Krasnodar Territory

April 14, 2021 18:04

• Three employees of Navalny’s office detained in Krasnodar

  The police detained Anastasia Panchenko, a coordinator of the Alexei Navalny’s office in Krasnodar, and two office employees on the outskirts of the city, as they drove to Gelendzhik to prepare a video report.

April 13, 2021 13:24

• Greenpeace criticizes plans to build "Dolina Vasta" resort in Sochi

  The construction of the new "Dolina Vasta" (Vasta Valley) ski resort in Sochi is illegal, the Russian branch of the environmental Greenpeace has stated. The construction of a new ski resort on the lands of the Sochi National Park will lead to the destruction of natural complexes, ecologists assert.

April 05, 2021 11:16

• Catholics of Caucasus and Southern Russia welcome second Easter amid pandemic

  Catholic communities of Southern Russia and countries of Southern Caucasus have changed the format of Easter services and abandoned the traditional mass celebrations in order to take precautions against coronavirus spread danger.

March 31, 2021 11:31

• Coordinator of Navalny's Krasnodar office fined for photos with kissing girls

  A court has fined Anastasia Panchenko, the coordinator of Alexei Navalny's office in Krasnodar, by 50,000 rouble fine, having seen in the photos of kissing girls posted on the Instagram propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations among teenagers.

March 29, 2021 11:17

• On March 22-28, no victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were reported

  During the week of March 22-28, 2021, during the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, no information about the casualties or wounded persons was reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

March 19, 2021 10:32

• "Sobesednik": winter "Putin's residence" in Krasnaya Polyana amazes with luxury

  The chalet "Achipse", which is believed to be Putin's residence, includes a personal cable car and a helipad. The residence itself is adorned with copies of medieval tapestries made by hand in Italy, gilded vases worth 187,000 roubles each and other luxury items from a trading house that has been a supplier to the Russian Imperial Court for 400 years, says the publication of the edition "Sobesednik" (Interlocutor).

March 10, 2021 08:58

• Rights defenders encouraged by transfer of materials on Chechen Tepsurkaev to Krasnodar investigators

  Chechen investigators have handed the materials of the check on the use of violence against Salman Tepsurkaev, the moderator of the "1Adat" chat of the Telegram channel, over to their colleagues in the Krasnodar Territory. This will make the investigation more efficient and help in establishing the whereabouts of the kidnapped person, the "Committee against Torture" (CaT) has expressed some hope.

March 05, 2021 17:36

• Police react to video depicting beating of Lezginka dancers in Krasnodar

  The police launch an investigation into the circumstances of the incident, as a result of which two natives of Northern Caucasus who danced Lezginka in a street in Krasnodar were beaten by a group of people, the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reported after a video of the incident had been posted on social media platforms.

March 02, 2021 21:31

• Chechnya leads in cases of violence against journalists and bloggers in Russia

  In 2020, out of 103 cases of violence against journalists registered by human rights defenders in Russia, 40 cases took place in Chechnya. The unfavourable situation with the freedom of the Internet has also developed in Dagestan, Ingushetia, North Ossetia, Adygea, and Kuban.

March 01, 2021 23:31

• "Novaya Gazeta" covers contrast between luxury of "Putin's palace" and Gelendzhik life

  Residents of Gelendzhik, in the vicinity of which a palace from the Alexei Navalny's investigation is located, have to huddle in illegally built constructions adjacent to garages, and they suffer from poor roads and problems with water supply, the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" reports. More than 3000 people signed a petition to demolish "Putin's palace" drawn up by a local activist.

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