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10:38, 19 January 2015

Militant killed in Nalchik identified as local Alikhan Tochiev

The member of the illegal armed formation (IAF), who was shot dead yesterday in the counterterrorist operation (CTO) in Nalchik, was identified as a local resident Alikhan Tochiev, said a law enforcement source of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR).

Gyumri resident after tragic events. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

08:48, 19 January 2015

Dozens of witnesses questioned on murder of Armenian family in Gyumri

Within the investigation into the murder of the Avetisyan family in Gyumri their relatives and neighbours have been questioned, as well as colleagues of the soldier Valery Permyakov, who is accused of the crime, said Sona Truzyan, the adviser to the head of the Investigating Committee of Armenia.

22:02, 18 January 2015

Man killed in Stavropol Territory identified as missing Makhmutov

The man, killed today in a shootout in the vicinity of the village of Verkhnestepnoe, has been identified by his relatives as Tamirlan Makhmutov, the missing villager from Kayasul, Neftekumsk District of the Stavropol Territory.

20:16, 18 January 2015

Volunteer from Georgia killed near Donetsk; three others wounded

Some sources have reported that in the warfare in Ukraine, near Donetsk, one Georgian volunteer was killed; and three others were wounded. So far, there is no official confirmation of this information.

Boris Stikhin holding solo picket against war in Ukraine, Volgograd, January 19, 2015. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

19:19, 18 January 2015

Solo pickets against war in Ukraine held in Volgograd

Two pickets against the Russian aggression in Ukraine were held in Volgograd and passed without detentions. The picketers were holding posters reading "No to Russian-Ukrainian war!" and "Russia is at war with Ukraine".

18:26, 18 January 2015

Russian President promises to punish those responsible for Gyumri tragedy

The inquiry into the murder of a family in Gyumri will be carried out as promptly as possible; and all those guilty will be punished, Russian President Vladimir Putin promised today in his telephone conversation with his Armenian counterpart Serzh Sargsyan.

Law enforcers during special operation. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/nakmessage/2014/12/19/v-baksanskom-raione-kabardino-balkarii-neitralizovany-troe-boevikov-v-tom-chis.html#

12:46, 18 January 2015

Militant shot dead in Nalchik outskirt was at war in Syria, law enforcers assert

In the course of a special operation in Nalchik power agents shot dead a 23-year-old local resident, who took part in the warfare in Syria as an explosive expert, said a law enforcement source.

06:55, 18 January 2015

Stavropol Territory: man killed in shootout with police

In the vicinity of the village of Verkhnestepnoe, Stepnovsky District of the Stavropol Territory, an unidentified man opened fire at policemen from his car and was killed by return fire, said a law enforcement source.

20:43, 17 January 2015

Relatives of Sultan Karasov tried to block "Cherkessk-Nevinnomyssk" highway

Relatives of Sultan Karasov, a disappeared resident of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), came out to protest and tried to block the "Cherkessk-Nevinnomyssk" highway. The action was stopped after authorities promised to find his whereabouts.

Participants of the rally "Islam against Terrorism". Magas, January 17, 2015. Photo by A. Israfil Sultygov for the "Caucasian Knot"

14:23, 17 January 2015

Ingushetia: rally "Islam against Terrorism" was 20,000 strong

Over 20,000 people took to the all-Ingushetia rally "Islam against Terrorism", where they protested, in particular, against publication of caricatures on Prophet Muhammad, said a source from the press service of the head of the republic.

12:55, 17 January 2015

Advocates of Chechnya residents detained in Moscow send complaint to ECtHR

A complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has been submitted by the advocates of the residents of Chechnya Said-Magomed Tsetiev, Khamzat Tsetiev and Khamid Razhapov, suspected of assaulting employees of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) in Moscow.

Banner promoting call Chechen young men to serve in army. Photo by Natalya Isaeva http://www.svoboda.org/

12:18, 17 January 2015

One hundred conscripts from Chechnya start their service in Russia's Interior Troops

One hundred of Chechen recruits have sworn in and began their serve in the units of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) deployed in their republic.

Soldiers in the front line. Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"

11:37, 17 January 2015

Parties of Karabakh conflict report series of shelling during the day

The military agencies of Azerbaijan and the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) have reported ceasefire violations on the troops contact line.

Defendant Armen Ovannisyan in the court room. Yerevan, December 27, 2014. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"

10:59, 17 January 2015

Advocates demand to cancel verdict to participants of "Million Mask March"

The sentence to the protesters, who took part in the "Million Mask March", should be abolished, because their guilt was not proved, the convicts' advocates declared to the Court of Appeal (CoA). The convicts have also demanded acquittal and stressed the political character of their case.

Milrad Fatullaev, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Nastoyaschee Vremya". Photo: the Federal Lezgin National-Cultural Autonomy http://flnka.ru/flnka/1969-za-kem-proryv-lezginskih-smi.html

08:22, 17 January 2015

Dagestani "Nastoyaschee Vremya" suspends its printed version; some employees will be laid off

In Dagestan, on January 1, the printing of one of the republic's – the "Nastoyaschee Vremya" (Present Time) – was suspended. Not earlier than March, the weekly will start its electronic version. The reorganization will lead to dismissal of four out of six full-time employees, said the editor-in-chief Milrad Fatullaev.

Protest action at the Russian Embassy in Armenia. Yerevan, January 15, 2015. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"

07:05, 17 January 2015

Armenian rights defenders doubt that Permyakov will be given out to Armenian law enforcers

The Russian soldier Valery Permyakov, accused of killing the Avetisyan family in Gyumri, must face the Armenian justice, rights defenders of Armenia believe. However, they doubt that the Russian party will give him out to Armenia.

Protest action of the relatives of Sultan Karasov. The village of Erkin-Hulk, Nogai District of the KChR. January 17, 2015. Photo: A.Karasov

03:51, 17 January 2015

Relatives of KChR's native report his kidnapping in Stavropol

Sultan Karasov was kidnapped in Stavropol, his relatives assert. They cannot find him for 8 days and do not rule out that he could be detained by power agents.

02:20, 17 January 2015

Widow of suspected militants, who disappeared in Dagestan, returns home after questioning

Aybike Saygidalieva, a resident of the Dagestan village of Shamkhal, the widow of Magomedarip Magomedov, who was killed in August 2014, whose disappearance was reported by local rights defenders, has returned home after interrogation at the Kizilyurt Inter-District Investigating Division of the Investigating Department for Dagestan of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

The head of the CaT Igor Kalyapin. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"

23:59, 16 January 2015

Russia's MoJ adds CaT to registry of "foreign agents"

The Committee against Torture (CaT), which includes the rights defenders working in Chechnya in the Joint Mobile Group (JMG), has been put on the register of non-profit organizations (NPOs, treated as "foreign agents", said the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) of Russia.

Flags of South Ossetia and Russia. Photo: http://osinform.ru/

20:17, 16 January 2015

Seven South-Ossetian parties demand to publish draft integration treaty with Russia

Members of seven parties of South Ossetia have appealed to the political council under the Republic's President demanding to publish the draft treaty on South-Ossetian-Russian alliance and integration. The ruling party has treated the demand as a PR-move, stating that the political council had decided that the final version of the treaty will be published.

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