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20:32, 5 January 2018

CEC refuses to register Aina Gamzatova as presidential candidate

Today, the Russia's Central Election Commission (CEC) has refused to register a group of voters who have nominated Aina Gamzatova, referring to a lack of documents, the RIA "Novosti" reports.

Screenshot of video posted on YouTube by user Movsar Eskerkhanov under the heading "Killer of Avtury police boss liquidated", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT9AHYNji_A

19:49, 5 January 2018

Body of man killed in CTO thrown in Chechen village's square

A video has appeared on the Internet, showing, according to social network users, the body of Khamzat Baimuradov, a Chechen resident, who was killed at an attempt to detain him, and whose body was brought to the village square.

Afghan Mukhtarly near the court building in Baku, May 31, 2017. Photo: REUTERS/Aziz Karimov

15:51, 5 January 2018

Court would not let Mukhtarly to his relatives' funeral

The journalist Afghan Mukhtarly, who is in custody in Azerbaijan, could not take part in the funeral of his relatives that took place on January 1. Today, the court refused to release him temporarily for the funeral feast, his advocate has stated.

Mikhail Saakashvili. Photo: REUTERS Valentin Ogirenko

13:46, 5 January 2018

Mikhail Saakashvili treats his guilty verdict in Georgia as illegal

Former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili believes the decision of the Tbilisi City Court, which sentenced him to three years of imprisonment for abuse of power, contradicts international norms and common sense.

Andrei Rudomakha, coordinator of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch). Photo: © Elena Sineok, Yuga.ru

13:30, 5 January 2018

Russian residents demand to find attackers on Andrei Rudomakha

For a day, in Krasnodar, more than 1000 people signed a petition with the demand to heads of investigating bodies and the Kuban Governor to take control over the investigation into the an attack on ecologist Andrei Rudomakha.

10:43, 5 January 2018

Georgia sentences Mikhail Saakashvili to three years of imprisonment

The Georgian Court has found former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili guilty of abuse of power when pardoning the persons sentenced in the case on murder of businessman Sandro Girgvliani.

Odes Baisultanov. Photo: http://www.minkavkaz.gov.ru/

10:40, 5 January 2018

Ministry aims to introduce combined tourist card for all resorts of Northern Caucasus

The Ministry for Northern Caucasus Affairs is engaged in development of a combined tourist card to allow tourists to visit at once several resorts of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD). This has been reported today by Odes Baisultanov, First Deputy Minister for Northern Caucasus Affairs.

Mortar bomb of WWII. Photo: http://67.mchs.gov.ru/operationalpage/operational/item/2139806/

07:37, 5 January 2018

Mortar bomb defused in Adygea

In Adygea, a resident of the Kirov farm yard located in the Tashekhabl District found a bomb of World War II (WWII), the National Guard of Russia reported.

Miners hold rally demanding to pay their wages, June 27, 2017. Photo by Valery Lyugaev for the Caucasian Knot.

04:05, 5 January 2018

SFD in 2017: protests, large-scale fires and resonant trials

The regions of the Southern Federal District (SFD) will remember the year of 2017 by numerous protest actions, large-scale fires in the Rostov and Volgograd Regions, launch of a railway to bypass Ukraine, verdicts in cases of resonant crimes, and attacks on law enforcers. The "Caucasian Knot" has summed up the results of 2017 in six regions of Southern Russia.

Gezyal Bairamly. Photo: Bayram Isgandarov / Facebook Gozel Bayramli.

23:15, 4 January 2018

Bairamly treats her arrest as revenge by Azerbaijani authorities

Gezyal Bairamly, Deputy Chair of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), accused of contraband, told today at the court, how the money was planted on her. She treats her prosecution as a revenge for her political and human rights activities.

19:35, 4 January 2018

Law enforcers tell about Pankisi detainees' links with Chataev

Temirlan Machalikashvili, who was wounded by law enforcers in the Pankisi Gorge, had met with Akhmed Chataev in Tbilisi; and a banking contract to his name was found in Chataev's apartment, the Georgian State Security Service (SSS) has stated today.

18:44, 4 January 2018

Georgia refuses to buy Russian gas until the end of 2018

Georgia, which had purchased 100 million cubic meters of natural gas from Russia before March 2017, has no plans to buy it in 2018, the "Georgiainform" has reported today, citing Dmitry Kumsishvili, the Georgia's Minister of Economy.

Georgian Military Road. Photo: Sputnik / Alexander Imedashvili https://sputnik-georgia.ru/georgia/20180104/238785287/doroga-k-gruzino-rossijskoj-granice-otkryta.html

17:18, 4 January 2018

Traffic on Georgian Military Road reopened

After the bad weather, which set on in Georgia on January 1, the Georgian Military Road is now open for all types of vehicles.

12:26, 4 January 2018

Chechen law enforcer suspected of killing a child

On New Year night, an employee of one of the federal agencies was shooting in the air with his colleagues and mortally wounded a minor girl in Chechnya, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported.

Georgian hospital emergency room. Photo: Sputnik/ Evgeniy Samarin, https://sputnik-georgia.ru/society/20180104/238781318/Ranennogo-v-Pankisi-podozrevaemogo-Machalikashvili--vyvezut-za-granicu.html

12:02, 4 January 2018

Georgian doctors agree to Machalikashvili's transfer to foreign clinic

A doctors' concilium has agreed to allow treatment of Temirlan Machalikashvili, who was wounded during a special operation in the Pankisi Gorge, abroad, on which his relatives insist, Zaza Lurmsmanishvili, a hospital spokesman, has stated.

Police detaining suspect. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/antiterroristicheskie-ucheniya/v-moskve-sotrudniki-mvd-rossii-prinyali-uchastie.html

10:17, 4 January 2018

Suspect of killing Chechen policeman shot dead

At detention attempt, the suspect of assassinating the head of the police station in the village of Avtury rendered resistance and was shot dead by return fire, Ruslan Alkhanov, the Chechen Interior Minister, has stated.

Women and children return from Syria to Chechnya, Grozny, October 21, 2017. Screenshot: video posted by user Russia 24, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au-M3DuD-9I

07:00, 4 January 2018

Northern Caucasus in 2017: persecution of gays, armed clashes, change of power in Dagestan

The past year in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) will be remembered by truckers' protests, change of Dagestani leadership, persecutions of gays in Chechnya and armed clashes of law enforces with militants. The "Caucasian Knot" has summed up the most significant events in Northern Caucasus.

Wedding of Roman and Lydia Gabaev, December 22, 2017. Photo by A.Gabaev for the Caucasian Knot.

06:19, 4 January 2018

Sochi resident demands to punish law enforcers for beating him on his wedding day

On January 3, Roman Gabaev told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that on December 22, he was walking along Sochi with his wife and two friends on his wedding day. They were approached by a law enforcer and a Cossack, who accused them of drinking alcohol.

22:22, 3 January 2018

Kiev court denies refuge to Saakashvili

A court in Kiev has upheld the decision of the State Migration Service (SMS) that the former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili should not have the refugee status in Ukraine.

Exhibition of Alan gold jewellery, National Museum of North Ossetia, January 3, 2018. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the Caucasian Knot.

21:25, 3 January 2018

Exhibition of Alan gold in Vladikavkaz impresses visitors

More than 600 people have visited the exhibition of Alan gold jewellery, opened today at the National Museum of North Ossetia. The jewellery is shown for the first time.

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