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Inner yard in one of the houses that belong to the detained Dagestani officials. Screenshot from video shot by the Investigating Committee of Russia: www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=58&v=8_SZ_0qeI10

15:01, 2 July 2018

About 100 real estate objects arrested in Dagestani officials' case

Among the arrested property there are apartments and shares in private houses owned by relatives of Rayudin Yusufov, the "Kommersant" reports today.

A woman in Baku in hot weather. Photo: Sputnik / Murad Orujov https://ru.sputnik.az/life/20180701/415998503/prognoz-pogody-ijul.html

14:48, 2 July 2018

Baku registers 120-year air temperature record

On July 1, in Baku and the Absheron Peninsula, the air temperature reached 43-44°C, and that was a record for 120 years of observations, the National Department from the Azerbaijani Ministry of Ecology reports.

Rally against pension reform, Krasnodar, July 1, 2018. Photo by representatives of the Krasnodar Navalny's office, https://vk.com/teamnavalny_krd

11:49, 2 July 2018

At Krasnodar rally, organizers report 800 opponents to pension reform

On July 1, in Krasnodar, despite the intense heat, nearly 800 people took part in a rally against the increase in retirement age in Russia, organized by the Navalny's office. Many participants do not belong to any political party or opposition movement, the organizers of the rally noted. Meanwhile, Krasnodar policemen reported about 150 participants of the rally.

Football fans in Sochi fan zone, July 1, 2018. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the Caucasian Knot.

11:42, 2 July 2018

In Sochi, over 10,000 people visit fan zone during Russia-Spain football match

On July 1, in Sochi, by the beginning of the football match between the national teams of Russia and Spain, a fan zone gathered at a time more than 10,000 football fans. In total, during the day, according to the organizers' estimates, about 20,000 people visited the fan zone.

"When I Return-3" documentary poster. Photo by Badma Byurchiev for the Caucasian Knot.

11:30, 2 July 2018

About 100 people come to presentation of film about Kalmyk soldiers killed in Chechnya

On June 29, Elista hosted a presentation of the documentary film "When I Return-3", dedicated to soldiers and officers from Kalmykia, killed during the second Chechen war and counterterrorist operations (CTOs) in Northern Caucasus.

Vyacheslav Shumsky. Photo from personal Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=468814190242627&set=a.438993836557996.1073741829.100013421497356&type=3&theater

11:18, 2 July 2018

Rostov resident come out to Red Square to protest naked

In protest against the increase in retirement age, Vyacheslav Shumsky, a Rostov activist stripped in the centre of Moscow and covered his body with the poster reading: "Robbed to underpants".

11:08, 1 July 2018

Suicide statistics in Abkhazia causes scandal in social networks

Since the start of 2018, 17 suicides have been registered in Abkhazia; nine of them in the last two months, Raul Lolua, an MP, wrote in his Facebook. Users of social networks believe that suicides are caused by financial problems; however, in most cases people could have been saved by specialists and the attention of relatives.

11:04, 1 July 2018

Defence disagrees with verdict to teens in Tbilisi

The advocates of the teenagers convicted in the case of killing schoolboys in Tbilisi have appealed against the judgement.

An explosion. Photo by the press service of the Ministry of Defence of Nagorno-Karabakh http://www.nkrmil.am/gallery/photos/view/18

21:44, 30 June 2018

Nagorno-Karabakh counts 150 shelling episodes from Azerbaijan during a week

On June 24-30, militaries of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces fired about 1500 rounds, thus, violating the truce in the conflict zone, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh has stated.

21:36, 30 June 2018

Desecration of Buddha statue in Elista turns into verdict to two Dagestanis

A resident of Dagestan has been convicted for inciting hatred towards Kalmyks in the context of the case of Said Osmanov, who was found guilty in Elista of desecrating the statue of Buddha.

A school lesson in Chechnya. Photo by the press service of the Ministry of Culture of Chechnya http://mk-chr.ru/component/content/article?id=1672:o-chechenskoj-professionalnoj-muzyke-rasskazali-sotrudniki-natsionalnogo-muzeya-chr

18:50, 30 June 2018

Chechen teachers treat optional study of mother tongue as unacceptable

The adoption of the bill now being considered by the State Duma poses a threat of extinction to languages of Russia's small nations, including Chechens, the teachers and scientists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe. Shamsail Saraliev, a State Duma MP, has recalled his signature from the list of authors of the bill.

Law enforcers in masks. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsKHG3JRbso

18:47, 30 June 2018

Mutsolgov told how his search was held

Magomed Mutsolgov, an Ingush rights defender and a blogger of the "Caucasian Knot", said that the law enforcers in masks, who searched his house and the office of his human rights organization "Mashr", behaved correctly.

Exercises of the Engineering Corps of Azerbaijan. June 22, 2018. Photo by the press service of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence https://mod.gov.az/ru/news/provedeny-taktiko-specialnye-ucheniya-s-inzhenerno-sapernymi-podrazdeleniyami-23124.html

13:18, 30 June 2018

Azerbaijan states machine-gun fire from Armenian side

During the last 24 hours, Armenian militaries violated the ceasefire regime for 86 times on the troops contact line by using large-calibre machine guns, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

Serzh Sargsyan, a President of Armenia, gives an award to his brother Levon Sargsyan. Photo by the press service of the President of Armenia http://www.president.am

13:02, 30 June 2018

Relatives of Armenian ex-president Serzh Sargsyan suspected of illegal enrichment

Levon Sargsyan, a brother of the former president of Armenia, while being Armenia's ambassador at large, failed to declare his large-scale bank deposits, the State Revenue Committee of Armenia has stated.

Arsen Kanokov in traditional dress. Photo courtesy of Kanokov's press service vk.com/arsen_kanokov

10:11, 30 June 2018

Scientists of Caucasus explain Senator Kanokov's criticism of law on mother tongues

The statement of Arsen Kanokov, the Senator (member of the Russia's Federation Council) from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), against the law on mother tongues (native or national languages) became a sort of a challenge to other members of North-Caucasian elites, experts said.

10:09, 30 June 2018

Law enforcers break into rights defender's house in Ingushetia

Law enforcers have broken into the house of Magomed Mutsolgov, the head of the Ingush human rights organization "Mashr", a blogger of the "Caucasian Knot".

08:20, 30 June 2018

First hearing of Titiev's case scheduled for July 3

A preliminary hearing of the case of Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", will be held behind closed doors. Titiev complained about informational isolation at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) – he fails to receive all the letters addressed to him; and they do not allow him to have a wireless or a TV set in his cell.

Screenshot of the video in Khasavyurt. https://t.me/breakingmash/6355

08:18, 30 June 2018

Teen driving Mercedes knocks down three pedestrians in Khasavyurt

In the city of Khasavyurt, Dagestan, a fifteen-year-old teenager, driving an off-road Mercedes car, knocked down two pedestrians to death, another person was hospitalized.

The PACE's session. Photo: REUTERS/Vincent Kessler

23:37, 29 June 2018

PACE MPs condemn repressions against oppositionists in Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan neglects its obligations to the Council of Europe (CoE), political persecutions and imprisonments are widespread in the country. This is said in the statement signed by 21 PACE MPs.

A sand quarry. Photo: Redboston https://ru.wikipedia.org/

23:36, 29 June 2018

Worker dies in sand quarry in Georgia

A tractor driver got buried under sand and stones in a quarry in Chiatura District of Georgia; he died on the spot, the police have reported.

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