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June 26, 2019 22:26

• Conscript soldier dies in Armenia

  Investigators have begun checking the version of driving a soldier to suicide in Armenia.

June 26, 2019 22:14

• Derbent women-hunger-strikers achieve meeting with their sons

  On the third day of their hunger strike, two female residents of Derbent received a permit to meet their detained sons, and stopped their protest.

June 26, 2019 21:55

• North-Ossetian minister excludes any changes of border with Ingushetia

  Authorities of North Ossetia have completed the coordination of the border with Chechnya and are ready to do the same with other neighbouring republics, Aslan Tsutsiev, the Minister for National Relations of North Ossetia, has announced. His republic denies any territorial claims of Ingushetia and would not revise the border therewith, Mr Tsutsiev has stressed.

June 26, 2019 18:28

• In Tbilisi, all detained protestors set free

  At a request of the Chief Prosecutor's Office of Georgia, the Tbilisi City Court released 51 protesters detained during the protest action held at night on June 21, the press service of the Tbilisi City Court reports today.

June 26, 2019 18:17

• Azerbaijani activist claims threat of his re-arrest in Georgia

  The Prosecutor's Office of Georgia filed an appeal against the decision of the court of Marneuli to release Azerbaijani citizen Avtandil Mamedov on bail after his detention at a request from Baku.

June 26, 2019 18:06

• Nika Meliya accused in case on riots in Tbilisi

  Today, officials from the Prosecutor's Office have handed over to a defender of MP Nika Meliya an indictment in the case on organization of group violence during a protest action in Tbilisi. The MP himself did not appear in the Prosecutor's Office.

June 26, 2019 13:14

• Timur Tumgoev sentenced to 18 years

  Today, the North-Caucasian District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don has found Timur Tumgoev, a native of Vladikavkaz, to be a member of a group of Syrian militants and sentenced him to 18 years in a high-security colony.

June 26, 2019 13:03

• Ingush activists tell their expectations of Evkurov's resignation

  In case of resignation of Yunus-Bek Evkurov, the new head of Ingushetia should release all the arrested protesters and revise the border agreement with Chechnya, the activists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" are convinced.

June 26, 2019 11:35

• Fuad Abbasov deported from Russia to Azerbaijan

  Fuad Abbasov, who returned from Moscow to Baku on June 25, has assured that he would continue his journalistic activities.

June 26, 2019 11:22

• Baku and Yerevan political analysts link some calmness in Karabakh conflict zone with talks

  After a meeting of officials of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MFAs) of Armenia and Azerbaijan, the shelling on the troops contact line has almost stopped. The parties agreed on mutual concessions, but if the process of peace negotiations is stalled, the conflict may escalate again, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

June 26, 2019 11:08

• Analysts dispute about Georgian opposition's role in protests

  Most of the actions underway in Georgia are controlled by political forces, including the current protests, Zaal Andjaparidze, the programme coordinator of the International Centre for Conflicts and Negotiations, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

June 26, 2019 08:23

• Opposition activist Eldaniz Agaev arrested in Baku

  Eldaniz Agaev, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has been sentenced to 30 days of administrative arrest under an article on disobeying police. He was arrested on a false accusation because of his political activities, the PFPA believes.

June 25, 2019 22:42

• Gadjiev's colleagues treat refusals to sanction rally in his support as politically-motivated

  By the three refusals to sanction rallies in support of the arrested Abdulmumin Gadjiev, the Dagestani Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has relayed the authorities' position, activists believe.

June 25, 2019 22:17

• Martin Kochesoko transferred under house arrest

  The Supreme Court (SC) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has decided to transfer Martin Kochesoko, the head of the Circassian NGO "Khabze", accused of drug dealing, under house arrest.

June 25, 2019 22:06

• Court rules to re-arrest Robert Kocharyan

  The Armenian Court of Appeal (CoA) has satisfied the complaint of the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) and cancelled the decision to release the former President, Robert Kocharyan, from custody.

June 25, 2019 21:57

• Archil Talakvadze elected Speaker of Georgian Parliament

  By majority of votes, Georgian MPs have elected Archil Talakvadze as their Speaker. Immediately after election, he assured that he would not allow any Russian State Duma MPs to the parliamentary sessions.

June 25, 2019 18:40

• Robert Kocharyan's advocates boycott trial

  Advocates of Robert Kocharyan, the second president of Armenia, accused the court of bias and decided to boycott the today's pronouncement of the court's decision concerning the appeal filed by the General Prosecutor's Office.

June 25, 2019 18:26

• Ramzan Kadyrov's bike ride shows forced calm after shooting in Chechnya

  A night bike ride of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov through Grozny several hours after an attack on law enforcers in the centre of the Chechen capital "promoted" a calm situation in the region for citizens and tourists, noted local residents interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

June 25, 2019 18:17

• Opposition MPs with scandal leave meeting of Georgian parliament

  The refusal to discuss at the meeting of the parliament the question concerning the resignation of the Georgian Interior Minister caused discontent of the opposition. After the conflict with members of the ruling party, the oppositionists left the parliamentary meeting in protest.

June 25, 2019 14:51

• Concessions of "Georgian Dream" fail to satisfy protesters

  Protesters found the resignation of Irakli Kobakhidze, the Speaker of the Georgian Parliament that followed after the dispersal of the June 2 action, to be inadequate. The protesters' demands to dismiss the Interior Minister Giorgi Gakhariya, change in the parliamentary electoral system, release all the detained activists and punish the involved law enforcers remain unfulfilled.