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Salman Sever (Maxim Baidak). Photo by user Soyuz Chesti, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnVnQo3Uuho

18:54, 9 April 2018

Russian political migrant Salman Sever asks for asylum in Armenia

After a meeting with an officer of the Yerevan Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Maxim Baidak, a Muslim activist, blogger and political analyst, also known as Salman Sever, asked for asylum in Armenia.

Ilgar Mamedov. Photo: Sedevr1 https://ru.sputnik.az

17:30, 9 April 2018

ReAl announces creation of political party in Azerbaijan

Members of the movement "Republican Alternative" (ReAl) held a constituent congress of the same political party and elected Ilgar Mamedov to be its leader.

Yunus-Bek Evkurov. Photo: © Sputnik / Mikhail Voskresensky https://sputnik-ossetia.ru/news/20170928/4943469.html

14:54, 9 April 2018

Ingush leader reports elimination of terrorism despite increase in number of victims

Today, Yunus-Bek Evkurov has announced that Ingushetia has managed to eliminate the hotbeds of extremism. However, according to the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot", in 2017, the number of victims to the conflict in the republic increased by more than a quarter.

Inauguration of Armen Sargsyan. Photo: press service of Armenian parliament

12:36, 9 April 2018

New president of Armenia takes office

The ceremony of Armen Sargsyan's inauguration took place at a special session of the Parliament held at the Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concert Complex in Yerevan. About 1300 guests attended the oath ceremony.

African beaten in Tbilisi street. Screenshot from video: http://rustavi2.ge/ka/news/101108

10:16, 9 April 2018

Georgian MIA launches inquiry into Africans' beating

The video, shown today by the "Rustavi-2" TV Company, recorded how a group of black young people who was playing football on a sports ground, was attacked by several men who used sticks to beat the black people.

09:30, 9 April 2018

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of April 2-8, 2018

Celebration of Easter by Orthodox believers in Southern Russia; second anniversary of the aggravation of the Karabakh conflict; collapse at a mine in Georgia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of April 2-8, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Special operation. Photo: NAC press service, http://nac.gov.ru/antiterroristicheskie-ucheniya/v-irkutskom-gosudarstvennom-muzykalnom-teatre.html

07:20, 9 April 2018

On April 2-8, 2018, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

During the week of April 2-8, 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.

04:49, 9 April 2018

Two Georgian citizens released from Tskhinvali detention centre

Emzar Gundishvili and Teimuraz Kaziev, two residents of the Adzvi village in the Gori District, who were detained on the border with South Ossetia on April 7, were released by the authorities of South Ossetia.

17:18, 8 April 2018

Armenia reports shelling near Nakhichevan

On April 7-8, the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan repeatedly violated the ceasefire by using small firearms, the spokesman for the Armenian Ministry of Defence told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Screenshot of petition in support of Ziyavudin Magomedov posted on "Change.org" website

15:00, 8 April 2018

UFC champion Nurmagomedov calls on Putin to stand up for Magomedov

Khabib Nurmagomedov, a Dagestani fighter, who has won today the title of UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) champion, has called on Putin to help the arrested businessman Ziyavudin Magomedov. With Khabib's support, the petition demanding an impartial investigation into the Magomedov's case has gathered 8088 signatures.

Screenshot of a TV report about construction of new houses for the residents of Shali whose dwellings were demolished. 12.01.2018 www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH9gcQsBvwE

12:04, 8 April 2018

Residents of Shali resettled to outskirts after demolition of houses in centre

Members of 92 families who were evicted from their houses in the centre of Shali because of renovation, moved into new houses on the outskirts of the city. The authorities reported on the high quality of housing, but some residents of new buildings described them with scepticism.

Khabib Nurmagomedov and Jay Iaquinta. Screenshot from YouTube video posted by Artem Tarasov MMA, www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CHscAUDIZI

10:08, 8 April 2018

Nurmagomedov is the first Russian UFC Champion

Khabib Nurmagomedov, a Russian mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, a native of Dagestan, has won the champion title in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) after he defeated Alexander Jay Iaquinta New York.

Parishioners attend Kizlyar church service. Photo by the Caucasian Knot correspondent

08:28, 8 April 2018

Easter service in Kizlyar held under intense guard

During the festive Easter service, armed policemen were guarding the entrance to the Kizlyar church, where in February parishioners were shot dead. The attack rallied the Orthodox community, without affecting the inter-confessional relations, local residents have noted.

06:50, 8 April 2018

Kadyrov's nephew appointed deputy head of Kurchaloi District

Khamzat Kadyrov, a 21-year-old nephew of the head of Chechnya, a son of Ramzan Kadyrov's elder brother Zelimkhan, who died in 2004, was appointed deputy head of the administration of the Kurchaloi District of Chechnya. The local public figures interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe that by appointing relatives for high positions, Kadyrov strengthens his personal rule.

20:10, 7 April 2018

Armenian citizen blown up by land mine

A young man was wounded by an explosion of a mine in the Tavush Region, the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) has reported.

Batumi, Georgia. Photo by Yuliya Kasheta for the "Caucasian Knot"

17:21, 7 April 2018

NGOs criticize Georgia's proposals to residents of Abkhazia and South Ossetia

The Georgian authorities have offered residents of Abkhazia and South Ossetia to use the "Step to Better Future" programme, which provides for the expansion of trade ties, support for common business projects, training at Georgian universities and chances to visit EU countries without a visa.

15:05, 7 April 2018

Two law enforcers suspected of killing KBR resident

The police have detained two law enforcers on suspicion of killing a man in the settlement of Elbrus, a source said. According to local residents, the man refused to give them a lift; and this triggered a conflict.

On the contact line in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo: REUTERS/Staff

13:04, 7 April 2018

Nagorno-Karabakh accuses Azerbaijan of 300 cases of shelling per week

On April 1-7, the Azerbaijani armed forces fired more than 3000 shots at the positions of the Defence Army, reports the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh. To do this various types of small arms were used.

Photo: Elvert Barnes, http://www.flickr.com/photos/perspective

11:36, 7 April 2018

Azerbaijani journalists and rights defenders claim pro-government trolling in social networks

The Azerbaijani authorities try to manipulate the public opinion by disseminating fake news via the Internet, discrediting Western democratic institutions and organizing trolling attacks on the pages of their critics in social networks. This was stated by journalists and human rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Salman Sever. Photo: screenshot of the video by the user Taghir Minibaev on YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TV_3fQVm0Vs

01:09, 7 April 2018

Russian political emigrant Salman Sever arrested in Armenia

A Yerevan court has arrested for two months Maxim Baidak, a Muslim activist, the press secretary of the Association of Russian Muhajirs of Turkey, a blogger and political analyst, also known as Salman Sever. He is suspected of forging documents and illegally crossing the Armenian border.

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