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April 25, 2017 14:44

• Person accused of organizing Batumi riots goes on hunger strike

  Merab Gogoberidze has gone on a hunger strike in protest against charging him with organizing riots in Batumi, said the advocate Paata Shavadze, noting that his client refuses to plead guilty.

April 25, 2017 13:26

• "Memorial" states pressure on participants of children's contest

  On the eve of the awarding ceremony of the winners of the contest for high school pupils "The Man in History, Russia – the 20th Century", its organizers have reported that officials demanded from teachers and children to give up their travel to Moscow.

April 25, 2017 11:02

• North-Ossetian authorities promise housing to relatives of victims of Beslan terror act

  193 people who suffered as a result of the Beslan terror act have been recognized by the Interdepartmental Commission as eligible for granting of housing. A land plot has been allocated under the construction of housing, reports Vyacheslav Bitarov, the leader of North Ossetia.

April 25, 2017 10:57

• Bashar al-Assad and Mufti of Chechnya agree to open branch of Damascus University in Grozny

  On April 24, the Chechen delegation led by Mufti Salakh Mezhiev has left for Syria on an official visit. This was reported to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by a representative of the Chechen Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM).

April 25, 2017 09:46

• Igor Sechin and Ramzan Kadyrov agree not to hand over Rosneft assets in Chechnya - RBC

  Russian oil major Rosneft will not sell its regional assets to the Chechen authorities and build an oil refinery in Grozny, but it will stay in the republic and begin investing in its social infrastructure. This was agreed by Ramzan Kadyrov and Igor Sechin on April 19, the "RBC" reports today.

April 25, 2017 02:11

• Residents of Dagestan unblock highway after release of two truck drivers

  In the evening of April 24, residents of the village of Kayakent blocked the traffic on the "Caucasus" highway after the detention of two truck drivers who protested against the "Platon" system. This is reported today, on April 25, by the "Gazeta.ru" with reference to the "Rosavtodor".

April 25, 2017 01:12

• Authorities and law enforcers disclose details of grenade explosion in Agvali

  In a computer club, a pupil of a Dagestani school handed over to his classmate a grenade found on the outskirts of the village. However, the boy dropped it, and an explosion occurred. This was reported by the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

April 24, 2017 19:54

• Dagestani Vice-Premier names the man who brought grenade into computer class

  The grenade that has exploded today in the village of Agvali was found by children, but the adult son of the owner of the computer class, visited by pupils, took it away from them. This was announced by Ramazan Jafarov, the Deputy Chairman of the Dagestani Government.

April 24, 2017 18:24

• Mogherini demands to protect gays’ rights in Chechnya

  The issue of respect for human rights in Russia was discussed at the talks with Sergey Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, in Moscow, Federica Mogherini, the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, said at her final press conference.

April 24, 2017 17:53

• MPH specifies number of hospitalized persons after explosion in Agvali

  The Tsumadin District Hospital (TDH) still keeps 10 patients wounded by the grenade explosion in the village of Agvali, a source from the Dagestani Ministry of Public Health (MPH) told the "Caucasian Knot". Earlier, six hospitalized victims were reported.

April 24, 2017 16:32

• Schoolboy killed by grenade explosion in Dagestan

  A teenager was killed and 11 more were wounded by a grenade explosion in the computer class in the village of Agvali, Tsumadin District, said a source from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan, adding that it is a school computer class.

April 24, 2017 15:16

• Navalny supporter from Sochi complains about persecution to ECtHR

  Legal representatives of Vitaly Nebieridze, a Sochi activist, who has served his eight-day arrest on charges of organizing an anti-corruption rally, found a violation of his rights in authorities’ actions and filed a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

April 24, 2017 14:19

• Law enforcers detain suspects of organizing riots in Batumi

  Two persons have been detained in Georgia under the ruling of the Batumi City Court on suspicion of organizing riots in the capital of Adjara on March 11.

April 24, 2017 09:15

• "Novaya Gazeta" reports delivery of data on persecution of gays in Chechnya to investigators

  The list, including personal data of 26 residents of Chechnya, subjected to repression, including on the basis of suspicion of homosexual orientation, has been sent to the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" reports today.

April 24, 2017 09:00

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

  Court judgement to ban Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia; sending the second battalion of military police from Chechnya to Syria; ongoing truckers’ protests in Southern Russia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of April 17-23, 2017, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

April 24, 2017 03:05

• On April 17-23, 2017, two persons killed in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of April 17-23, 2017, two persons were 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.

April 23, 2017 22:13

• Yerevan hosts torchlight procession in memory of Armenian Genocide victims

  More than 20,000 people took part in a torchlight procession held in the capital of Armenia and dedicated to the memory of the victims of Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Turkey. This was reported by organizers of the memorial action.

April 23, 2017 18:15

• Lawyers treat as bluff Russian MoJ's statement on freedom of worship for Jehovah's Witnesses

  In Russia, the right of Jehovah's Witnesses to freedom of conscience will be regularly and massively violated after the liquidation of their local religious organizations. This opinion was voiced by lawyers and human rights defenders questioned by the "Caucasian Knot".

April 23, 2017 17:13

• Relatives of Dagestani resident complain about signs of torture on his body

  Ramazan Izudinov detained in Khasavyurt is being kept at SIZO (pre-trial prison). His relatives saw signs on his body, suggesting the use of torture. This was reported by the Ramazan Izudinov's wife.

April 23, 2017 14:10

• Tbilisi court upholds refusal of political asylum for Tumsu Abdurakhmanov

  The Tbilisi court has upheld the decision pronounced by the Georgian Ministry for Refugees and Resettlement to refuse the status of a political refugee for Tumsu Abdurakhmanov, a native of Grozny, put in Russia on the federal wanted list.