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February 24, 2018 16:01

• Social network users raise money for treatment of Syrian Circassian in Russia

  The Ministry for Public Health of Kabardino-Balkaria is willing to help Dina Tamukh, a resident of Syria, with medical treatment in Russia, but she needs to raise money to travel to the Russian Federation, the NGO "Ochag" (Hearth) reported.

February 24, 2018 05:49

• Historians report connection between deportation of Vainakhs and modern conflicts

  The deportation of Chechen and Ingush people was a part of the national policy of Stalinism, states Ingush historian Angela Matieva. People from neighbouring regions were resettled to houses of the repressed people, and thus the ground for future conflicts was built, notes Russian historian Sergey Arutyunov.

February 24, 2018 04:20

• Latvia bans Ramzan Kadyrov's entry

  The ban on entry to Latvia has also been introduced for a number of law enforcement officials and subordinates of the Chechen leader.

February 24, 2018 02:16

• Lawyers criticize Aliev's order on the Bar development in Azerbaijan

  The Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev has issued an order on the development of the legal profession (the Bar Association) in the country. However, the authorities have failed to envisage any mechanisms to protect the independence of lawyers; and the measures stipulated in the document will put the Bar under full government's control, the lawyers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

February 24, 2018 01:03

• In Istanbul, 500 people pay tribute to victims of Vainakh deportation

  In Istanbul, members of the Chechen Diaspora have arranged an evening to pay tribute to the memory of the people who fell victim to the deportation of Chechen and Ingush people to Central Asia. The audience was showed footage from the film "Ordered to Forget", banned for screening in Russia.

February 23, 2018 22:12

• February 23 celebrations cause mixed emotions in Sochi residents

  The authorities state about 10,000 participants of celebrations in Sochi. However, townspeople reacted ambiguously to the Fatherland's Defender Day: this is a reminder of those who perished at war, and an occasion to reflect on the country's foreign policy problems.

February 23, 2018 21:01

• AI tells about law enforcers' lawlessness in countries of Southern Caucasus

  Persecutions of activists in Azerbaijan, violations of defendants' rights in "Sasna Tsrer" case, and abuses of power by police in Georgia were noted by the human rights organization Amnesty International (AI) in its report on the observance of human rights in the world.

February 23, 2018 20:13

• Recognition of the Armenian Genocide by the Netherlands triggers diplomatic conflict

  Eric Westestrate, the Dutch charge d'affairs, was summoned to the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) after the Dutch MPs had voted for the resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide.

February 23, 2018 18:16

• Armenian soldier wounded in Karabakh conflict zone

  On February 22, a soldier was wounded in a military unit in the Tavush Region during the shelling by Azerbaijan. This was announced by the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD).

February 23, 2018 15:20

• Chechen residents pay tribute to victims of deportation, despite authorities' ban

  Today marks the 74th anniversary of the deportation of Chechen and Ingush people to Kazakhstan and Central Asia. Chechnya holds no official events to mark the anniversary; however, residents of the republic say that they pay tribute to their deceased relatives, despite the authorities' ban.

February 23, 2018 13:15

• Georgian citizen dies after detention in South Ossetia

  Archil Tatunashvili, suspected of plotting a diversion act, has died in a Tskhinvali hospital, the South-Ossetian KGB (State Security Committee) reports.

February 23, 2018 11:45

• Kizlyar residents tell about detentions after shooting near the church

  At least two Kizlyar residents were detained in the context of the inquiry into the execution of parishioners of the local church. There was no official information to this end; however, and detainees' relatives claim their innocence and complain that they do not know the young men's whereabouts, the "Dozhd" (Rain) TV Channel reports.

February 23, 2018 07:02

• Akkin Chechens mark anniversary of deportation despite Ramzan Kadyrov's policy

  On February 23, the village of Yaryk-Su in the Novolak District of Dagestan marks a day of mourning. On February 19, 1989, a monument to the victims of the Stalin's repression was built in the village. Every year, residents of the Chechen villages bordering with Dagestan come to Yaryk-Su, since the day of mourning is banned in Chechnya.

February 23, 2018 05:41

• Researchers of Caucasus announce failure of Kadyrov's attempts to eradicate blood feud

  A murder of an entrepreneur by a Chechen law enforcer cannot be attributed to traditional blood feud, but now relatives of an entrepreneur can themselves take the path of revenge, say natives of Chechnya. The concept of blood feud continues to exist in Northern Caucasus amid assurances from the Chechen authorities about reconciliation of blood enemies, notes Akhmet Yarlykapov, a researcher of the Caucasus.

February 23, 2018 04:52

• On deportation day, Ingush activists reproach authorities for lack of principles

  Activist Barakh Chemurziev and rights defender Magomed Mutsolgov have stated that the authorities of Ingushetia are to cancel celebrating the Defender of the Fatherland Day on the day of mourning for the victims of Ingush deportation on February 23.

February 23, 2018 00:37

• Dutch MPs recognize Armenian Genocide

  On February 22, most of the delegates to the lower house of the Dutch Parliament voted for two resolutions concerning the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire.

February 22, 2018 23:55

• OSCE monitoring reveals no violations in Karabakh conflict zone

  After the today's monitoring, the OSCE mission has concluded the absence of ceasefire violations by the parties to the Karabakh conflict. This was reported by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD).

February 22, 2018 23:23

• Ingush law enforcers report their losses in 2017

  The head of the Ingush Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has confirmed the calculations of the "Caucasian Knot", according to which in 2017 three law enforcers and eight militants were killed in Ingushetia.

February 22, 2018 22:48

• Anniversary of Ingushes' deportation reminds about country's course towards Stalinization

  The secret status of archival materials on deportation allows now, 74 years later, to distort the number of victims and strengthen the myths about mass treason and desertion of Ingushes, historians and publicists have lamented on the eve of February 23, the day of mourning for the victims of deportation in Ingushetia.

February 22, 2018 20:13

• Chechen senator laments over Azerbaijan's indifference to its children in Iraq

  Ziyad Sabsabi, the Chechen Senator at the Russia's Federation Council, who is in charge of returning Russian citizens from the Middle East, reports that the Iraqi central women's prison keeps 36 women and more than 65 children from Russia, as well as about 15 children from Azerbaijan, whose fate is of no concern of this country's authorities.