News

November 27, 2020 08:34

• Russian contract serviceman found dead in Armenia

  A serviceman from the Russian military base in Armenia was found dead; an investigation is underway, the press service of the Southern Military District of the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

November 27, 2020 08:23

• Stepanakert townspeople left without stable cellular telephony

  The mobile phone signal is very weak; it is almost impossible to use the mobile Internet, residents of Stepanakert have informed.

November 26, 2020 22:25

• Ingush activist Ozdoev refuses to testify

  Magomed-Bashir Ozdoev was brought to a Nalchik SIZO (pre-trial prison), and he refused to testify concerning clashes with law enforcers at a rally in Magas, the activist's advocate reported.

November 26, 2020 22:13

• Armenian Prosecutor's Office accuses Azerbaijan of destroying monuments and churches

  The General Prosecutor's Office of Armenia has collected evidence of the destruction and desecration of churches and historical and cultural monuments in the territories that came under the control of Azerbaijan.

November 26, 2020 19:15

• Azerbaijani parliament calls for exclusion of France from OSCE

  The Milli Majlis (Parliament of Azerbaijan) has suggested that the Azerbaijani government should seek the exclusion of France from the OSCE after the resolution of the French Senate on the need to recognize the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh.

November 26, 2020 18:51

• About 700 refugees returned to Nagorno-Karabakh over a day

  Russian peacekeepers escorted a convoy of 16 buses with refugees to Stepanakert. The people decided to return home after the cessation of the hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh.

November 26, 2020 16:29

• Public transport in Stepanakert resumes work

  The public transport, as well as electricity and water supplies, have been restored in Stepanakert, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed. Rescuers have reported the distribution of humanitarian aid to townspeople.

November 26, 2020 16:18

• Advocate reports detention of participant in Magas rally

  Law enforcers have detained Magomed-Bashir Ozdoev within the case of the rally in Magas, and took him to Nalchik, said Magomed Bekov, an advocate for Ingush activists.

November 26, 2020 12:03

• Djigits' customs find use in Ingush wedding traditions

  In the old days, a respectable cortege on horseback used to ride to fetch a bride in Ingushetia; and the riders competed in horse riding during the movement, the ethnographers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have informed.

November 26, 2020 11:18

• Lawyers treat Kadyrov's threats to burn down cars as call to crime

  Ramzan Kadyrov, who has publicly threatened drivers to burn down their cars for disrespectful attitude towards law enforcers, is encouraging the commission of criminal offenses, the lawyers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

November 26, 2020 11:07

• French Senate favours recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh's independence

  305 French Senators have supported the resolution on the need to recognize the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh. The Armenian Prime Minister and the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Nagorno-Karabakh have welcomed the resolution, while Azerbaijani authorities have sharply criticized it.

November 26, 2020 08:29

• Chechnya is among top three in number of new COVID-19 cases in NCFD

  Over the past 24 hours, 745 people infected with coronavirus were registered in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD). 222 of them are in the Stavropol Territory; in Dagestan, COVID-19 was confirmed in 101 people. Chechnya, where the smallest increase had been recorded earlier, takes the third place with 91 cases.

November 26, 2020 08:19

• After Azerbaijani troops' entry to Kelbadjar, Karabakh residents lost Internet

  The establishment of Azerbaijani control over Kelbadjar (the Armenian name is Karvachar), through which the fibre-optic cable had passed, has caused Internet problems. The city of Martakert and surrounding villages are still supplied with electricity less by half, the Nagorno-Karabakh authorities have stated.

November 25, 2020 23:04

• Lachin residents are afraid to return home from Armenia

  Residents of Lachin (the Armenian name is Berdzor, – note of the "Caucasian Knot") believe it is not safe to live in their city despite the fact that the Russian peacekeepers and the Karabakh police will have control over the city.

November 25, 2020 22:53

• Kadyrov's associates become an exception to campaign against car tinting

  Like in the case of the mask regime, Chechen officials and Ramzan Kadyrov himself violate their own rules: despite the long-term campaign against tinted car windows, the top-ranking officials of Chechnya travel in cars with tinted windows.

November 25, 2020 22:27

• ECtHR requests Azerbaijan to submit information about Armenian prisoners of war

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has obliged Azerbaijan to provide by late November the information concerning nine prisoners of war and 10 captured civilians, the Armenia's Representative to the ECtHR announces.

November 25, 2020 19:44

• Georgian MFA calls treaty between Russia and Abkhazia an element of annexation

  The integration agreement between Russia and Abkhazia continues the annexation of the Georgia's territory, and by the conclusion of such agreements, Russia violates the international law, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Georgia declares.

November 25, 2020 19:26

• About 2000 refugees returned to Nagorno-Karabakh over a day

  Russian peacekeepers escorted a convoy of 30 buses with refugees from Yerevan to Stepanakert. The total number of residents of Nagorno-Karabakh who returned home with the support of the Russian peacekeepers has exceeded 11,000, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) reports today.

November 25, 2020 14:33

• Two children handed over to relatives in Argun after returning from Syria

  The two children, who had been secretly taken to Syria six years ago, were handed over to their relatives in Argun, Khamzat Khirakhmatov, the Children's Ombudsperson in Chechnya, has stated.

November 25, 2020 14:20

• Residents of Dagestani villages flooded during HPP construction complain to Putin

  Residents of five villages of the Untsukul and Gergebil Districts of Dagestan have sent a collective letter to the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, asking to compensate for the damage they had suffered from the construction of the Irganai hydroelectric power plant (HPP).