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March 05, 2018 10:17

• Makhachkala Mayoralty rejected accusations of killing stray dogs

  The authorities have nothing to do with the killing of a stray dog, which was committed by unidentified men, who introduced themselves as Mayoralty employees, the Mayoralty has stated.

March 05, 2018 09:10

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of February 26-March 4

  Election of the President of Armenia by delegates to the country's parliament; rallies in Boris Nemtsov's memory in Southern Russia; deaths of 25 people in fire in a narcological dispensary in Baku; special operation against militants; detention of the head for the Derbent District of Dagestan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of February 26-March 4, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

March 05, 2018 04:42

• Rights defender urges not to press children in Ingush authorities' conflict with Muftiate

  The pupils of the Koran recitation school in the Ingush village of Dolakovo, where law enforcers came to conduct a check, became hostages in the conflict of the Muftiate with the republic's authorities, Magomed Mutsolgov, the head of the "Mashr" organization, has stated.

March 05, 2018 00:17

• On February 26-March 4, there were no victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week from February 26 to March 4, 2018, there were no casualties or wounded persons in 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.

March 04, 2018 15:07

• Tsumadin District put under CTO regime for the second time in 13 months

  On March 4, the counter-terrorist operation (CTO) regime was introduced in the Tsumadin District of Dagestan for the first time since February 4, 2017, when the previous CTO regime was lifted there.

March 04, 2018 12:00

• Residents of Chechnya report compulsion to pre-election action

  On March 3, employees of state institutions in the cities of Grozny, Argun and Gudermes were forced to participate as spectators in the motor rally with an appeal to come to vote at the presidential election.

March 04, 2018 03:47

• North-Caucasian judokas win two gold medals at all-Russian tournament

  Alim Balkarov from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has won a gold medal in the weight category up to 66 kg at the All-Russian Judo Tournament. Turpal Tekpaev from Chechnya did the same in the weight category up to 81 kg.

March 03, 2018 21:26

• Azerbaijan reports destruction of Armenian drone

  Today, an unmanned aircraft (drone) of the Armenian Armed Forces tried to make a flight over positions of Azerbaijani army units and was destroyed, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.

March 03, 2018 19:40

• Georgia: "Agara-Sugar" factory workers demand production restart

  For the second day, 500 people hold their protest action at the gate of the sugar factory in the village of Agara with a demand to resume factory operation stopped in November 2017. The stop of the factory has paralyzed the life of the village, the trade union has stated.

March 03, 2018 15:44

• Nagorno-Karabakh counts 250 cases of shelling from Azerbaijani side during a week

  In the period from February 25 to March 3, Azerbaijani armed forces fired more than 3000 shots at positions of the Defence Army, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh reported.

March 03, 2018 14:23

• Law enforcers seize over one million roubles from chief of Dagestani customs department

  During a search conducted within a case of fraud, foreign currency and more than one million roubles were discovered in an office of the department chief of one of the customs checkpoints in Dagestan, investigators report.

March 03, 2018 13:23

• Court believes Navalny's supporters arrange a rally near Astrakhan ROVD

  A fine of 10,000 roubles was imposed by the court on Vyacheslav Kalmykov, who together with other residents of Astrakhan came to the ROVD (District Interior Division) building to support detained activists of the Navalny's local office. Like two other fined activists, Vyacheslav Kalmykov insists that their gathering was not a rally.

March 03, 2018 10:43

• Defence reminds court of Zhirair Sefilyan's military merits

  On March 2, Araik Papikyan, an advocate of Zhirair Sefilyan, the leader of the movement "100th anniversary without regime", delivered a seven-hour speech at a hearing of the Yerevan court. According to the advocate, prosecutors are trying to hide the mitigating circumstances in the Zhirair Sefilyan's case, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

March 03, 2018 05:17

• Azerbaijani pilgrims face hike in expenses for Hajj by 300 US dollars

  In 2018, in Azerbaijan, the expenses for a trip for the Hajj reached 4150 US dollars. That is 300 US dollars higher than in 2017. For those believers who commit the Hajj for the second or further time, the expenses increase by 535 US dollars.

March 03, 2018 03:10

• Deputy chief of Dagestani customs detained

  Araz Galimov, the deputy chief of the Dagestani customs, has been detained after searches in his house on suspicion of smuggling. This has been reported today by a source from the law enforcement bodies for Dagestan.

March 03, 2018 01:49

• Investigators refuse to initiate case about drugs planted on Titiev

  When considering the Oyub Titiyev's statement that the drugs had been planted on him by law enforcers, the investigator interviewed the policemen in charge and found no reason for opening a criminal case, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reports.

March 03, 2018 00:48

• NCFD residents respond to Navalny's appeal to monitor election

  After a video appeal of Alexei Navalny, residents of at least five regions of Northern Caucasus have filed applications to be registered as observers during the presidential election. This was reported by an agent of the Alexei Navalny's office in Stavropol.

March 03, 2018 00:47

• Investigation into murder of Georgian journalist resumed 17 years later

  A new investigation into the murder of journalist Giorgi Sanaya has been launched after one of the prisoners mentioned top-ranking officials as persons who ordered the crime, the Georgian General Prosecutor's Office reported on March 2.

March 02, 2018 20:43

• Putin promises new personnel sweeps in Dagestan

  The fight against corruption in Dagestan will not be curtailed after the presidential election, Russian President Vladimir Putin has promised today.

March 02, 2018 18:59

• Krasnodar court extends Pavel Grib's arrest by two months

  The Oktiabrsky District Court of Krasnodar has left Pavel Grib, a Ukrainian citizen, accused of terrorism, in custody up to May 4. His father has stated that at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) his son is not given the vital medicines he needs.