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May 24, 2017 10:50

• Dagestan to mark first day of Ramadan on May 27

  In Dagestan, the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan will be started on May 27. The appropriate decision was made at a meeting of the Council of Dagestani Alims. According to the Muftiate, the decision is not final, and theologians will follow the appearance of the moon.

May 24, 2017 10:05

• In Sochi, Court refuses to clarify its decision in Saveliev family's case

  On May 23, Sergey Mashevets, Judge of the Adler District Court, who on April 17, 2015 pronounced the decision to evict the Saveliev family from a cottage for Olympic settlers in the village of Veseloye Psou, refused to explain at their request his decision on mentioning the need to solve the housing problem of the evicted family, reports Lyudmila Savelieva.

May 24, 2017 08:34

• Kadyrov appoints finalist of TV show "The Team" as Chechen Vice-Premier

  Muslim Baitaziev, the finalist of the TV project "The Team", earlier appointed by Ramzan Kadyrov as the head of his secretariat, was appointed the deputy chairman of the Chechen government.

May 24, 2017 06:30

• Activists and rights defenders question level of homophobia in Azerbaijan

  A low level of tolerance towards members of sexual minorities is not accompanied by a policy of their persecution at the state level. This opinion was expressed by experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

May 24, 2017 04:47

• FSA treats repressions against journalists in Northern Caucasus as toughest in Russia

  At a press conference held on May 23, members of the Free Speech Association (FSA) presented a report on the situation with freedom of speech and freedom of creativity in Russia in 2016-2017. The FSA members described repressions in Northern Caucasus regions as the most severe ones, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

May 24, 2017 02:45

• Left-wing movement activist arrested in Sochi

  On May 23, Maxim Schastlivy was detained by law enforcers. He has been charged with disobeying a lawful request to police officers. The court sentenced the activist to 10 days of arrest.

May 23, 2017 23:53

• Imam of "Tangyim" mosque says power agents confiscated CCTV records

  In the course of the search that lasted for three hours, power agents took away records from the Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras, Nigmatulla Radjabov, the Imam of the Makhachkala mosque, located in Hungarian Warriors Street, told the "Caucasian Knot". They explained their actions by checking the information about a bomb allegedly planted at School No. 15, the Imam has added.

May 23, 2017 22:31

• Azerbaijan decides to bid for Olympics-2028

  Azerbaijan has announced its intention to nominate for hosting the Summer Olympic Games in 2028. Madrid will be Baku's main rival.

May 23, 2017 21:56

• Shagen Arutyunyan sent to a psychiatric examination

  Shagen Arutyunyan, who was sentenced to four years of conditional imprisonment in the case of "Million Mask March" in Yerevan, reported that he was sent to a psychiatric clinic for examination and treated it as pressure on him.

May 23, 2017 20:35

• Power agents were searching for bomb at Makhachkala school and mosque

  Today, policemen came to the "Tangyim" mosque to check a message about the bomb allegedly planted at School No. 15, located in the same General Omarov Street, said parishioners. Officially, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) did not confirm the information about the check in the mosque.

May 23, 2017 17:03

• Gukovo miners state disruption of payment schedule by authorities

  Miners of the "Kingcoal" Company have refuted the authorities' information that they had almost completely received their salary debts; they think about a new hunger strike.

May 23, 2017 15:28

• Married couple accused of kidnapping a child in Rostov Region

  Residents of the Volgograd Region are charged with kidnapping a child. Besides, a local woman is also accused of the death of her adopted son by negligence. This was reported by Natalia Kunitskaya, the spokesperson for the Investigating Department for the Volgograd Region of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

May 23, 2017 15:22

• In Krasnodar, farmer detained for picket in front of presidential motorcade

  Today, participants of a "tractor march" have organized a picket in Krasnodar where Vladimir Putin arrived. Sergey Plyonkin, one of the activists, was detained after he unfolded a poster in the street when the presidential motorcade was passing by.

May 23, 2017 15:03

• With opening of Islamic Centre, Muslims of Sochi get three rooms for praying

  On May 22, the Islamic Cultural Centre was opened in Sochi. The City Mayor's Office has announced the expansion of opportunities for prayer for 10,000 local Muslims. The Mufti for Adygea and Kuban has called opening of such centres a guarantee of tranquillity in the region.

May 23, 2017 11:06

• Human rights defenders criticize law enforcers' unwillingness to discuss struggle against radicalism in Caucasus

  On May 22, Moscow launched meetings of the roundtable on the topic "Problems and best practices for counteracting the radicalization of young people in Northern Caucasus". The event was organized by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" and the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" with the expert support of the International Crisis Group (ICC).

May 23, 2017 11:03

• Truck drivers from Dagestan detained while protesting in Khimki

  The police have detained members of the "Association of Russian Carriers" (known as OPR), who came to Khimki from various regions, including Dagestan, to hold an action against the "Platon" system. Three detainees are sentenced to fines, and the rest are awaiting a trial.

May 23, 2017 06:19

• German citizen detained in Abkhazia for border crossing

  In the Gali District of Abkhazia, a German citizen was detained for illegal crossing the border with Georgia. He explained that he was engaged in hiking, and was not aware that he had crossed the border, informs the Abkhazian branch of the Frontier Department of the Russian FSB.

May 23, 2017 03:22

• Employees and believers of Shamkhal mosque associate persecutions with new police bosses

  After the change of leadership of the local police department, first a police on duty post was set up near the Salafi mosque, located in the Shamkhal neighbourhood of the Kirov District of Makhachkala; and then it was completely closed without clear grounds, said the employees and parishioners of the mosque, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

May 22, 2017 21:08

• Arsen Akhmedov, missing resident of Makhachkala, returns home

  The young man, whose kidnapping was reported by his relatives four days ago, has returned home and is OK, Arsen Akhmedov's father told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent today.

May 22, 2017 19:08

• Experts doubt existence of "Kadar" militant grouping in Dagestan

  At present, there are no large groupings of militants in Northern Caucasus. The "Kadar" militant grouping, the killing of which leader in Dagestan was reported by the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) of Russia, has been mentioned to attach importance to a special operation. This opinion was expressed by experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".