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Cairo. View from Cairo TV Tower. Photo: Przemyslaw "Blueshade" Idzkiewicz. https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Каир

10:28, 28 April 2018

Dagestani resident complains about his relatives' kidnapping in Egypt

In March and April, in the capital of Egypt, armed people kidnapped 18 residents of Dagestan, including 10 children. Their relatives cannot find out their whereabouts. This was reported on April 27 by Gusein Baisultanov, a relative of some of kidnapped people.

10:01, 28 April 2018

Law enforcers say suspects killed in Dagestan are members of terrorist sleeper cell

People killed by law enforcers during a special operation conducted in the Derbent District were members of a spontaneously created "sleeper cell" of a terrorist organization, reported the First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs for Dagestan.

Afghan Mukhtarly. Photo from personal Facebook account: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1490670140965192&set=pb.100000666619845.-2207520000.1499500952.&type=3&theater

06:53, 28 April 2018

Georgian advocates criticize Azerbaijani court's judgement in Afghan Mukhtarly's case

In Azerbaijan, the decision of the court of appeal in the case against journalist Afghan Mukhtarly kidnapped in Georgia is biased, but it is necessary to pass all the national authorities for a subsequent appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), Georgian advocates have stated.

04:53, 28 April 2018

Source calls "honour killing" one of the versions of girl's murder in Khasavyurt

The man detained on suspicion of killing a salesgirl in a pavilion in Khasavyurt is her brother; and the crime has all the signs of an "honour killing", a law enforcement source has reported.

Russian military base in Armenia. Photo: press service of Azatutyun Radio Station (RFE/RL)

03:32, 28 April 2018

Rally in Gyumri demands to remove Republicans from power

According to estimates of its participants, the rally of Nikol Pashinyan's supporters in Gyumri became the largest of all the opposition's actions ever held in the city. They urged Karen Karapetyan, the Acting Prime Minister of Armenia and other members of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) to abandon the power structures.

Rally in Gyumri, April 27. 2018. Photo by Artem Shabanov for the Caucasian Knot.

21:18, 27 April 2018

At rally in Gyumri, Pashinyan confirms his loyalty to Russia

Opponents of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) and Karen Karapetyan are not going to initiate Armenia's withdrawal from the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Nikol Pashinyan, the oppositional leader, has stated at a rally in Gyumri.

Protest rally in Yerevan, April 26, 2018. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the Caucasian Knot

20:44, 27 April 2018

Armenia's RPA calls on opposition to negotiate

Should all the Armenian political forces fail to sit down to negotiation table, mass protests can lead to clashes, the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) has stated. The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) "Dashnaktsutyun", which has quitted the coalition with the party in power, calls on the parliamentary factions to nominate a unified candidate for the post of Prime Minister.

15:40, 27 April 2018

Three officers sentenced for fraud with food money of Gyumri servicemen

In Rostov-on-Don, the court sentenced two food service officers and the head of the Russian military base in Armenia to imprisonment. They are recognized to be involved in fraud for 471 million roubles allocated to provide food to soldiers and officers at the military base in Gyumri.

Nikol Pashinyan. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the Caucasian Knot

14:50, 27 April 2018

Nikol Pashinyan and his supporters start an auto rally from Yerevan to Gyumri

Protest leader Nikol Pashinyan and his supporters have started an auto rally from Yerevan to the city of Gyumri, where a rally is planned for today.

L-39 military aircraft. Photo: Sergey Vladimirov - Flickr: https://ru.wikipedia.org/

14:18, 27 April 2018

Emergency landing of a military aircraft in Adygea

An L-39 training aircraft of the Krasnodar military flight school has to land outside an airfield in Adygea because of a foreign object in the engine, the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) reports.

Supreme Court of Russia. Photo: Anton Naumliuk (RFE/RL)

12:52, 27 April 2018

Russian SC upholds verdict to Shamil Nurmagomedov

Today, the Supreme Court (SC) of Russia has upheld the verdict to Shamil Nurmagomedov, a native of Makhachkala, sentenced on the charge of financing the "Islamic State" (IS*) for transferring money to his brother in Syria.

11:24, 27 April 2018

Karen Karapetyan refuses to negotiate with Nikol Pashinyan (+video)

Today, Karen Karapetyan, acting Prime Minister of Armenia, has rejected the proposal of opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan on the negotiations and announced his disagreement with the ultimatum demands.

03:07, 27 April 2018

Investigation confirms bribery of PACE delegates in Azerbaijan's interests

On April 26, most of the delegates of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) voted for a resolution on the report prepared by an independent investigative team, according to which European politicians and officials lobbied for Azerbaijan's interests for bribes. Officials of Azerbaijan opposed the resolution. They state the report is biased and has been drawn up with the aim of blackmailing.

Khadija Ismayilova. Photo: Fargana Novruzova http://ann.az/

02:07, 27 April 2018

Ismayilova associates delay in her case with investigation into Aliev family's business

In Baku, the court has again postponed for indefinite time the consideration of the claim filed by the Ministry of Taxes against journalist Khadija Ismayilova. The journalist associates the delay in the case with her new investigation into the businesses of the Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev's daughters, as well as sons of Minister of Emergency Situations Kamaladdin Heydarov.

Bidzina Ivanishvili at the "Georgian Dream" Party meeting, April 26, 2018. Photo: press service of "Georgian Dream" Party.

00:10, 27 April 2018

Opposition associates Bidzina Ivanishvili's return with a split in "Georgian Dream"

Bidzina Ivanishvili, a founder of the "Georgian Dream" Party, has agreed to lead the party to save it from split. This opinion was voiced by opposition politicians and political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

23:17, 26 April 2018

FSB treats 12 persons killed in Northern Caucasus as IS* participants

A militant from the Stavropol Territory and 11 other men killed by law enforcers during the counterterrorist operation (CTO), conducted in the Derbent District on April 21-24, were supporters of the "Islamic State", a terrorist organization banned in Russia, the Russia's Federal Security Bureau (FSB) has reported today.

21:43, 26 April 2018

At rally in Yerevan, Pashinyan invites Karapetyan to talks

The negotiations with Karen Karapetyan on transferring the power to the opposition will be held at noon on April 27; Mr Karapetyan will represent the ruling party, Nikol Pashinyan, the oppositional leader, has stated at a rally in Yerevan. He has urged his supporters to stop protests for the next two days.

Protester in Yerevan. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the Caucasian Knot

19:09, 26 April 2018

Authorities voice out conditions of negotiations with opposition (+video)

The Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) has offered protesters to start negotiating without any preconditions. Nikol Pashinyan has urged citizens to come to a rally in Yerevan, promising to make public the plan for the second phase of protests.

Protesters in Yerevan, April 26, 2018. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the Caucasian Knot

14:01, 26 April 2018

In Armenia, ministers and governors from ARF "Dashnaktsutyun" resign

Today, three acting ministers and two governors representing the ARF "Dashnaktsutyun" have announced their resignations in connection with the withdrawal from the coalition with the ruling party.

13:27, 26 April 2018

"Georgian Dream" announces return of Bidzina Ivanishvili to politics

Bidzina Ivanishvili, the former Prime Minister of Georgia, has agreed to lead the "Georgian Dream" Party he founded earlier. This has been reported today by Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili, the chairman of the "Georgian Dream" Party.

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