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December 21, 2018 08:30

• Oyub Titiev is among 100 outstanding people of the year

  Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", who has been under arrest in Chechnya since this January, has been included into the annual rating of "100 outstanding people" compiled by the "Russian Reporter".

December 20, 2018 23:18

• President Putin instructs ICRF to investigate Gasanguseinov brothers' case

  During the today's press conference in Moscow, while answering a question from a Dagestani journalist, Russian President Vladimir Putin promised to "give necessary attention" to the case on the killing of the Gasanguseinov brothers in Dagestan.

December 20, 2018 23:13

• Law enforcers report details of a special operation in Stavropol

  Members of the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization banned in Russia by the court, who were killed in Stavropol, were plotting terror acts, and one of them fought in Syria during three years, the law enforcement bodies reported.

December 20, 2018 18:32

• Ingush students describe beating at a Moscow dormitory

  During searches conducted at a dormitory of a Moscow university, law enforcers beat Ingush students with their feet and with rubber hammers, victims reported. 13 complaints about actions of the law enforcers were written, reported on December 19 an advocate of victims.

December 20, 2018 18:26

• Murtazali Gasanguseinov holds a picket in Makhachkala

  Today, in Makhachkala, Murtazali Gasanguseinov, a father of the killed shepherds, has started a protest action with the demand to investigate the killing of his sons and to sanction a rally, report users of social networks.

December 20, 2018 13:21

• Georgian court refuses to let media to Kirkitadze's trial

  The trial of David Kirkitadze, an activist of the oppositional "United National Movement" (UNM) Party, has started today against the background of the opposition's protest.

December 20, 2018 13:13

• Court cancels Mutsolgov's fine for participating in rally

  The appeals instance (the Supreme Court of Ingushetia) has satisfied the complaint against the fine imposed on Magomed Mutsolgov, a human rights defender, for his participation in the October rally against changing the Chechen-Ingush border. The court judgement became known on December 19.

December 20, 2018 13:03

• EU reports growth of applications for asylum from Georgia citizens

  The European Union (EU) has expressed concern over the growth of unjustified applications for asylum submitted by Georgian citizens. This is stated in the 2nd Report of the European Commission on the visa-free regime for the countries of Eastern Europe.

December 20, 2018 11:03

• Historians find it hopeless to solve the problem of Chechen-Ingush border through Sharia Court

  The Constitutional Court of Russia has put a full stop in the dispute over the Chechen-Ingush border. An attempt to solve this conflict under the Islamic law is unpromising, given the lack of mechanisms for enforcing the decisions of the Sharia Court in the Russian legal environment, the historians interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

December 20, 2018 10:55

• "Nairit" workers tell about their plight after plant closure

  Former workers of the "Nairit" plant, who held a protest action demanding to meet Nikol Pashinyan, the Acting Prime Minister of Armenia, failed to do it. They complained about their difficult financial situation after the closure of the plant and announced their intention to continue protest actions.

December 20, 2018 08:40

• Residents of Vremenny appeal against inaction of district administration officials

  Residents of the dwelling settlement of Vremenny in Dagestan are unable, for four years, to receive the due compensation for their houses destroyed during a special operation, since the bureaucrats from the Untsukul District Administration fail to compile the primary documentation for compensational payments. In the lawsuit, lodged on behalf of five local residents, a lawyer of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" demands to oblige local officials to draw up the required documents.

December 20, 2018 08:34

• Stavropol CTO is fourth armed incident in the territory since start of year

  The counterterrorist operation (CTO) in Stavropol on December 19, during which two persons were killed, was preceded in the Stavropol Territory by three armed incidents related to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. As a result of the four incidents, six people were killed and two others wounded.

December 19, 2018 21:32

• Ingush students complain about beatings during searches in Moscow

  Lawyers-members of the Ingush community in Moscow were attracted to work with complaints of the students of the Russian State Geological Prospecting University (RSGPU), who claim that they were beaten up during a search of the dormitory; a total of eight complaints were made, the Ingush Permanent Mission on Moscow has reported.

December 19, 2018 21:24

• Number of detainees after clashes with police in Georgia reaches four

  Two oppositionists have confessed to beating up a resident of the Gurjaani District during a clash with the police on December 16; in total, four activists were detained after the incident, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported.

December 19, 2018 21:17

• Two people killed in CTO in Stavropol Territory

  The members of the terrorist organization, who were killed today in Stavropol, were not residents of the region, authorities have stated.

December 19, 2018 21:13

• Khadidja Ismailova tells about arrest of another account

  The Azerbaijani journalist Khadidja Ismailova said that she received information about the preparation of her arrest from several sources. The bank blocked her account, to which the compensation established by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) was transferred; and she noticed spying on herself.

December 19, 2018 18:45

• ECtHR demands a report on medical treatment for Pavel Grib

  On December 18, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) requested the Russian authorities to submit the information on the state of health and medical treatment of Pavel Grib, a citizen of Ukraine, his advocate reported.

December 19, 2018 18:36

• Appeal to excuse Kadyrov's relative for road accident reminds of blood feud traditions

  In Chechnya, after a fatal road traffic accident, reconciliation of blood feud parties usually takes place quickly, but a driver's behaviour is a key, report experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" after a resonant road traffic accident, in which an official, a relative of Ramzan Kadyrov, had been found guilty.

December 19, 2018 18:26

• FSB reports killing IS* militants in Stavropol

  Members of a terrorist organization rendered armed resistance during their detention in Stavropol, reported the FSB. The number of the killed suspects was not reported.

December 19, 2018 18:18

• Former workers of "Nairit" plant block building of Armenian government

  Today, in Yerevan, participants of a rally have demanded to pay them penalties for delaying the wages due to workers of the "Nairit" plant. The protestors have also demanded a meeting with Nikol Pashinyan.