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20:36, 16 March 2018

Opposition to send observers to all Sochi polling stations

About 500 observers from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), the "Yabloko" Party, the "Civil Initiative" and Alexei Navalny's office will come to Sochi polling stations to monitor the voting at the Russian presidential election, sources from the opposition have stated today.

Accident in the Gudauri Ski Resort. Photo: © FB / Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgiahttps://sputnik-georgia.ru/incidents/20180316/239691018/Vertolet-s-postradavshimi-na-kanatke-v-Gudauri-ne-smog-vyletet-v-Tbilisi.html

18:40, 16 March 2018

Eleven tourists injured in cableway accident in Georgia

As a result thereof, 11 tourists from Russia, Ukraine and Sweden were injured in the Gudauri Ski Resort; seven of them were delivered to Tbilisi by helicopter and reanimobiles, Avtandil Talakvadze, Director of the Centre for Emergencies Coordination and Emergency Care of the Georgia's Ministry of Public Health, has reported.

Grozny residents. Photo by Nikolai Petrov for the Caucasian Knot.

17:31, 16 March 2018

In Chechnya, public employees report crowd organization at polling stations

In Grozny, school employees are instructed to stay at polling stations on March 18 until the completion of the voting, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told by Petimat, a teacher of the school in Grozny.

Mikhail Anisenko holds solo picket, Astrakhan, March 16, 2018. Photo by Olga Veter for the Caucaisan Knot.

17:15, 16 March 2018

In Astrakhan, two activists detained for distributing leaflets

Today, in Astrakhan, the police have detained two activists who were distributing leaflets with an appeal to participate in the action "Voters' Strike".

War in Syria. Photo: REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

14:42, 16 March 2018

Two residents of Volgograd Region sentenced for financing terrorism

Today, Kazbek Bachaev and Ruslan Taimyskhanov have been found guilty of sending money to the militants of the "Islamic State" (IS) and the "Imarat Kavkaz", both recognized as terrorist organizations and banned in Russia by the court, at war in Syria and sentenced to nine and eight years of imprisonment, the Court reports.

Izberbash Radio Plant named after Pleshakov. Photo: http://izberbash-info.ru/newsreg/media/2017/8/3/na-baze-promyishlennyih-predpriyatij-izberbasha-budet-sozdan-industrialnyij-park/

12:15, 16 March 2018

New acting Dagestani head undertakes to restore Izberbash Radio Plant

The debt of the Izberbash Radio Plant named after Pleshakov amounts to about 60 million roubles, and wage arrears comprised the greatest part of the debt, announced Vladimir Vasiliev, the acting leader of Dagestan.

12:04, 16 March 2018

Defender and Prosecutor visit Magomed Khazbiev on hunger strike in Ingush SIZO

On March 15, advocate Kheda Ibrieva managed to visit Magomed Khazbiev who went on a hunger strike in the Karabulak SIZO (pre-trial prison).

Mountain motorized rifle formations of the Southern Military District. Photo: press service of the Southern Military District

10:20, 16 March 2018

Scouts start ski training in Elbrus region

On March 15, more than one hundred ski instructors and scouts of mountain motorized rifle formations of the Southern Military District started to take part in skiing special training at the Terskol training ground in Kabardino-Balkaria.

Door to teachers' common room in Dagestani village of Khebatli. Photo by Ramazan Abdulkarimov for the Caucasian Knot.

08:33, 16 March 2018

Dagestani leader announces shortage of teachers in republic

Dagestan needs more than 2000 school teachers, and the lack of places in educational institutions still remains a problem, the acting Dagestani leader, Vladimir Vasiliev, has stated.

Polling station. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the Caucasian Knot.

06:08, 16 March 2018

Dagestan leads in complaint count on "Election Violations Map" in NCFD

Out of fifteen reports of violations committed during the presidential election campaign in the republics of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), eight entered the project "Election Violations Map" from Dagestan.

00:50, 16 March 2018

Assets of Dagestani natives in Forbes list several times exceed republic's budget

According to the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot", the assets of natives of Dagestan, included in the list of the richest people in Russia by the Forbes, exceed the budget of the republic by 17 times.

At the Georgian-Armenian border. Photo: © Sputnik Robert Djopua, https://sputnik-abkhazia.ru/Abkhazia/20171214/1022658934/gtk-abxazii-na-granice-s-gruziej-dolzhna-rabotat-tamozhennaya-sluzhba.html

19:08, 15 March 2018

Opposition demands report on Georgia's relations with Abkhazia and South Ossetia

Today, 12 Georgian opposition parties have asked Giorgi Kvirikashvili, the Prime Minister, to appear at the Parliament and explain his statement about the country's readiness for dialogue with the authorities of Russia, Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

18:16, 15 March 2018

Dagestani Minister of Construction wanted

Today, acting Dagestani leader Vladimir Vasiliev has announced that Ibragim Kazibekov, Acting Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing and Communal Services for Dagestan, is put on the wanted list.

Oyub Titiev. Photo: press service of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"

17:00, 15 March 2018

Investigators retract refusal to institute a case on drugs planted to Oyub Titiev

The chief of the Investigating Department has cancelled a decision to refuse to institute a criminal case, made after an investigation into a complaint filed by rights defender Oyub Titiev about the drugs planted on him by law enforcers. This has been reported today by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

Front line in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo: REUTERS/Staff

14:20, 15 March 2018

Nagorno-Karabakh accuses Azerbaijan of not letting OSCE observers to enter front lines

Members of the OSCE mission, who have carried out monitoring today at the contact line of the armed forces, have not registered any violations of the ceasefire, the parties to the Karabakh conflict report. The Azerbaijani side did not let observers enter its front lines, the Nagorno-Karabakh Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) states.

Bako Sahakyan visits US Congress, Washington. Photo: Official site of the President of Artsakh

13:23, 15 March 2018

Azerbaijan treats Sahakyan's visit to US as a threat to negotiations on Nagorno-Karabakh

On March 14, Bako Sahakyan, President of Nagorno-Karabakh, who stayed in Washington with a visit, handed over awards to a group of US congressmen and senators. Official Baku expressed its protest in connection with the above.

Detector dog handler. Photo by Vlad Alexandrov, Yuga.ru

10:32, 15 March 2018

Rostov residents support toughening of punishment for false reports on bombs

On March 14, the Chief Department for the Rostov Region of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) announced the institution of a criminal case under Article "A knowingly false report on a terror act" against a 22-year-old man detained in Rostov-on-Don.

09:11, 15 March 2018

CTO legal regime cancelled in three Dagestani districts

On March 14, the law enforcement bodies lifted the counterterrorist operation (CTO) legal regime introduced a year ago in the Khasavyurt, Kazbek and Kizilyurt Districts.

Abdusamad Gamidov. Photo: http://www.dagmintrud.ru/news/?PAGEN_1=3&PAGEN_2=89

08:39, 15 March 2018

Phone calls of Dagestani officials wiretapped - source

Today, a source of the "Kommersant" close to investigators has reported that since 2014, the FSB had been wiretapping phone calls of members of the Dagestani government, including Abdusamad Gamidov.

Magomed Khazbiev. Screenshot from video posted at IA Magas Life Youtube Channel

05:15, 15 March 2018

SIZO warders refuse Magomed Khazbiev's advocate in visiting her client

On March 14, Khedy Ibrieva, an advocate of Ingush oppositionist Magomed Khazbiev, could not visit her client, kept in the SIZO-1 of Karabulak.

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