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March 21, 2018 19:28

• IS* claims responsibility for attack on policeman in Grozny

  Today, the NGO SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors the activity of terrorist groupings on the Internet, has referred to an agency affiliated with militants and published on its website the information that the "Islamic State" (IS)* claims responsibility for an attack on a policeman in the capital of Chechnya.

March 21, 2018 14:35

• In Yerevan, protesters demand freedom for political prisoners

  Today, in Yerevan, six persons have come out to a protest action with the demand to release political prisoners and to remove Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan from power. Their protest has been provoked by the verdict pronounced by the court to Zhirair Sefilyan, the leader of the Armenian movement "100 years without regime".

March 21, 2018 14:26

• Chechen law enforcers banned to disclose any data about the murder in "Grozny-City"

  Ii is forbidden to disclose information about the shootout in the "Grozny-City" complex, which occurred on March 18, in order not to scare away tourists, a source told the "Caucasian Knot".

March 21, 2018 12:10

• Law enforcers identify those killed in Chechen CTO

  During the counterterrorist operation (CTO) conducted in the Achkhoi-Martan District of Chechnya, natives of Ingushetia and Dagestan were killed, the Ministry Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported today.

March 21, 2018 09:36

• Azerbaijan claims machine-gun attacks from Armenian side

  During a day, the Armenian armed forces 101 times violated the ceasefire in the Karabakh conflict zone and used large-calibre machine guns, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) reports today.

March 21, 2018 08:38

• Weapons found at place of shootout in Chechnya

  Law enforcers discovered weapons and ammunition at the place of a special operation conducted in the Achkhoi-Martan District of Chechnya, where four men were killed.

March 21, 2018 06:00

• Residents of Azerbaijan welcome Novruz Bayram

  In the evening on March 20, when the spring equinox came, Azerbaijanis saw the Novruz Bayram holiday in; its history has more than three thousand years.

March 21, 2018 01:19

• Four people killed in CTO in Chechnya

  Four armed men were blocked and killed during a counterterrorist operation conducted in the Achkhoi-Martan District of Chechnya, law enforcers have reported.

March 21, 2018 00:43

• In Chechnya, ballot stuffing and "carousels" recorded on video

  In Chechnya, ballot stuffing took place during the voting at the Russian presidential election and after the closure of polling stations, and in the village of Bachi-Yurt, voters voted several times at a polling station, report the messages on the "Map of Election Violations" prepared by the movement "Golos" (Vote).

March 21, 2018 00:05

• Law enforcers report one casualty of shootout in Grozny

  The attacker wounded a policeman and was killed by a return fire, the Chechnya's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported.

March 20, 2018 21:21

• Tatunashvili's body handed over to Georgia

  South Ossetia has handed, through the Red Cross mission, the body of Archil Tatunashvili, who died in Tskhinvali after his arrest, over to Georgia.

March 20, 2018 21:06

• Journalist and cameraman beaten up in Tbilisi

  Nino Lorkhoshvili, a female journalist, and a cameraman of the "Objective" TV Company were attacked and received traumas in the office of one of Tbilisi construction companies after they asked to show a construction permit.

March 20, 2018 20:23

• Illarionov treats presidential election in Chechnya and KBR as totally falsified

  A mathematical assessment of the number of cases of ballot stuffing (throw-in) at the March 18 presidential election has shown the highest percentage of such cases in favour of Putin in the Kabardino-Balkarin Republic (KBR) and Chechnya, Andrei Illarionov, an economist, has noted, treating the political culture in these republics as totally falsified.

March 20, 2018 17:16

• Volgograd Communists condemn falsification of election results

  Today, at a picket "For Fair Elections" held in Volgograd, protestors have claimed that the number of votes given for Pavel Grudinin, a Russian presidential candidate from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) is understated by falsifications.

March 20, 2018 16:25

• CTO legal regime introduced in two districts of Dagestan

  Today, law enforcers have launched a search for members of the armed underground in the Khasavyurt and Kizilyurt Districts of Dagestan, the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) reports.

March 20, 2018 15:46

• In Georgia, six participants of a protest near "Rustavi-2" building detained

  During a protest action, members of the NGO "Georgian March" attacked a journalist of the "Rustavi-2" TV Channel, who voiced an awkward joke about Christ. This was reported on March 19 by Nika Gvaramiya, the general director of the "Rustavi-2" TV Channel. He has apologized for the journalist's joke and called on to punish the persons involved in the attack on the journalist.

March 20, 2018 13:37

• Supporters of Zhirair Sefilyan express their indignation about verdict to him

  Zhirair Sefilyan, the leader of the Armenian movement "100 years without regime", and six other defendants were found guilty and sentenced to 2-10.5 years of imprisonment. Advocates, relatives and supporters of the defendants treated the verdict as a demonstration of power by the authorities.

March 20, 2018 12:31

• Armenian soldier wounded on border with Azerbaijan

  On March 19, a regular soldier was wounded on one of the defensive positions in the Tavush Region, and his condition is severe, but stable, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) reports today.

March 20, 2018 08:00

• In Dagestan, law enforcers intervene in conflict of two villages' residents

  On March 19, law enforcers prevented a mass fight among residents of the villages of Chuni and Tsukhta, who are conflicting because of the disputed rights to use a spring.

March 20, 2018 06:57

• Russian journalists warn about possibility of aggravation of tension in Karabakh

  The military exercises held by Azerbaijan have become the largest military training since last summer, stated the military experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot". Russian military journalists and experts called the military exercises a preparation for an offensive against the positions of the armies of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.