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Clashes between opposition and police, December 16, 2018. Photo: REUTERS/David Chkhikvishvili

22:59, 17 December 2018

UNM political council member detained in Georgia

Today, Georgian law enforcers have detained David Kirkitadze, a member of the "United National Movement" Party, as part of measures in an investigation into clashes between the opposition and the police on December 16.

Abu Umar Sasitlinsky. Photo: Ya Rabbi https://ru.wikipedia.org/

22:51, 17 December 2018

A preacher from Dagestan denies his involvement in terrorist financing

The money raised in Northern Caucasus is used to help people, states Abu Umar Sasitlinsky. He has denied the information on financing militants from the "Islamic State"* and the "Jabhat-an-Nusra"*.

Russian troops of the Southern Military District in Abkhazia. Photo: press service for the Southern Military District

17:37, 17 December 2018

About 1000 Russian and Abkhaz soldiers and officers hold joint military drills

Over a week, the "Nagvalou" and "Tsabal" training grounds hosted military exercises, which involved more than 1000 soldiers and officers from Abkhazia and Russia, the TASS quoted on December 17 the press service of the Southern Military District as reporting.

Tent at the parliament building in Tbilisi, December 16, 2018. Photo: Sputnik / Vladimir Umikashvili. https://sputnik-georgia.ru/politics/20181217/243520369/Aktsii-bez-pereryva-oppozitsiya-rasskazala-o-svoikh-planakh.html

17:30, 17 December 2018

Opposition announces long-term protests in Georgia

Starting from December 18, the alliance "Strength in Unity" launches protest actions with the demand to hold early parliamentary elections, announces today Grigol Vashadze, one of the opposition leaders, a former Georgian presidential candidate.

Oleg Orlov shows the Franco-German Prize "For Human Rights and Rule of Law" awarded to Oyub Titiev. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the Caucasian Knot

13:41, 17 December 2018

Prosecutor's Office reports absence of videos from cameras on Titiev's detention day

The outdoor video cameras located on the route of Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial", on the day of his detention were either inactive, or the records from them did not survive, the representative of the Prosecutor's Office has stated today during the announcement of the materials of the case.

Military vehicles of the Azerbaijani Army. Photo: http://mod.gov.az/ru/foto-arhiv-045/

13:33, 17 December 2018

Azerbaijan reports machine-gun shelling in conflict zone

During the last 24 hours, positions of Azerbaijani military servicemen deployed in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled for 28 times, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated today.

Special forces agent. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/antiterroristicheskie-ucheniya/operativnym-shtabom-v-kaluzhskoy-oblasti-4.html#&gid=1&pid=2

13:21, 17 December 2018

On December 10-16, four persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

During the week of December 10-16, 2018, in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, two people perished and two others were wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Tent at the parliament building in Tbilisi, December 16, 2018. Photo by Galina Gotua for the Caucasian Knot

10:52, 17 December 2018

Opposition demands resignation of Georgian government

At a protest action in Tbilisi, leaders of the opposition have demanded early parliamentary elections and resignation of the government.

Vladimir Vasilchenko holds solo picket in Volgograd, December 16, 2018. Photo by Tatiana Filimonova for the Caucasian Knot

10:34, 17 December 2018

Two Volgograd activists hold pickets against war with Ukraine

In their solo pickets, two residents of Volgograd have demanded not to admit military actions against Ukraine. They came out with posters "Is there money to go to war?" and "War with Ukraine is our authorities' madness".

10:18, 17 December 2018

Two militaries wounded in Nagorno-Karabakh

The servicemen were brought to Yerevan from Stepanakert with explosive and gunshot wounds, the hospital has reported.

Konstantin and Tsotne Gamsakhurdiya. Photo: RFE/RL

10:03, 17 December 2018

Zviad Gamsakhurdiya's sons go on hunger strike

Konstantin and Tsotne Gamsakhurdiya went on a hunger strike, demanding to investigate their father's murder.

Posters of the participants of a rally in Magas. Photo by Umar Yovloy for the "Caucasian Knot"

09:44, 16 December 2018

Most Ingush MPs ignore Sharia Court

Only 10 out of 30 members of the Ingush Parliament came to a session of the Sharia Court. They said they had voted against the law on the border with Chechnya. The Sharia Court has asked the Council of Teips of Ingushetia to interview the MPs, who had ignored the session.

09:41, 16 December 2018

Batumi resident suspected of attacking transgender

In Batumi, policemen have detained a young man suspected of beating a transgender woman.

09:37, 16 December 2018

Court in Azerbaijan mitigates punishment to protester of families of perished soldiers

On December 14, a Baku court reduced the arrest of Togrul Godjaev, who was detained at a rally held by relatives of the militaries perished in the Karabakh conflict, from 30 days to 15 days.

Zalina Gabibulaeva at the forum held in Moscow on December 14. Photo by Rustam Djalilov for the "Caucasian Knot"

18:06, 15 December 2018

Relatives of Russian women tell about their departure to the IS

Young women from the republics of Northern Caucasus and other regions of the Russian Federation left for the warfare areas in Syria and Iraq unexpectedly for their relatives. Russian authorities should return them to their homeland, even if at home they may face criminal prosecution, their parents assert.

The European Court of Human Rights. Photo: REUTERS/Vincent Kessler

18:01, 15 December 2018

Activists criticize enforcement by Azerbaijani authorities of ECtHR's decisions

The practice of enforcing the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) suggests that the authorities will not rush to abolish the ban on leaving the country imposed on the Azerbaijani citizens who has won their cases at the ECtHR, oppositionists and human rights defenders believe.

17:54, 15 December 2018

Distrust of authorities at background of border dispute gives rise to rumours about brawl of Chechens with Ingushes

The concealment from journalists of important information about interethnic conflicts in jails has resulted in people's distrust of the authorities. Against the background of tensions around the Ingush-Chechen border, this distrust contributes to active spread of alternative versions about a brawl of inmates of Kabardino-Balkarian colony, experts believe.

12:51, 15 December 2018

Court upholds refusal to investigate extrajudicial executions in Chechnya

The investigators' refusal to initiate a criminal case after the publication of the "Novaya Gazeta" about the killing of 27 residents of Chechnya by law enforcers has been found lawful, a Stavropol court reports.

The 102nd Russian military base in Gyumri. Photo © Sputnik / Asatur Yesayants https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/armenia/20170222/6481195/minoborony-102-ya-rossijskaya-voennaya-baza-v-armenii-vazhnaya-sostavlyayushchaya-bezopasnosti.html

12:46, 15 December 2018

Armenian opposition opposes Russian interference in Gyumri murder case

The "Resolute Citizen" Party is demanding information from the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Armenia on whether the suspect of killing a Gyumri resident is still in the Russian military base. If is so, it means that in Armenia Russian laws are given preference over local ones, the "Sasna Tsrer" Party has stated.

The 2008 military conflict. South Ossetia. Photo: REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin

09:07, 15 December 2018

ECtHR rejects seven claims of South-Ossetians against Georgia

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has refused to consider seven out of 1500 lawsuits filed against Georgia in connection with the 2008 military conflict, Inal Tasoev, the Ombudsman under the South-Ossetian President, has stated.

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