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17:47, 27 December 2016

Experts find IS' reports about attacks in the Caucasus unreliable

Caucasian militants attack power agents on their own initiative, but under the brand of the "Islamic State" (IS) (banned in Russia, – note of the "Caucasian Knot"); and the IS itself is interested to be associated with as many attacks as possible, said the experts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot". They believe that many statements, in which the IS takes responsibility for armed incidents in the Caucasus, are unreliable.

People laying flowers at the embankment in Sochi. December 26, 2016. Photo by Anna Gritsevich for the "Caucasian Knot"

15:38, 27 December 2016

Aircraft crash in Sochi triggers disputes about sanctions for comments on victims

After the crash in Sochi of the Tu-154 aircraft of the Ministry of Defence (MoD), a number of popular users of social networks have posted their critical comments on the victims, condemning Russia's actions in Syria. Among such authors are the journalist Bozhena Rynska and her colleague Arkady Babchenko, a veteran of two Chechen wars.

15:26, 27 December 2016

ECtHR requests comments from Baku about non-transparency of state bodies

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg has started communicating on ten complaints lodged from Azerbaijan in connection with violations of the right of people to have access to information about the work of state institutions. The ECtHR has provided the Azerbaijani authorities with three months to answer its questions.

Zhalaudi Geriev in the courtroom. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the "Caucasian Knot"

11:44, 27 December 2016

Court trying Geriev again bans video recording at sessions

The today's motion of the defence asking to allow video recording of the court session in Grozny, which considers the complaint lodged by Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, against his verdict, has been again rejected by the court.

A taxi driver in Grozny. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"

10:50, 27 December 2016

Relatives of militants killed in Grozny fear further detentions

Some of the relatives of the militants killed during a counterterrorist operation (CTO) in Grozny, who were repeatedly detained on December 26, are back at large, but their family members do not exclude new detentions. A man, one of the detainees, has told about beating up a younger brother of one of the killed militants at the police station.

A piece of a memorial for those who perished in the crash of Tu-154. Photo by Anna Gritsevich for the "Caucasian Knot"

23:57, 26 December 2016

Sochi residents commemorate victims of Tu-154 crash

Today, the resort city has held a church memorial service about those who perished in the crash of Tu-154 with the participation of victims' relatives, and mourning ceremonies held in Sochi squares and at sea berths.

A yard in Grozny. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"

22:26, 26 December 2016

Repeated detentions of relatives of killed militants undertaken in Chechnya

Tonight, relatives of the young people, killed in the counterterrorist operation (CTO) in Grozny, were urgently summoned to the police. Earlier, these relatives had been detained for a week and then released. For a few hours they are kept by the police, said their relatives.

18:10, 26 December 2016

Court examines investigators' refusal to open case on Geriev's kidnapping

The information about the kidnapping and application of violence to Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, was not confirmed, says the statement of the Investigating Department for Chechnya of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF). Earlier, the court refused to send the data about Geriev's kidnapping for examination outside Chechnya, the defence has reminded.

Flowers in memory of the victims of the Tu-154’s crash. Sochi, December 26, 2016. Photo by Anna Gritsevich for the "Caucasian Knot"

18:03, 26 December 2016

Experts explain why they find low-quality fuel as basic version of Tu-154’s crash

The fuel pipeline of the Sochi Airport has not been replaced for a long time; therefore, the crashed aircraft could be filled with contaminated fuel that caused explosion of the liner’s tanks. This was stated by the aviation experts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

At the site of the explosion at the Djemikent checkpoint of the road police (known as GIBDD) in the Derbent District. February 15, 2016. Photo http://www.riadagestan.ru/

13:45, 26 December 2016

For the sixth time IS claims responsibility for attacks on power agents in Dagestan

The statement of the terrorist grouping "Islamic State" (IS), banned in Russian, claiming responsibility for attacks on policemen, committed in Makhachkala and Kizilyurt on December 25, was the sixth one in Dagestan since September 2015, when the IS first reported its involvement in attacks on power agents. Typically, the IS claims more casualties among power agents as a result of its attacks.

Elizaveta Glinka. Photo: Irina Chevtaeva (RFE/RL)

11:54, 26 December 2016

Kadyrov names Grozny hospital after Elizaveta Glinka

The head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov has announced the awarding the name of Elizaveta Glinka, also known as Doctor Liza, who perished in the crash of the Tu-154 in Sochi, to the Republic's Children Hospital in Grozny. Valery Khalilov, the Artistic Director of the Alexandrov Song and Dance Ensemble, who also perished in the crash, is awarded by the medal "For Merits to the Chechen Republic" posthumously.

Grozny. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"

11:35, 26 December 2016

Men from family of killed militant leave Grozny

Most of the detained relatives of the alleged militants, killed during the counterterrorist operation (CTO), conducted on December 17-18, after the attack on policemen in Grozny, returned home, local residents have confirmed. According to a woman-relative, the men from her family have left Grozny for remote villages, because of the blood feud declared to them.

Emergency and rescue services at the site of the crash of the Tu-154. December 25, 2016. Photo: the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations

10:32, 26 December 2016

Eyewitness: before crash engines of Tu-154 stalled

The fall of the Tu-154 into the sea was preceded by a stop of the aircraft engines, said a woman-resident of Adler, who was on the coast at the time of the crash.

09:00, 26 December 2016

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of December 19-25

Crash of an aircraft of the Russian Ministry of Defence in Sochi; conviction of Varvara Karaulova; mass detentions of relatives of suspected militants, killed in Grozny, and statement on organization of attack on policemen by ISIL militants; agreement of Abkhaz authorities with the opposition, already in force regardingformation of the Central Election Commission; failed attempt of protesting miners from Gukovo to go to Moscow, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of December 19-25, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

A law enforcer during the active phase of CTO. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/allnakmessages_page_2.html

01:37, 26 December 2016

On December 19-25, seven persons perished during armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

In the course of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, during the week from December 19 to December 25, 2016, seven persons lost their lives; there is no information about any wounded ones. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Ramzan Kadyrov at the event at the stadium in Grozny with the participation of the Chechen power forces. Photo: website of the head of Chechnya

18:17, 25 December 2016

Military experts treat sending Chechen policemen to Syria as legitimate

The sending of policemen to Syria is not against the law, since the December legislative amendments allow employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) to conclude short-term military contracts to "suppress the activities of international terrorist organizations outside of Russia," said the military experts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Residents of an apartment block located in the "Makarenko" Garden Partnership point at the dump of soil. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"

02:48, 25 December 2016

Sochi: residents of apartment house demand to save it from landslide

Residents of an apartment block located in the "Makarenko" Garden Partnership have held a rally and demanded from the Mayoralty to enforce the court judgement and liquidate an unauthorized dump of soil and construction debris, which has caused a landslide on the house. However, an official of the Mayoralty said that they would appeal against the judgement.

23:00, 24 December 2016

Activist Chirikov detained in Krasnodar

Today, policemen took away Victor Chirikov, a Krasnodar activist, to some unknown place, said his wife.

22:10, 24 December 2016

Former skinhead convicted in Chechnya for recruitment to IS

Kirill Prisyazhnyuk, a former member of the neo-Nazi grouping "Nevograd", has been found guilty of recruiting people into the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS), banned in Russia, and sentenced to four years in prison in Chechnya.

Mekhman Guseinov. Photo: Turkhan Kerimov. Source: Radioazadlyg.org

15:09, 24 December 2016

Mekhman Guseinov states he was attacked in Azerbaijan

Mekhman Guseinov, the Chairman of the Azerbaijani Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS), asserts that on December 23 several people attacked him. He treats the attack as a revenge for his criticism of officials.

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