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August 22, 2017 12:28

• Georgian President announces date for local elections

  In Georgia, elections to the local self-administration bodies will be held on October 21. This was reported by Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili.

August 22, 2017 12:01

• Murad Dalgatov becomes business ombudsman for Dagestan

  Dagestani leader Ramazan Abdulatipov has appointed Murad Dalgatov the Commissioner for the protection of entrepreneurs' rights. This was reported by the press service of the administration for the leader and the government of Dagestan.

August 22, 2017 11:01

• Dagestani media report involvement of an official in fatal road accident

  A road accident in Makhachkala, in which a woman had been killed, was not included in the operative bulletins prepared by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), reported the media. According to them, a car was driven by an official. Videos from the place of the road fatal accident were posted on the Internet.

August 22, 2017 09:01

• Armenian activist Karo Yegnukyan refuses to take part in trial against "Sasna Tsrer"

  Armenian activist Karo Yegnukyan, accused of aiding and abetting the unit "Sasna Tsrer" (Daredevils of Sassoun), has voiced his fear of violence from escorting wards and drive to the trial.

August 22, 2017 03:51

• BCA refuses Afghan Mukhtarly in his relatives' visits

  On August 21, the Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) dismissed the request of journalist Afghan Mukhtarly, kept in the SIZO (pre-trial prison), about visits of his relatives and their representatives. The defence reports that the SIZO administration "tries to keep in secret" the journalist's health problems.

August 22, 2017 01:52

• Explosives in house of Karpenko and Grishina detected as of industrial origin, witness reports

  The explosives, found in an outbuilding near the house of Tatiana Karpenko and Natalia Grishina, are industrially made. This was reported by an expert from the forensic centre of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). Investigators did not explain how the explosives could appear in the young women's house, the defence reported.

August 22, 2017 00:16

• Armenian wrestler wins World Cup gold medal

  In Paris, in the final of the World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship, Arthur Alexanyan, an athlete from Armenia, has defeated Russian athlete Musa Evloev.

August 21, 2017 22:03

• Native of Dagestan and her seven children detained in Egypt

  The Egyptian police have detained Asiyat Abdulkarimova and her seven children after their flight from Kiev, where the native of Dagestan was rejected asylum.

August 21, 2017 18:58

• Number of fire victims in Rostov-on-Don reaches 27

  In Rostov-on-Don, five persons have been hospitalized as a result of a fire. One of the victims is a member of the rescue team from the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE). This was reported by medical officers from the hospital.

August 21, 2017 17:27

• Fire victims from Mokok call their village "Russian Aleppo"

  The authorities, who promised to pay compensation to fire victims from Mokok, do nothing to keep their promise. This was reported by local residents. At present, the Dagestani village with burned down houses "looks like the Syrian city of Aleppo," noted Tagir Magomedov, a local resident.

August 21, 2017 15:32

• Mokok residents demand compensation for burned houses

  On the anniversary of the fire in the Dagestani village of Mokok, about 200 fire victims came to a protest action. According to them, each fire victim got from the authorities only 5000 roubles of compensation.

August 21, 2017 14:33

• Policemen's relatives hold rally on case against Magomed Taramov and Djamalai Tazbiev

  In Grozny, in front of the court to hold today a hearing in the case against Magomed Taramov and Djamalai Tazbiev, relatives of the law enforcers killed in an attack on Grozny were chanting antiterrorist slogans. An advocate of the defendants has suggested that the trial will be postponed because of her failure to appear.

August 21, 2017 13:55

• On August 14-20, 2017, five persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of August 14-20, 2017, five persons fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of them, four were killed, and another was wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

August 21, 2017 13:52

• Fire in National Park of Georgia localized

  Fire-fighters have stopped the spread of fire in Borjomi-Kharagauli forest. So far, the weather conditions prevent a complete suppression of the ignition, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reports.

August 21, 2017 13:19

• On August 7-13, 2017, two persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of August 7-13, 2017, two persons fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of them, one was killed and another was wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

August 21, 2017 12:58

• Resident of Chechnya convicted of attempting to join militants in Syria

  On August 19, an 18-year-old resident of the Grozny District was sentenced to imprisonment for his attempt to go to Syria and join the terrorist organization “Islamic State” (IS) banned in Russia.

August 21, 2017 12:52

• Relatives report Grachya Arutyunyan’s pardoning

  Grachya Arutyunyan sentenced in the case on a road accident in Russia has been pardoned by the President of Armenia and may be subjected to amnesty. This was reported by his relatives.

August 21, 2017 12:25

• Moscow investigators to solve Surgut massacre case

  The chair of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has instructed Moscow investigators to solve the case on attack on passers-by in Surgut. Parents of Arthur Gadjiev shot and killed by policemen are natives of the Suleiman-Stalsky District of Dagestan.

August 21, 2017 09:10

• Ramzan Kadyrov mentioned among Vladimir Putin's successors

  Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov was ranked 13th in the rating of the most influential public politicians, compiled by the "Saint Petersburg Policy" Foundation.

August 21, 2017 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 14-20

  Story about detention of lezginka dancers in Gelendzhik; fires in Southern Russia and Armenia; political hunger strike declared by activists of "Communists of Russia" Party in North Ossetia; mass repentance action in Chechnya; departure of first pilgrim groups from the North-Caucasian regions for Hajj; emergency situation caused by mudflow in the Kabardino-Balkarian city of Tyrnyauz, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of August 14-20, 2017, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".