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June 26, 2018 17:20

• Case of mass riots in Yerevan terminated

  Investigators have stopped the case against the defendants accused of organizing mass unrests in July 2016, including against David Sanasaryan, the head of the State Control Service of Armenia.

June 26, 2018 17:15

• Chechen SC refuses to release rights defender Titiev from custody (+video)

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya has rejected the complaint against the judgement to keep Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny branch of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", under arrest until July 9. This is reported by the Telegram-channel of the HRC "Memorial".

June 26, 2018 13:56

• Kadyrov's nephew heads Grozny Mayoralty (+video)

  On June 25, Ibragim Zakriev, who had been the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Chechen Republic and who is Ramzan Kadyrov's nephew, was appointed the Acting Mayor of Grozny. According to calculations of the "Russian Service of the BBC", a third of the major officials in Chechnya are Ramzan Kadyrov's relatives.

June 26, 2018 13:48

• "Kommersant" reports Kadyrov's idea of high-speed trains across NCFD

  Russia's President Vladimir Putin has ordered his ministers to consider the idea of Transcaucasian high-speed railway, offered by the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov.

June 26, 2018 10:41

• Serzh Sargsyan's security head detained in Armenia

  Major-General Vachagan Kazaryan, who was the head of the guards of Serzh Sargsyan, the third President of Armenia, was detained on suspicion of illegal enrichment and concealment of incomes. At detention, a large sum of money was confiscated from him.

June 26, 2018 10:37

• Nogais offer to solve pasture problem by referendum

  Representatives of the Nogai people have sent a proposal to the regional assembly of deputies to hold a referendum on the land issue in the Nogai District. According to the participants of the roundtable, the distant pastures are used not for the intended purpose.

June 26, 2018 08:33

• Azerbaijan counts 87 shelling episodes from Armenian side within 24 hours

  Within the last 24 hours, the Armenian Armed Forces violated the ceasefire on the frontline for 87 times, by using large-calibre machine guns, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.

June 26, 2018 08:14

• Guests of Chechnya suffer third defeat at World Cup

  The Egyptian national team has completed its performance at the FIFA World Cup-2018, by losing 1:2 to Saudi Arabia in Volgograd.

June 26, 2018 08:14

• Volgograd: Egyptians criticize choice of Grozny as team base

  At the match in Volgograd, Egyptian fans actively supported their team, despite its unsuccessful performance at the FIFA World Cup-2018. The base in Grozny proved to be inconvenient for footballers; and the team's defeats can be related thereto, the Egyptian fans, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", believe.

June 25, 2018 21:01

• Titiev's defence points to predictability of court judgments

  The outcome of considering the defence's complaints on the extension of Oyub Titiev's arrest, and about the refusal to initiate a case on the drugs planted on him, is known in advance, the advocate and colleagues of the rights defender have stated. In their opinion, the prosecutor did not even find it necessary to get ready for the trial; while the court ignored the defence's convincing arguments.

June 25, 2018 20:54

• Singer Semyon Slepakov obscenely apologizes to Russian football team and Kadyrov

  In his new song recorded together with the "Leningrad" group, Semyon Slepakov has apologized to the Russian national football team for the song about its failure with Ramzan Kadyrov as the head coach. The new song was performed 11 days after the call of the head of Chechnya to the singer to record a new track.

June 25, 2018 18:11

• Native of Dagestan convicted for plotting terror act in Saint Petersburg

  Shamil Omargadjiev, a native of Dagestan, has been sentenced to 2.5 years of freedom deprivation for illegal arms possession and for the fact that, knowing about the preparation of a terror act in the Kazan Cathedral, he failed to inform the police about it.

June 25, 2018 14:14

• Kadyrov declared Muslim Khuchiev to be Chechnya's Prime Minister

  Today, Ramzan Kadyrov has signed a decree on appointing the Mayor of Grozny to the post of the Chairman of the Government (Prime Minister) of Chechnya.

June 25, 2018 13:58

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of June 18-24, 2018

  Matches of the FIFA World Cup in Sochi, Volgograd, and Rostov-on-Don; approval of the interim government in Georgia; extradition to Russia of North-Ossetian native Aslan Gagiev; Geneva discussions on security in the Caucasus; issue of housing certificates to migrants from villages of Khrakh-Uba and Uryan-Uba; decision on granting material assistance to fire victims from Mokok village in Dagestan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of June 18-24, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

June 25, 2018 13:43

• Sochi supporter of oppositional leader Navalny applies for political asylum in Sweden

  Dmitry Titkov, an oppositionist from Sochi, has applied for political asylum in Sweden. According to his story, he has already received a work permit and learns the Swedish language.

June 25, 2018 13:39

• Over 200 people come to consecration of bells and cathedral in Stepanakert

  The city of Stepanakert has held a consecration ceremony of three bells and two crosses for the Cathedral of the Holy Protection of God's Mother that is under construction. As reported by Pargev Martirosyan, the Head of the Artsakh (Karabakh) Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, over 3 million US dollars for the construction of the cathedral were donated by philanthropists.

June 25, 2018 10:22

• On June 18-24, there no victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week from June 18 to June 24, 2018, no casualties were recorded of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own data and information from other open sources.

June 25, 2018 10:16

• CNN: Egyptian footballer Salah protests against using his name for promoting Kadyrov

  The CNN TV Channel has reported that Mohamed Salah, a player for the English "Liverpool" FC and the Egyptian national team, is displeased with the fact that Chechen authorities use his name for their political aims; he intends to leave the national team after Ramzan Kadyrov had awarded him the title of honorary citizen of Chechnya.

June 25, 2018 10:00

• Analysts explain intensification of Azerbaijan's military rhetoric

  The statements of the head of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) about the superiority of the Azerbaijani Army over its opponent are intended to draw mediators' attention to the threat of a new war, Azerbaijani military analysts believe.

June 24, 2018 02:32

• In Dagestan, Magaramkent District residents stand against demolition of their houses

  About 70 residents of the Dagestani villages of Novo-Filya and Novo-Aul opposed the demolition of the houses that fell into the restricted zone of the Mozdok-Kazimagomed gas pipeline. Villagers call the decision to demolish their houses illegal and demand to cancel it.