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Orkhan Djemal. Photo: Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)

22:36, 31 July 2018

In the Central African Republic (CAR), journalist Orkhan Djemal was killed together with his two colleagues while working on a documentary film about the private military company "Wagner". The information is confirmed by his wife and journalist Maxim Shevchenko.

22:22, 31 July 2018

In Vladikavkaz, investigators charge Aslan Yandiev

Aslan Yandiev, extradited from Slovakia to Russia against the UN position, has been charged. He is accused of committing grave and especially grave crimes in the territory of Vladikavkaz, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports today.

18:47, 31 July 2018

Armenian political analysts criticize Robert Kocharyan's words about political persecution

Robert Kocharyan, the second president of Armenia, arrested in the case of the dispersal of demonstrators in 2008, no longer has any serious political influence and has not earlier announced his participation in the election, political analysts stated.

Detention centre. Photo: Elena Sineok, Yuga.ru

18:36, 31 July 2018

TV story about Ibragim Yangulbaev causes distrust in Chechen people

On July 30, the "Grozny" TV Channel stated that Ibragim Yangulbaev, accused of extremism, had not filed any complaint about the lack of medical assistance at the SIZO (pre-trial prison). People who watched the TV story drew attention to the fact that Ibragim Yangulbaev himself had not been given a chance to speak.

Makhmud Velitov. Photo: http://ren.tv/novosti/2016-07-12/video-iz-suda-gde-za-ekstremizm-arestovali-imama-moskovskoy-mecheti

15:05, 31 July 2018

Imam Makhmud Velitov hospitalized, his defence reports

Makhmud Velitov, Imam of the Moscow mosque "Yardyam", sentenced on the charge of justifying terrorism, was transferred to a prison hospital with complaints of heart pain, his advocate reported.

Alvi Karimov, spokesman for the leader of Chechnya. Screenshot from video by Nikolai Diachkov,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=135&v=gLB43N9XMq0

14:59, 31 July 2018

Press service rejects Ramzan Kadyrov's connection with a scandalous film company

The state-owned enterprise "Chechenfilm", against which leaders a criminal case on fraud has been instituted, is liquidated and its general director left Russia, reported Alvi Karimov, the spokesman for the leader of Chechnya.

14:49, 31 July 2018

Court arrests a native of Chechnya for attacking a Moscow policeman

On July 30, a minor, born in Chechnya, accused on suspicion of attacking a policeman in Moscow, was arrested for two months.

Correctional facility. Photo: Elena Sineok, Yuga.ru

11:54, 31 July 2018

Kadyrov ignores complaints about tortures of Chechens in Russian colonies

Within a week, the authorities of Chechnya failed to react publicly to the appeal of two women from Chechnya to Ramzan Kadyrov, in which they complained about inhuman treatment of their relatives kept in Russian colonies.

Activists of the 'Girchi' Party planting hemp. Photo is provided by press service of 'Girchi' Party, https://www.facebook.com/GirchiParty/photos/a.1445948482123273.1073741855.1031485756902883/1445950502123071/?type=3&theater

11:47, 31 July 2018

Georgian activists achieve legalization of marijuana

The Constitutional Court (CC) of Georgia has granted the claim of activists of the "Girchi" Party, having recognized the administrative punishment for the use of marijuana to be unconstitutional.

08:24, 31 July 2018

Law enforcers deny information about shootout in Dagestan

The information about the shelling of policemen in the Novolaksky District is untrue, said the spokesperson of the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). According to his version, there were no attempts to attack law enforcers.

Members of the State Security Service of Azerbaijan. Photo: © Sputnik / Murad Orujo https://ru.sputnik.az/incidents/20170224/409093273/sluzhba-gosbezopasnosti-azerbajdzhan-pojmala-shpionov.html

08:17, 31 July 2018

Azerbaijani activists criticize inquiry into "Ganja case"

The four suspects of committing assassination attempt on the head of Ganja and organizing subsequent riots were killed by law enforcers, dozens of people were arrested or declared wanted, the Azerbaijani General Public Prosecutor has announced. However, a rights defender told the "Caucasian Knot" that the investigation is not transparent.

Policeman. Photo: Elena Sineok / Yuga.ru

23:09, 30 July 2018

A native of Chechnya explains his attack on a policeman by hatred

In Moscow, a charge has been brought against a young man detained after an attack on a policeman with a knife. During an interrogation, the native of Chechnya has voiced his dislike of law enforcers, a source reported.

22:55, 30 July 2018

Law enforcers check information about shooting in Dagestan

Secret services check information about the shelling of a police squad in the Novolaksky District. No information about possible victims is reported, a source reports today.

Mekhman Guseinov. Photo: Facebook / Mehman Huseynov https://ru.sputnik.az/incidents/20170110/408378224/bloger-mehman-gusejnov-osvobozhden-shtraf.html

22:49, 30 July 2018

Activists call on Azerbaijani authorities to let Mekhman Guseinov visit his mother

Today, members of NGOs and journalists have appealed to the Azerbaijani Ministry of Justice (MoJ) with a request to let blogger Mekhman Guseinov, sentenced for slander, visit his seriously ill mother.

Rainbow flag. Photo: REUTERS/Henry Romero

19:27, 30 July 2018

"Russian LGBT-Network": 125 gays leave Chechnya because of persecution

Since early 2017, 125 people, who fell victim to persecution, left Chechnya, the "Kommersant" reports today in the article "In the Chechen Republic, there are no sex minorities or their number drops" with reference to a member of the movement "Russian LGBT-Network".

At the place of fire in Sochi. Photo: press service of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Krasnodar Territory

19:19, 30 July 2018

Sochi authorities disclose information about fire victims

The death toll of eight people includes a child, investigators reported. The dead were workers from the CIS countries, who lived in a temporary shelter on a railway right-of-way, the Sochi administration reported.

19:09, 30 July 2018

Million-rouble thefts in "Chechenfilm" to be investigated after complaint from Minister of Culture - RBC

A criminal case has been instituted against chiefs and employees of the film studio "Chechenfilm" after a complaint filed by Vladimir Medinsky, Russian Minister of Culture, the RBC reports today.

Screenshot from video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0e2FlKahCw

15:47, 30 July 2018

In Sochi, death toll of fire reaches eight people

Today, early in the morning, a fire has broken out in a private apartment building in Sochi. Various sources reported at least nine victims of the fire, including seven dead.

Military drills in Azerbaijan using new vehicles supplied to Baku by Russia, February 2018. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan.

15:39, 30 July 2018

Azerbaijan claims shelling of its positions in five villages

On July 29-30, the ceasefire regime on the contact line at the border with Armenia and in the Karabakh conflict zone was violated 92 times, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) reports today.

Russian special task forces. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/antiterroristicheskie-ucheniya/v-karabashe-proshli-ucheniya-arsenal-2018.html

15:32, 30 July 2018

On July 23-29, 2018, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

During the week of July 23-29, 2018, no one fell victim 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.

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