All news

March 06, 2017 00:10

• International human rights coalition calls on to release Mekhman Guseinov

  The Azerbaijani Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) has condemned the verdict of guilty pronounced by the Baku Court against blogger Mekhman Guseinov, Chairman of the IRFS. A coalition of 24 international NGOs has also voiced support to Mekhman Guseinov.

March 05, 2017 23:25

• Six relatives of Imam Khamzat Chumakov detained in Ingushetia

  Today, at about 6:00 p.m. Moscow time, on the road in the direction from the "Magas" Airport, law enforcers stopped three cars of escort of Khamzat Chumakov, a well-known Ingush Imam. Meanwhile, Khamzat Chumakov himself was not there.

March 05, 2017 15:12

• Law enforcers search house of Imam Isa Tsechoev (+video)

  Today, according to Imam Isa Tsechoev, agents of the FSB Department for Ingushetia has searched his house and yard located in the Ingush village of Ali-Yurt.

March 05, 2017 13:28

• Man killed in shootout in Derbent

  Today, law enforcers have reported cordoning off several houses in the area of Buynaksk Street in Derbent. The houses were cordoned off under the operation to detain members of the armed assault. This was reported by a source from the law enforcement bodies for Dagestan.

March 05, 2017 05:58

• 35 people attend presentation of projects of "Open Russia" in Rostov-on-Don

  In Rostov, the "Hermitage" Hotel hosted the presentation of the project "Open Russia" and free screening of the film "Nemtsov". The events were attended by 35 people, mostly by Rostov oppositionists, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

March 05, 2017 04:22

• In Elista, tenants of flooded houses indignant about demand to account for compensation

  The Elista administration has approved the procedure for provision of one-time financial assistance to residents of flooded houses. Owners of the affected households are dissatisfied with the regulation, obliging them to provide a report on the use of funds allocated to them.

March 04, 2017 23:55

• Kuban farmers state mass dispatch of provocative SMS messages

  Messages with an appeal to block the federal highway in the KrasnodarTerritory have been received by residents of the village of Kazanskaya. They were sent on behalf of the wife of Oleg Petrov, one of the activists of the “tractor march”, from an unknown telephone number, Alexei Volchenko, the leader of the movement “Polite Farmers”, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

March 04, 2017 20:59

• "Open Russia" states provocations after screening "Nemtsov" film in Rostov-on-Don

  After the screening of the film "Nemtsov" in Rostov-on-Don, a young woman threw a cake at Maria Baronova, one of coordinators of the "Open Russia" movement, hitting her son, said Anastasia Shevchenko, the regional coordinator of the movement.

March 04, 2017 16:53

• Screening of "Nemtsov" film in Rostov-on-Don was accompanied by NOD pickets

  Activists of the "National Liberation Movement" (known as NOD) held a series of solo pickets in front of the hotel in Rostov-on-Don, where the free screening of the film "Nemtsov" took place.

March 04, 2017 15:47

• NKR reports downed Azerbaijani drone

  The Air Defence Forces of the Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) have shot down an Azerbaijan drone, the NKR’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.

March 04, 2017 15:07

• Researchers explain specifics of Alexandre Dumas’ Caucasian notes

  On March 1, the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (known as MGIMO) hosted an open seminar on the theme "Anthropology of Travel". Zoya Makhmudova, Associate Professor of the Ethnology Department of the Moscow State University (MSU), spoke about the travel notes written by Alexandre Dumas, a classic of the French fiction, and artist Jean-Pierre Moynet, devoted to their journey to the Caucasus in 1858-1859.

March 04, 2017 14:37

• Gevorg Safaryan appeales against verdict

  Gevorg Safaryan, an activist of the "Constituent Parliament", sentenced on the charge of abusing a policeman, has filed a complaint to the Criminal Court of Appeal.

March 04, 2017 14:11

• Death toll under avalanche on Mount Cheget reaches seven

  Today, the rescue operation on Mount Cheget in Kabardino-Balkaria has been completed after employees of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) found the body of the seventh tourist covered with an avalanche on the slope, which was banned for skiing.

March 04, 2017 13:45

• Kokoity rejected registration as candidate for presidency in South Ossetia

  Eduard Kokoity, the former leader of South Ossetia, has not passed the residency requirement, which demands permanent residence in the territory of the republic for the past five years. This was reported by the Central Election Commission (CEC).

March 04, 2017 13:00

• Volgograd: tenants of collapsing multi-storey house complain about authorities’ inaction

  The house No. 30 in Saushinskaya Street is collapsing; while the managing company and city authorities are idling, tenants of the house told the "Caucasian Knot".

March 04, 2017 08:18

• Azerbaijani rights defenders and journalists treat verdict of guilty to Guseinov as prosecution for criticizing authorities

  Mekhman Guseinov, Director of the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS), is sentenced to imprisonment in connection with his activities as a journalist and a blogger. This opinion was voiced by activists of civil society in Azerbaijan.

March 03, 2017 23:53

• "Open Russia" reports attempt to prevent screening of “Nemtsov” film

  On March 4, a free screening of the film by Vladimir Kara-Murza "Nemtsov" is scheduled in Rostov-on-Don, as well as the presentation of the projects "Otkrytoe Pravo" (Open Law) and "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy). Both events are organized with the support of the "Open Russia" movement, Anastasia Shevchenko, the regional coordinator of the movement, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. According to her story, the organizers have already faced attempts to disrupt the events.

March 03, 2017 22:46

• "Public Verdict": Russia fails to give clear answers to ECtHR on Demerchyan’s case

  Today, it became known what answers the Russian party has sent to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on the case of torture applied to Sochi builder Mardiros Demerchyan, Oleg Novikov, an employee of the "Public Verdict", told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

March 03, 2017 17:51

• Rights defenders treat monument to Pskov paratroopers in Chechnya as PR action

  On March 2, a monument in the shape of a cross, dedicated to the events of 2000, was set up in the Argun Gorge, where a fight took place of Pskov paratroopers with the armed grouping commanded by Khattab.

March 03, 2017 15:36

• Yerevan strikers report police’s attempt to stop action

  This morning, policemen have demanded from the sit-in strikers in support of Arthur Sargsyan, arrested for helping members of the "Sasna Tsrer" detachment, to leave Freedom Square in Yerevan, said Shagen Arutyunyan, the initiator of the strike.