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Screenshot of a Chechen woman’s video appeal to Ramzan Kadyrov published on ANTI MASSACRE KADYROV YouTube Channel

08:01, 18 January 2018

Account with video appeal to Ramzan Kadyrov removed from YouTube

The Anti Kadyrov YouTube channel, which published critical video appeals from a Chechen woman to Ramzan Kadyrov, was available for less than two weeks.

Anastasia Shevchenko. Photo: https://www.instagram.com/p/BcXUzdjghJw/?taken-by=rostovprotiv

06:12, 18 January 2018

Head and volunteer of Ksenia Sobchak's Rostov office detained

In Rostov-on-Don, Anastasia Shevchenko, the chief of the Ksenia Sobchak's regional office, and volunteer Maxim Popov were detained after the police got a report about pasting of opposition stickers in a store.

Abdulkhalikov’s advocates Gadjimurat Ismailov, Konstantin Mudunov and Mirzakhan Gasanov. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

05:55, 18 January 2018

SC supports Dagestani resident who complains of provocation during his detention

On January 17, the Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan held a session to consider the appeal filed by the Prosecutor's Office against the acquittal pronounced by the Lenin District Court of Makhachkala to Ziyavudin Abdulkhalikov, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

Arson attack on ‘Memorial’ Nazran office, January 17, 2018. Photo by the Caucasian Knot correspondent.

04:13, 18 January 2018

CE demands from Russia to investigate arson of "Memorial" office

Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe (CE), has called on the Russian authorities to conduct a thorough investigation of the arson in the Nazran office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

01:49, 18 January 2018

Magomed Mamatov's body found in North Ossetia

The body of Magomed Mamatov, a resident of Ingushetia, was found in North Ossetia. The man disappeared in last August, a source has reported.

Arson in the office of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial" in Ingushetia after fire. Photo by the 'Caucasian Knot' correspondent.

21:34, 17 January 2018

After arson in "Memorial" office, Evkurov confined himself to promises (+video)

Yunus-Bek Evkurov, the head of Ingushetia, who met officials of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" after the fire in the HRC's office in Nazran, promised rights defenders "all possible assistance of law enforcement bodies in investigating the arson," but offered no personal help, Timur Akiev, the head of the Ingush representative office of the HRC "Memorial", has stated.

Alexei Navalny. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

20:56, 17 January 2018

Two Navalny's supporters fined in Rostov-on-Don

The court has fined two townspeople for participating in the rally in support of nominating Alexei Navalny as a presidential candidate.

18:33, 17 January 2018

High jumper Lasitskene sets season indoor world record

Maria Lasitskene, a track-and-field athlete from Kabardino-Balkaria, has won the Dyachkov-Ozolin memorial tournament by having conquered 2.01 meters, setting the best result of the 2017-2018 winter season.

Casino. Photo: © Flickr/ Marco Verch https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/society/20180117/10180026/trojka-semerka-tuz-azartnyh-igrokov-v-armenii-spasut-ot-gibeli.html

18:15, 17 January 2018

Armenian Parliament tightens rules of visiting casinos

Today, Armenian MPs have adopted amendments to the law that provide for controlling the age of gamblers, restricting the casino gambling and increasing the fines.

Aftermath of the attack on Ingush office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial". Photo is provided by press service of HRC "Memorial"

14:39, 17 January 2018

Rights defenders associate arson of "Memorial" office with actions of Chechen authorities

The attack on the office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in Ingushetia has become a result of impunity of the people involved in human rights violations committed in Chechnya, rights defenders interviewed by the 'Caucasian Knot' believe.

10-story house in Roston-on-Don damaged by gas explosion. Photo: http://rostov.sledcom.ru/news/item/1196309/

13:13, 17 January 2018

33 apartments damaged by gas explosion in Rostov-on-Don

This morning, in Rostov-on-Don, a burst of gas with subsequent inflammation occurred on the fifth floor of a ten-story house. As a result, one person was killed. Fire-fighters evacuated 50 tenants of the house and extinguished the fire.

Special operation. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/antiterroristicheskie-ucheniya/v-moskve-sotrudniki-mvd-rossii-prinyali-uchastie.html

12:51, 17 January 2018

Residents of Chechnya complain of torture after anti-drug raids

Magomed-Ali and Magomed-Sidik Mezhidov brothers, detained in Chechnya in the course of the anti-drug campaign, have filed a complaint to the Prosecutor's Office about torture, which forced them to defame themselves.

Office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in Ingushetia after fire. Photo: HRC "Memorial"

11:19, 17 January 2018

Oleg Orlov associates arson of "Memorial" office with prosecution of Titiev

An attack on the office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in Ingushetia and the pressure on the "Memorial" office in Chechnya are connected, believes Oleg Orlov, a member of the board for the HRC "Memorial".

Office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" after fire. Photo: HRC "Memorial" http://stagram.online/share/BeCuWZsldPI

10:53, 17 January 2018

HRC "Memorial" treats arson of its office in Nazran as a terror act

Last night, a fire broke out in the office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" on the second floor of a two-storey building in Nazran. PCs and furniture were destroyed by the fire, while no people were injured.

Detention during special operation. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru

10:10, 17 January 2018

"Novaya Gazeta": Chechen woman detained for investigating "extrajudicial execution"

For more than a week, the fate of Aminat Avturkhanova, who was looking for her husband, whose name appeared on the lists of the people executed in Chechnya at night on January 26, 2017, is unknown, the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" reports today.

Andrei Rudomakha. Photo: Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus, https://vk.com/rudomakha

05:48, 17 January 2018

Andrei Rudomakha put under state protection after attack on him

Investigators have granted a motion to grant state protection for Andrei Rudomakha, a coordinator of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch), who received anonymous threats after he had been beaten in Krasnodar. This was reported by his advocate. The activist himself claimed he felt bad.

00:33, 17 January 2018

Marik Dudaev killed in South Ossetia

Marik Dudaev, a resident of South Ossetia, released from detention in Georgia in 2013, was shot dead in his native village of Artsev.

18:18, 16 January 2018

Armenian Parliament condemns genocide of Yazidis in Iraq

Today, the Armenian Parliament has approved the draft statement "On condemnation of the Yazidi genocide on the territory controlled by terrorist groupings in Iraq in 2014", the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports with reference to the online broadcast of the meeting on the Armenian Parliament's website.

At the place where Alexei Omaev was killed, Kaspiysk, January 15, 2018. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the Caucasian Knot.

18:11, 16 January 2018

Relatives of assassinated Omaev doubt he could attack law enforcers

Alexei Omaev, who was shot dead by law enforcers in Kaspiysk, could not attack policemen as he was partially paralyzed, his relatives told the "Caucasian Knot".

Oyub Titiev. Photo: Yulia Orlova / HRC 'Memorial'

16:30, 16 January 2018

Oyub Titiev pleads not guilty in his appeal to Russian President

In his appeal to President Putin and the chiefs of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) and the Russian FSB, rights defender Oyub Titiev, arrested in Chechnya, has claimed a fabrication of the criminal case against him and forgery of evidence.

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