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May 26, 2017 01:33

• "Caucasian Knot" registers sharp increase in number of young people in Chechen armed underground

  According to the own calculations of the "Caucasian Knot", 13-20 militants killed in Chechnya in 2016 were younger than 35 years old. This figure indicates a significant increase in the number of young people among members of the armed underground as compared with 2015, when six out of 10 suspected militants killed in Chechnya were younger than 35 years old.

May 26, 2017 00:01

• Teacher detained in Georgia asks court not to extradite him to Turkey

  The Tbilisi City Court has pronounced an extradition arrest for Turkish citizen Mustafa Emre Çabuk, accused at home of aiding and abetting terrorists. An advocate of the Turkish citizen intends to appeal against the Court's decision of arrest and draw the attention of international human rights organizations to his client's case.

May 25, 2017 19:43

• Svetlana Anokhina awarded 2016 Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev journalism award

  The "Caucasian Knot" has named the winners of the annual award for journalistic materials about the Caucasus, organized in memory of Dagestani journalist Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev. Journalist Svetlana Anokhina has been recognized the winner of the Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev Prize for 2016 for her article "Circumcised women subject their daughters to circumcision".

May 25, 2017 16:33

• NATO PA to adopt resolution in Georgia's support

  The NATO Parliamentary Assembly (PA) will be held on May 26-29. Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili, Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili, and Parliament Speaker Irakli Kobakhidze are expected to deliver speeches at the NATO PA plenary session.

May 25, 2017 12:28

• Alexei Venediktov reports Boris Nemtsov's complaints about threats in connection with "Charlie Hebdo"

  Today, Alexei Venediktov, the editor-in-chief of the "Echo Moskvy", has been summoned to the trial in the case on the murder of Boris Nemtsov. According to an advocate of the victim family, Alexei Venediktov was one of the last persons who talked to Boris Nemtsov. Alexei Venediktov claimed that Boris Nemtsov informed him of the threats voiced against him.

May 25, 2017 12:00

• Activists hold solo pickets against corruption in Astrakhan

  In the centre of Astrakhan, Alexei Tyurin, a supporter of Alexei Navalny, and activist Mikhail Anisenko held solo pickets with the demand for the resignation of the Russian government.

May 25, 2017 11:35

• Volodya Avetisyan released from prison in Armenia

  Today, Volodya Avetisyan, a veteran of the Karabakh war, a participant of protest actions in Yerevan, sentenced in the fraud case, has been released. He has already voiced his intention to continue his struggle for justice.

May 25, 2017 10:24

• In Chechnya, law enforcers identify organizer of March attack on National Guard of Russia

  An attack on the unit of the National Guard of Russia in the regional centre of Naurskaya in the north of Chechnya was organized by local resident Ali Bakaev. He was put on the international wanted list. This was reported by the law enforcement agencies of the ChechenRepublic. The investigation into the attack on the National Guard of Russia in Chechnya was led by Colonel Igor Sobol, the "Kommersant" reports today.

May 25, 2017 08:45

• Appeal on pardon for Said Amirov filed to presidential administration

  Andrei Babushkin, a member of the Presidential Council for Human Rights, has reported on filing an appeal to Sergey Kiriyenko, the first deputy chief of the presidential administration, with a request to consider pardoning of Said Amirov, the former Mayor of Makhachkala, who was sentenced to life imprisonment.

May 25, 2017 03:12

• Problems of rehabilitation of radical youth in Northern Caucasus discussed at roundtable in Moscow

  On the final day of the roundtable "Problems and best practices to counteract the radicalization of young people in Northern Caucasus", participants discussed the problems of Islamic education and rehabilitation of radical young people.

May 25, 2017 01:55

• In Stavropol Territory, number of flood victims reaches 1300 people

  In the Stavropol Territory, the working group of the governmental commission for the prevention and liquidation of emergencies has introduced the federal level regime of emergencies because of rainwater.

May 25, 2017 00:06

• Opposition treats discussion of Draft Constitution of Georgia in Kaspi as useless

  In the city of Kaspi, the discussion of constitutional amendments involved members of the ruling party, officials, and public employees. This was reported by the opposition "United National Movement" (UNM) Party.

May 24, 2017 23:53

• "Legal Initiative" reports disappearance of Chechen woman

  Her mother had turned to the prosecutor's office asking to investigate the disappearance of her daughter, but the office gave no reaction. Shortly before the disappearance, the daughter left her husband because of beatings.

May 24, 2017 21:28

• Trump's administration offers reducing financial help to Southern Caucasus countries

  The administration of the US president has offered to reduce financial help to Georgia by 57%, to Armenia – by 67%, and to Azerbaijan – by 90%. This follows from the draft budget of the US State Department for the 2018 financial year.

May 24, 2017 20:46

• Investigators to check complaint about the doctors' negligence in Buynaksk

  The information about the negligence of ambulance doctors in Buynaksk will be checked in connection with the appearance of a video record, according to which medical assistants refused to help the person who needed help, Rasul Temirbekov, the spokesman from the Investigating Department (ID) for Dagestan of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has stated.

May 24, 2017 19:40

• Chechen woman convicted for attempting to leave for Syria

  The Nadterechny District Court has sentenced Khava Umieva to 5.5 in prison. Her punishment is postponed until 2029, since she is rearing a small child.

May 24, 2017 16:39

• Kuban farmer Petrov released under house arrest

  The Kavkaz District Court has granted the petition of the prosecutor's office to release Oleg Petrov, an activist of the "Polite Farmers" movement, from custody, said Alexei Volchenko, the leader of the movement.

May 24, 2017 15:47

• Defence accuses law enforcers of falsifying Caliphate case

  On May 23, the North-Caucasian District Military Court continued the debate in the case of Caliphate, which, according to investigators, 10 residents of the republic wanted to establish in Kabardino-Balkaria. This was reported by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent who attended the court hearing.

May 24, 2017 12:59

• Lawyers: mosque in Shamkhal village closed illegally

  A decision to close a mosque can only be made by a court. This opinion was expressed by Dagestani lawyers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", who recognized as illegal the actions of law enforcers against the Shamkhal mosque closed at the request of the law enforcement agencies.

May 24, 2017 10:50

• Dagestan to mark first day of Ramadan on May 27

  In Dagestan, the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan will be started on May 27. The appropriate decision was made at a meeting of the Council of Dagestani Alims. According to the Muftiate, the decision is not final, and theologians will follow the appearance of the moon.