With foundation of new federal district, Northern Caucasus acquires its special status in Russia

April 18, 2024 17:28

• Analysts link scandal around music tempo in Chechnya to poor professionalism of idea authors

  The initiative of subordinates of the head of Chechnya to limit the tempo of Chechen national music was intended to demonstrate their importance, but due to officials' low professionalism the initiative resulted in Kadyrov's apologies, analysts believe.

April 18, 2024 17:24

• Jehovah's Witness* from Cherkessk arrested on charges of extremism

  The court has placed into custody a Jehovah's Witness* from Cherkessk, suspected of taking part in activities of an extremist organization and involving his girlfriend in it.

April 17, 2024 22:37

• Lawyers assess chances of man mobilized in Rostov Region to avoid prison

  Mobilized Dmitry Setrakov, a native of the Rostov Region, who was taken out of Armenia by Russian law enforcers, has agreed to cooperate with investigators, but this fact is unlikely to help him avoid criminal prosecution, notes an activist of the “Idite Lesom” (Get Lost!) project.

April 17, 2024 19:38

• From April 8 to April 14, two persons killed in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week from April 8 to April 14, 2024, two suspected militants were killed during 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.

April 17, 2024 16:56

• KBR woman is seeking punishment of law enforcer for beating her son

  The head of the police department has hit his son and then his friend because they skipped school, said the mother of the teenager living in the Zolsky District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR).