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December 05, 2017 13:25

• Makhachkala picketer demands to build a new school in his village

  Today, Ramazan Abdulkarimov, a resident of the Khebatli village, has held a solo picket in the central square of Makhachkala. He has demanded to build a new school in his native village.

December 05, 2017 12:33

• Mikhail Saakashvili detained on suspicion of involvement in criminal grouping

  Today, in Kiev, the former Georgian President has been detained in the case of aiding and abetting criminal organizations, the Security Service of Ukraine (known as SBU) reported. Mikhail Saakashvili is charged with an attempted coup d'etat, his advocate explained.

December 05, 2017 12:20

• Imam Makhmud Velitov hospitalized in penal colony

  Makhmud Velitov, Imam of the Moscow "Yardyam" mosque, sentenced for preaching about a Dagestani religious figure, has been hospitalized because of his complaints of dizziness, pain in his legs and high blood pressure. This has been reported today by advocate Dagir Khasavov.

December 05, 2017 11:53

• Law enforcers associate firearm hiding with special operation in Tbilisi

  A hiding with weapons discovered in a forest was arranged by suspected terrorists, and its location was revealed due to confession of a man detained during a special operation in Tbilisi. This has been reported today by the chief of the State Security Service of Georgia.

December 05, 2017 11:21

• In Kiev, Mikhail Saakashvili detained after a search in his apartment

  Today, at the initiative of the General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine, law enforcers have started to search an apartment of Mikhail Saakashvili in the case of an attempted coup d'état.

December 05, 2017 10:39

• Owner of Cherkizovo marketplace accused of murder

  Investigators suggest that Telman Ismailov, the former owner of the Cherkizovo marketplace, organized the killing of two entrepreneurs in 2016, when Mekhman Kerimov acted as an actual perpetrator. Telman Ismailov is on the international wanted list and arrested in absentia.

December 05, 2017 03:00

• Russia's SC not to consider complaint to Geriev's verdict

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Russia has refused to send the complaint of Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, against the verdict in his case on illegal drug dealing, to the cassation.

December 05, 2017 00:54

• French Prosecutor's Office accuses Kerimov of importing up to 750 million euros

  Russian Senator Suleiman Kerimov, accused by French authorities of tax evasion and money laundering, has imported to France from 500 million to 750 million US dollars, said Jean-Michel Prêtre, the prosecutor of the city of Nice.

December 04, 2017 21:21

• On November 27-December 3, there were no victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week from November 27 to December 3, 2017, no casualties or victims of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were recorded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

December 04, 2017 19:30

• Wanted pupil surrenders in Tbilisi

  The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Georgia has reported on the voluntary surrender of the teenager, who was searched in connection with the murder of his peer during a brawl near the school.

December 04, 2017 16:05

• Names of Iraqi prisoners from Southern Russia published

  Thirteen women from the North-Caucasian and the Southern Federal Districts (NCFD and SFD) are imprisoned in Baghdad with their children, according to a list posted today by the RIA "Novosti".

December 04, 2017 16:04

• Minor accused of killing Tbilisi schoolboy arrested

  The Tbilisi City Court has imprisoned a minor accused of a double murder of teenagers; the second suspect has been arrested in absentia. Today, the police have detained three more people.

December 04, 2017 11:21

• Activist Giorgi Kvanchiani beaten in Georgia

  The incident occurred late in the evening on December 3. After being beaten, Giorgi Kvanchiani, an activist of the "Free Zone" NGO, was taken to a hospital by an ambulance.

December 04, 2017 10:23

• Investigators voice cause of BASE jumper’s death in KBR

  According to preliminary data, Alexander Pogrebov’s parachute failed to open during his jump in the mountains of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), an investigator has stated today.

December 04, 2017 09:10

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of November 27-December 3

  Confirmation of the Akhmed Chataev's death in Tbilisi; beginning of the trial in Azerbaijan against Gezyal Bairamly and Afghan Mukhtarly; false information about the death of Said Amirov, the former Mayor Makhachkala, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of November 27-December 3, 2017, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

December 04, 2017 07:58

• Convicted high-ranking law enforcer Mamedov found dead in Baku

  Colonel-Lieutenant Gadji Mamedov from the Azerbaijani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), who had been sentenced to life imprisonment, was found dead in a medical unit of the Penitentiary Service. According to preliminary data, he committed suicide.

December 04, 2017 05:03

• Grozny stops selling alcoholic beverages

  In Grozny, shops have limited sale of alcoholic beverages. Meanwhile, employees of major supermarkets found it difficult to answer whether a ban was introduced only for the Muslim month of Rabi-al-Awal when the birth of the Prophet Muhammad was celebrated or on continuing basis.

December 04, 2017 02:05

• In Stepanakert, disabled people ask for a new building of rehabilitation centre

  In Nagorno-Karabakh, on the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the only rehabilitation centre in the republic named after Baroness Caroline Cox held a photo exhibition and an exhibition of art and applied works dedicated to the 18th anniversary of the rehabilitation centre's activities. The patients of the rehabilitation centre interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" highly appreciated the quality of the services provided and the attitude of the personnel, but they complained about the old building of the centre.

December 03, 2017 18:01

• Saakashvili's companion detained on Ukrainian border

  Vano Nadiradze, deported to Georgia on November 17, was detained while trying to illegally enter Ukraine, the Ukrainian Frontier Service has stated today.

December 03, 2017 14:57

• Georgian rights defenders call on the new Ombudsperson to remain neutral

  Nino Lomdjariya, the new Georgian Ombudsperson, will have to work in the conditions of political tension; she needs to remain neutral and not get under the influence of the ruling party, Georgian rights defenders believe.