Analytics

July 18, 2011 16:00

• In June 61 persons lost in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  In June no less than 104 people, included 61 lost and 43 injured, were killed and wounded in the armed conflict in the Northern Caucasus. These are the results of calculations of the "Caucasian Knot", based on the own materials and official information from open sources.

July 04, 2011 21:00

• NCFD: from January to June, 2011, 42 persons lost, 94 – wounded in 93 explosions and terror acts

  Statistics on explosions and terror acts in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) of the Russian Federation for the first half of 2011 in comparison with that for the same period of 2010 gives grounds for cautious optimism: in general for the District, the number of explosions fell from 138 to 93, the number of perished in the result of these incidents decreased almost two times, from 81 to 42 persons, and the number of wounded decreased more than three times, from 297 to 94 persons.

June 15, 2011 21:00

• In May, 54 persons were lost in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During May this year, at least 97 persons were lost and wounded in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, including 54 casualties and 43 injured ones. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and other information from open sources.

April 29, 2011 10:00

• Russia chapter 2011 by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

April 15, 2011 22:00

• First quarter of 2011: 211 persons lost in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the first three months of this year, at least 468 persons suffered or became victims of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of them, 211 persons were killed and 257 injured. These are the results of calculations of the "Caucasian Knot", based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

April 12, 2011 23:50

• In March, 68 persons were killed in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  In March, at least 96 people were killed and wounded in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus: 68 of them were killed and at least 27 injured. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

February 23, 2011 23:10

• 84 persons perished in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus this January

  In January this year, the smouldering armed conflict in Northern Caucasus caused harm to 248 persons. Of them 84 were lost and at least 164 were injured. These are the calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" on the basis of its own materials and information from other open sources.

January 13, 2011 23:50

• 1261 people became victims of armed confrontations in Chechnya, Dagestan and Ingushetia

  In 2010 the most severe armed confrontations of the strongmen and extremist underground in Northern Caucasus became apparent in the territory of three republics: Chechnya, Ingushetia and Dagestan. No less than 639 people were lost in these confrontations and at least 622 persons got wounded.

January 10, 2011 23:00

• At least 178 persons perished in explosions and terror acts committed in Northern Caucasus and Moscow

  The loss of 178 people and injuries obtained by at least 895 persons more in 238 explosions and terror acts committed in 2010 in the territory of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) and in Moscow are most tragic outcomes of the glowing Northern Caucasus conflict.

July 15, 2010 16:00

• Frank Judd: "Situation in Chechnya affects not only locals, but the global community as a whole"

  Russian authorities have managed to isolate the Chechen Republic from western journalists and almost completely block the flow of independent information from the region. However, the commitment to act most cruelly and violently in Chechnya is in fact an evidence of Moscow's weakness; while the best way out is in improvement of social and economic life in Chechnya and launching the negotiation process. This was told in the interview to the "Caucasian Knot" by Lord Frank Judd, participant of the inter-party parliamentary group for defence of human rights of the British Parliament, former PACE's Rapporteur for Chechnya, who paid a visit to the republic as the head of the British parliamentary delegation on February 15-18, 2010.

May 03, 2010 09:00

• Interview with Tom de Waal "I look optimistically at the problem of normalizing Armenian-Turkish relations, since societies change and people become more open for possible changes"

  Thomas de Waal, British journalist and writer, former editor of the Caucasus department of the British Institute for War and Peace Reporting, co-founder of the non-government organization GO Group, one of the best-known Western experts on the Caucasus. In an interview to the "Caucasian Knot" he commented on the situation around the ratification of Armenian-Turkish protocols, on the prospects of settling the Nagorno-Karabakh problem and the relations between Azerbaijan and Iran.

April 27, 2010 10:00

• Interview with Ethan Zuckerman (Berkman Center for Internet and Society)

September 29, 2009 23:00

• FIDH President Souyer Belassen: "It is impossible to work in Chechnya because it is Russia"

  On 25 September, the president of the International Federation for Human Rights (IFHR) Souyer Belassen attended the Moscow court sitting that was considering a suit of the Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov against the chairman of the Memorial Human Rights Center Oleg Orlov. After the sitting, the human rights activist gave her vision of this legal process and the overall situation with human rights in the Russian Federation.

July 17, 2009 14:00

• Natalia Estemirova's Last Interview to Caucasian Knot

July 08, 2009 14:00

• National Reconciliation in South Ossetia

  The Commission of National Reconciliation in South Ossetia could become a vital tool for reducing tensions and finding lasting political solutions in the region, argues journalist and analyst Valeriy Dzutsev.

July 07, 2009 21:00

• Remarks by Barak Obama at the New Economic School Graduation

  Remarks by the President of the USA Barak Obama at the New Economic School Graduation, Moscow, July 7, 2009.

June 26, 2009 01:00

• Strategic Conflict Assessment (SCA) North Caucasus

  This SCA study contains an assessment of the current conflict and cooperation dynamics in the North Caucasus with a focus on developments in the region that have taken place since the previous Strategic Reconstruction and Development Assessment (SRDA) study conducted in 2005 and updated in 2006.

June 22, 2009 15:04

• Statement against Political Persecutions in Georgia

  The South Caucasus Network of Human Rights Defenders is extremely concerned about the arrests of activists of Georgian opposition political parties and violence used against them. These events have been continuing during last two months, starting from the kick off of the public demonstrations on 9 April 2009 and escalating recently.

June 17, 2009 11:47

• Urgent Appeal Against the Amendments to the NGO Law of Azerbaijan

  The South Caucasus Network of Human Rights Defenders is alarmed about the draft amendments to the Law of Republic of Azerbaijan "On Non-governmental organizations (public associations and foundations)" that are due to be discussed on 19 June by the Parliament of Azerbaijan. Should these amendments be adopted as they stand, they would severely curtail freedom of association in contradiction with the Constitution of Azerbaijan, international obligations undertaken by the country, in particular obligations steaming from the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the commitments under European Union Eastern Partnership, Council of Europe and OSCE.

March 09, 2009 21:00

• Levon Barsegyan (head of Journalists' Press Club "Asparez"): GALA TV Company is working, Armenian authorities slacken pressure on media

  About a year ago in Armenia, the GALA TV Company, non-controlled by the authorities and based in the city of Gyumri, the second largest city of Armenia, managed to escape closing. Great efforts to this end were made by the Journalists' Press Club named "Asparez". Levon Barsegyan, President of this Gyumri-based Club, shared his views with the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent about today's situation in Armenian media and characterized the country's internal political processes.