a special operation against members of the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS) banned in Russia, the FSB reports.

April 17, 2018 07:37

• Students from Africa complain of aggression from Georgian residents

  A conflict between students from Africa and residents of Tbilisi has provoked a great resonance. To reconcile the parties to the conflict, the Tbilisi Mayoralty arranged a friendly football match.

April 17, 2018 04:41

• In Grozny, students forced to attend march on Day of Peace and CTO cancellation

  In Chechnya, in honour of the ninth anniversary of the CTO legal regime cancellation, the authorities of the republic organized a march and festive events. In Grozny, students of the higher education institutions claimed they were obliged to participate in the march.

April 17, 2018 00:07

• Oppositionists condemn brutal dispersal of protests in Armenia

  The European Armenian Forum has called on the police not to use force against participants of an action in Yerevan, and the "Apricot Country" Party has condemned the law enforcers' actions against demonstrators.

April 16, 2018 20:04

• Three Ingush residents detained for shooting at wedding party

  Five young men opened fire from the car of a wedding cortege in Nazran. Three of them were detained, the remaining two have been declared wanted.

April 16, 2018 18:02

• Yerevan: 46 people wounded after protests against government (+video)

  Forty demonstrators and six policemen addressed for help to doctors after clashes in Yerevan.

April 16, 2018 11:22

• On April 9-15, two persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week from April 9 to April 15, 2018, at least two people were killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus; no information was received about any wounded ones. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

April 16, 2018 09:29

• Azerbaijan accused Armenia of shelling from grenade launchers

  On April 15-16, the Armenian Armed Forces violated the ceasefire for 76 times, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

April 16, 2018 09:05

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of April 9-15, 2018

  Voting at the presidential election in Azerbaijan; protests in Armenia against the nomination of Serzh Sargsyan as Prime Minister; Freedom House's criticism of the democracy level in Russia and the countries of Southern Caucasus; spontaneous rally in Nalchik with the demand to punish killers of taxi driver; actions of animal rights defenders in Southern Russia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of April 9-15, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

April 16, 2018 06:59

• Forum calls on students of Armenia to fight for recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh

  Participants of the all-Armenian student forum have called on students of Armenian higher educational institutions to unite around the national idea and participate in the process of international recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh.