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July 24, 2017 11:46

• On July 17-23, 2017, there were no victims of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week from July 17 to July 23, 2017, there were no casualties or wounded persons in 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.

July 24, 2017 10:52

• Dagestani wrestlers win silver at Surdolympics

  Four Dagestani judo wrestler-members of the Russian national team took the second place in the team event at the Surdolympics – competition of deaf athletes.

July 24, 2017 09:33

• Ramzan Kadyrov accuses rights defenders of creating hype around Chechnya

  Russian and foreign human rights organizations try to cause an artificial response to the violation of human rights in Chechnya and ignore actual problems. This was stated by the leader of the Chechen Republic.

July 24, 2017 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of July 17-23

  Guilty verdict to blogger Alexander Lapshin in Azerbaijan; re-election of Bako Sahakyan as the President of Nagorno-Karabakh; extradition to the homeland of Armenian citizen Grachya Arutyunyan, sentenced for a major road accident in Russia; appointment of the acting head of the Nogai District administration in Dagestan; adoption of the law on resort fee to be introduced in Kuban and in the Stavropol Territory; launch of an audit of the expenses for the wedding party for a daughter of Krasnodar Judge Elena Khakhaleva, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 17-23, 2017, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

July 24, 2017 06:29

• Christian temple of early Middle Ages discovered in Azerbaijan

  An Albanian temple of the early Middle Ages has been found in the village of Tulu in the Balakan District.

July 24, 2017 00:35

• Fans of "Akhmat" FC report their voluntary arrival in Rostov-on-Don

  After the victory of the "Akhmat" Football Club (FC) over the "Rostov" FC, fans of the Grozny football team reported that they came to the match voluntarily. They did not chant slogans during the game.

July 23, 2017 23:36

• In Tbilisi, Nationalists throw eggs at opponents of "Russian fascism"

  The rally against xenophobia, organized by the "European Georgia" Party, went without clashes, although supporters of the "March of the Georgians" tried to disrupt the rally and threw eggs and plastic bottles at the activists.

July 23, 2017 22:04

• Circassian educational project for schoolchildren finishes in Nalchik

  During a week, participants of the international educational project "Zhyg shlagyum" in Kabardino-Balkaria were indulging in the Circassian culture in the Kabardian language. Madina Khakuasheva, a co-organizer of the project, and expert Naima Neflyasheva expressed the hope that the project would be continued.

July 23, 2017 12:31

• Anazor Arslanuk avoids deportation to Syria

  Student Anazor Arslanuk left the detention centre for foreign citizens and stateless persons in the Krasnodar Territory and went to Abkhazia. He managed to avoid deportation to Syria due to obtaining the citizenship of Abkhazia. This was reported by his advocate.

July 23, 2017 06:19

• In Tbilisi, protestors demand to release journalists arrested in Azerbaijan

  Azerbaijani activists and journalists living in Georgia have held an action in honour of the National Press Day. They have demanded to release arrested journalists.

July 23, 2017 05:20

• Four figurants of "Nardaran case" placed to dungeon

  Fuad Gakhramanly, Deputy Chairman of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), Talekh Bagirzade, the leader of the "Muslim Unity", and Abbas Guseinov and Ali Nuriev, two other persons sentenced in the "Nardaran case", are placed to a punishment cell.

July 22, 2017 23:31

• "Sasna Tsrer" members go on hunger strike in jail

  They demand to recognize all the persons arrested within the "Sasna Tsrer" case political prisoners and place them into separate cells in the Nubarashen Prison.

July 22, 2017 23:08

• Rights defenders see ROC's influence in judicial ban of Jehovah's Witnesses*

  The ban of religious organizations of Jehovah's Witnesses by the Supreme Court (SC) of the Russian Federation has to do with the increased influence of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), headed by Patriarch Kirill, on the policy of Russian authorities, Lyudmila Alekseeva, the head of the Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG), is convinced.

July 22, 2017 19:43

• Parties to Karabakh conflict release shelling statistics since start of 2017

  Overall, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has fixed over 20,000 ceasefire violations on the contact line in the Karabakh conflict zone since the start of 2017. The statistics was announced by Vagif Dargyakhly, the spokesman of the Azerbaijani MoD.

July 22, 2017 15:56

• Head of Armenian village reports shelling from Azeri side

  Last night, during two hours, the Azerbaijani armed forces shelled the village of Barekamavan in the Tavush Region of Armenia. No one was injured, the village head reported.

July 22, 2017 15:45

• Magomed Aushev's relatives report deterioration of his health condition

  Magomed Aushev, subjected to torture after his detention by law enforcers, suffers from persistent headaches, his vision has deteriorated sharply, and his family is short of money for his medical treatment in a specialized rehabilitation centre. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by relatives of Magomed Aushev.

July 22, 2017 15:30

• Presidents Aliev and Putin hold unannounced meeting in Sochi

  On July 21, the Presidents of Russia and Azerbaijan met in Sochi, where they reaffirmed the partnership relations between the two countries and, in particular, discussed the Karabakh conflict.

July 22, 2017 10:43

• Chechen woman sentenced for inflicting burns to her stepdaughter left at large

  The court has sentenced a woman from Shali to two years of imprisonment in a colony-settlement for injuring her husband's daughter on a thigh with a hot knife because of dislike. However, the execution of the sentence has been delayed.

July 22, 2017 06:27

• Member of extremist organization "Muslim Brothers" detained in Abkhazia

  In Sukhumi, agents of the State Security Service for Abkhazia have detained a native of Uzbekistan who confessed to be a member of the organization "Muslim Brothers", banned in Russia as a terrorist organization.

July 22, 2017 05:03

• In Zhirair Sefilyan's case, defendants waive appointed advocate

  On July 21, the court hearing in the case against Zhirair Sefilyan, the leader of the opposition movement "100 Years Without Regime", was held in the absence of six defendants and several of their advocates, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.