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Suleiman Kerimov. Photo: screenshot of ntv, http://www.ntv.ru/video/top/596008/

10:59, 29 June 2018

French authorities change Kerimov's status to a witness

In France, the criminal case against Suleiman Kerimov, a Senator from Dagestan, accused of violating the procedures to purchase real estate objects, is not closed, but he is granted the status of a witness, the Prosecutor's Office reports.

Mikhail Saakashvili. Photo: REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

08:25, 29 June 2018

Georgia: Saakashvili sentenced to six years in jail

The Tbilisi City Court has found Mikhail Saakashvili, the third president of Georgia, guilty of beating up the MP Valery Gelashvili in 2005, and sentenced him in absentia to six years in prison.

Maria Krivenko, a participant of the flash mob in Rostov-on-Don. Photo courtesy of Anastasia Shevchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"

08:13, 29 June 2018

Rostov activists undress in protest against pension reform

Women-activists of the Democratic Coalition have held a flash mob against raising the retirement age; they appeared in the street without clothes with posters "They've robbed us to panties!"

08:10, 29 June 2018

Russian militaries in Abkhazia and Armenia change uniform because of heat

Servicemen of Russian military bases in Abkhazia and Armenia were provided with new field military uniforms to protect them from thermal shocks; soldiers call new clothes "tropikanka".

The PACE's session. Photo: REUTERS/Vincent Kessler

23:34, 28 June 2018

Three Azerbaijani MPs fall under CoE's sanctions

Based on the outcomes of the inquiry into corruption at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), access into the building of the Council of Europe (CoE) is banned for life for two active and one former Azerbaijani MPs. One of them, Gyultekin Gadjibeili, has stated that Azerbaijani authorities prevented her from proving her innocence.

Suleiman Kerimov. Photo: REUTERS/Sergei Rasulov/ NewsTeam

23:33, 28 June 2018

French authorities remove all charges from Dagestan billionaire Kerimov

All the charged on violations during real estate purchases in France have been removed from Senator from Dagestan Suleiman Kerimov.

23:24, 28 June 2018

Kadyrov's project raises payback issue of HSRs in Caucasus

The Transcaucasian high-speed railway (HSR) proposed by Ramzan Kadyrov will be in demand; however, there are no full calculations of its efficiency, experts assert. Users of social networks doubt the need for high-speed trains in Northern Caucasus.

The military exercises of the Azerbaijani army. Photo https://mod.gov.az//images/gallery/6222a523ea068fa115d64261eae0ec57.jpg

18:06, 28 June 2018

Azerbaijan announces military exercises involving missiles and aircrafts

The military exercises will involve 20,000 soldiers and officers, reports the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD). The maneuvers will be apparently held in conditions close to combat as possible, experts believe.

Vachagan Kazaryan after detention. Photo: screenshot of the video on NewsamChannel YouTube Channel

18:00, 28 June 2018

Chief of bodyguards for former Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan arrested

The court arrested Major General Vachagan Kazaryan on the charge of illegally enriching and concealing incomes.

14:54, 28 June 2018

Ingush native sentenced in case of plotting a terror act in Saint Petersburg

The court sentenced Aliskhan Esmurziev, a native of Ingushetia, to two years of imprisonment for illegal possession of weapons and failure to report on the preparation of a terror act. After their detention, Aliskhan Esmurziev and Shamil Omargadjiev, a native of Dagestan, sentenced in the same case, complained of torture.

A military parade in Baku. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"

14:52, 28 June 2018

Armenian observers alarmed about cruise missiles at parade in Baku

Despite the Azerbaijan's demonstration of modern types of weapons, it is too early to talk about a change in the balance of forces for the parties to the Karabakh conflict. However, Armenia should be ready for a new aggravation of the conflict, Armenian experts believe.

Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: REUTERS/Said Tsarnayev

11:46, 28 June 2018

Kadyrov responds to report on torture in Chechnya and calls not to pay to PACE

According to Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of the Chechen Republic, the report on persecution of gays in Chechnya prepared by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is based on false stories about human rights violations and "media pseudo events" on the topic.

11:40, 28 June 2018

PACE calls on Russia to investigate persecution of LGBT people in Chechnya

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a resolution calling on Russia to investigate the "persecution of LGBTI communities" in Chechnya or allow it to be conducted by an international human rights organization.

The police officers in Anapa. Photo: screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVlD15AJzME

08:25, 28 June 2018

Ingush rights defender complains to prosecutor's office about detention of Caucasians in Anapa

Moussa Bekmurziev, a member of the Human Rights Council under the head of Ingushetia, has sent a complaint to the Prosecutor's Office of the Krasnodar Territory against the actions of Anapa policemen, who massively detained residents of the Caucasus.

Paricipants of the rally on the anniversary of the Crimea joining Russia. March 18, 2015. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the "Caucasian Knot"

08:20, 28 June 2018

Authorities try to save their ratings by holiday of Kuban and Crimea entering Russia

The State Duma has begun considering a bill on establishing a new memorable date. The celebration on April 19 of the Day of Crimea, Taman and Kuban entering Russia is intended to return the patriotic theme to the agenda and distract people from their economic problems, political scientists believe.

The Egyptian national football team. Photo: REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

21:20, 27 June 2018

Egyptian authorities got interested in national team's failure after it came to Grozny

An inquiry has been launched in the Egyptian parliament into the failed performance of the national team at the FIFA World Cup-2018, and the team's participation in promotional actions of Chechen authorities. Ramzan Kadyrov has denied any links of the team's failures with its accommodation in Grozny.

The flag of Georgia. Photo: REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili

21:16, 27 June 2018

List of "Otkhozoriya-Tatunashvili" approved amid criticism in Tbilisi and Sukhumi

The Georgian government instructed to establish restrictions for those suspected of crimes committed against Georgian citizens in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Abkhazia called the list "a manifestation of aggression."

Seismograph. Photo: Science Photo Library https://ru.sputnik-tj.com/asia/20171116/1023902551/kyrgyzstane-proizoshlo-zemletryasenie-magnitudoy-55.html

17:47, 27 June 2018

Residents of Chechnya tell about earthquake consequences

The seismic event in the Vedeno District of Chechnya was short but notable, local residents said. No one was hurt, the district administration has reported.

Commission in the Gergebil District for searching for the girls who failed to return home on June 24. Photo http://гергебиль.рф/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%88%D0%B8%D1%85-%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BA-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81/

17:47, 27 June 2018

Body of second girl missing in Dagestan found

The second of the girls, who failed to return home three days ago, was found dead today. The search for the third child involves over 800 people, the press service of the Dagestani Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) has stated.

13:18, 27 June 2018

Resident of Grozny receives sentence deferment for belonging to Syrian militants

A Chechen woman, who went to Syria to her husband, who had joined militants there, has been sentenced to eight years in prison. She will be sent to a colony, when her child turns 14, the prosecutor's office reports.

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