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May 15, 2018 00:25

• Activists call on KBR's authorities to protect national languages

  The law on the voluntary study of national languages at schools will lead to the disappearance of the nations inhabiting the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) and the republic itself, and may trigger conflicts. This was stated by Madina Khakuasheva, a philologist, and Valery Khatazhukov, human rights defender.

May 14, 2018 21:15

• Russian authorities tell about unsuccessful search for gays in Chechnya

  The checks of information about the persecution of gays in Chechnya have reached a deadlock, as the authorities failed to find any members of the LGBT community there, Alexander Konovalov, the acting Russia's Minister of Justice, has announced.

May 14, 2018 20:42

• Azerbaijani citizen sentenced for raping a child in Dagestan

  A citizen of Azerbaijan is found guilty of sexual abuse of a five-year-old girl in Kaspiysk.

May 14, 2018 15:55

• Chechen rights defenders urged Putin to stop persecution of Oyub Titiev

  Scientists and art workers, clergymen, journalists and rights defenders have called on Vladimir Putin to transfer the consideration of the case of Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", to the federal level.

May 14, 2018 14:50

• Georgian MIA explains reasons for raiding nightclubs

  Organizers of the protest action "For Our Rights" and the Georgian Minister of Internal Affairs decided to create two groups to resolve drug policy issues and analyze the police actions during raids to nightclubs.

May 14, 2018 11:47

• A soldier of Karabakh Defence Army wounded

  Shamkhal Petrosyan, a soldier, born in 1998, was seriously wounded as a result of a shot from the Azerbaijani side, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh reports.

May 14, 2018 11:05

• IS disseminates a video with Paris terrorist swearing allegiance to militants

  According to the version of the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS) banned in Russia, a native of Chechnya, who committed a terror act in Paris, mentioned his attack was provoked by France bombing his companions.

May 14, 2018 10:00

• Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of shelling four villages

  Over the past day, the armed forces of Armenia have violated the ceasefire regime 98 times, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) reports.

May 14, 2018 09:20

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of May 7-13, 2018

  Election of Nikol Pashinyan as the Prime Minister of Armenia; bombing of the tomb of Sheikh of Chirkei in Dagestan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of May 7-13, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

May 14, 2018 08:59

• On May 7-14, 2018, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of May 7-14, 2018, there were no victims to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

May 13, 2018 23:56

• Head of Georgian MIA apologizes to participants of action "For Our Freedom"

  After negotiations with protesters, Giorgi Gakhariya, Georgian Minister of Internal Affairs, came out to participants of the action "For Our Freedom" and apologized for a special operation in nightclubs.

May 13, 2018 18:57

• Ramzan Kadyrov disowns perpetrator of a terror act in Paris

  Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Chechnya, has confirmed the Chechen origin of an attacker on passers-by in Paris. Meanwhile, he has said that Khamzat Azimov had long been living in France and the French authorities were responsible for his deed.

May 13, 2018 14:28

• A terror act in Paris committed by a native of Chechnya

  A man who killed one and wounded four other passers-by in Paris on May 12 turned out to be a native of Chechnya, a source from the French judicial authorities report. Responsibility for the terror act was claimed by the "Islamic State" (IS) banned in Russia.

May 13, 2018 08:19

• A woman from Kabardino-Balkaria requests to return her relatives from Syria

  Madina Naloeva, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, has reported that a wife of her son and two of her grandchildren are awaiting a trial at an Iraqi prison in awful conditions. Appeals to the authorities with a request to return the children home remained unanswered, the woman notes.

May 12, 2018 19:52

• Armenian Govt formed in full

  The Armenian President has approved the candidatures of 13 ministers and one vice-prime minister, proposed by the Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Formation of a new Cabinet of Ministers (Government) is over.

May 12, 2018 17:52

• Special fighters mobilized to protest actions in central Tbilisi

  Tbilisi protesters have asked to withdraw special fighters from the territory of the protest action, stating that it is a peaceful demonstration. At the request of the protesters, the police blocked one roadway lane, so that they could occupy it.

May 12, 2018 15:56

• Tbilisi protesters demand resignation of MIA head

  The protest action "For our freedom" is being held in Tbilisi. Its participants demanded to dismiss Giorgi Gakhariya, the head of the Georgian Minister of Internal Affairs (NIA), from the post and punish those who used force at dispersing the rally against police raids over nightclubs.

May 12, 2018 14:47

• Turkey and Azerbaijan agree to launch TANAP gas pipeline

  The Trans-Anatolian gas pipeline, through which gas from Azerbaijan will be delivered to Turkey and further to Europe, will start working on June 12, the Turkish Energy Minister has announced.

May 12, 2018 11:02

• Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of machine-gun attacks

  The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported that within the last 24 hours Armenian militaries violated the ceasefire in the Karabakh conflict zone for 95 times.

May 12, 2018 09:18

• Special operation in Tbilisi provokes mass protest action

  Several hundred people gathered for a spontaneous rally in central Tbilisi to protest against drug policemen's raiding over nightclubs. During the rally, Zurab Djaparidze, the head of the "Girchi" Party, and Beka Tsikarishvili, the leader of the White Noise Movement, were detained.