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October 08, 2017 18:45

• Dmitry Titkov, Navalny’s supporter released from Sochi police

  Today, Dmitry Titkov's advocate managed to release the activist from the police, where Titkov was brought in the previous evening from his solo picket in support of Alexei Navalny. The activist said that he had spent 16 hours in the dungeon (punishment cell) without food, water and chance to go to the toilet.

October 08, 2017 16:42

• Six opposition activists arrested in Baku

  The Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) has treated the arrests of its activists, detained on the eve of the rally held in Baku on October 7, as politically motivated.

October 08, 2017 15:26

• Dagestan resident complains of power agents’ threats to blow up his house

  Power agents planted drugs on Dinmagomed Magomedov, a resident of Dagestan, and demanded to confess of keeping them, threatening to blow up the family's house, his father said. The court ruled to arrest Magomedov.

October 08, 2017 13:26

• Activists raise 300,000 euros for gays’ evacuation from Chechnya

  Since April 2017, they managed to raise 300,000 euros to evacuate gays from Chechnya and to render psychological aid to them, the Russian LGBT Network reports.

October 08, 2017 06:07

• Two Dagestanis inform power agents about found bomb and subjected to torture

  Two young men found a bomb in Makhachkala, reported to power agents, and were detained. According to Shuai Magomedov, the father of one of the young men, after the detention, they were tortured.

October 08, 2017 00:22

• Volgograd picketers demand to admit Navalny to election (+video)

  In Volgograd, a picket of Alexei Navalny’s supporters passed with a minimum number of policemen, but under the supervision of young participants’ parents.

October 07, 2017 22:11

• Navalny's office reports about 30 detainees in Krasnodar

  At least 30 people were detained at an action in support of Navalny in Krasnodar. They are not allowed to be visited by an advocate, the oppositionist's office reported.

October 07, 2017 17:44

• In Baku, protesters demand to stop corruption and release political prisoners

  At the today's rally, the Azerbaijani opposition has accused the country's authorities of corruption and human rights violations. The protesters demanded to investigate the facts of corruption, punish the guilty persons and release political prisoners.

October 07, 2017 17:04

• A new carpet for ancient Juma Mosque delivered to Derbent

  A carpet with an area of 1300 square meters, made especially for the Derbent Mosque, will replace the current covering of 1500 carpets.

October 07, 2017 11:09

• Armenian police identify a man guilty of shooting and killing rare birds

  The police reported it was Pogosyan, a resident of the Armavir Region, who was hunting for two griffon vultures. The Armenian Ministry of Nature Protection believes a fine for killing the endangered bird should be increased.

October 07, 2017 05:54

• Experts: Azerbaijan unlikely leaves CE

  The withdrawal from the CE will deprive Azerbaijani citizens of the right to apply to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and will complicate the receipt of Schengen visas, and the authorities will face political and, perhaps, economic problems. This opinion is expressed by experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

October 07, 2017 05:45

• HRC "Memorial": photos of killed militants stuck to gate of destroyed Yusupovs' house

  Rights defenders have confirmed that in the Kizlyar District of Dagestan, houses of militants' family members were blown up. The house of the Adjiniyazov family was partially destroyed, and the house of the Yusupov family was almost completely destroyed.

October 07, 2017 03:09

• Zelimkhan Bakaev's mother spreads open appeal to her son

  The mother of Chechen singer Zelimkhan Bakaev has addressed her son with a request to return home to save his parents' life. Attempts to find contact with Zelimkhan did not succeed, said his acquaintance.

October 06, 2017 22:49

• Zabolotniy's acquaintance reports delivery 12 mercenaries’ bodies from "Wagner Group" to Rostov-on-Don

  Twelve coffins were brought to Rostov Airport with the bodies of the killed fighters of the so-called "Wagner Private Military Company" (WPMC), a female friend of Roman Zabolotniy, who was executed by militants in Syria, has reported today. Zabolotniy was participating in warfare as a mercenary not for the first time, his family friend has told.

October 06, 2017 19:27

• Ruslan Gvashev rejects hospital doctors’ help

  Ruslan Gvashev has explained his decision not to address municipal hospitals by the fact that he has already got experience of finishing the hunger strike. Besides, the activist counts on support of a doctor he knows.

October 06, 2017 18:23

• Vasiliev dismisses Dagestani government

  Members of the Dagestani government and employees of the regional head’s administration have been awarded the status of acting servants.

October 06, 2017 16:31

• Expert sees no economic grounds for a series of resignations in Northern Caucasus

  When assessing the effectiveness of the leaders for the North-Caucasian regions and making a decision on resignations, the Kremlin draws attention to conflicts in the regional elites, rather than to economic indicators. This was told in an interview given to the "Caucasian Knot" by Professor Natalia Zubarevich.

October 06, 2017 16:09

• Court finds three KBR’s residents to be IS militants

  The North-Caucasian District Military Court has sentenced Islam Efendiev, Rustan Buttaev and Islam Osmanov, residents of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), to long prison terms. The defence has declared their innocence.

October 06, 2017 15:33

• A Chechen killed near border had to join militants, his relatives claim

  After his release from a penal colony in 2014, Arbi Bantaev, who was killed in the Kursk Region on September 30, "was not left along by Chechen law enforcers," and he had to return to militants. This was claimed by his relatives.

October 06, 2017 13:24

• In Chechnya, about 2000 hectares of land cleared during six months

  In the period from April to October, combat engineers destroyed about 7000 explosive devices and ammunition in five districts of Chechnya.