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Activists of the 'Girchi' Party planting hemp. Photo is provided by press service of 'Girchi' Party, https://www.facebook.com/GirchiParty/photos/a.1445948482123273.1073741855.1031485756902883/1445950502123071/?type=3&theater

11:47, 31 July 2018

Georgian activists achieve legalization of marijuana

The Constitutional Court (CC) of Georgia has granted the claim of activists of the "Girchi" Party, having recognized the administrative punishment for the use of marijuana to be unconstitutional.

08:24, 31 July 2018

Law enforcers deny information about shootout in Dagestan

The information about the shelling of policemen in the Novolaksky District is untrue, said the spokesperson of the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). According to his version, there were no attempts to attack law enforcers.

Members of the State Security Service of Azerbaijan. Photo: © Sputnik / Murad Orujo https://ru.sputnik.az/incidents/20170224/409093273/sluzhba-gosbezopasnosti-azerbajdzhan-pojmala-shpionov.html

08:17, 31 July 2018

Azerbaijani activists criticize inquiry into "Ganja case"

The four suspects of committing assassination attempt on the head of Ganja and organizing subsequent riots were killed by law enforcers, dozens of people were arrested or declared wanted, the Azerbaijani General Public Prosecutor has announced. However, a rights defender told the "Caucasian Knot" that the investigation is not transparent.

Policeman. Photo: Elena Sineok / Yuga.ru

23:09, 30 July 2018

A native of Chechnya explains his attack on a policeman by hatred

In Moscow, a charge has been brought against a young man detained after an attack on a policeman with a knife. During an interrogation, the native of Chechnya has voiced his dislike of law enforcers, a source reported.

22:55, 30 July 2018

Law enforcers check information about shooting in Dagestan

Secret services check information about the shelling of a police squad in the Novolaksky District. No information about possible victims is reported, a source reports today.

Mekhman Guseinov. Photo: Facebook / Mehman Huseynov https://ru.sputnik.az/incidents/20170110/408378224/bloger-mehman-gusejnov-osvobozhden-shtraf.html

22:49, 30 July 2018

Activists call on Azerbaijani authorities to let Mekhman Guseinov visit his mother

Today, members of NGOs and journalists have appealed to the Azerbaijani Ministry of Justice (MoJ) with a request to let blogger Mekhman Guseinov, sentenced for slander, visit his seriously ill mother.

A protest action against pension reform in Volgograd on July 28. Photo by Tatyana Filimonova for the "Caucasian Knot"

20:15, 30 July 2018

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of July 23-29, 2018

Guilty verdicts to Ingush CCE agents in the case on torture; arrest of former Armenian President Robert Kocharyan in the case on dispersal of demonstrators in 2008, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 23-29, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Rainbow flag. Photo: REUTERS/Henry Romero

19:27, 30 July 2018

"Russian LGBT-Network": 125 gays leave Chechnya because of persecution

Since early 2017, 125 people, who fell victim to persecution, left Chechnya, the "Kommersant" reports today in the article "In the Chechen Republic, there are no sex minorities or their number drops" with reference to a member of the movement "Russian LGBT-Network".

At the place of fire in Sochi. Photo: press service of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Krasnodar Territory

19:19, 30 July 2018

Sochi authorities disclose information about fire victims

The death toll of eight people includes a child, investigators reported. The dead were workers from the CIS countries, who lived in a temporary shelter on a railway right-of-way, the Sochi administration reported.

19:09, 30 July 2018

Million-rouble thefts in "Chechenfilm" to be investigated after complaint from Minister of Culture - RBC

A criminal case has been instituted against chiefs and employees of the film studio "Chechenfilm" after a complaint filed by Vladimir Medinsky, Russian Minister of Culture, the RBC reports today.

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15:47, 30 July 2018

In Sochi, death toll of fire reaches eight people

Today, early in the morning, a fire has broken out in a private apartment building in Sochi. Various sources reported at least nine victims of the fire, including seven dead.

Military drills in Azerbaijan using new vehicles supplied to Baku by Russia, February 2018. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan.

15:39, 30 July 2018

Azerbaijan claims shelling of its positions in five villages

On July 29-30, the ceasefire regime on the contact line at the border with Armenia and in the Karabakh conflict zone was violated 92 times, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) reports today.

Russian special task forces. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/antiterroristicheskie-ucheniya/v-karabashe-proshli-ucheniya-arsenal-2018.html

15:32, 30 July 2018

On July 23-29, 2018, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

During the week of July 23-29, 2018, no one fell victim to 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.

Hayk Marutyan at the Republic Square in Yerevan, May 8, 2018. Photo: © Sputnik / Aram Nersesyan

11:32, 30 July 2018

Pashinyan's colleagues nominate comedian actor as candidate to become Yerevan Mayor

On July 29, the "Civil Contract" Party headed by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan nominated comedian actor Hayk Marutyan as a candidate to run for the post of Yerevan Mayor.

Flash mob in support of Aslan Yandiev in the centre of Volgograd. Photo by Tatiana Filimonova for the Caucasian Knot

11:22, 30 July 2018

Seven Volgograd activists organize a flash mob in support of Aslan Yandiev

On July 29, in the centre of Volgograd, a flash mob was held in support of Aslan Yandiev, accused of involvement in a series of terror acts in North Ossetia. Activists of the human rights association "Vaifund" took part in the action.

Arrival of British soldiers to Georgia for the Noble Partner 2018 multinational NATO exercises. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Georgia, https://mod.gov.ge/ge

11:10, 30 July 2018

Over 3000 soldiers and officers arrive in Georgia to take part in NATO exercises

All the participants of the Noble Partner 2018 multinational NATO exercises to be held on August 1-15 have arrived in Georgia. In total, more than 3000 soldiers and officers from 13 countries will take part in the exercises.

Robert Kocharyan. Photo: press service of Robert Kocharyan, http://www.2rd.am/hy/photo/page/2

11:00, 30 July 2018

Robert Kocharyan's defence blames Armenian authorities for violating promises

The charge brought against Robert Kocharyan, the second president of Armenia, is based on the testimony given by anonymous witnesses and contains no specific statements, and the court ignored his immunity, advocates have stated.

A rally against pension reform in Rostov-on-Don. July 28, 2018. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the "Caucasian Knot"

08:34, 29 July 2018

Rally against pension reform gathered over 1000 residents of Rostov-on-Don

They came to the rally with posters "No to cannibalistic pension reform!", "No to increase of retirement age!" and "Pension reform is genocide of Russian people!"

Broken windows in a house in the vilage of Nerkin Oratag, Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"

22:39, 28 July 2018

Nagorno-Karabakh counts 300 shelling episodes in the conflict zone during a week

During the week from July 22 to July 28, Azerbaijani militaries violated the ceasefire regime for 300 times; a soldier was wounded during one of the bombardments, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh has stated.

18:31, 28 July 2018

Gadjimagomed Guseinov appointed Dagestani Vice-Premier

Gadjimagomed Guseinov, the Director of the Department of Budget Policy in Economy Sectors of the Russian Ministry of Finance, has been appointed to the post of the acting Deputy Chairman of the Government of Dagestan (acting Vice Prime Minister).

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