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August 29, 2017 17:17

• A video of house undermining in Khasavyurt posted on YouTube

  Today, a video published on YouTube has shown the moment of detonation of a house in Khasavyurt, where, according to law enforcers, improvised explosive devices (IED) were discovered.

August 29, 2017 15:45

• Chechen and Dagestani residents ask rights defenders to help return children from Iraq

  On August 28, Alexander Mukomolov, a member of the presidential Human Rights Council (HRC), the chairman of the permanent commission for civil participation in peacekeeping and human rights protection in Northern Caucasus, met residents of Chechnya and Dagestan, whose grandchildren and nephews had been found in Iraq and Syria.

August 29, 2017 15:02

• 158 people put on updated list of political prisoners in Azerbaijan

  Today, a working group, consisting of Azerbaijani rights defenders, NGO activists, and lawyers has released the list of political prisoners. It includes new names of journalists, including Mekhman Aliev, the director of the Turan news agency. The activists keep monitoring cases against other six persons.

August 29, 2017 13:34

• Novorossiysk Mayor's Office refuses to sanction LGBT actions

  The authorities of Novorossiysk have not allowed Nikolai Alekseev, a founder of the Moscow gay parade, to hold rallies and marches to prevent the LGBT propaganda among minors. This has been reported today by the city administration.

August 29, 2017 12:48

• In Grozny, explosion occurred for training purposes, law enforcers report

  This morning, in Grozny, an explosion occurred after a series of shots, eyewitnesses report. A large number of law enforcers were accumulated at the place of the incident, and they told local residents about training exercises.

August 29, 2017 09:23

• Governor Bocharov informed Putin about detention of man suspected of arsons

  One man suspected of causing fires in the Volgograd Region has confessed to the crime, and the second suspect has been identified. This was reported by Governor Andrei Bocharov to the Russian President.

August 29, 2017 08:36

• Relatives not aware of any threats to MP Mukhmad Askhabov before his murder

  People who shelled in Chechnya Mukhmad Askhabov, a member of the Chechen Parliament, were travelling in a black foreign-made car. This was reported by the investigative bodies. According to relative of the deceased MP, during his lifetime he did not receive any threats.

August 29, 2017 06:41

• Criminal case against Natiq Jafarli closed

  In Azerbaijan, the criminal case instituted against Natiq Jafarli, the executive secretary of the movement "Republican Alternative" (ReAl), has been closed.

August 29, 2017 05:35

• Turan team reports problems in news agency because of Mekhman Aliev's arrest

  The consideration of the appeal against the arrest of Mekhman Aliev, the director of the Turan news agency, is scheduled for August 30. The news agency will have to stop its activities since September 1. This was reported by journalists from the Turan news agency.

August 29, 2017 00:29

• Men killed in attack on law enforcers in Kaspiysk identified

  Two men killed in an attack on policemen in Kaspiysk have been preliminary identified as 19-year-old Islam Abusalimov and Islam Polatov.

August 28, 2017 21:56

• North-Ossetian "Communists of Russia" stop hunger strike

  Today, the Supreme Court of Russia has upheld the decision of the Stavropol Territorial Court to remove the "Communists of Russia" Party from the parliamentary elections in North Ossetia.

August 28, 2017 20:00

• NAC reports two killed militants in Khasavyurt

  During the armed clash in the outskirt of Khasavyurt, two members of the "Khasavyurt" militant grouping were killed; and also two power agents perished, the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) of Russia reports.

August 28, 2017 18:19

• Islamic State* takes responsibility for attack in Dagestan

  The Islamic State (IS), a terrorist organization, banned in Russia, has taken responsibility for the attack on policemen at a fuelling station in Dagestan, where one policeman was killed, and another one was wounded and hospitalized.

August 28, 2017 14:40

• Law enforcer killed in shootout in Khasavyurt outskirt

  Today, during a special operation in the village of Balyut in the Khasavyurt District, law enforcers have encountered a group of suspected militants from the Khasavyurt grouping. A shootout occurred, during which a law enforcer was killed. Another law enforcer was wounded.

August 28, 2017 14:07

• Hunger-striker from "Communists of Russia" stops his protest

  The head of the Digora District Committee of the "Communists of Russia" Party has explained his decision to stop his hunger strike against the removal of his party from the elections in North Ossetia by the need to work. The two remaining women hunger-strikers informed the "Caucasian Knot" about the deterioration of their health.

August 28, 2017 12:26

• On August 21-27, 2017, four persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of August 21-27, 2017, at least four persons were killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

August 28, 2017 12:01

• Suspected militant killed in Azerbaijan

  An Azerbaijani citizen, suspected of plotting a terror act, was shot dead in the city of Ismayilly by law enforcers during a special operation carried out on August 27.

August 28, 2017 11:46

• Civil sector demands to investigate beating of gay activists in Batumi

  On August 26, members of 16 Georgian NGOs supported the demand to investigate the information about beating of two activists at the police station in Batumi.

August 28, 2017 09:58

• ICRF releases main version for Chechen MP's murder

  The murder of Mukhmad Askhabov in Chechnya could be connected with his official activities. This was reported by the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

August 28, 2017 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 21-27

  Huge fire in central Rostov-on-Don and fires in 12 districts of the Volgograd Region; special operation in Ingushetia; arrest in Azerbaijan of Mekhman Aliev, Director General of independent news agency, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of August 21-27, 2017, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".