News

May 29, 2017 19:04

• Truckers from Southern Russia forced to leave Khimki protest camp

  After leaving their camp in Khimki, truckers moved to hold the action at the sixth kilometre of the Moscow Ring Highway (known as MKAD). In total, Moscow hosts three protest camps, the Association of Russian Carriers (known as OPR) has reported.

May 29, 2017 17:58

• Residents of Stavropol Territory blame authorities for failure to alert them

  The authorities of the Stavropol Territory have again postponed the evacuation of residents of eastern districts, who are under a threat of flooding, the governor's press service has reported. Local residents-social network users have blamed officials for being unable to timely alert the population and for contradictory evacuation data.

May 29, 2017 17:00

• Street in Makhachkala named after Nurbagandov brothers

  In the Lenin District of Makhachkala, Nikolaev Street was named in honour of Magomed Nurbagandov, a staff member of the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), and his brother Abdurashid Nurbagandov, who were killed by militants. The renaming of the street was reported by the administration of Makhachkala.

May 29, 2017 16:49

• NATO PA calls on Russia to renounce recognition of independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia

  In its declaration, the Parliamentary Assembly (PA) of NATO has called on the Russian Federation to withdraw troops from Abkhazia and South Ossetia, respect the territorial integrity of Georgia and respond to its unilateral commitment of non-use of force.

May 29, 2017 16:00

• In Makhachkala, police release detained participants of anticorruption rally

  In Makhachkala, all the detained participants of the anticorruption rally were released on the same day. Two of them and an organizer of the rally are accused of violating the procedure for holding the rally, and another participant of the rally is charged of disorderly conduct.

May 29, 2017 15:09

• Batlaich protesters demand to punish those who beat up village head

  They decided to send an official letter to the head of Dagestan with a demand to bring to justice those guilty of beating up Arthur Aliev, the head of the Batlaich village administration in the Khunzakh District. The participants of the rally have also stated that their protests will be continued.

May 29, 2017 15:06

• Russia's "Natsgvardia" identifies man suspected of killing retired law enforcer in Grozny

  Ruslan M., detained in the case of the murder of a pensioner of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) in Grozny on May 26, is a staff member of the Chechen police and not a fighter of the special unit for the National Guard (known as "Natsgvardia") of Russia. This has been clarified by the press service of the North-Caucasian District of the troops of the National Guard of Russia.

May 29, 2017 13:26

• HRC "Memorial" extends list of political prisoners

  The lists of people recognized by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" as political prisoners mention 23 people, including residents of Dagestan, Chechnya, Ingushetia, Kalmykia, and the Krasnodar Territory. In total, there are 118 people in the lists, and that is 16 more than in late October of 2016.

May 29, 2017 11:08

• On May 22-28, 2017, two persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of May 22-28, 2017, two persons fell victim to 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.

May 29, 2017 10:17

• After US tournament, Maria Kuchina heads world ranking in high jump

  Maria Lasitskene (Kuchina), a track and field athlete from Kabardino-Balkaria, took part in the third stage of the prestigious series of the track-and-field events "Diamond League" in the American city of Eugene. She took the bar installed at height of 2.03 meters.

May 29, 2017 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of May 22-28

  Start of Muslims' Ramadan fasting in the Caucasus; emergencies caused by flooding of about 2000 houses in the Stavropol Territory, Adygea, and the Krasnodar Territory; arrest of deputy chair of opposition party in Azerbaijan; session of NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Tbilisi; detention of Kuban's Vice Governor on suspicion of abuse of powers and fraud, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of May 22-28, 2017, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

May 29, 2017 03:55

• Sudanese doctor receives Aurora Prize in Yerevan

  The awarding ceremony of the humanitarian Aurora Prize-2017 was held in Yerevan. Doctor Tom Catena, a surgeon of the Mother of Mercy Hospital, located in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan, and a missionary of the Catholic Church, was awarded the Prize on behalf of all survivors of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire.

May 29, 2017 00:00

• Magomed Daudov denies accusations of gays' persecutions in Chechnya

  Magomed Daudov, Speaker of the Parliament of Chechnya, has claimed his non-involvement in the persecution of members of the LGBT community.

May 28, 2017 23:59

• In Azerbaijan, about 2000 people come to opposition rallies

  In the Baku suburb of Novkhany, on the Day of the Republic, opposition organizations held rallies at the monument to Mamed Emin Rasulzade, one of the founders of the Azerbaijani Democratic Republic (ADR).

May 28, 2017 23:40

• Dagestani truck drivers begin to draw up "route sheets"

  Dagestani truck drivers draw up "route sheets" for one-time trips. They are not in a hurry to install on-board equipment, since they still hope that their demands for the abolition of the "Platon" system will be heard. This was explained by the truck drivers.

May 28, 2017 11:35

• Azerbaijani activist Ilkin Rustamzade becomes laureate of "Republican of the Year Award"

  Activist Ilkin Rustamzade, who is serving his sentence, has been granted the "Republican of the Year Award", awarded by the civil movement "D18" on the occasion of the Republic Day celebrated in Azerbaijan on May 28.

May 28, 2017 04:17

• Ancient necropolis discovered in Azerbaijan

  A necropolis found in the area of Gegeli in the Shemakha District has been named the Damirchinsky necropolis in honour of the village in which territory it was discovered.

May 28, 2017 01:20

• Anticorruption rally held in Makhachkala

  The capital of Dagestan hosted an anticorruption rally, which participants criticized the activities of the republican authorities and local officials and reported problems of immigrants and kidnappings. Four persons were detained.

May 27, 2017 22:15

• Kantemir Balagov's film awarded at Cannes Film Festival

  The documentary film "Tightness", which tells about the Jewish family from Nalchik, won the prize of the International Federation of Film Press. The film was presented in the second by importance contest programme "A Special Look" of the Cannes Film Festival.

May 27, 2017 21:16

• Number of detainees after Makhachkala rally reaches four

  Four participants of the anti-corruption rally were taken to the Sovietsky ROVD (District Interior Division) of Makhachkala, Larissa Bachieva, one of the organizers of the rally, has reported.