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18:54, 16 February 2016

Resident of Derbent reports about bomb explosion in house of IS militant

In Derbent, power agents destroyed an explosive device in the house of Abutdin Khanmagomedov, who had sworn to the "Islamic State" (IS) said one of townspeople.

18:00, 16 February 2016

Dagestan: power agents detain father of alleged suicide bomber

Elzhan Talibov, 46, the father of Admir Talibov, suspected of triggering an explosion at the GIBDD (traffic police) checkpoint, was brought to the ROVD (District Interior Division) of Derbent, said a law enforcement source from Dagestan.

Apartment building in Volgograd destroyed by explosion, January 2016. Photo by Tatiana Filimonova for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

17:12, 16 February 2016

Damaged apartment house is being dismantled in Volgograd

Builders plan to completely dismantle the multi-storey house destroyed by explosion by March 15. The demolition of the house will cost 16,370,000 budget roubles.

16:59, 16 February 2016

Two persons detained in Krasnodar Territory on suspicion of having links with the IS

One of the detainees, according to law enforcers, took part in the activities of the "Islamic State" (IS), which is banned in Russia; the second is suspected of complicity.

Court announces sentence in the case of the attack on Nalchik, December 2014. Photo: http://memohrc.org/news/vynesen-prigovor-po-delu-o-vooruzhennom-napadenii-na-nalchik

14:35, 16 February 2016

Request on Amur Khakulov's case sent to ECtHR

Representatives of Amur Khakulov, a convict in the case on the attack on Nalchik, have sent a request to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to take urgent measures in connection with the deterioration of his health. Khakulov needs haemodialysis and takes pills, said his wife.

Buynaksk, Dagestan. Photo: Eldar Rasulov, http://www.odnoselchane.ru/

13:38, 16 February 2016

Buynaksk Court takes Yusup Bartykhanov in custody

Yusup Bartykhanov, a member of the tender committee for the selection of candidates for the post of Mayor of Buynaksk, is suspected of illegal purchase and possession of weapons and drugs. This was reported by a source from the Buynaksk City Court. According to the source, the Court has taken Yusup Bartykhanov in custody for two months.

Rasul Jafarov. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

11:05, 16 February 2016

Rasul Jafarov's sentence upheld by SC

The Azerbaijani Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed the appeal filed by advocates of human rights defender Rasul Jafarov and upheld his earlier sentence.

Grozny. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

10:48, 16 February 2016

Chechnya enhances security measures

In Chechnya, law enforcers have enhanced security measures after the terror act, committed in the Derbent District of Dagestan in the morning of February 15. Residents of Chechnya report on numerous mobile police checkpoints, arranged on the main roads.

Gevorg Safaryan. Photo: http://tarmnews.com/gevorg-safaryan-yavlyaetsya-politzaklyuchennym-pravozashhitnik/

08:52, 16 February 2016

Activists demand from Council of Europe to condemn prosecution of Gevorg Safaryan

Supporters of the Front of National Salvation "New Armenia" have handed over a letter to the Armenian representative office of the Council of Europe (CE). In their letter, the activists request to condemn the prosecution of Gevorg Safaryan, a member of the "Constituent Parliament", and other arrested activists.

02:46, 16 February 2016

In Azerbaijan, father of prisoner reports on violent death of his son

In Azerbaijan, prisoner Nourani Ibragimov died at the penitentiary institution No. 6. According to his farther, the prisoner's body bears numerous signs of physical violence. Officials from the Azerbaijani Ministry of Justice (MoJ) have confirmed the fact of the prisoner's death; however, they still refuse to comment on the circumstances and causes of the incident.

19:59, 15 February 2016

GPO sends request on Kadyrov's statements to Chechnya

The request of the Saint Petersburg Deputy Maxim Reznik, demanding to check the statements of Ramzan Kadyrov for extremism, has been resent by the Russia's General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) to the Prosecutor's Office of Chechnya. Maxim Reznik intends to challenge the GPO's decision.

Advocate Alaudi Musaev (left in the second row) in courtroom, Stavropol Region, February 15, 2016. Photo: Fatima Alieva

18:28, 15 February 2016

Kurman-Ali Baichorov is at large

The Collegium for Criminal Cases of the Stavropol Territorial Court decided to quash the verdict to Kislovodsk Imam Kurman-Ali Baichorov. The Imam has been released under recognizance not to leave, said his advocate.

Explosion at the Djemikent traffic checkpoint, February 15, 2016. Screenshot from the video posted by the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

16:34, 15 February 2016

IS claims responsibility for explosion in Dagestan

The explosion at the GIBDD (traffic police) checkpoint in the Derbent District was committed by a suicide bomber from the IS unit in Northern Caucasus, says the statement of the "Islamic State" (IS), recognized as a terrorist organization.

15:32, 15 February 2016

Power of explosion in Dagestan was at least 30 kg of TNT equivalent

According to various sources, the power of the explosion, triggered at the Djemikent checkpoint of the GIBDD (traffic police), was 30-50 kilos of TNT (trotyl) equivalent. There is a version that there were two bombs in the blasted car.

Aimani Kadyrova Mosque in Argun. Photo: Argunoy https://ru.wikipedia.org

14:19, 15 February 2016

Argun residents condemn suspects of supporting ISIL

On February 13, residents of the city of Argun gathered in the local mosque to publicly condemn young men and women, accused of supporting radical Islam and calling to go to warfare in Syria. The gathering was also held with participation of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, who reported about the events on the following day in his Instagram.

Derbent District of Dagestan. Map of the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

12:41, 15 February 2016

Explosion at traffic checkpoint becomes third armed incident in southern Dagestan in 1.5 months

According to the law enforcement bodies, the explosion at the Djemikent checkpoint of the road police (known as GIBDD) was committed by members of the "Southern" grouping of militants.

Explosion at the Djemikent traffic checkpoint. Sreenshot from the video ‘Djemikent checkpoint’ posted by user Georgy Kapylov, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWXN5aQ4JZg

11:19, 15 February 2016

In Dagestan, four persons killed in explosion at traffic checkpoint (+video)

This morning, an explosion has occurred near the Djemikent checkpoint of the road police (known as GIBDD) in the Derbent District. The incident happened after one of the cars had approached the checkpoint for verification of documents. The law enforcement bodies admit that the explosion could be committed by a man whose remains were found at the place of the explosion.

09:35, 15 February 2016

Dagestan: schoolteacher wounded during kidnapping

In the evening on February 14, a group of four persons entered the house of a secondary school teacher of the village of Djuli. They tied his wife and kidnapped the teacher. Today, a source from the law enforcement bodies has reported that the teacher was taken away in a car, which was later discovered in the village of Khuchni, the centre of the Tabasaran District.

08:00, 15 February 2016

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".

Boris Nemtsov, February 21, 2014. Photo: Ilya Schurov, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Support_of_prisoners_of_the_Bolotnaya_square_case_(21_February_2014)_(Boris_Nemtsov).jpg

05:08, 15 February 2016

"Rosbalt": man accused of organizing Boris Nemtsov's murder takes his family out of Chechnya

Ruslan Mukhudinov, accused of the murder of Boris Nemtsov, who was put on the wanted list, returned from the United Arab Emirates to Chechnya and accompanied his family members out from Chechnya, the "Rosbalt" reports with reference to its sources.

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