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July 18, 2017 11:57

• Dagestani journalists support inspection of social networks because of conflict in Leninaul

  The Dagestani Prosecutor's Office has initiated an inspection of social networks in connection with the conflict in the village of Leninaul. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by an official from the Prosecutor's Office. "At present, there are no materials available, since the inspection began recently," said the official.

July 18, 2017 10:54

• Judge Elena Khakhaleva treats scandal with her daughter's wedding party as ordered

  Elena Khakhaleva, a judge from Krasnodar, treats as ordered the resonance caused by reports of multimillion-dollar expenses for her daughter's wedding party. The judge associates the scandal with her refusal to pronounce an unlawful judgment.

July 18, 2017 09:59

• Chechen authorities decide to improve republic's image

  The Chechen Ministry for National Policy, External Relations, Press and Information has concluded a cooperation agreement with the "VisitCaucasus" Foundation to form a positive public opinion on Chechnya.

July 18, 2017 07:27

• One of rarest Buddhist stupas found in Kalmykia

  In the Tselinny District of Kalmykia, a rare Buddhist monument has been opened. It is the Kalachakra Stupa. In total, there are about ten such stupas in the world.

July 18, 2017 01:48

• Advocate states deterioration of Bairamly's health

  Gezyal Bairamly, Deputy Chairman of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), who is kept under arrest at SIZO (pre-trial prison) on charges of smuggling, is hardly walking around, because of an aggravation of her chronic illness. She does not receive the necessary treatment, said her advocate.

July 18, 2017 00:01

• HRC "Memorial": head of municipal enterprise reports being tortured in Grozny

  Lom-Ali Elbiev, a former director of the Grozny Municipal Unitary Enterprise told rights defenders that he was tortured after being accused of embezzling budget funds. Rights defenders have asked the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Internal Affairs to check the man's statement; however, so far, law enforcement bodies have not responded to the appeal.

July 17, 2017 20:04

• Russia's SC finds liquidation of "Jehovah's Witnesses" legal

  At today's session, the Supreme Court (SC) of Russia has ruled to reject the appeal complaint of "Jehovah's Witnesses". The decision to liquidate all the organization thereof has came into force.

July 17, 2017 19:18

• Azerbaijani activists commemorate journalist Guseinov murdered in Baku

  Today, Baku has hosted an action in memory of Elmar Guseinov, the editor-in-chief of the magazine "Monitor", timed to his 50th birthday. According to participants of the action, the Azerbaijani authorities have left unpunished the killers and the persons who ordered the Elmar Guseinov's murder.

July 17, 2017 17:16

• Krasnodar judge denies spending on her daughter's wedding

  All the expenses for the daughter's wedding were born by her father, the former husband of Elena Khakhaleva, a judge of the Krasnodar Territorial Court, the judge herself has stated in response to reports of the mismatch of her incomes with the costs of the wedding celebrations.

July 17, 2017 17:14

• Tumsu Abdurakhmanov reports his detention in Georgia

  Tumsu Abdurakhmanov, a native of Grozny, put in Russia on the federal wanted list, has reported about his detention in Tbilisi. The Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has not confirmed the information.

July 17, 2017 11:58

• Baku protests against presidential election in Nagorno-Karabakh

  Khikmet Gadjiev, the official spokesman for the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), has called the presidential election in Nagorno-Karabakh scheduled for July 19 one more political provocation. According to Khikmet Gadjiev, the Baku authorities treat the above election in Nagorno-Karabakh as a violation of norms and principles of the international law.

July 17, 2017 11:24

• German police detain Chechen woman suspected of IS involvement

  Aminat Akueva, a resident of Chechnya, who left for Syria several years ago and was put on the international wanted list, was detained by Interpol. She stays in Berlin, and the Chechen law enforcement agencies expect her to be extradited. This was reported by the law enforcement agencies of the Chechen Republic. Relatives of the detained woman deny her involvement in militants' ranks.

July 17, 2017 11:20

• Abkhazian Prosecutor's Office discloses names of suspects in Russian tourist's murder case

  Today, the General Prosecutor's Office of Abkhazia has reported that as a result of the operational and search activities, law enforcers have identified the persons who committed a robbery attack on tourists in the Primorskoe village in the Gudauta District on July 11. The names of the suspects have been disclosed.

July 17, 2017 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of July 10-16

  Announcement of verdict in Boris Nemtsov's murder case; outcomes of "Golden Apricot" Film Festival in Yerevan; promise of Russian president's plenipotentiary to intervene in the political conflict in Nogai District of Dagestan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 10-16, 2017, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

July 17, 2017 08:55

• MEP urges Georgia not to extradite Mustafa Emre Çabuk to Turkey

  Rebecca Harms, the chair of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, an MP of the European Parliament, visited in prison Mustafa Emre Çabuk, a citizen of Turkey, detained in Georgia and accused by the Turkish authorities of aiding and abetting terrorism. After the visit, the MEP addressed the Georgian authorities with an appeal not to extradite him to Turkey.

July 17, 2017 06:48

• Wedding party of Krasnodar judge's daughter causes resonance in social networks

  Users of social networks have been engaged in a broad discussion of the information reporting that Elena Khakhaleva, a judge of the Krasnodar Regional Court, spent two million US dollars for her daughter's wedding party.

July 17, 2017 04:31

• Jehovah's Witnesses claim sharply increased pressure on their members in Southern Russia

  After the decision of the Supreme Court (SC) to eliminate 396 religious organizations of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia as extremist, believers from the regions of Southern Russia, questioned by the "Caucasian Knot", complained about the sharp increase in pressure on members of their communities.

July 17, 2017 02:20

• On July 10-16, 2017, one person killed in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of July 10-16, 2017, one person was killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

July 17, 2017 01:20

• In Abkhazia, second man suspected of killing Russian tourist surrenders to police

  Agents of the Abkhazian State Security Service have detained the second man suspected of an attack on Russian tourists and a murder of one of them.

July 16, 2017 21:19

• Afghan Mukhtarly's wife hands over to police new evidence of his kidnapping

  Leyla Mustafaeva, the wife of Azerbaijani journalist Afghan Mukhtarly, has handed over to the Georgian police the photos of three persons who watched her husband prior to his kidnapping.