Сhronicles

May 02, 2016 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of April 25-May 1

  Celebration of the Orthodox Easter and May Day in Southern Russia; attacks on dwelling settlements in the Karabakh conflict zone; dispersal of a peaceful protest in Sochi; report about closure of hazardous facility at "Electrozink" Factory in Vladikavkaz; explosion of a bus in Yerevan; deprivation of Sagid Murtazaliev of a mandate of Dagestani MP, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of April 25-May 1, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

April 25, 2016 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of April 18-24

  Publication of the interim report on the results of investigation into the "FlyDubai" aircraft crash in Rostov-on-Don; conviction of Dagestani Vice-Premier Magomedgusen Nasrutdinov; undermining of house of alleged attackers on Dagestani village of Djuli, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of April 18-24, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

April 18, 2016 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of April 11-17

  Attack on the ROVD in the Stavropol Territory; special operation in the vicinity of Makhachkala; protest action in Yerevan against Russian arms supplies to Azerbaijan; hunger strike of inmates of Nalchik SIZO; a series of pickets in Cherkessk, which resulted in resumption of the investigation into the case of a fire at the city marketplace; withdrawal of the banking licence of the "Stella-Bank" from Rostov-on-Don, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of April 11-17, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

April 11, 2016 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of April 4-10

  Armistice in the Karabakh conflict zone and meetings of the parties with mediators; entry into force of the verdict to Nadezhda Savchenko and her announcement of hunger strike; appointment of the date of the parliamentary elections in Georgia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of April 4-10, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

April 04, 2016 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of March 28-April 3

  Aggravation of situation in Karabakh conflict zone; blowing up police cars in Dagestan; release of rights defender Intigam Aliev in Azerbaijan; entry into force of guilty verdict against Krasnodar activist Darya Polyudova; march against operation of the "Electrozink" Factory in Vladikavkaz; decisions of members of ruling coalition in Georgia to go to parliamentary elections independently, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of March 28-April 3, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

March 28, 2016 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of March 21-27

  Appointment of Ramzan Kadyrov as acting head of Chechen Republic; conviction of Nadezhda Savchenko, imposed by court in Rostov Region; decision of Supreme Court of Russia upholds verdict to Said Amirov, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of March 21-27, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

March 21, 2016 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of March 14-20

  Passenger jet crashin Rostov-on-Don; pardoning in Azerbaijan of 14 political prisoners; Said Amirov pronounces his last plea at trial at Supreme Court of Russia; start of building a new house in place of destroyed apartment building in Volgograd; recall of license from Vladikavkaz "1Bank"; explosion at filling station in Kizlyar, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of March 14-20, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

March 14, 2016 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of March 7-13

  Attacks on journalists and rights defenders on Ingush-Chechen border; explosion at a mosque in Nazran injuring four persons; death of two suspected militants in the CTO in Dagestan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of March 7-13, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

March 07, 2016 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of February 29-March 6

  Appointment of Vyacheslav Bitarov the acting head of North-Ossetia; debate in the Donetsk court in case against Nadezhda Savchenko; action in memory of the people killed during riots in Yerevan on March 1-2, 2008; failed rally in support of Ramzan Kadyrov in Grozny; unidentified criminals' attack on deputies of the Buynaksk City Council; mass poisoning of children of a kindergarten in a village in Kabardino-Balkaria, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of February 29-March 6, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

February 29, 2016 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of February 22-28

  Actions in Boris Nemtsov's memory in cities of Southern Russia; meeting of delegates from Georgia and South Ossetia in Ergneti; publication of the report on the Chechen leader prepared by oppositionist Ilya Yashin, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of February 22-28, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

February 22, 2016 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of February 15-21

  Death of head of North Ossetia Tamerlan Aguzarov; car explosion at GIBDD (traffic police) post in Dagestan by suicide bomber; approval of conviction of Azerbaijani rights defender Rasul Jafarov; termination of Savchenko's trial; issuance of permit to build bridge across the Kerch Strait; cancellation of judgement in the case of Kislovodsk Imam Kurman-Ali Baichorov, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of February 15-21, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

February 15, 2016 08:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of February 8-14

  Protests of parishioners of Salafi mosque in Derbent after detention of its Imam; decision of Volgograd authorities to build a new house in place of destroyed one; large-scale military exercises in Southern Russia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of February 8-14, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

February 08, 2016 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of February 1-7

  Decision of the ECtHR on the case of torturing Gilal Mamedov in Azerbaijan; Georgia's President addresses his annual message to Parliament; rallies in Dagestani cities of Khasavyurt and Buynaksk; meeting of housing shareholders in Krasnodar with Kuban Governor on stopped construction of house; stop of hunger strike by resident of Volgograd, who demanded from authorities to solve her housing problem, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of February 1-7, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

February 01, 2016 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of January 25-31

  Decision of the Russian Supreme Court concerning appeals filed by defendants sentenced in the case of the attack on Nalchik; start of the investigation into the conflict in South Ossetia at the International Court in The Hague; adoption by PACE of one of two resolutions prepared on the Karabakh conflict, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of January 25-31, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

January 25, 2016 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of January 18-24

  Growing incidence of SARS and influenza in the southern regions of Russia; mass Orthodox bathing on the occasion of Epiphany in the south of Russia; rally in Grozny in support of Ramzan Kadyrov after his critic statements concerning non-systemic opposition; sentence against BORN members being upheld by the Supreme Court of Russia; collision of an armoured car with Gazel passenger minivan in Dagestan; start of the consideration of the Levon Airapetyan's case by Moscow court, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of January 18-24, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

January 18, 2016 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of January 11-17

  Protests against price rise in three cities of Azerbaijan; special operation in Nalchik; protest actions of Kuban pensioners against abolition of privileges for public transports, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of January 11-17, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

January 11, 2016 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of January 4-10

  Christmas celebrations by Orthodox believers; bad weather, which caused a number of emergencies in Southern Russia and countries of Southern Caucasus; increase in SARS and influenza incidence in Armenia; CBA's decision to change currency exchange rules; photo exhibition "Images of Old and New Sochi" in the resort city, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of January 4-10, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

January 04, 2016 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of December 28-January 3

  New Year celebrations in Northern Caucasus under reinforced security measures; armed attack on people in Derbent; presentation of final charges on Nemtsov's murder, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of December 28, 2015-January 3, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

December 28, 2015 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of December 21-27

  Resignation of Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili; release of Krasnodar ecologist Evgeny Vitishko from colony; election of new City Manager of Vladikavkaz; removal of debris after apartment block explosion in Volgograd; special operations in three republics of Northern Caucasus; update of list of political prisoners in Azerbaijan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of December 21-27, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

December 21, 2015 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of December 14-20

  Explosion in high-rise building in Volgograd that deprived hundred people of housing; start of trial on massacre of Avetisyan family in Armenia; meeting of presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of December 14-20, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".