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June 12, 2018 17:35

• On the eve of FIFA World Cup-2018, AI activists call for Oyub Titiev's release

  On June 11, activists of the human rights organization Amnesty International (AI) threw soccer balls into the yard of the Russian Embassy in Belgium, demanding to restore justice in relation of Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

June 12, 2018 17:33

• Song about Kadyrov, lamenting for Russian national team, becomes a hit

  A satirical song about the failure of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, as the coach of the Russian national football team, scored more than 1.7 million views within 24 hours. According to the author, an actor Semyon Slepakov, even the tough methods practiced in Chechnya will not be able to help the team at the FIFA World Cup.

June 12, 2018 12:12

• A father of a teenager killed in Tbilisi suspends protests

  The protests are suspended for a week to provide the authorities with the time sufficient to fulfil the protestors' demands to punish the persons responsible for the killing of two teenagers in Tbilisi and to dismiss ministers.

June 12, 2018 10:29

• Eleven people killed in tourist catamaran accident near Volgograd

  On the night of June 12, a catamaran and a barge collided on the Volga river in the Volgograd region. Five passengers of the catamaran managed to survive, ten people were killed.

June 12, 2018 08:53

• Azerbaijan demonstrates new missile systems

  The Armed Forces of Azerbaijan have received operative-tactical missile complexes (OTMC) "Polonez" and LORA, made, respectively, by Belarus and Israel.

June 12, 2018 08:01

• Residents of Chechnya criticize authorities for mass Iftars

  According to the official information, about 20,000 people took part in the event.

June 12, 2018 06:27

• Conflict with elites is beneficial for Evkurov in Kremlin's eyes

  The conflict with the Muftiate, disagreements with Ramzan Kadyrov, resonant trials of law enforcers and counterterrorist operations (CTOs) will not stop the Kremlin from reassigning Yunus-Bek Evkurov as the head of Ingushetia, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

June 11, 2018 23:47

• Change of power in Armenia intensifies political struggle in regions

  The past local elections in Armenia have shown that candidates for community heads try to distance off from their membership in the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA). The "Prosperous Armenia" Party seeks to seize new positions, while Nikol Pashinyan's "Civil Accord" Party has no support in villages, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

June 11, 2018 22:49

• Chechen authorities use Egyptian footballers' workout for self-promotion

  Not all of the 8000 spectators attended the open workout of the Egyptian national football team voluntarily, local residents said. Together with the participants of the FIFA World Cup, the leadership of Chechnya appeared at the stadium.

June 11, 2018 19:46

• Film by director from Nalchik causes critics' controversy at "Kinotavr"

  A film in the Kabardian language "Deep Rivers" made by Vladimir Bitokov, a film director from Nalchik, received the prize of the "Kinotavr" Film Festival for the best debut and polar opinions of critics. The film director himself believes that residents of Kabardino-Balkaria can give a strict assessment of his film.

June 11, 2018 14:54

• Head of Armenia's Investigating Committee resigns

  Agvan Ovsepyan, the head of the Investigating Committee of Armenia, has announced his resignation, not specifying the reason, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

June 11, 2018 12:43

• On June 4-10, three persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week from June 4 to June 10, in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, at least three persons were killed. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

June 11, 2018 11:55

• In Tbilisi, an organizer of protests detained

  In Tbilisi, rights defender Zviad Kuprava and three protesters were detained for failure to obey to the police.

June 11, 2018 11:00

• Four Azerbaijani villages shelled, MoD reports

  Over the past day, the Armed Forces of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh 97 times violated the ceasefire regime in the conflict zone, the Ministry of Defence for Azerbaijan reports

June 11, 2018 09:05

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of June 4-10, 2018

  Arrival of participants of the FIFA World Cup in the cities of Southern Russia; special operation carried out in Nazran; two-day strike of metro drivers in Tbilisi; detention of a top-ranking police officer from Dagestan; strong earthquake in Azerbaijan; approval of Taimuraz Akhokhov as Mayor of Nalchik, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of June 4-10, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

June 10, 2018 19:07

• Father of the schoolboy killed in Tbilisi demands resignation of two ministers

  Giorgi Gakhariya, the Georgian Interior Minister, and Teya Tsulukiani, the Justice Minister, should leave their posts, Zaza Saralidze, the father of one of the stabbed schoolboys, has stated at the protest action.

June 10, 2018 18:01

• Residents of Grozny complain about traffic jams caused by arrival Egyptian footballers

  Policemen gave blocked streets at the "Akhmat Arena" Stadium and the Grozny Airport several hours before the arrival of the national football team of Egypt, thus created traffic jams, the townspeople have reported.

June 10, 2018 05:30

• Reproach addressed to Kadyrov at "Direct line" with Putin shows Kremlin's discontent

  The reproach to Kadyrov for his appointment of a relative to the post of the Grozny police boss was not accidentally pronounced on air of the "straight line" with Vladimir Putin. The Chechen cadre policy has long been raising questions in the Kremlin, political analysts believe.

June 09, 2018 23:25

• Official of Georgia's GPO admits guilt of schoolboys' murder

  Today, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has disclosed the inquiry details into the pressure on witnesses of the murder of two schoolboys in Tbilisi; however, protesters have retained their ultimatum on the June 10 protest action.

June 09, 2018 22:26

• Sentsov declares his condition normal

  Doctors have examined Oleg Sentsov, a citizen of Ukraine, convicted in Rostov-on-Don, the local branch of the Russian Penitentiary Administration (known as FSIN) has reported today.