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November 26, 2018 15:06

  • Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of November 19-25, 2018

    Verdict in the case on an attack on a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent in Makhachkala; award to Oyub Titiev of the Prize for Human Rights and the Rule of Law; end of the trial in the case against the former head of the Kizlyar District of Dagestan; telethon of Hayastan All-Armenian Fund to raise funds for Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia; arrest of rapper Husky in Krasnodar, ‑ see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of November 19-25, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

November 19, 2018 18:19

November 12, 2018 15:41

  • Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of November 5-11, 2018

    Detention of the acting head of Makhachkala; aggravation of the land conflict in the Nartan village in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic; actions in Southern Russia for the anniversary of the October Revolution; confrontation between the police and supporters of Zaza Saralidze on protest in Tbilisi; "Kunaki" Film Festival in Dagestan; recognition of a large Volgograd enterprise as bankrupt, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of November 5-11, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

November 05, 2018 16:49

  • Week in the Caucasus: review of main events on October 29-November 4, 2018

    Decision of the Constitutional Court of Ingushetia on the law on borders with Chechnya; outcomes of voting at presidential election in Georgia, – read about these and other events in the weekly review of the main events that happened in the Caucasus during the week from October 29 to November 4, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

October 29, 2018 13:25

  • Week in the Caucasus: review of main events on October 22-28, 2018

    Flooding as a result of heavy rains in Kuban; presidential election in Georgia; Nikol Pashinyan's non-election as Armenian Premier; preparations for the World Congress of the Ingush People; demand to stop "Electrozink" Factory in Vladikavkaz, – see the review on these events in the report on the week of October 22-28, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

October 22, 2018 20:04

  • Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of October 15-21, 2018

    Fire at the "Electrozinc" plant in Vladikavkaz; resignation of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan; temporary pause in the Magas protest, - see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of October 15-21, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

October 15, 2018 13:41

  • Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of October 8-14, 2018

    Protest action in Magas organized by opponents of the agreement on borders with Chechnya; special operation in Dagestan; Nikol Pashinyan's announcement of his resignation from the post of the Armenian Prime Minister; inauguration of the Mayor of Yerevan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of October 8-14, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

October 08, 2018 16:27

October 01, 2018 12:39

  • Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of September 24-30, 2018

    Appointment of the new leader in Kabardino-Balkaria; resignation of the Governor in the Astrakhan Region; signing of the agreement on fixing the border between Chechnya and Ingushetia; meeting between the President of Azerbaijan and the Prime Minister of Armenia; reappointment of Artyom Zdunov as the chair of the Dagestani government and the next CTO in the republic, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of September 24-30, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

September 24, 2018 18:51

September 17, 2018 13:41

  • Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of September 10-16, 2018

    Summing up the results of the elections held in Southern Russia on September 9; special operation in Dagestan; announcement of a resonant sentence to 14 residents of Chechnya; verdict of guilty to Vladimir Bessonov, a former member of the State Duma; resumption of the action "Do not kill" in Tbilisi, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of September 10-16, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

September 10, 2018 16:45

September 03, 2018 12:44

  • 14th anniversary of Beslan terror attack, September 1, 2018. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the Caucasian Knot Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 27-September 2, 2018

    Day of Knowledge and anniversary of the terror act in Beslan; actions in Southern Russia against the pension reform after the President Putin's proposals; presentation of an updated list of political prisoners in Azerbaijan; emergency landing of a passenger aircraft in Sochi; claim of 15 OSCE member states on the violations of human rights in Chechnya, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of August 27-September 2, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

August 27, 2018 15:08

  • Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 20-26, 2018

    Attack of teenagers on policemen in Chechnya; celebration of Eid al-Adha in the Caucasus; visit of the Chancellor of Germany to Southern Caucasus, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of August 20-26, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

August 20, 2018 12:27

  • Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 13-19, 2018

    Nomination of candidates for the posts of Dagestani and Ingush leaders; new detention of a top-ranking official in Dagestan; explosion at a mine in the Rostov Region; mass poisoning of children in a health camp in Dagestan; release of oppositionist Ilgar Mamedov from the Azerbaijani prison, ‑ see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of August 13-19, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

August 13, 2018 15:24

August 06, 2018 13:28

  • Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of July 30-August 5, 2018

    Death of Russian journalists in the Central African Republic; appointment of the date for the presidential election in Georgia; fire in Sochi, which killed ten people; visit of tens of thousands of people to funeral of a Chechen man sentenced for the murder of Yuri Budanov; hurricane in Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia; detention of the chief of the Dagestani Bureau for Medical Examination, ‑ see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 30-August 5, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

July 30, 2018 20:15

  • A protest action against pension reform in Volgograd on July 28. Photo by Tatyana Filimonova for the "Caucasian Knot" Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of July 23-29, 2018

    Guilty verdicts to Ingush CCE agents in the case on torture; arrest of former Armenian President Robert Kocharyan in the case on dispersal of demonstrators in 2008, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 23-29, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

July 23, 2018 11:35

  • Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of July 16-22, 2018

    Attack of IS* militants on policemen in Dagestan; workers killed by explosion in Georgian mine; start of Oyub Titiev's trial in Chechnya; ECtHR's decision on inefficiency of investigation of Anna Politkovskaya's murder, – read about these and other main events in the Caucasus during the week of July 16-22, 2018, in the review prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

July 16, 2018 14:59

  • Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of July 9-15, 2018

    Mass riots in the Azerbaijani city of Ganja; resignation of the Mayor in Yerevan; the approval of the new Cabinet of Ministers in Georgia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 9-15, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Navalny’s volunteers: paid up PR-campaigns or a new political power?

Navalny’s volunteers: paid up PR-campaigns or a new political power? Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny intends to run for presidency in the upcoming elections to be held on March 18, 2018. His team has already opened 63 regional campaign offices. The "Сaucasian Knot" correspondent visited five offices in Astrakhan, Volgograd, Krasnodar, Rostov-on-Don, and Stavropol. The correspondent also met Navalny’s opponents in the regions - representatives of the Communist Party and the movement "All-Russian People's Front". They analyzed the work of the volunteers and Navalny's campaign offices, and expressed their opinions about what prompts young people to take part in the movement, and how this relates to the volunteers' families and friends. Read about that in the material of the "Caucasian Knot".
Relatives of Chechen young men shocked by secret verdict

"Safari in Syrian Way": A tale of a former militant who escaped from the ISIL*

Safari in Syrian Way: A tale of a former militant who escaped from the ISIL A native of Dagestan, who was successful in Moscow, tells why he had quitted his job, home, family and went to Syria, where he joined the ranks of the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (banned in Russia). The story of the battles, in which the base of the 17th Division of the Syrian Army was defeated; about how militants organized the "Safari in Syrian Way" by hunting the retreating soldiers of al-Assad in the desert; why those who come to Syria later get disappointed in militants’ ideas, – read about all that in the material of the "Caucasian Knot". *IS, ISIL has been recognized as a terrorist organization and banned in Russia.

Bring back alive: from Dagestan to ISIL* to return the son

Bring back alive: from Dagestan to ISIL to return the son Inside glimpse into realities of Islamic State and illegal border crossing business. Motivations of young people going to Syria and factors affecting such decisions by Dagestani youth. What are the true values of Islam, parental duties, nuances of family relations — Kazim Nurmagomedov, who managed to return his son from ISIL, talks about these topics in his interview with the ’Caucasian Knot’. *IS, or ISIL has been recognized a terrorist organization; its activities are forbidden in Russia.
WEEK IN THE CAUCASUS

April 13, 2019 17:21

Musa Malsagov (left) and Barakh Chemurziev. Collage by the Caucasian Knot. Screenshot from video posted by Ilez Pliev at YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjeTkWnqw04У Screenshot from video by Kavkaz.Realii, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK0TN_VlQnU

Musa Malsagov and Barakh Chemurziev, who have served their administrative arrests, were detained again on suspicion of calling for mass riots and the use of force against a power representative,...

April 12, 2019 13:33

Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Pool via REUTERS

Large losses of gas in Chechnya happened during the years of warfare, therefore, the state and the "Gazprom" must write off the republic's debt, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated. Russia had forgiven debts...

April 11, 2019 21:51

Dog handler with a dog. Photo: Yuri Grechko / Yugopolis

Law enforcers began searching for explosive devices in Volgograd schools, hospitals, shopping centres, and office buildings after reports of bombs.

April 12, 2019 08:31

Taxi in Tbilisi. Photo: Nicolai Cosedis Andersen https://www.flickr.com/

More than 300 taxi drivers arrived at the Bidzina Ivanishvili's residence in Tbilisi, demanding to cancel the new regulations of the taxi market in the capital of the country.

April 10, 2019 13:57

Yana Antonova. Screenshot from video posted by Alexander Saveliev at https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=80&v=LkpMOaVlnt4

A criminal case was instituted against Yana Antonova, the coordinator of the Open Russia* in the Krasnodar Territory, for involvement in an undesirable organization, and she was sent home under the...

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