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June 12, 2017 18:03

• Nalchik residents hold picket with anticorruption and social demands

  In Nalchik, picketers have demanded from the authorities to investigate corruption crimes and solve social problems. The protestors have also stated that they support the demands of truck drivers and low-income families.

June 12, 2017 16:46

• In Sochi, police disperse action of Alexei Navalny's supporters

  About 50 supporters of Alexei Navalny were detained in Sochi. Today, in total, about 100 people have come to the anticorruption action in the city.

June 12, 2017 15:24

• Court releases musicians detained in Tbilisi

  In Tbilisi, the court has pronounced the decision not to imprison Mikhail Mgaloblishvili and Giorgi Kebouriya, members of the "Birja Mafia" band, suspected of drug possession. Both rappers are released on bail.

June 12, 2017 14:50

• In Makhachkala, "Caucasian Knot" correspondent attacked at rally of Alexei Navalny's supporters

  In Makhachkala, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was attacked while she was shooting on video the preparation for the anticorruption rally, and her video camera was damaged. Meanwhile, law enforcers did not infer with the incident.

June 12, 2017 11:30

• Law enforcers oblige activist to refuse in writing from rally in Dagestan

  Today, Marat Ismailov, an organizer of the anticorruption rally in Makhachkala, has been brought to a police station. He was obliged to write a recognizance to "refuse committing unlawful acts."

June 12, 2017 11:28

• In Rostov-on-Don, about 700 people attend anticorruption action (+video)

  In Rostov-on-Don, an action of Alexei Navalny's supporters and members of the "Open Russia" is being held under monitoring of law enforcers.

June 12, 2017 11:11

• Grozny residents claim being obliged to participate in march on Russia Day

  In the capital of Chechnya, the "Parade of the Peoples of Russia" in honour of Russia Day is expected to be attended by several thousand people. This was reported by the Grozny City Mayor's Office. Public employees and students claimed that they were obliged to take part in the march.

June 12, 2017 10:16

• Residents of Chechnya criticize renaming of "Terek" FC

  Some residents of Chechnya treat the change of the name for the "Terek" FC (Football Club) to "Akhmat" as a conjuncture decision. They believe there are already enough objects in the republic named after Akhmat Kadyrov.

June 12, 2017 10:05

• On the eve of congress in Dagestan, Nogais state their intent to dispose lands of Nogai District

  On June 14, the village of Terekli-Mekteb of the Nogai District will host a congress in protest against the plans of the Dagestani authorities to award the villages located in the lands of free-range animal husbandry the status of dwelling settlements.

June 12, 2017 09:45

• On June 5-11, one person fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  In the course of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, during the week, from June 5 to June 11, 2017, one person was killed; and no information about the wounded ones was reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

June 12, 2017 09:05

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of June 5-11

  Detention near Bryansk, and then in Belarus, of Murad Amriev, MMA world champion, who claimed to have been tortured in Chechnya and therefore fled from the republic, and his transfer to Chechen power agents; announcement of the first winner at the "Kinotavr" Film Festival in Sochi; parties' debates at trial of Nemtsov's murder; termination of work of Georgia's Constitutional Commission, after which Parliament began considering draft Constitution; start of trying the case of capturing police building in Yerevan by "Sasna Tsrer" detachment; election of the new Speaker of South-Ossetian Parliament, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of June 5-11, 2017, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

June 12, 2017 04:55

• Sochi residents complain about garbage dumps

  In Sochi, container areas for collecting household waste are littered with garbage. This was claimed by residents and guests of the city. The "Spetsavtokhozyaistvo" utility services company does not manage to take out the garbage because of the overpopulation of the city.

June 12, 2017 02:19

• In Nalchik, they demolish hostel with tenants

  Builders have started dismantling the building of the hostel in Malbakhov Street in Nalchik, although people still live in it. Part of the building is ruined; power and water supplies are off, the tenants have informed.

June 11, 2017 19:25

• Six valuable swords and three daggers stolen from museum in Kubachi

  On June 10, in the Dagestani village of Kubachi, a major theft occurred in the local museum. 94 exhibits, including the sword of Nadir Shah, were stolen. Local residents do not exclude the relation between the crime and a similar robbery of the museum committed in 1993.

June 11, 2017 09:49

• Main award of "Kinotavr" short film contest goes to filmmaker from Karachay-Cherkessia

  In Sochi, the "Kinotavr" Film Festival has summed up the results of the short film contest, and the main prize went to the film "Lalay-Balalay" directed by Ruslan Bratov, a native of Karachay-Cherkessia.

June 11, 2017 02:36

• Pyotr Zaikin: Murad Amriev's refusal of legal aid not related to jurisprudence

  Pyotr Zaikin, an advocate of Murad Amriev, world champion in MMA, who was brought to Grozny after his extradition from Belarus, has explained his client's decision to refuse the defender by the fact that he himself had been painfully perceived by officials in Chechnya since the Ruslan Kutaev's case.

June 10, 2017 23:10

• Amriev rejects advocate Zaikin

  Murad Amriev, an MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) world champion, who was brought to Chechnya after his extradition from Belarus, decided to abandon his lawyer by agreement, Pyotr Zaikin, who is representing the Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT). Amriev himself reported this to the "Caucasian Knot".

June 10, 2017 21:11

• Rights defenders explain Amriev's statements as compromise with Chechen law enforcers

  The statements of the athlete Murad Amriev about the respect of his rights in Chechnya were caused by his situation of a hostage: now he is not really harassed, but he cannot express himself completely freely. This is the opinion of the rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

June 10, 2017 20:54

• NKR blames Azerbaijan for 250 bombardments per week

  Over the past week, on June 4-10, the Azerbaijani party violated the ceasefire regime at various sectors of the troops contact line for more than 250 times, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has reported.

June 10, 2017 19:46

• In Stavropol, Alexei Navalny's office attacked; its laptops seized

  This night, in Stavropol, a bottle with a combustible mixture has been thrown to a building of Alexei Navalny's campaign office. Later, it became known that the events in Alexei Navalny's office with involvement of law enforcers ended with the seizure of laptops.