Infographics. Statistics of victims in Northern Caucasus in Quarter 2 of 2014 under the data of the Caucasian Knot

December 06, 2019 21:01

• Ecologists voice skepticism about initiative to save Lake Sevan

  A bill adopted by the Armenian parliament and restricting water withdrawal from Lake Sevan is inefficient, since it does not prohibit the use of large volumes of water from the lake, say ecologists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

December 06, 2019 20:47

• Number of protocols drawn up against "Memorial" reaches 28

  In addition to 20 administrative protocols on the absence of a "foreign agent" mark drawn up against the "International Memorial" and Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" after the inspection conducted by the Ingush FSB, the "Roskomnadzor" (Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media) drew up eight more protocols on a complaint filed by an individual.

December 06, 2019 19:42

• Six suspects detained in case on Ibragim Eldjarkiev's murder

  In Moscow and Ingushetia, six persons have been detained in a case on the murder of Ibragim Eldjarkiev, the chief of the Ingush Centre for Combating Extremism (CCE, also known as Centre "E"). Entrepreneur Khasan Polonkoev, one of the detainees, led the grouping involved in the murder, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) suggests.

December 06, 2019 14:54

• Ogtai Gyulyalyev's wife reports deterioration of his health condition

  Azerbaijani human rights defender Ogtai Gyulyalyev, who is being treated in Turkey, has got a new complication: liver problems, but the question concerning further financing of his medical treatment still remains open, his spouse reports.

December 06, 2019 14:38

• In Astrakhan, ship captain claims falsification of case on storage of a bomb

  Nail Mukhanov, a resident of Astrakhan, accused of illicit trafficking of ammunition and explosive devices, claims that the case against him has been fabricated.