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March 20, 2018 05:31

• Oligarchs lose their influence on Ilham Aliev, economists claim

  In Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliev, a presidential candidate and the incumbent leader of the state, uses an administrative resource in the election campaign and does not need support from oligarchs. This opinion was voiced by economists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

March 20, 2018 00:20

• NKR claims shooting down an Azerbaijani drone

  An unmanned aircraft (drone) of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan was shot down when carrying out a reconnaissance flight, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has stated.

March 19, 2018 21:18

• KBR shows most Russia's votes for Putin

  According to the outcomes of the Sunday's presidential election, the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has recorded the largest percentage of votes cast for Vladimir Putin in the whole of Russia.

March 19, 2018 20:01

• Observers fix ballot stuffing in Krasnodar Territory

  There were numerous violations during votes counting at the Russian presidential election in the Krasnodar Territory, state the messages posted on the "Violations Map" run by the "Golos" (Vote) public movement.

March 19, 2018 19:43

• Rights defenders treat extension of Titiev's arrest as unjustified

  The Prosecutor's Office has failed to prove the need to further keep Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny representative office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", in custody; however, the court's judgement to reject his release was predictable, the human rights activists present at the today's court session have stated.

March 19, 2018 17:35

• In Karachay-Cherkessia, ballot stuffing recorded on video

  In Karachay-Cherkessia, the voting at the Russian presidential election was accompanied by ballot stuffing, and appropriate video records were published on the "Violations Map" prepared by the movement "Golos" (Vote). The information on the violations was not confirmed, reported the chair of the Karachay-Cherkessia's CEC.

March 19, 2018 16:05

• Observers achieve transparent elections at some Chechen polling stations

  Today, the Chechen CEC has reported that following the results for processing of 100% of the protocols from polling stations, the voter turnout at the presidential election reached 91.54%. Observers reported violations. Besides, they also claimed that at their polling stations, the actual turnout was 2-3 times less than the officially announced one.

March 19, 2018 15:53

• Chechnya loses its leading position in votes for Vladimir Putin

  The Chechen Central Election Commission (CEC) has announced the preliminary results of the presidential election. According to them, Vladimir Putin gained 91.44% of the votes. Pavel Grudinin became the second in Chechnya with 4.62% of votes, while the third was Sergey Baburin with 1.18%. The remaining five presidential candidates gained less than 1% of the votes.

March 19, 2018 13:44

• In Chechnya, SC upholds extension of Oyub Titiev's arrest

  Today, the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya has upheld the decision of the Staropromyslovsky District Court of Grozny to prolong the arrest of Oyub Titiev, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed by Pyotr Zaikin, an advocate of Oyub Titiev.

March 19, 2018 13:23

• Sochi state servants fear to complain about compulsion to voting

  Despite the dissatisfaction of Sochi residents with coercion to participate in the presidential election, no official complaints were filed by voters, the opposition reports.

March 19, 2018 09:42

• Grozny state servants claim being forced to take part in a rally

  In the evening on March 18, in Grozny, about 70,000 people came for a rally dedicated to the anniversary of the Crimea's entry into Russia, the Chechen authorities reported. Teachers and students claimed being obliged to take part in the rally.

March 19, 2018 09:05

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of March 12-18

  Russian presidential election in South of Russia amid violation reports; nomination of eight candidates for Azerbaijani presidency; tourists injured at cableway failure in Georgia; conviction of Dagestan woman-returnee from Syria; protests of deceived housing investors in Gelendjik and Rostov-on-Don; military exercises in Azerbaijan and NKR – read about these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of March 12-18, 2018, in the review prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

March 19, 2018 05:26

• Volgograd Communists call elections falsified

  Observers from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) have filed "dozens of complaints" following the results of the voting at the presidential election. On March 20, the Communists plan to hold a sanctioned picket against falsifications of the election outcome.

March 19, 2018 02:10

• Observer announces three attempts of ballot stuffing at a polling station in Kaspiysk

  Marat Ismailov, an observer from the "Yabloko" Party, registered three facts of ballot stuffing (throw-in) at a polling station in Kaspiysk. According to him, when he tried to stop a ballot stuffing, unidentified people wanted to take him outside, but the police intervened. The final protocol was also drawn up with violations, Marat Ismailov also noted.

March 19, 2018 01:00

• Presidential candidate's representative detained in Rostov-on-Don

  Anton Prikhodko, a member of the precinct election commission (PEC), who represented the interests of presidential candidate Ksenia Sobchak in Rostov-on-Don, was detained after he filmed the vote counting process. This was reported by the presidential candidate's office.

March 19, 2018 00:34

• On March 12-18, 2018, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of March 12-18, 2018, no victims to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were registered. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

March 18, 2018 22:54

• Muslims' belief in "sacred nature" of power boosted turnout at elections in Dagestan

  Presidential elections in Dagestan were accompanied with religious rites. This proves the desire of some residents of the republic to achieve 'sacred unity' with the authorities, sociologist Denis Sokolov said.

March 18, 2018 22:09

• Ballot stuffing and compulsory voting reported in Ingushetia

  By 6:00 pm in Ingushetia, 156,391 voters participated in the presidential elections in Russia, no violations were recorded, the republican election commission reported.

March 18, 2018 20:52

• Russian citizens voted extremely actively in Armenia

  The activity of voters was "unprecedented," "such high interest in the Russian elections in Armenia has not been observed yet."

March 18, 2018 18:39

• Doctors and teachers threatened into voting at presidential elections in Sochi

  People say that they took photos of their ballot papers and sent them to their bosses via WhatsApp to show who they voted for.