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Soldiers of Nagorno-Karabakh Army join military parade dedicated to 25th anniversary of Armenia's independence. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the Caucasian Knot

19:20, 12 February 2019

In Armenia, soldier arrested after shooting dead his colleague

A regular soldier is suspected of shooting dead Senior Lieutenant Mesrop Grigoryan, investigators have reported today.

Malida Mageramova, a resident of Chechnya, on air of the Chechen TV Channel. Photo: screenshot from video broadcasted by 'Grozny' TV Channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg0cQnnkKSI

19:09, 12 February 2019

Chechen woman evicted from dormitory publicly apologizes on TV

On February 11, on the air of the Chechen TV Channel, Malida Mageramova, a resident of Chechnya, apologized for her video appeal to the authorities with a complaint about eviction from a dormitory.

Soldier of the Nagorno-Karabakh Army. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Nagorno-Karabakh, http://www.nkrmil.am/news/view/2101

13:06, 12 February 2019

Azerbaijan counts 21 shelling attacks in the conflict zone

During the last 24 hours, positions of Azerbaijani militaries were shelled for 21 times, including those stationed in three villages, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed today.

The Galanchozh District of Chechnya. Photo: Tsoy-Peda https://ru.wikipedia.org

12:54, 12 February 2019

Chechen authorities announce housing construction in Galanchozh District

The Chechen authorities promise to pay 1-3 million roubles to those residents of Chechnya, who are ready to move to the Galanchozh District and run their households there.

11:12, 12 February 2019

NKR rules out release of Askerov and Guliev

After the release of Elnur Guseinzade, the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has excluded the possibility of the release or exchange of other Azerbaijani citizens, Shakhbaz Guliev and Dilkham Askerov, who had been convicted for especially grave crimes.

11:07, 12 February 2019

"Muslim Unity" activist arrested in Azerbaijan

Bakhtiyar Bagirov, an activist of the "Muslim Unity" Movement, was arrested for 20 days. His fate remained unknown to his relatives for five days.

Village of Mekhelta in Gumbetovsky District of Dagestan. Screenshot from video posted by user 'Jamaica Rasulov on YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYwKpEhVoeM

10:58, 12 February 2019

Residents of Gumbetovsky District tell about Chechnya's claims on pastures

The concern of the villagers of Mekhelta, the district centre, was caused by the claims of the Chechen party to 160 hectares of summer pastures, which had been used by generations of local shepherds, said the village head and a local resident.

01:50, 12 February 2019

Armenia's MoD reports soldier's death

Mesrop Grigoryan, a contract soldier, was fatally wounded in one of the military units of the Armenian Armed Forces, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.

Oyub Titiev (left) with his advocates in the courtroom. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the Caucasian Knot

01:44, 12 February 2019

Court dealing with Titiev's case continues rejecting defence's motions

The female judge, who is considering the case of Oyub Titiev, has refused to satisfy the defence's demand of self-disqualification. Oyub's advocates demanded to request details of Titiev's mobile phone connections on the day of his detention from mobile operators.

'Mother's heart' installation at the place of picket, Makhachkala, February 10, 2018. Screenshot from video shot by the Caucasian Knot, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3Mo0CYWHCM

23:15, 11 February 2019

"March of Mothers' Rage" disrupted in Makhachkala

Natalia Zakharova, the organizer of the "March of Mothers' Rage" in Makhachkala, decided to change the format of the action to a solo picket in support of Anastasia Shevchenko, after law enforcers came to her home in her absence and frightened her children.

Poland's domestic counterintelligence agency, Warsaw. Photo: Polskie Radio (RFE/RL)

22:42, 11 February 2019

Poland to deport native of Chechnya for links with IS*

A native of Chechnya was detained in Poland on suspicion of having links with terrorist organizations; the authorities are preparing to extradite him to Russia.

Patrol duty cars in Baku. Photo: ©: Sputnik / Murad Orujov https://sputnik-georgia.ru/caucasus/20180429/240254500/baku-zaderzhany-police.html

22:19, 11 February 2019

Five PFPA members detained during trial of their party comrade

The court has refused to release Zakhir Mamedli, the head of one of the branches of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA). Five activists, who came to the courthouse, were taken to the police station. Four of them were later released.

19:46, 11 February 2019

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of February 4-10, 2019

Start of the discussion on the borders between Chechnya and Dagestan; severe earthquakes in Azerbaijan; departure of an Armenian mission to Syria, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of February 4-10, 2019, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Oyub Titiev (left) and his advocates in the courtroom. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the Caucasian Knot

17:15, 11 February 2019

Titiev's defence demands to disqualify the judge

The judge's decisions to reject all the defence's petitions in the case of Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", may be associated with fears for the judge's personal safety, Titiev's advocate has stated today. The prosecutors have treated the defence's demands to disqualify the court as unjustified.

Dirty mattress in the infectious diseases ward of the hospital. Screenshot from the Instagram page of the community "ChP/Nalchik", https://www.instagram.com/p/BttlcMdHfz-/

17:04, 11 February 2019

Social networks criticize KBR's Health Ministry for poor state of hospitals

Users of the Instagram have expressed outrage at the information about dirty mattresses and bedspreads, issued to patients in the infectious diseases ward of the hospital of the dwelling settlement of Maisky and stated that a similar picture can be observed in hospitals in other cities of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR).

Armenian mission before being sent to Syria. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Armenia

16:16, 11 February 2019

Armenian opposition criticizes sending mission to Syria

Officials voice contradictory statements about the reasons for sending a humanitarian contingent to Syria, state Armen Ashotyan, the deputy chairman of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA). The "Sasna Tsrer" Party described sending of armed forces to Syria as "colonial dependence on Russia."

Special forces agent. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/antiterroristicheskie-ucheniya/operativnym-shtabom-v-respublike-tatarstan.html#&gid=1&pid=4

15:54, 11 February 2019

On February 4-10, 2019, one person fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

During the week of February 4-10, 2019, one person was killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

At a place where suspicious subject was found in Baku. Photo: © Sputnik / Yelena Starostina https://az.sputniknews.ru/incidents/20190209/419340678/v-bakinskom-dvore-najdena-ruchnaja-granata.html

15:42, 11 February 2019

Grenade found near kindergarten in Baku

A teenager reported to the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) of Azerbaijan that he had found a grenade in an abandoned front garden in a yard of a house in Ganja Avenue in Baku.

Children going to school, Baghdad (Iraq), December 16, 2018. Photo: REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani

11:15, 11 February 2019

Twenty-seven Russian children get back from Iraq

27 children from Russia aged from four to 13 years were brought to Moscow from Iraq. The children had been kept in a prison in Baghdad, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has stated.

Picket in support of Anastasia Shevchenko in Astrakhan, February 10, 2019. Photo: Alena Sadovskaya for the Caucasian Knot

11:03, 11 February 2019

Astrakhan activists stand up for Anastasia Shevchenko

Astrakhan picketers, supporting Anastasia Shevchenko have demanded to release her and stop political repressions.

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