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01:52, 26 May 2018

Kadyrov reports detention of Oyub Titiev's nephew

Adam Titiev, a nephew of Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", was detained on suspicion of possessing drugs, the head of Chechnya has stated.

00:57, 26 May 2018

Putin ducks the question on Kadyrov's offer of three presidential terms

Russian President has assured that he intends to adhere to the constitutional restriction on the number of presidential terms. This statement was made against the initiative of Chechen authorities to amend the Constitution and introduce a possibility of holding the presidential post for three consecutive terms.

Vladislav Astafiev holds solo picket in Volgograd, May 25, 2018. Photo by Tatiana Filimonova for the Caucasian Knot

00:35, 26 May 2018

Volgograd resident holds solo picket against Roskomnadzor

After a court's decision to ban Telegram, the "Roskomnadzor" (Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media) blocked a lot of IP addresses and that brought losses to Internet companies, stated an employee of a Volgograd web studio, who held a solo picket in the centre of Volgograd.

21:16, 25 May 2018

FSB confirms detention of 11 people in KChR

A unit of the "At-Takfir Wal-Hijra", an extremist organization, banned in Russia by the court, had operated in two districts of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) and planned to create a Sharia state in Northern Caucasus, the Russia's FSB (Federal Security Bureau) has announced today.

Sirazhudin Datsiev. Photo: Ekaterina Sokiryanksaya (RFE/RL)

20:18, 25 May 2018

Defence convinces investigators to study video of Datsiev's beating

The lawyers of the Committee against Torture (CaT) have joined the inquiry into the attack on Sirazhudin Datsiev, the head of the Dagestani office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", as his representatives. They suggest that law enforcers could be involved in beating up the rights defender.

Abduction of a bride in Kabardino-Balkaria. Screenshot from video: https://www.instagram.com/p/BjHHQ0UH2VW/?taken-by=tut_nalchik_

17:33, 25 May 2018

Video of girl's abduction in KBR triggers controversy in social network

An abduction of a bride committed in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has provoked debates in the network on religion and customs. Users' opinions diverged: some supported the guy, others sharply condemned the abduction.

Georgian railways. Photo: © courtesy by Georgian Railway https://sputnik-georgia.ru/reviews/20171010/237695733/Gruzinskaja-zheleznaja-doroga-proshloe-i-nastojashhee.html

15:33, 25 May 2018

Economists state Azerbaijan's interest in new trade corridors between Russia and Georgia

The project on transit corridor through Abkhazia and South Ossetia is beneficial to Azerbaijan, as well as to other countries of the region, experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

Emmanuel Macron meets Alexander Cherkasov, the head of the Human Right Centre "Memorial". Photo: French President's official Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmmanuelMacron/status/999791558554738690

12:58, 25 May 2018

French President expresses concern over Oyub Titiev's case

After talks with Vladimir Putin in Saint Petersburg, Emmanuel Macron met Alexander Cherkasov, the head of the Human Right Centre (HRC) "Memorial", who reported to him about the case against Oyub Titiev and attacks on the HRC "Memorial" offices in the regions of Northern Caucasus.

South Ossetia-Georgia border. Photo: Sputnik / Natalia Airiyan

12:35, 25 May 2018

Resident of Georgia detained on South-Ossetian border

Giorgi Kepashvili, a resident of the Gori District, was detained by the South Ossetian side on a charge of illegally crossing the border, the Georgian Service of State Security (SSS) reports.

Members of the Gevrigyan Armenian family based in the United States have donated 56 sports bicycles to children of soldiers and officers killed during the April war in 2016. Stepanakert, May 23, 2018. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot

06:30, 25 May 2018

US-based family donates bicycles to children of Nagorno-Karabakh soldiers killed in war

Members of the Gevrigyan Armenian family based in the United States have donated 56 sports bicycles to children of soldiers and officers killed during the April war in 2016. According to the donators, this is their first donation action in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Medical officers render medical assistance to hunger strikers in Sochi, May 24, 2018. Photo by Vladimir Maschenko

05:02, 25 May 2018

Real estate investors finish hunger strike because of health deterioration

Real estate (housing) investors of the housing-and-building complex "Index" on hunger strike felt bad and an ambulance was called for them. Medical officers offered to hospitalize four women on hunger strike. The hunger-strikers refused to go to the hospital, but listened to the medical officers' advice and stopped participating in the protest action.

Salman Sever. Screenshot form Tagir Minibaev's video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TV_3fQVm0Vs

04:29, 25 May 2018

Yerevan court refuses to prolong Salman Sever's arrest

In Yerevan, the court refused to extend the arrest of Bogdan Kalyussky, also known as blogger Salman Sever. On May 30, he will be released, reported rights defender Arthur Sakunts, the head of the Vanadzor Office of the Helsinki Civil Assembly.

A passerby in Grozny. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent

03:31, 25 May 2018

Classmates of young men killed in Grozny report pressure from law enforcers

Law enforcers questioned students and teachers of the Grozny Medical College, where the young people killed in an attack on the Saint Michael the Archangel Church studied. The questioning was accompanied by threats, the students reported.

01:05, 25 May 2018

Law enforcers report liquidation of extremist grouping in Karachay-Cherkessia

Eleven persons detained in Karachay-Cherkessia were adherents of the organization "At-Takfir Val-Hijra"*, a law enforcement source announced on May 24.

Mardiros Demerchyan with his wife. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the Caucasian Knot.

21:42, 24 May 2018

Demerchyan's case closed under amnesty

Today, the court in Adler has closed the case of Mardiros Demerchyan, who was accused of stealing some cable from the construction site, and of a false denunciation against policemen; however, the court did not rehabilitate him, Yuri Marikovsky, his advocate, has stated.

Rally participants hold in their hands posters with photos of political prisoners, Baku, October 25, 2015. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot.

19:22, 24 May 2018

Prisoners' pardoning in Azerbaijan disappoints rights defenders

Today, Ilham Aliev, President of Azerbaijan, has signed a decree to pardon 634 convicts; however, it touched only 12 persons from the list of political prisoners; many of them were near their release time without pardoning, rights defenders assert.

"Sasna Tsrer" emblem. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the Caucasian Knot

18:52, 24 May 2018

Political analysts do not rule out dispersal of protests in Yerevan

The Armenian authorities can use force in case if supporters of the unit "Sasna Tsrer" do not stop acts of disobedience, political analysts and rights defenders assert.

Hunger strikers and their supporters. Photo by Anna Gritsevich for the Caucasian Knot

17:14, 24 May 2018

Activists of "Putin's Detachments" complain of pressure from authorities

In Krasnodar, five activists from the "Social Justice" Foundation and the movement "Putin's Detachments" are spending their fourth day on hunger strike in protest against frequent checks of the movement and the local authorities' attempts to close the Foundation. The hunger-strikers believe the local authorities underestimate the importance of support for the President by the "Putin's Detachments".

Breakdown triangle. Photo: Elena Sineok, Yuga.ru

15:42, 24 May 2018

In Ingushetia, a teenager in a car hits two schoolgirls on roadside

In Malgobek, two girls were hospitalized after they had been hit by a BMW car, driven by a 15-year-old teenager, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reports.

Oleg Orlov (right) in the court room, Oyub Titiev (left), Grozny, May 24, 2018. Photo: press service of HRC "Memorial"

14:11, 24 May 2018

Investigators fail to find confirmation that drug was planted on Titiev

The statement of the Chechen rights defender Oyub Titiev that the marijuana had been planted on him was checked; however, it was confirmed only by his words, the investigator has stated today at the court session.

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