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March 13, 2019 17:03

• Armenian soldier dies on border with Azerbaijan

  Today, soldier Gamlet Avakyan has died on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. He fell into a gorge, investigators report.

March 13, 2019 15:29

• David Kirkitadze declared his distrust in court

  After the court refused to release him, David Kirkitadze, an activist of the opposition "United National Movement" (UNM) party, declared his distrust in the court and called into question the participation of his advocates in the trial.

March 13, 2019 15:18

• Native of Pankisi Gorge killed in Syria

  Amiran Borchashvili, a citizen of Georgia, a native of the Dumashturi village in the Pankisi Gorge, who fought on the side of the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization banned in Russia by the court, was killed in Syria, the State Security Service (SSS) of Georgia reports.

March 13, 2019 15:07

• Law enforcers confound their testimonies against Mikhail Benyash

  Two of the law enforcers involved in the Mikhail Benyash's case as witnesses failed to confirm in court their testimonies about a fight between advocate Mikhail Benyash and policemen, reported advocate Alexander Popkov.

March 13, 2019 11:30

• Activist associates his detention with activities of his charitable foundation

  After his detention in Moscow, opera singer Vadim Cheldiev told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that law enforcers asked him strange and ridiculous questions. He associates his detention with the activities of his charitable foundation "Iron Ziu".

March 13, 2019 11:21

• Tumso forces Chechen public TV to publish archival video with Akhmat Kadyrov

  The Chechen TV and Radio Company published a video filmed in 1998, in which Akhmat Kadyrov criticized Aslan Maskhadov's opponents. Residents of Chechnya interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" noted that the video appeared against the background of discussions between blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov and Chechen officials.

March 13, 2019 02:20

• Armenian analysts estimate probability of war in Nagorno-Karabakh

  Azerbaijan will not initiate a large-scale war in Nagorno-Karabakh, but local confrontation in the conflict zone cannot be ruled out, believe Armenian political analysts and military experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

March 13, 2019 02:15

• Council of Europe's CPT condemns Russia for human rights violations in Chechnya

  The phenomenon of torture and severe ill-treatment of persons detained by members of law enforcement agencies remain widespread in Chechnya and the neighbouring republics, but the Russian authorities persistently fail to improve the situation with human rights in Northern Caucasus in the light of the Council of Europe's recommendations, the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) states.

March 13, 2019 02:08

• ECtHR awards compensation to families of 11 kidnapped residents of Chechnya

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ordered the Russian authorities to pay more than one million euros of compensation to relatives of 11 people detained by soldiers during the second Chechen military campaign. The ECtHR began to appoint more substantial compensation to relatives of disappeared persons, notes an advocate from the "Legal Initiative".

March 12, 2019 23:35

• Soldier of Nagorno-Karabakh army suspected of killing his colleague

  In Armenia, law enforcers detained a soldier of the Nagorno-Karabakh Defence Army on suspicion of killing regular soldier Karen Karapetyan.

March 12, 2019 23:23

• Court supports Vremenny residents in their lawsuits against officials

  The Untsukul District Court of Dagestan recognized the fact of officials' inaction after a counterterrorist operation (CTO) in the residential settlement of Vremenny.

March 12, 2019 23:05

• Akhmat Kadyrov's former bodyguard found dead in prison

  Ayub Tuntuev, a former security officer of the President of Chechnya, sentenced in cases on a terror act and on an attack on Pskov paratroopers, was found dead. The prisoner complained to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) about torture, rights defenders remind.

March 12, 2019 19:02

• Three persons fell victim to shootouts on Azerbaijan-Iran border within two days

  In the course of the second exchange of fire within two days on the border with Iran, a man who tried to illegally enter the territory of Azerbaijan was killed, the law enforcement bodies report today. This is the third victim of armed incidents, which were reported since March 10.

March 12, 2019 18:52

• Regular soldier killed in Nagorno-Karabakh

  Today, soldier Karen Karapetyan has died from a gunshot wound on the territory of a military unit. The investigation into the circumstances of the incident is underway, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh reports.

March 12, 2019 18:33

• Natives of Dagestan accused of plotting terror act at concert of Russian pop singer

  An investigation into the case against four natives of Dagestan, accused of plotting explosions at a concert of Russian pop singer Philip Kirkorov in Makhachkala, has been completed, an advocate reports today. According to him, the defendants deny that they were plotting a terror act.

March 12, 2019 18:23

• North Ossetian activist Vadim Cheldiev detained in Moscow

  On March 11, activist Vadim Cheldiev, Honored Artist of North Ossetia, was detained at the Moscow airport after his arrival from Vladikavkaz. According to the activist, law enforcers asked questions concerning his political views.

March 12, 2019 14:39

• Security Council of South Ossetia decides to open border with Georgia

  The authorities of South Ossetia announced opening the border with Georgia starting from March 15. The border crossing was closed in January because of the outbreak of swine flu.

March 12, 2019 14:32

• Azerbaijan reports shelling of three villages in conflict zone

  The positions of the Azerbaijani armed forces were shelled 29 times during 24 hours, and three border villages were hit by fire, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reports today.

March 12, 2019 14:23

• Lilia Saidova's father reports about his son killed in Syria

  Before leaving for Syria, Magomed Saidov finished school as an external student and managed to finish three courses at the Medical and Dental University in Moscow. Parents spent half a year searching for him in Turkey, where he stayed before he got directly into the conflict zone, from where it was reported about his death during a bombing.

March 12, 2019 11:36

• Oyub Titiev reports records of hypocrisy and cynicism in his case

  Advocates requested the court to acquit Oyub Titiev, the head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" office in Grozny. The defence stated that the case was fabricated and connected with his human rights activities. Oyub Titiev himself said that the trial "broke a record of hypocrisy and cynicism."