Сhronicles

March 28, 2016 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of March 21-27

  Appointment of Ramzan Kadyrov as acting head of Chechen Republic; conviction of Nadezhda Savchenko, imposed by court in Rostov Region; decision of Supreme Court of Russia upholds verdict to Said Amirov, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of March 21-27, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

March 21, 2016 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of March 14-20

  Passenger jet crashin Rostov-on-Don; pardoning in Azerbaijan of 14 political prisoners; Said Amirov pronounces his last plea at trial at Supreme Court of Russia; start of building a new house in place of destroyed apartment building in Volgograd; recall of license from Vladikavkaz "1Bank"; explosion at filling station in Kizlyar, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of March 14-20, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

March 14, 2016 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of March 7-13

  Attacks on journalists and rights defenders on Ingush-Chechen border; explosion at a mosque in Nazran injuring four persons; death of two suspected militants in the CTO in Dagestan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of March 7-13, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

March 07, 2016 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of February 29-March 6

  Appointment of Vyacheslav Bitarov the acting head of North-Ossetia; debate in the Donetsk court in case against Nadezhda Savchenko; action in memory of the people killed during riots in Yerevan on March 1-2, 2008; failed rally in support of Ramzan Kadyrov in Grozny; unidentified criminals' attack on deputies of the Buynaksk City Council; mass poisoning of children of a kindergarten in a village in Kabardino-Balkaria, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of February 29-March 6, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

February 29, 2016 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of February 22-28

  Actions in Boris Nemtsov's memory in cities of Southern Russia; meeting of delegates from Georgia and South Ossetia in Ergneti; publication of the report on the Chechen leader prepared by oppositionist Ilya Yashin, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of February 22-28, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

February 22, 2016 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of February 15-21

  Death of head of North Ossetia Tamerlan Aguzarov; car explosion at GIBDD (traffic police) post in Dagestan by suicide bomber; approval of conviction of Azerbaijani rights defender Rasul Jafarov; termination of Savchenko's trial; issuance of permit to build bridge across the Kerch Strait; cancellation of judgement in the case of Kislovodsk Imam Kurman-Ali Baichorov, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of February 15-21, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

February 15, 2016 08:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of February 8-14

  Protests of parishioners of Salafi mosque in Derbent after detention of its Imam; decision of Volgograd authorities to build a new house in place of destroyed one; large-scale military exercises in Southern Russia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of February 8-14, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

February 08, 2016 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of February 1-7

  Decision of the ECtHR on the case of torturing Gilal Mamedov in Azerbaijan; Georgia's President addresses his annual message to Parliament; rallies in Dagestani cities of Khasavyurt and Buynaksk; meeting of housing shareholders in Krasnodar with Kuban Governor on stopped construction of house; stop of hunger strike by resident of Volgograd, who demanded from authorities to solve her housing problem, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of February 1-7, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

February 01, 2016 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of January 25-31

  Decision of the Russian Supreme Court concerning appeals filed by defendants sentenced in the case of the attack on Nalchik; start of the investigation into the conflict in South Ossetia at the International Court in The Hague; adoption by PACE of one of two resolutions prepared on the Karabakh conflict, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of January 25-31, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

January 25, 2016 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of January 18-24

  Growing incidence of SARS and influenza in the southern regions of Russia; mass Orthodox bathing on the occasion of Epiphany in the south of Russia; rally in Grozny in support of Ramzan Kadyrov after his critic statements concerning non-systemic opposition; sentence against BORN members being upheld by the Supreme Court of Russia; collision of an armoured car with Gazel passenger minivan in Dagestan; start of the consideration of the Levon Airapetyan's case by Moscow court, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of January 18-24, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

January 18, 2016 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of January 11-17

  Protests against price rise in three cities of Azerbaijan; special operation in Nalchik; protest actions of Kuban pensioners against abolition of privileges for public transports, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of January 11-17, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

January 11, 2016 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of January 4-10

  Christmas celebrations by Orthodox believers; bad weather, which caused a number of emergencies in Southern Russia and countries of Southern Caucasus; increase in SARS and influenza incidence in Armenia; CBA's decision to change currency exchange rules; photo exhibition "Images of Old and New Sochi" in the resort city, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of January 4-10, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

January 04, 2016 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of December 28-January 3

  New Year celebrations in Northern Caucasus under reinforced security measures; armed attack on people in Derbent; presentation of final charges on Nemtsov's murder, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of December 28, 2015-January 3, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

December 28, 2015 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of December 21-27

  Resignation of Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili; release of Krasnodar ecologist Evgeny Vitishko from colony; election of new City Manager of Vladikavkaz; removal of debris after apartment block explosion in Volgograd; special operations in three republics of Northern Caucasus; update of list of political prisoners in Azerbaijan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of December 21-27, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

December 21, 2015 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of December 14-20

  Explosion in high-rise building in Volgograd that deprived hundred people of housing; start of trial on massacre of Avetisyan family in Armenia; meeting of presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of December 14-20, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

December 14, 2015 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of December 7-13

  Exemption of Yunus spouses from serving prison sentences in Azerbaijan; summary of the results of the referendum on constitutional reforms in Armenia; participation of truck drivers from Volgograd, Stavropol Territory, and Dagestan in truckers strike in Moscow; aggravation of the situation in the Karabakh conflict zone; adoption of budgets for 2016 in Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia; ECtHR's decisions in two cases of natives of Chechnya, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of December 7-13, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

December 07, 2015 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of November 30 to December 6

  Referendum on draft constitutional reforms in Armenia; protest of truckers from Volgograd Region in Moscow suburb; murder of Chief Physician of Republic's Hospital in Kabardino-Balkaria, –see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of November 30-December 6, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

November 30, 2015 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of November 23-29

  Unrest in Nardaran, which killed seven persons; two CTOs in Dagestan; departure of protesting truckers from southern regions of Russia to Moscow; transfer to court of the case about the shooting of the family in Gyumri; hunger strike of Krasnodar ecologist Evgeny Vitishko in the penal colony; withdrawal of the banking licence of the "Maximum" Bank in the Rostov Region, see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of November 23-29, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

November 23, 2015 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of November 16-22

  Two special operations against militants in Kabardino-Balkaria; special operation in Kalmykia, during which suspected murderer of a Moscow policeman was killed; another arson of a ziyart in Chechnya, see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of November 16-22, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

November 16, 2015 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of November 9-15

  Bad weather conditions, which resulted in emergencies in the southern part of Russia and Southern Caucasus; release from prison of Azerbaijani political analyst Arif Yunus; elections of the City Mayors in Pyatigorsk and Yessentuki; Congress of the Karachay people in Cherkessk; special operation in Nalchik, resulted in the killing of the leader of the local IS unit; court's decision to replace the unserved part of the sentence to Krasnodar ecologist Evgeny Vitishko with restriction of liberty, see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of November 9-15, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".