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March 24, 2018 09:26

• Political situation in Northern Caucasus strengthens sympathy for IS

  The involvement of young Muslims in the ranks of terrorists is a consequence of the internal political conflict in Northern Caucasus and political discrimination of Muslims. No blocking of information resources will solve this problem, experts believe.

March 24, 2018 05:05

• Days of Russian Word held in Nagorno-Karabakh

  Within the framework of the Days of Russian Word, under the motto "Russian without accent", the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has held contests, poetry parties and seminars for teachers.

March 23, 2018 21:28

• Scientists reveal reasons for radicalization of South-Caucasian youth

  Young Georgian Muslims are leaving for war in Syria and Iraq because of social injustice and religious stereotypes, the participants of the forum in Moscow "Youth Against Extremism and Radicalism" told on March 22. The speech of an Azerbaijani presenter was interrupted by a squabble with an Armenian journalist.

March 23, 2018 21:20

• Yerevan: rally participants demand to seize power from Sargsyan

  Armen Ovannisyan, an activist of the front named "For the Sake of State of Armenia", speaking to a rally held in Yerevan, called to fight for the removal of Serzh Sargsyan, who is intending to assume the post of prime minister, from power. The rally was about 150 people strong.

March 23, 2018 20:03

• Georgian Parliament completes constitutional reform

  The reform of the Constitution of Georgia has culminated in the adoption of amendments thereto. They were supported by 115 MPs out of 150, that is, the parliamentary majority.

March 23, 2018 19:19

• Two residents of Georgia released in Tskhinvali

  Authorities of South Ossetia have released David Gerkeuli and Ivane Gundishvili after they paid fines for breaking the border.

March 23, 2018 18:25

• Residents of Southern Russia frightened by yellow snow and rain

  Coloured precipitation fell today in Southern Russia, users of social networks and residents of Sochi have reported. A sandstorm in Africa and an accident at some factory were named among the versions of the strange natural phenomenon. However, meteorologists have assured that the precipitations that fell down in the Krasnodar the Stavropol Territories pose no threat to people.

March 23, 2018 07:36

• In Rostov-on-Don, vandals damage staircase repaired for 2018 FIFA World Cup

  The Kazan staircase, the repair of which for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, took from the budget 44 million roubles, is damaged by vandals, who torn away granite shells and lamps, reports the head of the Rostov-on-Don administration.

March 23, 2018 03:33

• Political analysts: Georgian "Otkhozoriya-Tatunashvili List" to toughen sanctions against Russia

  A resolution of the Georgian Parliament on the creation of an "Otkhozoriya-Tatunashvili List", similar in its meaning to the "Magnitsky List", can get a support of the international community. This is to result in toughening of sanctions against Russia, Georgian political analysts report.

March 23, 2018 00:13

• "Golos" presents new data on violations in Southern Russia

  In Dagestan and Karachay-Cherkessia, observers videoed much more violations at the presidential election than those in Chechnya, said Vitaly Averin, the coordinator of the "Golos" (Vote) movement in the regions of Southern Russia.

March 22, 2018 19:50

• Georgian authorities: citizen of our country was severely tortured in South Ossetia

  Experts in Georgia have found traces of "cruel torture" on the body of Archil Tatunashvili, who died after being detained in South Ossetia, Sozar Subari, Minister for Displaced Persons' Matters, has stated. Georgia should sue Russia at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in connection with Tatunashvili's death, the Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili has added.

March 22, 2018 17:53

• Two residents of Georgia detained on border with South Ossetia

  Russian border guards have detained two Georgian citizens in the villages through which the demarcation line passes, reports the Georgian State Security Service.

March 22, 2018 15:29

• Armenian authorities refuse to condemn brutal dispersal of protest after election

  As a result of the clashes, 10 people were killed and more than 250 others were injured. Out of 73 participants in the Armenian Parliament's meeting, only 10 voted in favour of the draft statement condemning the killing of demonstrators in Yerevan in 2008. The authorities will not benefit from any investigation into those events. This opinion was voiced by experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

March 22, 2018 14:13

• Details of attack on policeman in Grozny disclosed

  In Grozny, a policeman was wounded after he had tried to verify an ID of a local resident, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports.

March 22, 2018 09:26

• Law enforcers disclose names of men killed in special operation in Chechnya

  In the course of a special operation, Aslambek Aleroev, Khavazh-Bagauddin Kottoev and Akhmed Medov, natives of the Malgobek District of Ingushetia, as well as Dagestani native Nazim Taibov were killed in the Achkhoi-Martan District of Chechnya. This was reported by a source from the law enforcement bodies.

March 22, 2018 09:19

• Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of shelling its forces in six villages

  On March 21 and at night on March 22, the Armenian armed forces 98 times violated the ceasefire on the border and in the Karabakh conflict zone, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) reports.

March 22, 2018 08:33

• Georgia wants to use sanctions as punishment for crimes against citizens in Abkhazia and South Ossetia

  On March 21, members of the Georgian Parliament adopted a resolution with the demand to introduce sanctions against persons accused of crimes against Georgian citizens in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The document was adopted in connection with the death of Georgia citizen Archil Tatunashvuili.

March 22, 2018 08:15

• Circassian New Year fails to become a popular family holiday in Adygea

  In the capital of Adygea, people celebrated the Circassian New Year with festivities on Square of Unity and Harmony. Some families celebrated the holiday from times when public institutions did not pay attention to it. However, the Circassian New Year did not become widely celebrated as a family holiday.

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March 22, 2018 00:24

• Villagers name perpetrators of water conflict in Dagestan (+video)

  Officials failed to settle the dispute over the water spring; and the residents of the village of Chuni intend to seek their village's exit from the Levashi District, Talkhat Khaibulaev, the head of Chuni, has stated. The authorities refused to admit their mistake made when delineating the territory; and villagers of Tsukhta intend to go to court, Abdulkhalik Abdulkhalikov, the head of the village, has stated.

March 21, 2018 20:59

• "Elk" bloc is on verge of split due to disagreements on protest methods

  The political forces making up the "Elk" bloc have failed to draft any unified strategy against a possible nomination of Serzh Sargsyan as Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, the head of the "Elk" faction in the Parliament and the leader of the "Civil Agreement" Party, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.