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April 09, 2018 20:08

• Advisor to IS leader from Pankisi declared killed in Iraq

  Abu-Walid Al-Shishani, who had been treated by Iraqi mass media as the "right hand" of the leader of the "Islamic State", a terrorist organization, banned in Russian by the court, was killed by the Iraqi armed forces in the north of the country. Abu-Walid Al-Shishani, or Murad Margoshvili, was a native of the Pankisi Gorge; his relatives have not yet received information about his death.

April 09, 2018 18:54

• Russian political migrant Salman Sever asks for asylum in Armenia

  After a meeting with an officer of the Yerevan Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Maxim Baidak, a Muslim activist, blogger and political analyst, also known as Salman Sever, asked for asylum in Armenia.

April 09, 2018 17:30

• ReAl announces creation of political party in Azerbaijan

  Members of the movement "Republican Alternative" (ReAl) held a constituent congress of the same political party and elected Ilgar Mamedov to be its leader.

April 09, 2018 14:54

• Ingush leader reports elimination of terrorism despite increase in number of victims

  Today, Yunus-Bek Evkurov has announced that Ingushetia has managed to eliminate the hotbeds of extremism. However, according to the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot", in 2017, the number of victims to the conflict in the republic increased by more than a quarter.

April 09, 2018 12:36

• New president of Armenia takes office

  The ceremony of Armen Sargsyan's inauguration took place at a special session of the Parliament held at the Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concert Complex in Yerevan. About 1300 guests attended the oath ceremony.

April 09, 2018 10:16

• Georgian MIA launches inquiry into Africans' beating

  The video, shown today by the "Rustavi-2" TV Company, recorded how a group of black young people who was playing football on a sports ground, was attacked by several men who used sticks to beat the black people.

April 09, 2018 09:30

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of April 2-8, 2018

  Celebration of Easter by Orthodox believers in Southern Russia; second anniversary of the aggravation of the Karabakh conflict; collapse at a mine in Georgia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of April 2-8, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

April 09, 2018 07:20

• On April 2-8, 2018, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of April 2-8, 2018, no one fell victim 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.

April 09, 2018 04:49

• Two Georgian citizens released from Tskhinvali detention centre

  Emzar Gundishvili and Teimuraz Kaziev, two residents of the Adzvi village in the Gori District, who were detained on the border with South Ossetia on April 7, were released by the authorities of South Ossetia.

April 08, 2018 17:18

• Armenia reports shelling near Nakhichevan

  On April 7-8, the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan repeatedly violated the ceasefire by using small firearms, the spokesman for the Armenian Ministry of Defence told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

April 08, 2018 15:00

• UFC champion Nurmagomedov calls on Putin to stand up for Magomedov

  Khabib Nurmagomedov, a Dagestani fighter, who has won today the title of UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) champion, has called on Putin to help the arrested businessman Ziyavudin Magomedov. With Khabib's support, the petition demanding an impartial investigation into the Magomedov's case has gathered 8088 signatures.

April 08, 2018 12:04

• Residents of Shali resettled to outskirts after demolition of houses in centre

  Members of 92 families who were evicted from their houses in the centre of Shali because of renovation, moved into new houses on the outskirts of the city. The authorities reported on the high quality of housing, but some residents of new buildings described them with scepticism.

April 08, 2018 10:08

• Nurmagomedov is the first Russian UFC Champion

  Khabib Nurmagomedov, a Russian mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, a native of Dagestan, has won the champion title in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) after he defeated Alexander Jay Iaquinta New York.

April 08, 2018 08:28

• Easter service in Kizlyar held under intense guard

  During the festive Easter service, armed policemen were guarding the entrance to the Kizlyar church, where in February parishioners were shot dead. The attack rallied the Orthodox community, without affecting the inter-confessional relations, local residents have noted.

April 08, 2018 06:50

• Kadyrov's nephew appointed deputy head of Kurchaloi District

  Khamzat Kadyrov, a 21-year-old nephew of the head of Chechnya, a son of Ramzan Kadyrov's elder brother Zelimkhan, who died in 2004, was appointed deputy head of the administration of the Kurchaloi District of Chechnya. The local public figures interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe that by appointing relatives for high positions, Kadyrov strengthens his personal rule.

April 07, 2018 20:10

• Armenian citizen blown up by land mine

  A young man was wounded by an explosion of a mine in the Tavush Region, the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) has reported.

April 07, 2018 17:21

• NGOs criticize Georgia's proposals to residents of Abkhazia and South Ossetia

  The Georgian authorities have offered residents of Abkhazia and South Ossetia to use the "Step to Better Future" programme, which provides for the expansion of trade ties, support for common business projects, training at Georgian universities and chances to visit EU countries without a visa.

April 07, 2018 15:05

• Two law enforcers suspected of killing KBR resident

  The police have detained two law enforcers on suspicion of killing a man in the settlement of Elbrus, a source said. According to local residents, the man refused to give them a lift; and this triggered a conflict.

April 07, 2018 13:04

• Nagorno-Karabakh accuses Azerbaijan of 300 cases of shelling per week

  On April 1-7, the Azerbaijani armed forces fired more than 3000 shots at the positions of the Defence Army, reports the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh. To do this various types of small arms were used.

April 07, 2018 11:36

• Azerbaijani journalists and rights defenders claim pro-government trolling in social networks

  The Azerbaijani authorities try to manipulate the public opinion by disseminating fake news via the Internet, discrediting Western democratic institutions and organizing trolling attacks on the pages of their critics in social networks. This was stated by journalists and human rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".