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NATO flag. Photo: REUTERS/Christian Hartmann

19:04, 17 July 2018

Vladimir Putin announces Russia's tough reaction to Georgia's accession to NATO

The NATO's advance to Russia's borders and, in particular, Georgia joining the alliance, will pose a threat to the country and will provoke a response, stated Russian President Vladimir Putin. He has noted that the number of NATO soldiers has been increased in the areas where "there should not be any of them."

Verkhnaya Mara village, Karachay Region. Photo: http://v-mara.fo.ru/image#/image_937640

16:14, 17 July 2018

Relatives of attack victim succeed in urging Karachay-Cherkessian investigators to react

A criminal case of an attack on Rustam Laipanov, wounded by unidentified people in Karachay-Cherkessia, was instituted against the background of a rally held by the victim's relatives who threatened the authorities of the republic to arrange mass protests.

Landslide at the "Volgograd Arena" Stadium. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the Caucasian Knot.

16:01, 17 July 2018

Experts report mistakes in design of "Volgograd Arena" Stadium (+video)

A slope at the "Volgograd Arena" Stadium was subjected to erosion due to shortages of storm sewage system, reported Sergey Kamin, the director of the project "Construction of Stadium in Volgograd". Engineers should have calculated the reserve capacities of a storm sewage system, believes Igor Shkopinsky, the chairman of the board for the "Rosgrazhdanproekt" design and survey institute.

11:08, 17 July 2018

Two miners stay at resuscitation ward after explosion in Tkibuli

The condition of two out of six victims of an explosion at the Mindeli mine in Tkibuli is assessed by doctors as severe, while the condition of the rest is not a cause for concern.

10:59, 17 July 2018

Blogger Maddison gets 1.5 years of conditional sentence for a joke about Koran

Video blogger Ilya Davydov (Maddison) has been sentenced to conditional sentence under Article 282 for the video "Joke about the Koran". Earlier, the scandalous video was recognized as an extremist material by the decision of the Zavodskoy District Court of Grozny.

10:47, 17 July 2018

In Nalchik, authorities ban action in defence of native languages

In Nalchik, activists tried to get a sanction to hold on July 17 a rally and a picket against a bill on the voluntary study of national languages. However, the city authorities dismissed both notifications for formal reasons.

Confiscation of the moloko+ almanacs in Krasnodar. Photo: Alina Desyatnichenko / Yuga.ru

08:33, 17 July 2018

Circulation of moloko+ confiscated in Krasnodar after attack on journalists

Law enforcers have seized all the copies of the moloko+ almanac during its presentation in Krasnodar.

Oyub Titiev and his advocate Pyotr Zaikin (right) in the court. Photo: press service of HRC 'Memorial'

08:19, 17 July 2018

Chechen TV shows accusatory story about Titiev two days before the trial

The main prosecution witness in Oyub Titiev's case, a drug addict himself, appeared on the air of a Chechen TV channel. However, local residents assert that the story with accusations against Titiev and his colleagues from the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" was unconvincing.

Appeal to Donald Trump on the facade of the presidential palace in Helsinki. Photo is provided by Human Rights Campaign https://twitter.com/HRC/status/1018673219853783040

22:10, 16 July 2018

Activists call on Presidents Trump and Putin to stop violence in Chechnya

Before the meeting of the US and Russian Presidents in Helsinki, activists of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) called on Donald Trump to condemn the persecution of gays in Chechnya during his conversation with Vladimir Putin.

Ramazan Aliev. Photo: press service of the Dagestani Administration and Government

21:56, 16 July 2018

Dagestan: Ramazan Aliev's arrest extended

Ramazan Aliev, the former deputy Prime Minister of Dagestan, has been charged with abuse of authority, and his arrest has been extended up to two months, reports a source from the Dagestani law enforcement bodies.

Mine. Photo: https://pixabay.com/en/coal-black-mineral-underground-1626368/

17:39, 16 July 2018

Georgian authorities stop Mindeli Mine operation after miners' deaths

The Georgian government has pronounced the decision to suspend the operation of the Mindeli Mine in Tkibuli. Today, according to the preliminary version voiced by investigators, a methane explosion has occurred and four persons have been killed. The trade unions believe the authorities pronounced the decision to stop the mine operation too late.

Special operation. Photo: press service of National Anti-Terrorism Committee, http://nac.gov.ru

17:32, 16 July 2018

On July 9-15, 2018, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

During the week of July 9-15, 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.

Mine. Photo: Sputnik / Alexei Kudenko
https://sputnik-georgia.ru/incidents/20180716/241228056/Tragedija-v-Tkibuli-ugolnye-shahty-mozhet-perejti-gosudarstvu.html

14:37, 16 July 2018

Four miners perish in Tkibuli

The Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has launched an investigation into an accident at the Mindeli mine, as a result of which four persons have been killed and six others have been injured today.

Residents of Kumakhov Street in the village of Vtoroy Lesken. Screenshot from video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwGPtL8ygxw

14:30, 16 July 2018

In Kabardino-Balkaria, villagers complain of long-standing problems with water

In the village of Vtoroy Lesken, residents of Kumakhov Street have disseminated a video appeal with a complaint about the long absence of water supply. According to the villagers, they are willing to pay for the necessary work to restore the water supply, but the local authorities ignore their proposal.

Mohamed Salah (centre), a player for the Egyptian national team, takes part in Saudi Arabia v Egypt match. Photo: REUTERS / Ueslei Marcelino

14:19, 16 July 2018

Muslims of Egypt and Iran got no support from Caucasus at FIFA World Cup

The participation of Muslim teams, namely, of the national teams of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Iran, in the FIFA World Cup aroused no surge of interest in Northern Caucasus, even taking into account the accommodation of the Egyptian team in Chechnya. This opinion was voiced by the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Natalia Estemirova. Photo: HRC 'Memorial' Telegram Channel

11:20, 16 July 2018

Rights defenders mark anniversary of Natalia Estemirova's murder

On the ninth anniversary of the death of Natalia Estemirova, a member of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in Chechnya, rights defenders have declared their willingness to continue fighting to release their colleague Oyub Titiev, accused of drug possession.

An alleged member of an Armenian reconnaissance and sabotage grouping. Photo is provided by the press service of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence, https://mod.gov.az/ru/news/na-gosudarstvennoj-granice-presechena-provokaciya-razvedyvatelno-diversionnoj-gruppy-armenii-23428.html

11:12, 16 July 2018

Azerbaijani MoD reports detention of Armenian saboteur

On July 15, at the border, according to the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD), Azerbaijani soldiers detained a member of an Armenian reconnaissance and sabotage grouping, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reported.

Participants of protest held at Iraqi Embassy in Moscow, April 5, 2018. Photo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=62&v=_URlbSxm_nE

10:59, 16 July 2018

Mothers of Russian women captured in Iraq ask Putin to return their daughters home

About 50 women from Dagestan, Chechnya, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Adygea, and other regions of Russia appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin with a request to return their daughters and grandchildren from Iraqi prisons.

10:38, 15 July 2018

Fifty families blocked in Georgian mountains after bridge collapse

Residents of the highland region of Racha are cut off from the outside world after the river high water after downpours washed off the bridge, said Archil Djaparidze, the governor of the Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti Region.

A mental hospital in the village of Darbankhi, Chechnya. Screenshot of a TV spot "Complete newscast on July 9, 2018" by the Grozny TV Channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_K5dUEqkL4

10:38, 15 July 2018

Version of appealer to Kadyrov's illness reminds public humiliations practised in Chechnya

Public humiliations of Ramzan Kadyrov's critics and announcement of the persons turning to the head of Chechnya to be crazy make one doubt the mental disorder of the local resident, who has declared vegetables grown in the republic as harmful. This is the opinion of experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

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