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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.

July 16, 2017 17:40

• In Makhachkala, more than 1000 people come to rally against abortions

  In Dagestan, prevention of abortions would have allowed avoiding a decline in the birth rate, marked in the republic in recent years. This was declared by organizers of the rally in Makhachkala.

July 16, 2017 07:55

• Abkhazia identifies people suspected of killing Russian tourist

  In Abkhazia, all participants of an attack on Russian tourists have been identified. This was reported by Mukhamed Kilba, Secretary of the Abkhazian Security Council.

July 16, 2017 02:35

• Hundreds of activists protest against moving South-Ossetian border into Georgia's territory

  In Georgia, near the village of Bershueti in the Gori District, activists held a protest action against a transfer of the administrative border with South Ossetia into the territory of Georgia. Several hundred people came to the protest action, including members of a number of opposition parties, NGOs, students, and media representatives.

July 16, 2017 00:37

• Film by Indian director wins "Golden Apricot" in Yerevan

  On July 15, in Yerevan, the "Moscow" cinema hosted the ceremony for awarding the winners of the 14th International "Golden Apricot" film festival. In the nomination "International feature film", the award of the "Golden Apricot" went to the film "Sexy Durga" by Indian director Sanal Kumar Sasidharan.

July 15, 2017 17:52

• Two Georgian villagers detained in South-Ossetian border

  Two men were detained by Russian militaries in the pasture, where they grazed their cattle, residents of the village of Tsitelubani, Gori District of Georgia, have reported.

July 15, 2017 17:03

• Tourist's murder in Abkhazia has affected tourist industry

  People, who bought tours to Abkhazia, reject them and claim their money back, the director of a travel company reports. The owner of a private hotel in Sukhumi has confirmed that tourists are scared with the murder.

July 15, 2017 15:03

• Natalia Estemirova's murderers remain unpunished for eight years already

  On the eighth anniversary of the human rights defender Natalia Estemirova's murder, the US Department of State has called on the Russian authorities to punish the persons guilty for the above crime and put an end to the long-standing climate of impunity for extrajudicial executions.

July 15, 2017 13:08

• Nagorno-Karabakh accuses Azerbaijan of 500 bombardments a week

  On July 9-15, Azeri militaries violated the ceasefire in the Karabakh conflict zone for 500 times, by using mortars and grenade launchers, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh has stated.

July 15, 2017 10:53

• Relatives of convicts for Boris Nemtsov's murder treat verdict as unjust

  Relatives and friends of Khamzat Bakhaev and Tamerlan Eskerkhanov, residents of Chechnya, sentenced to 11 and 14 years of imprisonment, respectively, claimed the lack of proof for their guilt.

July 15, 2017 04:22

• Tenants of Sochi apartment block ask to protect them from landslide

  At night on July 15, a heavy rain hit the "Makarenko" garden association and caused an active soil shift toward a residential 8-storey house.

July 15, 2017 03:08

• "Sasna Tsrer" supporter suspected of using violence against policeman

  David Yeghiazaryan, a brother of Gagik Yeghiazaryan, a member of the unit "Sasna Tsrer" (Daredevils of Sassoun), has been accused of using violence against policemen after an incident in the yard of the court which considers the case on capture of a building of the police regiment in Yerevan.

July 15, 2017 02:03

• Azerbaijan raises retail price for gasoline

  On July 15, Azerbaijan raised the retail price for AI-92 automobile gasoline by 28.5%. This decision of the Tariff Council under the Azerbaijani Government was announced by the State TV Channel of Azerbaijan.

July 14, 2017 23:21

• Tbilisi: "Georgians' March" participants demand deportation of migrants (+video)

  In the centre of Tbilisi, the Georgian capital, protest marchers have demanded from the authorities to immediately deport all illegal migrants and ban the oppositional party "United National Movement" (UNM).

July 14, 2017 19:20

• Russian border guard found dead in Armenia

  The dead body of the head of the frontier post was found in the Syunik Region of Armenia. According to preliminary data, the death was caused by myocardial infarction, said Sona Truzyan, an adviser to the head of the Investigating Committee of Armenia.

July 14, 2017 18:55

• Lapshin's defence treats prosecutor's speech as unconvincing

  Alexander Lapshin had twice travelled to Nagorno-Karabakh, accompanied by several people, in whose relation the criminal case was isolated into a separate proceeding, the prosecutor has stated at today's court session. Lapshin's advocate said that he would ask to acquit the blogger.