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February 27, 2018 06:07

• Tenants of dilapidated house in Gyumri refuse to stay in temporary shelters

  Residents of a house in Gyumri, where floors collapsed at night on February 23, still stay in their apartments. According to a woman who lives in the house, living conditions in tin shelters offered by the authorities are worse than in the dilapidated building.

February 27, 2018 06:06

• Political analysts associate prosecution of Samvel Babayan with revenge of authorities

  The criminal proceedings against Samvel Babayan, the former Nagorno-Karabakh Minister of Defence, sentenced to six years of imprisonment for illegal import of a man-portable air defence system (MANPADS) "Igla" to Armenia, may be a revenge of the authorities for his participation in the formation of the opposition bloc, since he is considered as a serious political figure. This opinion was voiced by political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

February 27, 2018 00:14

• Natives of Chechnya and Kalmykia arrested in absentia on terrorist charges

  Today, the Lefortovo Court of Moscow has ruled to arrest Imran Tsugiev, a native of Kalmykia, and Suleiman Maltsagov, a native of Chechnya.

February 26, 2018 21:03

• Baku residents claim impunity of war crimes in Khojaly

  The crimes like the seizure of Khojaly and massacre of its residents should never go unpunished, participants of the commemoration action for the victims of the Khojaly tragedy held in Baku have stated.

February 26, 2018 18:34

• Activists urge authorities of 23 cities to break twin-city ties with Yerevan

  Yerevan-based public organizations and activists have appealed to Mayoralties of Volgograd, Stavropol, Rostov-on-Don and other 19 cities urging them to suspend or terminate their twinning agreements with Yerevan because of the use of force against women-activists of the "Apricot Country" at a sitting of the City Council of Elders.

February 26, 2018 16:30

• Gukovo miners complain to Putin's electoral office about coal shortage

  At today's picket in Gukovo, miners told about the large coal consumption for heating houses in severe frost. They turned to the Rostov-on-Don office of the presidential candidate Vladimir Putin for help in providing them with the so-called "ration coal".

February 26, 2018 15:59

• Resident of Nalchik identifies law enforcers who tortured him

  None of the five law enforcers indicated by the resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) as his torturers, has not been dismissed, the Committee against Torture (CAT) has stated today.

February 26, 2018 15:13

• Russian regulator agrees to unblock Alexei Navalny's website

  The register of prohibited materials excludes the pages of the Alexei Navalny's website about vacations of a top-ranking official on an oligarch's yacht, the publication of which was considered by the Kuban court as a reason for blocking the website.

February 26, 2018 10:00

• On February 19-25, 2018, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of February 19-25, 2018, no one fell victim to 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.

February 26, 2018 09:44

• EU offers assistance to Georgia to investigate Archil Tatunashvili's death

  On February 25, the EU announced that the European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) stood ready to support Georgia in the investigation into the circumstances of the death of a Georgian citizen detained in South Ossetia.

February 26, 2018 09:10

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

  Mourning events to mark the anniversary of the deportation of Chechen and Ingush people; determination of the main candidate for the post of the Armenian President; AI's criticism of human rights situation in Russia and the countries of Southern Caucasus, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of February 19-25, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

February 26, 2018 02:23

• Azerbaijan pays tribute to victims of Khojaly tragedy

  Today, Azerbaijan marks the 26th anniversary of the Khojaly tragedy. Throughout the week preceding the anniversary of the tragedy, the events to pay tribute to the memory of the victims of the tragedy took place in Azerbaijan and abroad, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

February 25, 2018 19:57

• Rostov townspeople demand to commemorate Nemtsov's memory in their city

  Today, in Rostov-on-Don, a rally in memory of the politician Boris Nemtsov attracted about 100 persons. The participants demanded to continue the inquiry into the murder of Boris Nemtsov, to find and bring to justice all the customers and organizers.

February 25, 2018 18:24

• Krasnodar zoo activists oppose "bloody football"

  About fifty people went out to a picket in Krasnodar within the framework of the Fourth All-Russian campaign of zoo-defenders "The law is needed now!"

February 25, 2018 17:32

• Moscow marchers blame authorities for Nemtsov's murder

  Russian authorities are responsible for non-preventing the murder of the politician Boris Nemtsov; and the public should know the customer of this murder, the participants of the today's march in Moscow have stated.

February 25, 2018 09:21

• Vainakh descendants report tragic fates of deportation victims

  Participants in the memorial party for the victims of the Chechens' and Ingushes' deportation held in Saint Petersburg shared their relatives' memories about life in exile.

February 25, 2018 02:52

• Relatives of snowboarder who died in Sochi claim investigators' and doctors' inaction

  Alexei Matveev, a resident of the city of Cheboksary, perished in Sochi mountains when riding his snowboard. According to his relatives, Alexei would have been alive if he had been provided with timely medical help.

February 24, 2018 23:52

• Sadygly's brother detained in Baku

  In Azerbaijan, the police have detained Elgiz Sadygly, a brother of the activist Turad Sadygly, who lives in Europe. Then, the court appointed an administrative arrest for 30 days for Elgiz.

February 24, 2018 19:42

• Two Georgian citizens released from prison in Tskhinvali

  Levan Kutashvili and Ioseb Pavliashvili have left a prison in Tskhinvali, but still stay in South Ossetia, the "Georgia Online" reports with reference to the State Security Service (SSS) of Georgia.

February 24, 2018 19:15

• Akkin Chechens want to commemorate deportation victims on February 23

  On February 23, local Chechens and residents of nearby villages of Chechnya visited a mourning event in the village of Yaryk-Su in the Novolak District of Dagestan. They have confirmed their intention to pay tribute to the memory of the deportation victims on the historical date, rather than on the date set up by the authorities of Chechnya.