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August 15, 2017 16:21

• Employees of "Georgian Railways" go on hunger strike

  Today, three employees of the "Georgian Railways" have declared a hunger strike. According to them, the management of the "Georgian Railway" proposed them to move to workplaces 150 kilometres from their houses, and when they refused, they faced warnings of dismissal.

August 15, 2017 14:11

• "Sberbank" top manager arrested in Rostov-on-Don

  Gennady Musienko, the deputy chairman for the "Sberbank" branch in Rostov-on-Don, was taken into custody in a case on fraud. This was reported by a source from the law enforcement agencies. Officials from the "Sberbank" confirmed the detention of Gennady Musienko, but refused to report the details.

August 15, 2017 13:54

• Armenia experiences trend of inevitable population decline

  During 1.5 years, 18,700 residents left Armenia, reported the National Statistic Service. The downward trend in the country's population will continue. This opinion was voiced by experts questioned by the "Caucasian Knot".

August 15, 2017 13:30

• Astrakhan investigators confirm arrest of 9 suspected accomplices in killing law enforcers

  In the case on the killing of road-and-patrol service (known as DPS) inspectors and on the attack on fighters of the National Guard of Russia in Astrakhan, the number of detainees includes a wife of one of the killed defendants. This was reported by investigators.

August 15, 2017 12:02

• Two Georgian citizens sentenced for crossing Russian border illegally

  In Kabardino-Balkaria, the court has sentenced Georgian citizens to more than two years of imprisonment. They were accused of illegally crossing the state border of the Russian Federation.

August 15, 2017 06:53

• Tourists evacuated from mountain pass in Georgia

  Three Ukrainian tourists have failed to independently continue their way through the mountain pass in Svaneti, and rescuers brought them by helicopter to a safe place. This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Georgia.

August 15, 2017 02:42

• Killers choose deserted place to shell and kill Ingush police officer

  An Ingush policeman was killed on a section of a road in North Ossetia, which is rarely crowded. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" by a source from the police. According to the source, several versions for motives of the killing are under investigation.

August 15, 2017 00:42

• In Kuban, feminists with a child brought to police twice a day

  In the Krasnodar Territory, a feminist camp has been disrupted, since its organizers were first threatened with reprisals, and then the police detained them twice a day with a minor child. This was reported by the women themselves.

August 15, 2017 00:04

• Azerbaijani opposition claims political nature of Ruslan Gara's arrest

  The court's decision to arrest Ruslan Gara (Garaev), an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), is unreasonable and politically motivated, and therefore it will be challenged. This was reported by the activist's advocate.

August 14, 2017 22:24

• Residents of Abkhazia treat victory over Georgia as main achievement in 25 years

  The main achievements of Abkhazia over the 25 years of its history were the victory in the war against Georgia under President Vladislav Ardzinba and Russia's recognition of the republic's independence under President Sergey Bagapsh. This was stated by the residents of Abkhazia, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

August 14, 2017 20:35

• "Chernovik": residents of Dagestani village protest against house demolition

  Today, about 500 residents of the village of Novaya Shangoda-Shitlib in the Kumtorkalin District of Dagestan have come out to a rally against the disconnection of 18 houses from the gas supply and demolition thereof.

August 14, 2017 18:03

• RT TV Channel: Astrakhan woman identifies boy from Baghdad shelter

  On a video from a Baghdad shelter, an old woman from Astrakhan has recognized her grandson, who was born after the departure of her daughter with husband to Syria, the RT TV Channel reports.

August 14, 2017 17:20

• Two lezginka dancers arrested in Gelendzhik (+video)

  In Gelendzhik, the court arrested for five days two lezginka dancers for petty hooliganism and failure to obey to policemen.

August 14, 2017 16:53

• Dagestani and Ingush authorities ignore Moscow's position on film "Matilda"

  The leaders of Dagestan and Ingushetia, who requested to exclude their republics from a rental certificate for screening of the film "Matilda", followed the example of Ramzan Kadyrov, without being aware of the federal authorities' position on the fate of the film. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" by Russian political analysts.

August 14, 2017 16:40

• CTO legal regime lifted in Khunzakh District of Dagestan

  Law enforcers have lifted the counterterrorist operation (CTO) legal regime in the village of Orota, where Khadjimurad Gadjiev, the suspected leader of the Khunzakh militant grouping, was killed.

August 14, 2017 15:52

• Soldier killed in Karabakh conflict zone

  Thus morning, Arman Movsisyan, a serviceman, was mortally wounded in a combat position, the Nagorno-Karabakh’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) reports.

August 14, 2017 13:08

• Law enforcers find weapon arsenal in Orota village

  Law enforcers have discovered explosives, weapons, and ammunition in a house where Khadjimurad Gadjiev, the leader of the Khunzakh militant grouping, was killed. This is reported by the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).

August 14, 2017 12:07

• Russian soldier dies in Armenia

  On August 13, a contract soldier, who served at the Russian military base in Gyumri, drowned in Lake Sevan.

August 14, 2017 10:39

• 25th anniversary of war outbreak in Abkhazia

  On August 14, 1992, the State Council of Georgia abolished the resolution on the independence of Abkhazia and pronounced the decision to introduce troops into the republic. Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili called the war in Abkhazia a "big mistake."

August 14, 2017 09:05

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 7-13

  Putin's visit to Abkhazia; conviction in terror act plotting case in Rostov-on-Don; indignation of North-Caucasian republics’ authorities regarding release of “Matilda” movie, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of August 7-13, 2017, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".