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March 26, 2018 20:34

• Activist detained for solo picket in central Sochi

  Tonight, Valery Tuaev was detained during his solo picket with a poster in the square near the Sochi administration. The activist tried to draw attention to the unfair presidential election in Russia.

March 26, 2018 19:47

• Lawyers advise law enforcers to ask Kadyrov about Shaa Turlaev

  After the video of Kadyrov with Shaa Turlaev, law enforcers should go to Chechnya, detain the latter and check the actions of the head of Chechnya himself, the lawyers Tumas Misakyan and Vadim Prokhorov have stated.

March 26, 2018 16:40

• Miners call on President Putin to solve Gukovo problems

  Today, in Gukovo, 74 miners have gathered for a new picket in front of the House of Culture for the "Rostovskaya" mine. They have announced that they have not yet got the coal promised by the local authorities and reported the problems with the purchase of food.

March 26, 2018 16:18

• Buyers of alcoholic drinks searched again, residents of Grozny report

  In Grozny, law enforcers have resumed searching buyers of alcoholic drinks at exit from a single hypermarket, which legally sells alcohol beverages. An earlier break in searches can be explained by a conflict between the local and federal law enforcement bodies, local residents report.

March 26, 2018 13:50

• Two defendants accused of attacking "Caucasian Knot" correspondent to be jailed

  Today, in Rostov-on-Don, the court has recognized four defendants guilty of involvement in the beating of Vladislav Ryazantsev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. Two of them were sentenced to imprisonment, while the rest were sentenced to punishment not related to deprivation of liberty.

March 26, 2018 11:11

• Russia announces sending military police units to Armenia

  Today, officials from the press service for the South Military District of Russia have reported that units of the military police are to be sent to the military base in Gyumri. Their task will be to maintain military discipline.

March 26, 2018 09:15

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of March 19-25

  Vote tabulation at presidential election in Russia and reported violations; three special operations and six suspected militants killed in Chechnya and Dagestan; funeral in Georgia of Archil Tatunashvili, who died in Tskhinvali, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of March 19-25, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

March 26, 2018 08:23

• Since 2016, 11 residents of Chechnya fined for disseminating Timur Mutsuraev's songs

  In 2016-2018, in Chechnya, at least 11 people were brought to administrative responsibility for dissemination of banned songs of Chechen bard Timur Mutsuraev. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot".

March 26, 2018 02:31

• Believers of Nasyr-Kort mosque ask Khamzat Chumakov not to leave his Imam position

  In Ingushetia, Khamzat Chumakov, Imam of the Nasyr-Kort mosque, has announced his resignation. Believers of the mosque have not agreed with the Khamzat Chumakov's decision and asked him to take leave and then return to work.

March 26, 2018 00:57

• On March 19-25, 2018, six persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of March 19-25, 2018, at least seven persons fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of them, six were killed and one was injured. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

March 25, 2018 18:25

• Law enforcers report details of Dagestani CTO

  The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has published a video from the venue of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) conducted in the Botlikh District of Dagestan, in which one man was killed.

March 25, 2018 16:50

• Relatives of Syrian Circassian woman reject money raised for her treatment

  Circassian activists from Kabardino-Balkaria and other Russian regions have raised money for treatment of Dina Tamukh, a Syrian resident, in Russia, but her transportation became impossible due to the deterioration of her health condition.

March 25, 2018 15:34

• CTO regime lifted in Dagestani Andi village

  The counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime in the village of Andi, Botlikh District of Dagestan, where a militant was killed on March 24, has been cancelled, the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) has stated.

March 25, 2018 14:52

• Detained manager of "Leogrand" Hotel denies accusations

  Giorgi Mikeladze, detained within the case of the "Leogrand" Hotel, has stated that he had been unreasonably persecuted. According to his advocate, Mikeladze had no relation to the boiler room, where the fire broke out and killed 11 persons.

March 25, 2018 07:54

• Ukrainian citizen tells Consul about torture in Rostov-on-Don

  Alexei Sizonovich, a citizen of Ukraine, convicted on charges of plotting a terror act in the Rostov Region, told the Ukrainian Consul about the torture he was subjected to in Rostov-on-Don.

March 24, 2018 23:16

• Ramzan Kadyrov shows live on air the wanted Chechen separatist

  The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has publicized a video from the village of Benoi showing Shaa Turlaev, announced wanted on suspicion of high-profile murders and murder attempts. Kadyrov has treated Turlaev as "the best of the best."

March 24, 2018 20:17

• An armed militant killed in Dagestan

  In Dagestan, in the course of a counterterrorist operation (CTO) in the Botlikh District, law enforcers killed a militant from the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS) banned in Russia.

March 24, 2018 19:50

• Archil Tatunashvili buried in Georgia

  Archil Tatunashvili, a citizen of Georgia, who died after being detained in South Ossetia, was buried on Saturday with military honours into the Brotherly Cemetery in Tbilisi.

March 24, 2018 16:40

• Rights defenders question law enforcers' version of special operation in Chechnya

  It is very difficult to verify whether four natives of Ingushetia and Dagestan killed in Chechens were militants. The former cases of disinformation question the version, stated members of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

March 24, 2018 10:42

• In Grozny, drug control service massively seizes muscle pills from pharmacies and shops

  In Grozny, agents of drug control service have seized 14,000 packages of potent anabolic drugs from pharmacies, sports nutrition stores and gyms, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Chechnya reported.