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September 03, 2018 22:26

• Law enforcers prevent refugee from breaking into NKR

  Azerbaijani law enforcers stopped the action "Returning Home", held near the troops contact line. A forced migrant, who wanted to return to his native Karabakh village, as well as his supporters, were detained at the border, activists have reported. The authorities of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) have treated the incident as a provocation.

September 03, 2018 17:49

• Nagorno-Karabakh reports soldier's suicide

  A soldier of the Armed Forces of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) was found dead in a military unit, the republic's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.

September 03, 2018 17:46

• On August 27-September 2, three people fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  One person was killed and two more were wounded in the course of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus during the week from August 27 to September 2, 2018. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

September 03, 2018 15:59

• Rights defenders doubt OSCE's ability to impact situation with human rights in Chechnya

  Russia can ignore the demands of 15 OSCE member states to report within a ten-day period on measures taken to protect human rights in Chechnya, note Russian rights defenders.

September 03, 2018 15:58

• Azerbaijani rights defenders report about 128 political prisoners

  On September 1, a group of Azerbaijani rights defenders, NGO activists, and lawyers released an updated list of political prisoners, which included 128 names. Activists monitor the cases against other two prisoners.

September 03, 2018 15:55

• Rights defender: Chechen extradited from Poland kidnapped

  Azamat Baiduev, who was extradited by the Polish authorities to Russia, was kidnapped from his house in the village of Shalazhi in the Urus-Martan District a day after his arrival in Chechnya. That was reported by Akhmed Gisaev, the leader of the Human Rights Analysis Centre.

September 03, 2018 12:44

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 27-September 2, 2018

  Day of Knowledge and anniversary of the terror act in Beslan; actions in Southern Russia against the pension reform after the President Putin's proposals; presentation of an updated list of political prisoners in Azerbaijan; emergency landing of a passenger aircraft in Sochi; claim of 15 OSCE member states on the violations of human rights in Chechnya, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of August 27-September 2, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

September 03, 2018 09:52

• NKR celebrates Republic Day with march and concerts

  Festivities on Republic Declaration Day were held in the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR). It should unite with Armenia, the local residents interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

September 03, 2018 09:51

• North Ossetia's decision to combine mourning with Knowledge Day causes misunderstanding in Tskhinvali women

  Residents of South Ossetia have supported the decision of the Republic's Ministry of Education and Sciences to postpone the Knowledge Day until September 5 in connection with the 14th anniversary of the terror act in Beslan. However, the Tskhinvali women, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", are surprised at the decision of North-Ossetian authorities to combine the funeral events with the start of the school year.

September 03, 2018 09:49

• Militaries from ten countries take part in Agile Spirit 2018 exercises in Georgia

  The multinational NATO exercises Agile Spirit 2018 with the participation of servicemen from the USA, Bulgaria, Romania, Latvia, Greece, Ukraine, Turkey, the Czech Republic and Estonia have begun on the base of the Second Infantry Brigade of the Georgian Armed Forces in the Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region.

September 02, 2018 11:09

• Alleged militant killed in Khasavyurt District

  In the course of an armed clash in Dagestan, law enforcers killed a member of an illegal armed formation (IAF), an informed source has reported.

September 02, 2018 11:00

• Kocharyan's defence asks court to supplement release decision

  Advocates have lodged a complaint to the Court of Cassation of Armenia, indicating two grounds for the release of Robert Kocharyan, the second President of Armenia, which were not taken into account by the Court of Appeal.

September 02, 2018 10:53

• Leader of Georgian nationalists detained after clip on combat training

  Giorgi Chelidze, the head of the "National Unity of Georgia" is suspected of illegal possession of firearms and ammunition.

September 02, 2018 10:45

• Memorial watch for victims of Beslan terror act kicks off in North Ossetia

  A three-day memorial watch for those killed in the terror act in Beslan in 2004 kicked off on September 1 with laying flowers in the memorial complex. By noon, about a thousand people visited the memorial.

September 01, 2018 16:20

• Nagorno-Karabakh accuses Azerbaijan of 150 shelling episodes within the week

  During the week from August 26 to September 1, Azerbaijani militaries made more than 2000 shots at positions of the Defence Army, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh has stated.

September 01, 2018 16:17

• Residents of Chechnya associate change of Qadi in Shali with attacks on law enforcers

  A new Islamic judge (Qadi) has been appointed in the Shali District of Chechnya; the teens who committed a series of attacks on policemen are natives of this district. Local residents believe that this appointment is associated with the tightening of authorities' control over the youth and preparation for the deportation of attackers' relatives from Chechnya.

September 01, 2018 16:10

• Azerbaijan counts 95 shelling episodes from Armenia

  Within the last 24 hours, Armenia's servicemen violated the ceasefire regime for 96 times, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

September 01, 2018 16:06

• Giorgi Margvelashvili refuses to run for Georgia's presidency

  The President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili has stated that he has no intention to participate in the upcoming presidential election. After this statement was made, the opposition criticized the President, while members of the ruling party said that Margvelashvili had no chance to win.

September 01, 2018 15:56

• Employee of Sochi airport dies when evacuating passengers

  The cause of the death of the employee who has died today while evacuating passengers from a burning aircraft was previously identified as a heart attack, the representative of the Sochi Airport has stated.

September 01, 2018 10:47

• Australian painters present their works for exposition in NKR

  The exposition in the city of Shushi, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the first Armenian Republic, the 2800th anniversary of Yerevan and the proclamation day of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), presents more than 60 works of the 20 painters from Australia, who have Armenian origin.