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September 19, 2017 13:54

• Batmanov added to the list of journalists persecuted in Russia

  The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) has added the Volgograd journalist Alexander Batmanov to the list of his other four colleagues persecuted for their professional activities.

September 19, 2017 13:05

• Reports on human rights violations force Moskalkova to fly to Chechnya

  Tatiana Moskalkova, the Russia’s Ombudsperson, decided to talk personally to Chechen law enforcers and rights defenders during her visit to the region.

September 19, 2017 11:13

• Activists detained in Yerevan for disseminating leaflets

  Today, in Republic Square in Yerevan, policemen detained six activists, who were spreading leaflets with information about the leader of Armenian opposition.

September 19, 2017 09:21

• Azerbaijan claims being shelled from machine guns

  The Armenian and Karabakh armed forces have violated the ceasefire for 125 times over the past 24 hours. This has been reported today by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD).

September 19, 2017 06:41

• Gyumri residents claim cold attitude towards soldiers after incidents at Russian base (+video)

  Incidents involving Russian soldiers are provoked by lack of discipline. This opinion was expressed by members of human rights and public organizations of Armenia. Residents of Gyumri, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, noted the deterioration of the attitude towards soldiers from the Russian Federation.

September 19, 2017 04:54

• British journalist runs for mandate to Tbilisi City Council

  Joseph Alexander Smith, a journalist from Great Britain, has been registered by the Saburtali District Election Commission as a candidate to participate in the elections to the Tbilisi Sakrebulo (City Council).

September 18, 2017 23:33

• Hotline launched for reporting on Russian children in Syria and Iraq

  More than 200 applications from relatives of the children brought to Iraq and Syria were transferred from Chechnya to the federal commission in charge of returning children from warfare areas.

September 18, 2017 21:28

• Egyptian authorities send Dagestani native and her children to Russia

  Asiyat Abdulkarimova, a native of the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, with her seven minor children, was forced to fly to Russia by the authorities of Egypt, her relative has stated.

September 18, 2017 20:18

• Makhachkala: acquittal of Mayor’s son appealed against

  The Prosecutor's Office of the Sovietsky District of Makhachkala has appealed against the acquittal of Badrudin Musaev, accused of insulting Dagestani policemen and traumatizing one of them.

September 18, 2017 17:09

• Flower park opened in Grozny on Day of Chechen Woman

  A park with rare trees and flowers has been arranged near the complex "Grozny-City". Residents of Grozny treated the park as very beautiful and original and noted that the opening ceremony was held at enhanced security measures.

September 18, 2017 14:22

• Tax authorities unblock accounts of Azerbaijani agency "Turan"

  Today, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Taxes has cancelled sanctions against the agency "Turan", but it still cannot resume its activities because of the absence of the information on the closure of the criminal case. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Shakhin Gadjiev, the deputy director for the agency "Turan".

September 18, 2017 13:50

• Court closes case on liquidation of Ingush Muftiate

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Ingushetia has reported termination of the proceedings in the case on the liquidation of the Spiritual Centre of Muslims for the Republic of Ingushetia in connection with the conclusion of a settlement agreement.

September 18, 2017 12:44

• Chechen MIA finds no reason to initiate case on singer Zelimkhan Bakaev's disappearance

  Singer Zelimkhan Bakaev left the Chechen Republic, and no one pursued him. There is no reason to institute a criminal case, reported the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Chechnya. The Zelimkhan Bakaev's mother appealed to the leader of Chechnya with a request to help her in search of her son.

September 18, 2017 11:41

• Opera singer Zurab Sotkilava dies in Moscow

  The farewell ceremony for Zurab Sotkilava and his funeral will be held in Georgia. This was reported by the singer's wife.

September 18, 2017 10:16

• Social network users criticize fire-fighting in Dagestan

  The authorities and the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) fail to take sufficient measures to extinguish forest fires in hard-to-reach areas of Dagestan. This opinion was expressed by users of social networks. Aircrafts are involved in extinguishing the fires, reported the Dagestani MfE.

September 18, 2017 09:26

• Remains of a Red Army soldier found in KBR’s mountains

  Remains of a Soviet soldier's body and ammunition from the period of II World War were found in the Elbrus District of Kabardino-Balkaria. This was reported by the Border Guard Service Department of the Russia FSB for the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR).

September 18, 2017 08:05

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of September 11-17

  Approval of results of municipal and Legislative Assembly elections and elections in Kuban (Krasnodar Territory) and North Ossetia; rallies of deceived real estate investors in Southern Russia; mass evacuation of people because of false reports of undermining in Stavropol and other Russian cities; release in Azerbaijan of blogger Alexander Lapshin, Mekhman Aliev and Faig Amirov, recognized as political prisoners, and 14 convicts under the Nardaran case; acquittal of Makhachkala Mayor's son accused of insulting and injuring policemen, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of September 11-17, 2017, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

September 18, 2017 04:55

• Directors from 11 countries present their films at the BIAFF festival in Batumi

  The 12th art-house film festival gathered cinematographers from Georgia, Russia, the USA, Great Britain, Italy, Switzerland, Iran, Hungary, Germany, and Turkey.

September 18, 2017 03:52

• On September 11-17, no casualties were reported from the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  In the course of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, during the week from September 11 to September 17, 2017, no information was available about any casualties or victims. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

September 17, 2017 23:42

• "Patriots’ Alliance" promises weekly protests in Georgia

  The today’s protest march of the "Patriots’ Alliance" Party in Tbilisi was not attended by activists of other oppositional forces; however, the party intends holding similar actions in different cities of the country on the weekly basis.