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Burnt car of the Joint Mobile Group, March 10, 2016. Photo courtesy of Djambulat Ozdoev

20:32, 25 October 2018

"Committee against Torture" sums up investigation into attack on rights defenders and journalists in Ingushetia

Despite 30 months of investigation into the attack on journalists and rights defenders in Ingushetia on the border with Chechnya, there are no defendants in the case, and investigators do not respond to requests from victims to examine the case materials, the NGO "Committee against Torture" reports today.

Northern Caucasus District Military Court. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the Caucasian Knot

20:25, 25 October 2018

A native of Stavropol sentenced to 16 years of imprisonment after deportation from Austria

The court has found Bekkhan Zubairaev, a native of the Stavropol Territory, who had been earlier deported from Austria, an organizer to the financing of Syrian militants.

Policeman © Photo by Vlad Alexandrov, Yuga.ru

20:12, 25 October 2018

A police officer detained after beating a resident of Buynaksk

The chief of the GIBDD (road police) Department for the Buynaksk District is suspected of abuse of office, the law enforcement bodies report today.

Soldiers of the Azerbaijani Army. Photo: https://mod.gov.az/ru/foto-arhiv-045/

13:16, 25 October 2018

Azerbaijan claims shelling of a village in conflict zone

Over a day, positions of the Azerbaijani army, including in the village of Zamanly, were shelled 28 times in the Karabakh conflict zone, reports today the Ministry of Defence for Azerbaijan.

Bridge in Tuapse District of Kuban destroyed by flooding. Photo: © Sergei Vervein https://www.yuga.ru/news/435742/

13:04, 25 October 2018

Five persons fell victim to flooding in Kuban

Two persons were killed and other three were injured. The fate of one more person still remains unknown after heavy rains in the Krasnodar Territory, reports today the regional Ministry for Emergencies (MfE).

Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: North Caucasus Service (RFE/RL)

11:01, 25 October 2018

Kadyrov summons Ingush elder to Sharia trial

Magomed Daudov, the Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, arrived in the Ingush village of Novy Redant on behalf of Ramzan Kadyrov and invited the Elder Akhmed Barakhoev to a Sharia trial because of his statement at a rally in Magas. Barakhoev refused to come to Kadyrov.

Mass prayers of protesters in Magas. Photo is provided by Yakub Gogiev

10:47, 25 October 2018

Lawyers on outcomes of considering border agreement by Ingush CC

The Constitutional Court (CC) of Ingushetia will unlikely recognize the law on fixing a new Chechen-Ingush border as legitimate, since it indicated earlier the need for a referendum on this issue. If the law is found unconstitutional, the CC will oblige the Parliament to amend it, the lawyers polled by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

01:15, 25 October 2018

Armenian government offers broadest amnesty in the country's history

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) of Armenia has submitted a bill to the Parliament on a mass amnesty, which covers, among others, the members of the "Sasna Tsrer" detachment and the "Constituent Parliament".

01:07, 25 October 2018

Woman dies in flooded area of Krasnodar Territory

In the area of flooding in the Tuapse District of the Krasnodar Territory, the body of a woman was found; investigators are studying the circumstances of her death.

South Ossetia-Georgia border. Photo: Sputnik / Natalia Airiyan

00:59, 25 October 2018

Two Georgian residents set free after detention at South-Ossetian border

Law enforcers of South Ossetia have released two residents of the Georgian village of Okami, who were detained on October 20 on suspicion of violating the border.

Nikol Pashinyan (centre). Photo: © Sputnik / Asatur Yesayants https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/politics/20180508/11642070/nikol-pashinyan-armenia-biografiya.html

21:29, 24 October 2018

Parliament doesn't elect Nikol Pashinyan as Premier

Not a single MP has voted today for the appointment of Nikol Pashinyan as Prime Minister of Armenia. The next vote is scheduled for October 31.

Flooding. Photo: © Olga Gromova / Yuga.ru

21:23, 24 October 2018

Tuapse residents tell about flooding of the city and nearby settlements

As a result of heavy rains, in Tuapse, the bridge over the Tsypka River was destroyed. The central part of the city turned into a swirling stream that carries away cars, townspeople report.

Nikol Pashinyan. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the Caucasian Knot

18:11, 24 October 2018

Supporters of Pashinyan hold rally at parliament building

Supporters of Nikol Pashinyan have held an action in the yard of the building of the National Assembly of Armenia (Parliament) with posters "Immediate dissolution of parliament and judiciary".

Meeting of the tenants of one of Grozny dormitories. Screenshot from the "Grozny" TV Channel broadcasting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=90&v=qg4-Icfq8QA

18:01, 24 October 2018

Chechen authorities deny housing to critics of hostel inspections

The video clip with a woman, who, according to the author of the video, fainted when a hostel in Grozny was inspected, irritated Ramzan Kadyrov. For the "unethical behaviour" it was decided not to provide new housing to those who filmed and posted the video, a source from the city Mayoralty has stressed.

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

14:19, 24 October 2018

Azerbaijan claims 30 bombardments in conflict zone

The positions of the Azerbaijani Army in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled at different sections of the frontline, including the territories "near the occupied villages," the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported today.

Fire at the "Electrozinc" Factory in Vladikavkaz, October 22, 2018. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the Caucasian Knot

14:09, 24 October 2018

ICRF voices out reason of "Electrozinc" fire

According to preliminary data of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), the fire that occurred at the "Electrozinc" Factory in Vladikavkaz was a result of violations of the industrial safety regulations, investigators have stated.

Metallurgical District Court of Chelyabinsk. Photo: Yandex-maps

10:59, 24 October 2018

Chelyabinsk operative agents accused of native of Chechnya's death in colony

The Metallurgical District Court of Chelyabinsk has held parties' debates on a criminal case initiated against four staff members of a correctional colony accused of beating up convicts and involvement in the death of a Chechen native. The prosecutor demanded from six years to 12.5 years in prison for them.

Djeikhun Nabi. Photo: Djeikhun Nabi, contact.az

10:42, 24 October 2018

Oppositionist Djeikhun Nabi detained in Azerbaijan

Law enforcers have detained the activist Djeikhun Nabi in Shamkir and brought him to Baku. The detention may have to do with Nabi's posts on the Facebook, in which he criticized Azerbaijani authorities, Sardar Nabiev, Djeikhun's father, and Ogtai Gyulyalyev, a rights defender, have stated.

10:29, 24 October 2018

Georgian MPs offer criminal liability for country's maps without Abkhazia and South Ossetia

A draft law on criminal liability for making and spreading "maps of Georgia, which violate the territorial integrity" was registered at the Georgian Parliament.

Yandare village. Photo: Adam Sagov https://ru.wikipedia.org

08:41, 24 October 2018

Residents of Yandare and Kantyshevo support opponents of border agreement

Ingush officials are organizing meetings, where they try to convince residents of the republic of the legitimacy of the agreement on fixing a new border. The meetings also involve members of the organizing committee of the Magas rally; the participants of the meetings in the villages of Yandare and Kantyshevo have already supported them, activists have stated.

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