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НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН И РАСПРОСТРАНЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ ООО “МЕМО”, ЛИБО КАСАЕТСЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА ООО “МЕМО”.

September 09, 2024 23:29

  • Investigators at the scene of the attack on law enforcers in Magas. Screenshot of the photo posted on the Telegram channel of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Ingushetia on September 3, 2024 https://t.me/su_skr06/2258 Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of September 2-8, 2024

    Elections in Southern Russia, fires and drones in the Caucasus, victory of the ruling party in Azerbaijan, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, and official data on the natives of Southern Russia who perished in Ukraine, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of September 2-8, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

September 02, 2024 23:14

  • Voting at a polling station in Baku. September 1, 2024. Photo by Faik Medjid for the "Caucasian Knot" Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 26-September 1, 2024

    Parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan, fires and drones in the Caucasus, parliamentary elections in Georgia, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, anniversary of the terror act in Beslan, and official data on the natives of Southern Russia who perished in Ukraine, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of August 26-September 1, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

August 26, 2024 22:15

  • A fire burning at an oil depot in Proletarsk. Screenshot of a video https://www.rbc.ru/politics/22/08/2024/66c6eac49a7947abffc5660b Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 19-25, 2024

    Hostage-taking in a penal colony, fires in the Caucasus, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, President Putin’s visit to the Caucasus, a ferry with diesel fuel sinks, and official data on the natives of Southern Russia who perished in Ukraine, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of August 19-25, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

August 19, 2024 23:54

  • The Constitutional Court of Georgia. Photo: https://www.wikiwand.com/ru/Конституционный_суд_Грузии Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 12-18, 2024

    Alaudinov admits Chechen fighters being captured by Ukraine, elections in the southern regions of the Russian Federation, drone attacks, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, Georgian journalists stand against the law on foreign agents, and official data on the natives of Southern Russia who perished in Ukraine, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of August 12-18, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

August 12, 2024 23:19

  • The flag of Georgia lowered to half-staff. Photo: Paper Kartuli, August 7, 2023 https://t.me/paperkartuli/5499 Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 5-11, 2024

    Five-Day War, twenty-five years since Basaev and Khattab’s invasion, drone attacks, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, early parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan, and official data on the natives of Southern Russia who perished in Ukraine, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of August 5-11, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

August 05, 2024 23:19

  • Zelimkhan Khangoshvili (left) and Vadim Krasikov. Collage by the "Caucasian Knot". Photos: https://memohrc.org/, The International Criminal Police Organization Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of July 29-August 4, 2024

    Exchange of Khangoshvili’s killer, major fire in Azov, drone attacks, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, repressions in Azerbaijan spread to Georgia, and official data on the natives of Southern Russia who perished in Ukraine, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 29-August 4, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

July 29, 2024 23:16

  • Khabib Nurmagomedov. Photo: RIA "Dagestan" https://riadagestan.ru Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of July 22-28, 2024

    UFC fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov’s debts, prevention of a terror act, drone attacks, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, situation of journalists in the South Caucasus, and official data on the natives of Southern Russia who perished in Ukraine, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 22-28, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

July 22, 2024 23:50

  • Law enforcers at the Parliament of Abkhazia. Screenshot of the photo published by "Aishara" on July 17, 2024 https://t.me/aiashara/6839 Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of July 15-21, 2024

    Protests in Abkhazia, drone attacks in Rostov Region, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, fight against the law on foreign agents, and official data on the natives of Southern Russia who perished in Ukraine, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 15-21, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

July 15, 2024 22:52

  • A forest fire in Novorossiysk. Screenshot of a video posted on the Telegram channel "Bloknot Novorossiysk" https://t.me/bloknot_nvrsk/31686 Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of July 8-14, 2024

    Forest fires in Kuban, drone attacks, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, about niqabs, and official data on the natives of Southern Russia who perished in Ukraine, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 8-14, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

July 09, 2024 18:09

  • Girls wearing hijab (left) and niqab (right). Screenshot of a video posted by the Alif TV on May 26, 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jh9qtTOE6p0&t=62s Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of July 1-7, 2024

    Explosion in Volgograd, drone attacks, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, about niqabs and hijabs, and official data on the natives of Southern Russia who perished in Ukraine, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 1-7, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

July 02, 2024 22:54

  • Ramzan Kadyrov, Alexander Bastrykin. Photo: Grozny TV and radio channel https://grozny.tv/news/main/42078, press service of the Investigative Committee of Russia https://sledcom.ru/sk_russia/leaders/item/686/ Collage by the "Caucasian Knot" Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of June 24-June 30, 2024

    Terror acts in Dagestan, Georgian government under pressure, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, Ramzan Kadyrov at the federal level, and official data on the natives of Southern Russia who perished in Ukraine, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of June 24-June 30, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

June 24, 2024 21:50

  • An attack in Makhachkala. Screenshot of a video t.me/askrasul/55368 Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of June 17-June 23, 2024

    Shooting in Dagestan, drones in the Caucasus, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, verdict against seven Ingush activists, and official data on the natives of Southern Russia who perished in Ukraine, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of June 17-June 23, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

June 17, 2024 22:55

  • In a mosque, photo: islamnews.ru Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of June 10-June 16, 2024

    Eid al-Adha in the Caucasus, parliament of South Ossetia, Georgian vetoes, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, sky over Rostov-on-Don, and official data on the natives of Southern Russia who perished in Ukraine, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of June 10-June 16, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

June 10, 2024 23:10

  • People at a polling station. Tskhinvali, June 9, 2024. Photo by Anna Djioyeva for the "Caucasian Knot" Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of June 3-June 9, 2024

    Parliamentary elections in South Ossetia, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, drones in the Caucasus, and official data on the natives of Southern Russia who perished in Ukraine, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of June 3-June 9, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

June 03, 2024 22:57

  • Participants in a march under the slogan "Freedom to prisoners of the regime". Tbilisi, June 2, 2024. Photo: Interpressnews https://www.interpressnews.ge/ru/article/160707-v-tbilisi-prokhodit-shestvie-pod-lozungom-svobodu-plennikam-rezhima Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of May 27-June 2, 2024

    Georgian parliament overcomes presidential veto, flooding in the Lori Province, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, news from Ingushetia, and official data on the natives of Southern Russia who perished in Ukraine, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of May 27-June 2, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

May 27, 2024 23:48

  • Evacuation from the flooding zone in Armenia. Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of May 20-26, 2024

    Resignations and appointments in Chechnya, flooding in the Lori Province, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, political crisis in Armenia, Novikov’s sentence, and official data on the natives of Southern Russia who perished in Ukraine, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of May 20-26, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

May 20, 2024 23:56

  • A shot-down drone, photo: press service of the Governor of the Rostov Region https://www.donland.ru/activity/8/ Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of May 13-19, 2024

    Chechnya: kidnappings of people, escape of a Chechen native, and resignation of Magomed Daudov, parliamentary elections in South Ossetia, Georgian “Russian” law, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, UAV attacks in the Caucasus, and official data on the natives of Southern Russia who perished in Ukraine, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of May 13-19, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

May 13, 2024 22:55

  • Georgia's "Europe March". Photo by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, May 11, 2024 Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of May 6-12, 2024

    Protests in Georgia, claims against Nikol Pashinyan in Armenia, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, Nadezhda Kevorkova’s case, and official data on the natives of Southern Russia who perished in Ukraine, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of May 6-12, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

May 06, 2024 23:34

  • Law enforcers talk to the residents of the village of Kirants, May 2, 2024. Photo: aysor.am https://www.aysor.am/ru/news/2024/05/02/Киранц/2269417 Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of April 29-May 5, 2024

    Attack on DPS checkpoint in Mara-Ayagy, protests in Georgia, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, march to Yerevan, and official data on the natives of Southern Russia who perished in Ukraine, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of April 29-May 5, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

April 29, 2024 23:09

  • A horse ride in Sochi, photo courtesy of Salbiy Gerbo Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of April 22-28, 2024

    Attack on policemen in Karachaevsk, protests in Georgia, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, Inal Djabiev’s case, Circassian Flag Day, and official data on the natives of Southern Russia who perished in Ukraine, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of April 22-28, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

Navalny’s volunteers: paid up PR-campaigns or a new political power?

Navalny’s volunteers: paid up PR-campaigns or a new political power? Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny intends to run for presidency in the upcoming elections to be held on March 18, 2018. His team has already opened 63 regional campaign offices. The "Сaucasian Knot" correspondent visited five offices in Astrakhan, Volgograd, Krasnodar, Rostov-on-Don, and Stavropol. The correspondent also met Navalny’s opponents in the regions - representatives of the Communist Party and the movement "All-Russian People's Front". They analyzed the work of the volunteers and Navalny's campaign offices, and expressed their opinions about what prompts young people to take part in the movement, and how this relates to the volunteers' families and friends. Read about that in the material of the "Caucasian Knot".
Relatives of Chechen young men shocked by secret verdict

"Safari in Syrian Way": A tale of a former militant who escaped from the ISIL*

Safari in Syrian Way: A tale of a former militant who escaped from the ISIL A native of Dagestan, who was successful in Moscow, tells why he had quitted his job, home, family and went to Syria, where he joined the ranks of the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (banned in Russia). The story of the battles, in which the base of the 17th Division of the Syrian Army was defeated; about how militants organized the "Safari in Syrian Way" by hunting the retreating soldiers of al-Assad in the desert; why those who come to Syria later get disappointed in militants’ ideas, – read about all that in the material of the "Caucasian Knot". *IS, ISIL has been recognized as a terrorist organization and banned in Russia.

Bring back alive: from Dagestan to ISIL* to return the son

Bring back alive: from Dagestan to ISIL to return the son Inside glimpse into realities of Islamic State and illegal border crossing business. Motivations of young people going to Syria and factors affecting such decisions by Dagestani youth. What are the true values of Islam, parental duties, nuances of family relations — Kazim Nurmagomedov, who managed to return his son from ISIL, talks about these topics in his interview with the ’Caucasian Knot’. *IS, or ISIL has been recognized a terrorist organization; its activities are forbidden in Russia.
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September 08, 2024 23:48

Ballot boxes. Photo: https://er.ru

Residents of the Stavropol and Krasnodar Territories have faced coercion to vote at the recent elections, voters have reported. From the Seversky District of the latter, the "Map of Election...

August 08, 2024 12:45

Kevin Lik. Screenshot of a video by the news channel DW https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6&v=7E95OBciwKY&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fyastatic.net%2F&source_ve_path=MzY4NDIsMjg2NjMsMTM3NzIxLDI4NjY2 Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation has included Germany's news channel Deutsche Welle into the register of foreign agents

The transfer from the colony to the airport to participate in the exchange of prisoners with Western countries occurred suddenly, and before that, law enforcers offered to write a clemency...

September 04, 2024 21:54

investigators at the scene of the attack on law enforcers in Magas. Screenshot of a photo posted on the Telegram channel of the Investigative Committee of Ingushetia on September 3, 2024 https://t.me/su_skr06/2258

Lone militants make use of surprise factor to attack law enforcers, but the use of improvised means in the attack on the traffic police post in Magas became evidence of the weakening of the armed...

September 04, 2024 23:08

Askhabali Alibekov. Screenshot of a video posted on the “Dikiy Desantnik” (Wild Paratrooper) YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgXra9fVrsI

Askhabali Alibekov, a native of Dagestan, accused of using violence against a law enforcer, has been put on preventive registration by the administration of a SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Kazan as a...

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