News

July 29, 2022 02:26

• Agvan Ovsepyan, former Armenian PPG, hospitalized

  Agvan Ovsepyan, who was arrested on charges of bribery and money laundering, has been taken to hospital in Armenia, his secretary has informed. The health condition of the former Public Prosecutor General (PPG) is grave.

July 28, 2022 23:57

• Relatives of contractors from Chechnya report about tricks of recruiters

  A native of a Chechen village was repeatedly sent to Ukraine against his will, without signing his letter of resignation, and a man earlier convicted for involvement in the armed underground was offered by law enforcers to whitewash himself in their eyes by participating in the special military operation, relatives of contract soldiers say.

July 28, 2022 23:51

• US Senate calls on to declare Russia a sponsor of terrorism because of hostilities in Chechnya and Georgia

  The US Senate called on the US Department of State to include Russia in the list of state sponsoring terrorism. Among other things, US senators explained their proposal by the executions of civilians in Grozny in 2000 and the participation of the Russian troops in the Five-Day War in Georgia.

July 28, 2022 23:45

• Forced migrants from Karabakh demand to build a settlement for them in Armenia

  At a protest action in Yerevan, more than 50 forced migrants from Nagorno-Karabakh have added to their earlier demands a call to build a separate settlement for refugees.

July 28, 2022 22:44

• Kadyrov announces readiness of Chechen fighters to assault any city

  Chechen fighters are ready to assault any settlement by orders of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Ramzan Kadyrov states.

July 28, 2022 22:38

• Rights defenders against extradition of Chechen native from Sweden

  Sweden is preparing to extradite a native of Chechnya to Russia, after denying him the refugee status despite the allegations of torture by Chechen law enforcers, the "Vayfond" Chechen Human Rights Association has stated.

July 28, 2022 20:44

• Project of Christ statue on Armenian mount sparks historians' and rights defenders' criticism

  The installation of a statue of Jesus Christ on Mount Atis violates the law on the protection of cultural heritage and natural areas, 16 human rights and public organizations have stated. They doubt the attractiveness of the statue for tourists.

July 28, 2022 11:54

• Armenian oppositionist Avetik Chalabyan back at large

  Avetik Chalabyan, an Armenian oppositionist, has been released from custody, because his detention term has expired and was not extended.

July 28, 2022 11:48

• Caucasian scholars dispute about motives for Ilyaskhanov's apology for incident in Nizhnevartovsk

  Members of the Chechen community in the city of Yugra have forced Arthur Ilyaskhanov, a native of Dagestan, to publicly apologize for his statements on behalf of Chechens, Ruslan Kutaev, a Caucasian expert, and Svetlana Gannushkina, a human rights defender, have pointed out.

July 28, 2022 11:43

• Third case on fakes initiated against editor-in-chief of "Fortanga"

  Izabella Evloeva, the editor-in-chief of the Ingush outlet "Fortanga", has been accused of publishing unreliable information about the Russian Armed Forces on her Telegram channel. The criminal case under this article is the third one against her.

July 28, 2022 11:40

• Baku: oppositionist Pyunkhan Kerimli sentenced to six years in prison

  Pyunkhan Kerimli, an oppositionist deported from Germany, has been sentenced to six years in prison; he refused to plead guilty of drug possession.

July 27, 2022 23:36

• Kadyrov boasts of a new award

  The Russian President signed a decree on the presentation of Ramzan Kadyrov to the Order of Alexander Nevsky for his contribution to the socio-economic development of the region, the leader of Chechnya himself reported.

July 27, 2022 23:29

• Defence challenges verdict to Chechen gays Magamadov and Isaev

  Advocates filed a complaint about the verdict to Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev, whom a court in Chechnya found guilty of adding and abetting a militant.

July 27, 2022 23:25

• Four policemen from Chechnya perish in Ukraine

  Senior Police Warrant Officer Buvaisar Deniev, Police Lieutenant Colonel Zaur Dimaev, Senior Police Sergeant Aidamir Isaev, and Police Captain Muslim Avtaev perished in Ukraine, the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reported.

July 27, 2022 23:20

• In Azerbaijan, oppositionist arrested for 30 days

  Alikram Khurshidov (Khurshudov), the adviser to the chair of the “Musavat” Party, was charged with failure to obey the police and arrested for 30 days. His party colleagues considered the accusation false and the arrest politically motivated.

July 27, 2022 16:55

• Two natives of North Ossetia perish in Ukraine

  The administration head of the Pravoberezhny District has announced the death of Atsamaz Bagaev and Yuri Gazzaev. Since the start of the military operation, authorities of North Ossetia have confirmed the deaths of at least 80 natives of the republic in Ukraine.

July 27, 2022 16:50

• Yerevan metro operators demand higher wages

  The work of Yerevan metro was suspended for several hours after machinists refused to go to work, demanding higher wages.

July 27, 2022 15:31

• Abkhaz activist Djansukh Adleiba claims his readiness to go on dry hunger strike

  The number of participants of the hunger strike declared in Sukhumi by Djansukh Adleiba has grown up to three.

July 27, 2022 15:17

• Week of July 18-24 passed without victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week from 18 to 24 July 2022, during the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, no reports were received about any casualties or wounded persons. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

July 27, 2022 15:12

• President of Georgia pardons 11 prisoners

  Salome Zurabishvili has released 10 prisoners from serving their sentences and reduced the sentence of another convict. There is one woman among those pardoned.