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January 07, 2020 12:26

• Caucasian Orthodox believers celebrate Christmas

  Christmas services are held in the temples located in the regions of Southern Russia and Southern Caucasus. In some regions, celebrations are held under enhanced security measures.

January 07, 2020 11:25

• Son of employee of Chechen Permanent Mission throws banknotes into crowd of Volgograd residents

  The blogger, Alfredo Auditore, threw 200,000 roubles into a crowd of young people in Volgograd; several persons suffered in a jam. Chechen leadership got interested in this incident; and the blogger's father had to explain the origin of the money.

January 07, 2020 11:23

• Rights defenders criticize scale of amnesty in Georgia

  The pardoning by Georgian President of only five prisoners amid hundreds of them, who hoped for amnesty, has been treated as unserious by rights defenders, while the refusal to pardon Archpriest Mamaladze – as unjustified.

January 07, 2020 09:33

• Islamic scholars clarify Mufti's statements about Kunta-haji Kishiev

  Allegations of the immortality and supernatural abilities of the Chechen preacher Kunta-haji Kishiev fit into the Sufi doctrine, but contradict the Orthodox Islam, Russian Islamic scholars have stated.

January 07, 2020 08:55

• Grozny woman finds her son in police after ten days of search

  Shamkhan Khamurzaev, a resident of Grozny, whose whereabouts were unknown to his relatives since December 26, was found in the territory of the patrol-and-post service (PPS) regiment named after Akhmat Kadyrov.

January 07, 2020 08:52

• Gadjiev's associates called on Makhachkala townspeople to more actively support him

  Residents of Makhachkala should increase their support for Abdulmumin Gadjiev and continue holding protest actions until justice is restored in relation to the arrested journalist, Makhachkala picketers have stated.

January 06, 2020 23:14

• Azerbaijani activist Dashgyn Agalarov detained in Poland

  Dashgyn Agalarov, who was granted political asylum in Norway and who collaborates with the "Turan" TV Company, was detained at the airport of Gdansk. The Azerbaijani authorities continue to hunt dissidents even outside the country, declares Fikret Guseinli, a presenter of the "Turan" TV Company.

January 06, 2020 22:53

• Azerbaijan registers 23 shelling attacks in conflict zone

  The positions of the Azerbaijani troops on the contact line of troops were shelled 23 times within 24 hours, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reports.

January 06, 2020 22:33

• Authorities promise to review marriage age to comply with traditions of Caucasus

  In 2020, the Russian authorities planned to review the legal grounds for marriage of minors and adjust the age of consent. It was decided to amend the Family Code taking into account the traditions of the peoples of Northern Caucasus, suggests Valery Ryazansky, the head of the Social Policy Committee of the Federation Council.

January 06, 2020 21:48

• Georgian President refuses to include Archpriest Mamaladze in list of pardons

  Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has lifted a moratorium on pardoning prisoners, but did not include Archpriest Giorgi Mamaladze on the list of pardons before Christmas. A brother of the sentenced priest claims the Georgian Patriarch influenced the decision of the Georgian leader.

January 06, 2020 15:04

• Social media users challenge Kadyrov's assertion about voluntary New Year celebrations

  In response to allegations of human rights violations, the head of Chechnya has posted a video with a crowd of people going to the New Year Tree in Grozny. Local residents have found that the video confirms complaints about coercion to participate in the holiday.

January 06, 2020 14:59

• Analysts point to Azerbaijan's risks amid US-Iran tensions

  In the supposed Iran-USA conflict, Azerbaijan should maintain neutrality and beware of involvement in the confrontation, Baku analysts believe. At the same time, the assassination of the Iranian General Qasem Soleimani has caused Azerbaijanis' controversial reaction.

January 06, 2020 14:55

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of December 30, 2019-January 5, 2020

  Celebration of the New Year 2020 holiday; attack on DPS checkpoint and shootout between two teips in Ingushetia; public inspection of the central square reconstruction in Makhachkala; protest rally in Elista; opposition complaints about obstacles to participation in the parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of December 30, 2019-January 5, 2020, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

January 06, 2020 11:30

• On December 30, 2019-January 5, 2020, six persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week from December 30, 2019, to January 5, 2020, at least six people suffered in the course of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus: two of them died and four were wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

January 06, 2020 11:26

• Resident of Armenia detained after posting fake news about Pashinyan

  Employees of the National Security Service (NSS) of Armenia have detained the author of a false post stating that the Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, had congratulated the US president on a successful operation in Iran.

January 06, 2020 11:24

• Armenia: believers celebrate Christmas

  All the temples of the Armenian Apostolic Church have held holy "Chragalujts" liturgies. Believers bring home candles and lampads, as well as consecrated water, which is considered to be healing.

January 05, 2020 11:28

• Tbilisi entrepreneurs and opposition unite in protest against authorities

  Minor entrepreneurs refuse to fulfil the demand of the Tbilisi Mayoralty to transfer their trade from the square near the main New Year Tree to the parliament building. Opposition activists, dissatisfied with the dispersal of protesters, have joined their protest action.

January 05, 2020 11:13

• Makhachkala townspeople outraged at contractor's answer to criticism of works in central square

  The new deadlines for the completion of the reconstruction of the square in Makhachkala, voiced by Arslan Dydymov, the contractor's spokesman, caused ridicule remarks of social network users.

January 05, 2020 10:59

• NKR accuses Azerbaijan of 130 shelling attacks during week

  Since December 29, 2019, Azerbaijani soldiers fired more than 1200 shots at the positions of the Defence Army, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has informed.

January 04, 2020 16:07

• Law enforcers detain "Our City" activists in Makhachkala

  Law enforcers took to a police station the activists of the movement "Our City" and a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, who highlighted the public inspection of the reconstruction results on the central square in Makhachkala. All six detainees have already been released.