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Anastasia Shevchenko holds flash mob "They've robbed us to panties!" against pension reform, Rostov-on-Don. Photo by provided to the Caucasian Knot by Anastasia Shevchenko

08:22, 3 July 2018

Rostov activist summoned to police after flash mob "They've robbed us to panties!"

Rostov-on-Don law enforcers have called the activist Anastasia Shevchenko and warned her about the inadmissibility of extremism. However, Anastasia believes that her stripping action helped to draw attention to the problem.

22:48, 2 July 2018

Сoordinator of Navalny's office fined by 150,000 roubles

Today, the court has pronounced the decision to fine Ivan Tansky, a coordinator of the Alexei Navalny's office in Stavropol, 150,000 roubles for organizing an unsanctioned action.

Zaza Saralidze. Photo: © FB / Giorgi Margvelashvili https://sputnik-georgia.ru/politics/20180601/240712890/Moja-cel-obespechit-mir-v-Gruzii-prezident-vstretilsja-s-otcom-ubitogo-shkolnika.html

22:37, 2 July 2018

In Tbilisi, father of murdered teenager goes on hunger strike

Today, Zaza Saralidze has started a hunger strike in a yard of the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). The man demands from investigators to detain one of the main witnesses, whom he considers involved in the murder of his son.

Lesson at school. Photo: © : Sputnik / Kirill Bragahttps://sputnik-georgia.ru/reviews/20170914/237321154/Sistema-obrazovanija-v-Gruzii-15-ministrov-i-neskonchaemye-reformy.html

22:28, 2 July 2018

Georgian authorities allocate about 4.5 million US dollars for school security systems

The funds are aimed to ensure that external perimeters of school buildings are equipped with CCTV cameras, an official from the Georgian Ministry of Education has announced today.

Suleiman Kerimov (right). Photo: press service of the Federation Council of Russia

17:44, 2 July 2018

Suleiman Kerimov returns to Moscow from France

Suleiman Kerimov, a Senator from Dagestan, got back his passport in France, where he was accused of violating the procedures while purchasing real estate objects. At present, he can freely move around Europe, the Russian diplomatic mission in France reports today.

Baku. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasia Knot

17:32, 2 July 2018

20 people suffer from record heat in Baku

From the early summer, 49 people addressed the Baku City Emergency Medical Service with complaints of sunstrokes. Doctors recommend people to drink more water when the weather is hot, and weather forecasters predict a new increase in air temperature.

Machine gun sight. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot.

15:26, 2 July 2018

CDSI reports 38 losses from parties to Karabakh conflict since beginning of year

In the first half of the year, Azerbaijan lost 15 soldiers and officers. The opposing military units in Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh lost 23 killed soldiers and officers, the Caspian Defence Studies Institute (CDSI) estimates.

Educational-practical courses of extreme journalism "Bastion". Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/obuchenie-zhurnalistov/v-ryazanskoy-oblasti-proshli-zanyatiya-na-uchebno.html#

15:15, 2 July 2018

On June 25-July 1, 2018, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

During the week of June 25-July 1, 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.

Inner yard in one of the houses that belong to the detained Dagestani officials. Screenshot from video shot by the Investigating Committee of Russia: www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=58&v=8_SZ_0qeI10

15:01, 2 July 2018

About 100 real estate objects arrested in Dagestani officials' case

Among the arrested property there are apartments and shares in private houses owned by relatives of Rayudin Yusufov, the "Kommersant" reports today.

A woman in Baku in hot weather. Photo: Sputnik / Murad Orujov https://ru.sputnik.az/life/20180701/415998503/prognoz-pogody-ijul.html

14:48, 2 July 2018

Baku registers 120-year air temperature record

On July 1, in Baku and the Absheron Peninsula, the air temperature reached 43-44°C, and that was a record for 120 years of observations, the National Department from the Azerbaijani Ministry of Ecology reports.

Rally against pension reform, Krasnodar, July 1, 2018. Photo by representatives of the Krasnodar Navalny's office, https://vk.com/teamnavalny_krd

11:49, 2 July 2018

At Krasnodar rally, organizers report 800 opponents to pension reform

On July 1, in Krasnodar, despite the intense heat, nearly 800 people took part in a rally against the increase in retirement age in Russia, organized by the Navalny's office. Many participants do not belong to any political party or opposition movement, the organizers of the rally noted. Meanwhile, Krasnodar policemen reported about 150 participants of the rally.

Football fans in Sochi fan zone, July 1, 2018. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the Caucasian Knot.

11:42, 2 July 2018

In Sochi, over 10,000 people visit fan zone during Russia-Spain football match

On July 1, in Sochi, by the beginning of the football match between the national teams of Russia and Spain, a fan zone gathered at a time more than 10,000 football fans. In total, during the day, according to the organizers' estimates, about 20,000 people visited the fan zone.

"When I Return-3" documentary poster. Photo by Badma Byurchiev for the Caucasian Knot.

11:30, 2 July 2018

About 100 people come to presentation of film about Kalmyk soldiers killed in Chechnya

On June 29, Elista hosted a presentation of the documentary film "When I Return-3", dedicated to soldiers and officers from Kalmykia, killed during the second Chechen war and counterterrorist operations (CTOs) in Northern Caucasus.

Vyacheslav Shumsky. Photo from personal Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=468814190242627&set=a.438993836557996.1073741829.100013421497356&type=3&theater

11:18, 2 July 2018

Rostov resident come out to Red Square to protest naked

In protest against the increase in retirement age, Vyacheslav Shumsky, a Rostov activist stripped in the centre of Moscow and covered his body with the poster reading: "Robbed to underpants".

11:08, 1 July 2018

Suicide statistics in Abkhazia causes scandal in social networks

Since the start of 2018, 17 suicides have been registered in Abkhazia; nine of them in the last two months, Raul Lolua, an MP, wrote in his Facebook. Users of social networks believe that suicides are caused by financial problems; however, in most cases people could have been saved by specialists and the attention of relatives.

11:04, 1 July 2018

Defence disagrees with verdict to teens in Tbilisi

The advocates of the teenagers convicted in the case of killing schoolboys in Tbilisi have appealed against the judgement.

An explosion. Photo by the press service of the Ministry of Defence of Nagorno-Karabakh http://www.nkrmil.am/gallery/photos/view/18

21:44, 30 June 2018

Nagorno-Karabakh counts 150 shelling episodes from Azerbaijan during a week

On June 24-30, militaries of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces fired about 1500 rounds, thus, violating the truce in the conflict zone, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh has stated.

21:36, 30 June 2018

Desecration of Buddha statue in Elista turns into verdict to two Dagestanis

A resident of Dagestan has been convicted for inciting hatred towards Kalmyks in the context of the case of Said Osmanov, who was found guilty in Elista of desecrating the statue of Buddha.

A school lesson in Chechnya. Photo by the press service of the Ministry of Culture of Chechnya http://mk-chr.ru/component/content/article?id=1672:o-chechenskoj-professionalnoj-muzyke-rasskazali-sotrudniki-natsionalnogo-muzeya-chr

18:50, 30 June 2018

Chechen teachers treat optional study of mother tongue as unacceptable

The adoption of the bill now being considered by the State Duma poses a threat of extinction to languages of Russia's small nations, including Chechens, the teachers and scientists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe. Shamsail Saraliev, a State Duma MP, has recalled his signature from the list of authors of the bill.

Law enforcers in masks. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsKHG3JRbso

18:47, 30 June 2018

Mutsolgov told how his search was held

Magomed Mutsolgov, an Ingush rights defender and a blogger of the "Caucasian Knot", said that the law enforcers in masks, who searched his house and the office of his human rights organization "Mashr", behaved correctly.

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