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15:37, 17 September 2018

Armenian citizen injured in shelling from Azerbaijani side

The Azerbaijani armed forces shelled a border village in the Tavush District of Armenia. A local resident is wounded.

Grozny. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"

15:30, 17 September 2018

Public employees and students report being forced to take part in cleaning Grozny streets

On September 15, residents of Grozny took part in the All-Russian action "General cleaning of the country". Employees of public institutions, state-financed organizations and students reported that they came to clean the city at the request of their chiefs.

A security services officer. Photo http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/v-hode-kto-v-dagestane-neytralizovany-troe-2.html

15:29, 17 September 2018

On September 10-16, 2018, four persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

During the week of September 10-16, 2018, four persons were killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

A winemaker and a buyer at a wine festival held in the village of Tog. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"

13:43, 17 September 2018

In Nagorno-Karabakh, fifth wine festival attracts attention of private winemakers

24 wine companies from Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia and 29 private winemakers took part in the fifth wine festival held in the village of Tog in the Hadrut District. Last year, the wine festival was attended only by ten private winemakers.

Religious figures in Georgia at a protest action on September 15, 2018. Photo: screenshot of the 1tv.ge report

13:43, 17 September 2018

In Georgia, religious figures protest against marijuana legalization

Religious figures of the Georgian Orthodox Church held a protest against the legalization of marijuana use, as well as the initiative to allow the cultivation of cannabis for the production of cosmetics and medicines.

13:41, 17 September 2018

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of September 10-16, 2018

Summing up the results of the elections held in Southern Russia on September 9; special operation in Dagestan; announcement of a resonant sentence to 14 residents of Chechnya; verdict of guilty to Vladimir Bessonov, a former member of the State Duma; resumption of the action "Do not kill" in Tbilisi, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of September 10-16, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Law enforcers in Grozny. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

13:38, 17 September 2018

"Memorial": young people may be radicalized by verdict to Kurchaloi young people

A call to hold a rally against the sentence to 14 residents of the Kurchaloi District did not lead to protests in Grozny. When young people in Chechnya loose the possibility to legally protest and protect themselves by legal means, they get radicalized, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" noted.

Zaza Saralidze (fourth from the right) on the steps in front of the Georgian parliament. Photo by Beslan Kmuzon for the Caucasian Knot

11:10, 16 September 2018

Zaza Saralidze returns from hospital to building of Georgian parliament

Zaza Saralidze, an initiator of the action "Do not Kill", has been on the sixth day of his hunger strike with the demand for resignation of the Georgian government. Today, he has fallen ill. The hunger-striker is taken to the hospital.

11:01, 16 September 2018

Author of a video reporting violation during elections in Kalmykia visits Moscow

Student Aisa Khulaeva, who shot a video about ballot stuffing at the elections to the People's Khural, is in Moscow. She has already met Sergey Mironov, the leader of the "Spravedlivaya Rossiya" (Fair Russia) Party, the Party's Kalmyk branch reports.

Military parade on occasion of 100th anniversary of Baku's liberation, September 15, 2018. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot

10:50, 16 September 2018

In Baku, President Erdogan confirms support for Azerbaijan in Karabakh conflict

At the parade dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Baku liberation, the Azerbaijani leader has announced that the strong army is the main condition for the resolution of the Karabakh conflict and the army's power is growing. The President of Turkey, who also attended the parade, stated that his country would not restore relations with Armenia until the conflict was resolved.

10:37, 16 September 2018

Nagorno-Karabakh accuses Azerbaijan of 250 cases of shelling during a week

In the period from September 9 to 15, the Azerbaijani armed forces made more than 2500 shots on the positions of the Defence Army, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh reported.

CTO in Dagestan, September 15, 2018. Photo: NAC press service, http://nac.gov.ru

18:33, 15 September 2018

Three persons killed in a special operation in Dagestan

During a shootout which occurred in the Talgi village not far from the Karabudakhkent District, law enforcers eliminated a group of militants, the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) reported.

Lawyer Mikhail Benyash. Photo from Facebook personal page of Mikhail Benyash: https://www.facebook.com/mbenyash

18:20, 15 September 2018

Advocates: law enforcers do nothing to investigate beating of Mikhail Benyash

During almost a week after the arrest of lawyer Mikhail Benyash in Krasnodar, the legality for the law enforcers' actions had not been verified, reported advocate Alexei Avanesyan. The dispute, in which some lawyers accuse Mikhail Benyash of violating the lawyer's ethics by participation in the opposition movement, diverts attention from the fact that Mikhail Benyash has been beaten, notes advocate Alexander Popkov.

Military drills in Azerbaijan, September 2018. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence

18:11, 15 September 2018

Azerbaijan claims 88 cases of shelling from Armenian side

The Armenian armed forces 88 times violated the ceasefire in the conflict zone during a day, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reports today.

Police car at the place of CTO in Dagestan. Photo: press service of the National Antiterrorist Committee, http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/v-hode-kto-v-dagestane-neytralizovany-troe-2.html

17:57, 15 September 2018

CTO in Karabudakhkent and Buynaksk Districts becomes the first one in 2018

In 2018, the counterterrorist operation (CTO) legal regime has been introduced in the territories of the Buynaksk and Karabudakhkent Districts of Dagestan for the first time. In those areas, the recent special operation was conducted last year. The CTO legal regime has been introduced for the eighth time this year in the territory of the republic.

10:20, 15 September 2018

CTO regime announced in two Dagestani districts

Law enforcers are holding their special operations in the Buinaksk and Karabudakhkent Districts, which were today put under the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime, the spokesman for the Operative Headquarters in Dagestan of the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) gas stated.

People at the Shali City Court in Chechnya. Photo is provided by the press service of HRC 'Memorial'

10:11, 15 September 2018

Judge presents details of verdict to 14 residents of Chechnya

The 14 residents of the Chechen Kurchaloi District, convicted within the resonant case, received long prison terms for participating in the armed underground, Judge Taus Getaev has stated.

08:35, 15 September 2018

Head of Makhachkala customs complains to rights defenders about torture

Askandar Bilalov, a former acting head of the Makhachkala customs post, has turned to the Committee Against Torture (CAT) with a complaint about torture after his detention in August 2016, stating that over the past two years, fourteen resolutions were passed on his complaint, rights defenders report.

08:26, 15 September 2018

Call to protest causes fear in residents of Chechnya

Chechen residents do not rule out that the call to go to the rally in Grozny could be a provocation staged by law enforcers. They believe that a very small number of people would respond to the call.

Makhmud Velitov. Photo: press service of RFE/RL

08:17, 15 September 2018

Defence complains about quality of Imam Velitov's treatment

Makhmud Velitov, the Imam of the Moscow "Yardyam" Mosque, convicted for justifying terrorism, was kept at the Astrakhan City Hospital, chained to the bed; now, he is back at the prison hospital, where they fail to treat his heart problems, but tore off his nails because of fungus, Velitov's advocate has stated.

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