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Service dogs. Photo: Elena Sineok/Yuga.ru

10:52, 5 August 2019

Nine homemade bombs found in Dagestani village

Law enforcers have liquidated the improvised explosive devices (IEDs) found in an abandoned warehouse in the Untsukul District of Dagestan, the Russia's FSB has reported.

Screenshot from video material 'Blood feud: Chechen remake' prepared by the "Caucasian Knot", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxH47RW8GQ8

10:41, 5 August 2019

Orientalists believe blood feud atypical for modern Azerbaijan

In the past, the practice of blood feud was widespread among Azerbaijanis, but for the modern country it is an atypical phenomenon, Orientalists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

Fikret Radjabov. Photo: press service of the National Assembly of Dagestan

11:19, 4 August 2019

MP Fikret Radjabov arrested again in Makhachkala

The Sovietsky District Court of Makhachkala has arrested Fikret Radjabov, an MP of the National Assembly (Parliament) of Dagestan, for two months on suspicion of a fraud.

Igor Kalyapin (left) after being detained in Moscow. Screenshot of Facebook page of the Committee against Torture: https://www.facebook.com/KomitetProtivPytok/photos/a.365292486904693/2025401470893778/?type=3&theater

11:10, 4 August 2019

Igor Kalyapin detained during protest action in Moscow

The head of the Committee against Torture (CaT), Igor Kalyapin, was detained in Moscow at an unauthorized rally against the non-admission of opposition candidates to the elections to the Moscow City Duma. This time, the total number of detainees was 600 people.

At the contact line in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot

10:58, 4 August 2019

NKR counts 90 shelling attacks in conflict zone during week

From July 28 to August 3, Azerbaijani military servicemen fired about 600 shots at the positions of the Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), its Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

Screenshot of Georgian Rave Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/GRfest/photos/gm.335736437371333/539935070166745/?type=3

16:31, 3 August 2019

Adjara music festival postponed due to clergymen's protest

160 residents of Adjara and local priests signed against holding the "Georgian Rave" electronic music festival in the ancient fortress. The organizers said they would find another venue for the festival to avoid conflict.

Pre-trial prison. Photo: Fyodor Obmaikin/Yugopolis

15:56, 3 August 2019

Detainee's death raises problem of torture in Abkhazia

It is necessary to tighten the criminal liability for the use of torture by law enforcers, and record on video interrogations of detainees, Asida Shakryl, the Abkhaz Ombudsperson, has stated in connection with the resonant case of the death of the detainee, Anzor Tarba.

Garbage removal in Yerevan. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the Caucasian Knot

15:43, 3 August 2019

Yerevan: garbage removal operator accuses Mayoralty of raiding

Tax inspections and fines are desolating the garbage collection operator in Yerevan and prevent it from duly and efficiently performing its work, the head of the "Sanitek" Company has stated.

11:51, 3 August 2019

Prosecutor suggests mitigating punishments to convicts for riots in Ganja

The prosecutor has spoken at the Appeal Court and offered to re-qualify charges into softer ones for 11 people earlier convicted for participating in the events in Ganja in July 2018. The session was held amid the action held in front of the courthouse by convicts' relatives.

Activist is planting seedlings in Volgograd. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the Caucasian Knot

11:38, 3 August 2019

Volgograd: activists plant trees in protest against construction near university

Graduates of the Volgograd State University (VolSU) and local residents have opposed the construction of a children's hospital near the university, and laid out a park in this place.

Azerbaijani servicemen. Photo: https://mod.gov.az/ru/foto-arhiv-045/?gid=20031

11:26, 3 August 2019

Participants in Baku meeting call to resume civil dialogue with Yerevan

Contacts of civil society activists of Armenia and Azerbaijan may help in peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict, but the informal dialogue of its parties has degraded, the authors of the study on possibilities of civil diplomacy, presented in Baku, have stated.

Anastasia Shevchenko. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the Caucasian Knot

08:38, 3 August 2019

Election Commission refuses to register Shevchenko for elections in Rostov-on-Don

The Territorial Election Commission (TEC) has rejected 23 out of the 155 signatures collected in support of the nomination of Anastasia Shevchenko as a candidate for the Rostov City Duma. However, Ms Shevchenko herself claims that the handwriting examination, on the basis of which the signatures were rejected, was unreliable.

Mosque at the Hungarian Fighters street in Makhachkala. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the Caucasian Knot

08:29, 3 August 2019

Law enforcers' raid at Makhachkala mosque passes without detentions

On Friday, August 2, after the traditional namaz (prayer), mobile patrol units checked documents of the parishioners of the "Tangim" mosque in Makhachkala. Law enforcers explained the checks by the conducted operations "Alcohol" and "Seat Belt".

Baku Court of Appeal. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot

21:51, 2 August 2019

Court leaves "Musavat" Party activist under arrest

Elman Guliev, an activist of the "Musavat" Party, sentenced to administrative arrest, declared an attempt to recruit him at a police detention centre. He made this statement during the consideration of his complaint about the arrest. The court has left the activist in custody.

Desecration of soldiers' graves in Armenia. Screenshot from video: https://www.facebook.com/meruj.moj/videos/1800369413443184/

21:38, 2 August 2019

Woman detained for desecrating Armenian soldiers' graves released

The female resident of Yerevan, suspected of vandalism at a military cemetery, has been set free under recognizance not to leave.

Office of 'Rustavi-2'. Photo: REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili

17:26, 2 August 2019

Erosi Kitsmarashvili's relatives voice claims on "Rustavi-2" TV Company

Family members of Erosi Kitsmarishvili, a deceased co-founder of the "Rustavi-2" TV Company, intend to go to court and seek the transfer to them of 30% of the shares of the TV Company. Djardji Akemidze, a co-founder of the "Rustavi-2" TV Company, decided to start a similar lawsuit.

Participants of the war in Afghanistan have gathered in Makhachkala to discuss their further actions. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the Caucasian Knot

17:12, 2 August 2019

In Makhachkala, Afghan war veterans demand to provide them with housing

Today, in Makhachkala, about 25 participants of the war in Afghanistan have gathered and threatened the authorities with a hunger strike. They recall that they have been expecting housing from the state for many years.

Soldier of the Nagorno-Karabakh Army. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Nagorno-Karabakh, http://www.nkrmil.am/news/view/2144

14:01, 2 August 2019

Azerbaijan registers 20 shelling attacks in conflict zone

The positions of the Azerbaijani army in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled, including from sniper rifles, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reports today.

Argun. Photo: press service of the Argun Administration, https://newargun.ru/

13:46, 2 August 2019

Ramzan Kadyrov's fellow villager appointed head of Argun police department

Residents of Chechnya associate the appointment of Alikhan Tsakaev to the post of the head of the Argun police department with the desire of the Chechen authorities to strengthen the position of Khas-Magomed Kadyrov, a 28-year-old relative of the Chechen leader, who was appointed the Mayor of Argun.

Village of Ukhtasar. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot

11:59, 2 August 2019

Migrants from Armenia tell about undeveloped NKR village (+video)

In the village of Ukhtasar, Askeran District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), there is not enough water to irrigate gardens and orchards; while the houses provided under the resettling programme are falling apart, local residents complain.

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