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The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence. Photo: Спутник / Anar Mustafayev
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15:33, 12 July 2018

Azerbaijan accused Armenia of machine-gun shelling

Within the last 24 hours, Armenian militaries violated the ceasefire for 101 times, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.

The believers of the village of Terechnoye, Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, during a forced mass "prophylactic registering". Photo by Magomed Razakov for the "Caucasian Knot"

12:37, 12 July 2018

Residents of Dagestani village complain about mass prophylactic registering

The believers of the village of Terechnoye, Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, were massively put on the so-called "prophylactic registry". For this purpose, law enforcers blocked parishioners in the mosque after Friday namaz (prayer), local residents have reported.

A scheme of the location of the villages of Dolakovo and Zilga made by the "Caucasian Knot". The ditch is marked by a red cross

12:37, 12 July 2018

Residents of Ingush village demand to restore road to North Ossetia (+video)

Residents of the Ingush village of Dolakovo demand to liquidate the ditch dug in 1992 and restore the road that connects the border villages of Ingushetia with the federal highway. However, the head of the North-Ossetian village of Zilga and the deputy head of the Pravoberezhny District of North Ossetia insist on preserving the ditch.

Farrukh Gasymov. Photo © FB / ferrux.qasimov.7 https://ru.sputnik.az/incidents/20180711/416165400/ganja-ubiystvo-policiya-zaderjaniye.html

08:16, 12 July 2018

Suspect of killing policeman in Ganja detained

The police have detained Farrukh Gasymov within the murder case of two policemen during the riots in the Azerbaijani city of Ganja.

08:16, 12 July 2018

Serzh Sargsyan's nephew arrested

The court in Yerevan has ruled to place Hayk Sargsyan, a nephew of Serzh Sargsyan, the third president of Armenia, on charges of an attempted murder.

NATO's summit in Brussels. July 11, 2018. Photo by the NATO's press service https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_156840.htm

08:16, 12 July 2018

NATO calls on Russia to withdraw troops from Abkhazia and South Ossetia

The leaders of 29 countries-members of the North-Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) have confirmed their support for the territorial integrity of Georgia. They called on Russia to withdraw troops from the territory of Abkhazia and South Ossetia and reject the earlier recognition of their sovereignty.

The Georgian-South-Ossetian border. Photo © Sputnik / Natalya Ayriyan https://sputnik-ossetia.ru/South_Ossetia/20171219/5507957.html

23:06, 11 July 2018

Georgian citizen fined after detention at South-Ossetian border

In South Ossetia, the court fined a woman from Rustavi for violating the border, and she was deported to Georgia.

A mourning ceremony for the policemen killed in clashes during the protest action in the city of Ganja. Photo © Sputnik / İlham Mustafa
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22:58, 11 July 2018

Riots in Azerbaijani Ganja: secular opposition replaced by religious radicals

In the city of Ganja, one of the Shiite centres, social tension in the city resulted in the killing of policemen at a protest action. This is reported by experts. They have noted that in Azerbaijan, as a result of the authorities' actions against the secular opposition, religious radicals who raise social issues become more popular.

Oyub Titiev's convoy. Photo by the press service of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial"

20:04, 11 July 2018

Defenders report filing a complaint against Oyub Titiev's arrest to ECtHR

Oyub Titiev, the head of the "Memorial" office in Grozny, has filed a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg against violation of his right to freedom and political motives for criminal prosecution. That is reported by his advocate.

Vegetables. Photo: Maxim Tishin / Yugopolis

20:00, 11 July 2018

Relatives claim author of appeal to Ramzan Kadyrov suffers from mental deviations

A resident of Chechnya, who addressed Ramzan Kadyrov in connection with the information about dangerous vegetables, grown by Chinese entrepreneurs in the republic, is registered at the psychiatrist's place. This was stated by relatives of the man on the air of the Chechen TV Channel. Messages about poor-quality vegetables were also disseminated by other WhatsApp users.

Mtskheta District Court. Photo: Nino Kharadze (RFE/RL)

19:56, 11 July 2018

Georgian resident arrested in US family murder case

Malkhaz Kobauri, suspected of involvement in the murder of spouses and their child in the mountains of Georgia, has claimed that the people were killed by two people unknown to him.

14:13, 11 July 2018

Schoolboy driving a car shot down a two-year-old child in Chechnya

A two-year-old child died after getting under the car, driven by 12-year-old schoolboy.

Yunis Safarov. Photo: screenshot of the video on YouTube / Xəzər Xəbər https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEl-MEWaRIY&feature=youtu.be

14:11, 11 July 2018

Suspects of killing Azerbaijani law enforcers named

Rashad Beyukkishiev and Farrukh Gasymov have been put on the wanted list under the case of killing two policemen during the riots in the city of Ganja.

Women and children returned from Syria to Dagestan. Grozny, October 21, 2017. Photo: screenshot of the video by the user Russia 24 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au-M3DuD-9I

09:58, 11 July 2018

Two Dagestani women find their grandsons in Syria

Raisat Omarova and Zukhra Gaziakhmatova, residents of Dagestan, have found the whereabouts of their grandsons, who remained in Syria after the death of their parents. For their active actions to evacuate the children from the territory of the "Islamic State" (IS) (banned in Russia by the court), the grandmothers may face criminal liability.

09:51, 11 July 2018

Policemen prevent self-immolation near Pashinyan's residence in Yerevan

Law enforcers have saved the man, who poured gasoline over and set himself on fire at the residence of Nikol Pashinyan, the Prime Minister of Armenia.

Leaflets with Nikol Pashinyan's name and photos of Pashinyan. Yerevan, May 2, 2018. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"

08:24, 11 July 2018

Political analysts outline Nikol Pashinyan's first foreign policy outcomes as Premier

In the opinion of Tigran Khzmalyan, a political analyst, after three months of Nikol Pashinyan's advent to power in Armenia, a gradual weakening of Russia's influence is noticeable. According to Khikmet Gadjizade, his colleague, Azerbaijan associates Pashinyan with possible progress in settling the Karabakh crisis.

The police officers at the protest action in Azerbaijan. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"

08:19, 11 July 2018

Two police officers killed during riots in Ganja

During the riots in Ganja, two police officers were killed, 40 people were detained, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported.

Oyub Titiev. Photo by the press service of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial"

08:13, 11 July 2018

Oyub Titiev's Defence appeals against his arrest extension

The advocates of Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", have filed a complaint against the decision of the Shali City Court of Chechnya to extend Oyub's arrest until December 22.

Vladimir Vasiliev during his meeting with President Vladimir Putin on July 10, 2018. Photo courtesy of the Kremlin press service http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/57975

23:55, 10 July 2018

Head of Dagestan reports to Putin on his war on corruption

More than 200 officials in Dagestan are prosecuted for violating the anti-corruption legislation, Vladimir Vasiliev, the acting head of Dagestan, has stated during his meeting with President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin.

23:52, 10 July 2018

Conflict of Tolerance Institute head with Russian woman causes resonance in Georgia

A Russian tourist has provided false information about the attack of the head of the Tolerance and Diversity Institute, Eka Chitanava, a participant of the clash, has stated. Tolerance towards Russian symbolism in Georgia has sparked a lively discussion on the Internet.

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