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May 08, 2017 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of May 1-7

  May Day actions in the southern regions of Russia and Transcaucasia; new personnel decisions with regard to chiefs of law enforcement and investigating agencies in the south of Russia; fights of football fans in Kuban, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of May 1-7, 2017, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

May 08, 2017 03:50

• On May 1-7, 2017, one person killed in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of May 1-7, 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.

May 07, 2017 19:17

• In Pyatigorsk, three policemen injured by grenade explosion

  In Pyatigorsk, a local resident blew up a grenade. As a result, three policemen were injured. This was reported by the Investigating Department for the Stavropol Territory of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

May 07, 2017 14:15

• Man killed in shootout in Dagestan

  A resident of the village of Trisanchi of the Dakhadaev District of Dagestan was killed when he rendered resistance in the village of Nadezhka in the Karabudakhkent District of the republic. This was reported by law enforcers.

May 07, 2017 12:57

• Yunus-Bek Evkurov speaks out against criminal liability for bride abduction

  Ingush leader Yunus-Bek Evkurov has stated that he does not support criminalizing bride abduction.

May 07, 2017 11:22

• Since beginning of 2017, 48 people detained in Chechnya for trying to join IS

  Since the beginning of 2017, in the territory of Chechnya, law enforcers detained 48 local residents who were going to leave for Syria to join militants of the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS), banned in Russia by the court's decision. This was reported by law enforcers.

May 07, 2017 08:41

• In Astrakhan, ten people come to solidarity action with political prisoners

  On May 6, in Astrakhan, the action "Freedom for political prisoners" was held in the local Hyde Park on the fifth anniversary of the dispersal of the Moscow "March of Millions" in Bolotnaya Square. Ten people took part the action organized by the "Parnas" Party.

May 06, 2017 23:51

• Picketers in Rostov-on-Don demand to stop repressions

  Activists of the Rostov action, dedicated to the fifth anniversary of the dispersal of the "March of Millions" in Bolotnaya Square, have demanded to liberate political prisoners and promised to continue their protest until the this demand is fulfilled.

May 06, 2017 23:42

• Experts predict no changes in Abkhaz Parliament after re-election

  Abkhazia has stopped registering candidates for a seat in local parliament at a re-election in the 17th constituency, to be held on May 14 has. Two candidates have applied for the vacant seat; however, the voting outcome will not significantly affect the composition of the parliament, said the Abkhaz journalists, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

May 06, 2017 22:39

• Head of Ingushetia announces return of five militants to peaceful life

  Five out of seven residents of Ingushetia, who had fought in Syria for the "Islamic State", a terrorist organization, banned in Russia, have returned to peaceful life, the head of the republic, Yunus-Bek Evkurov, has reported. In total, according to his story, 123 Ingushes had fought in Syria; 67 of them were killed.

May 06, 2017 16:20

• Blogger Sergey Rulyov detained at picket in Rostov-on-Don

  Sergey Rulyov, a blogger and a correspondent of the "Slavic News" edition, was detained in Rostov-on-Don for violating the public order at the action, dedicated to the fifth anniversary of the dispersal of the "March of Millions" in Bolotnaya Square.

May 06, 2017 14:04

• Court refuses to appeal to Ukraine for information about Arthur Panov

  Arthur Panov, a citizen of Ukraine, accused of plotting a terror act in Rostov-on-Don, did not agree that some of the documents on his case were sent from the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic (known as LNR). The defendant has asked the court to address the Ukrainian authorities with a request about him.

May 06, 2017 08:52

• Ingush Ministry accuses director of media holding of attempting to rehabilitate Joseph Stalin

  Minister Ulan Evloev has appealed to the General Prosecutor's Office of Russia with a request to respond to the statements voiced by Sergey Plotnikov, the director of the media holding "News Pool", who called the deportation of the Ingush and Chechen peoples during the war a "soft punishment."

May 06, 2017 07:15

• Chechen Parliament suggests bill on alternative autopsy

  The Chechen MPs have offered their State Duma colleagues to prescribe in the law an opportunity to replace the autopsy of dead bodies by the so-called "virtual autopsy", which is more appropriate to the Islamic tradition and can be carried out with the help of high-tech equipment.

May 06, 2017 05:15

• Navalny's supporter in Vladikavkaz not afraid of "E" Centre

  After the Vladikavkaz schoolboy wrote a comment, in which he approved the action of the oppositionist Alexei Navalny, he came within the sight of interest of Centre "E" agents. However, despite their pressure, the pupil refused to give them his phone for inspection and refused to delete his comment.

May 06, 2017 04:31

• At trial, publicist Rizvan Ibragimov complains about torture by electric current

  In Grozny, at the trial in the case against Rizvan Ibragimov, the publicist has claimed that he was kidnapped by law enforcers in April 2016, and after that, he was tortured with electric current. Rizvan Ibragimov called the following meeting with Ramzan Kadyrov a "public humiliation."

May 06, 2017 03:24

• HSE studies adaptation problems of Syrian refugees in KChR

  The Syrian Circassians, who arrived in Russia, mostly settle in Adygea and Kabardino-Balkaria; while in the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), there are tens of times less refugees left. This was reported by the staff of the laboratory for monitoring the risks of socio-political destabilization of the National Research University "Higher School of Economics" (HSE).

May 05, 2017 22:10

• Navalny's supporters report eviction of Volgograd and Krasnodar offices

  Leonid Volkov, the head of Alexei Navalny's election campaign, has reported the eviction of regional offices in six Russian cities, including Moscow, Volgograd and Krasnodar. In Volgograd, the contract was broken on the initiative of the room owner, said the local coordinator.

May 05, 2017 21:33

• Defence of Jehovah's Witnesses fears for believers' fate after Russia's SC judgement

  The decision of the Supreme Court (SC) to liquidate the Russian Administrative Centre of Jehovah's Witnesses, can be perceived by power agents and local authorities to persecute believers, said lawyers of the religious organization interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot". However, according to their stories, so far, there are no grounds to talk about any large-scale repressions.

May 05, 2017 21:04

• Kadyrov agreed to help checking gays' persecutions in Chechnya

  Ramzan Kadyrov has promised to help in checking the reports on oppressions of homosexuals in Chechnya, noting that "there had never been any gays among Chechens." He was opposed by a gay, who had left Chechnya and stated regular raids on the LGBT community in Chechnya.