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16:26, 15 October 2016

Bus passengers in Rostov-on-Don evacuated after bomb report

The bomb-disposal experts, who came to inspect the interior of the bus en route from Makhachkala, did not find any explosives.

16:07, 15 October 2016

ICRF reports two wounded in shootout in Khasavyurt

On October 14, Yunus Yasiev, who earlier served as a magistrate judge in Khasavyurt, opened fire at four men, who approached his house, wounding two of them, law enforcement sources have reported, one of them adding that the men came to Yasiev "on the issue of his debts."

14:59, 15 October 2016

Petition for return of direct election of leader of Adygea collects 170 signatures per day

The abolition of direct elections has limited the electoral rights of citizens and is aimed at the preservation of a family-clan power system in Adygea. This opinion was voiced by authors of the petition with the demand to return the nationwide election of the leader of the republic.

Valentina Trostyanskaya. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the 'Caucasian Knot'.

13:17, 15 October 2016

Volgograd pensioner asks to repair her apartment after communal accident

Since May, Valentina Trostyanskaya, a co-author of the panorama project "Battle of Stalingrad", has to stay in a dilapidated apartment, which was flooded after a communal accident, when a pipe burst. The pensioner requests to carry out a complete repair of her apartment; however, the management company has organized only whitewashing of the walls and the ceiling. Neighbours of Valentina Trostyanskaya also suffering damage from the accident, is now suing the company.

11:30, 15 October 2016

Resident of Chechnya accused of disseminating extremist materials

The Chechen Prosecutor's Office has accused Omar Galaev, a local resident, of disseminating on the Internet video records shot after Timur Mutsuraev's songs, included in the list of extremist materials.

06:24, 15 October 2016

Ingushetia: policeman suspected of robbery

Nazran investigators suspect a policeman of robbing a man. The court has ruled to place the suspect into custody.

The French Senate session. Photo: Facebook.com/senat.fr

02:32, 15 October 2016

French Senate adopts law criminalizing denial of Armenian Genocide

The French Senate has adopted a draft bill criminalizing the denial of all crimes against humanity, including the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire.

Hunger-strikers in Buynaksk, September 29, 2016. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the 'Caucasian Knot'.

00:32, 15 October 2016

In Buynaksk, hunger-strikers claim no reaction from city authorities

In Buynaksk, an ambulance was called for protestors on hunger strike. The hunger-strikers were put on a drip; however, they refused hospitalization. The protestors also claim attempts to discredit them.

Relatives of Umar Musaev, disappeared in June 2016, at rally in Khasavyurt, October 14, 2016. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the 'Caucasian Knot'.

21:42, 14 October 2016

Mothers of missing Dagestanis decide to set up public movement

Relatives of missing residents of Dagestan have no intent to stop their protests until they receive information about the fate of their missing relatives. The women-participants of the rally in Khasavyurt have called on all women of the Caucasus to unite against kidnappings and extrajudicial executions of their children and husbands.

19:04, 14 October 2016

MIA refutes termination of Bilalov brothers' cases

The investigation of criminal cases initiated against businessmen Akhmed and Magomed Bilalov, suspected of abuse of power during the construction of Olympic facilities in Sochi, continues, said the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Russia.

17:32, 14 October 2016

Five oppositionists warned by Azeri GUBOP

Today, the Chief Directorate for Combating Organized Crime (known as GUBOP) has issued a warning to five oppositional political and public figures for their criticism addressed to the authorities and law enforcement bodies of Azerbaijan, related, among other things, to the investigation of the so-called "Nardaran case".

Rally of relatives of Dagestanis kidnapped in different periods of time, Khasavyurt, October 14, 2016. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the 'Caucasian Knot'.

17:31, 14 October 2016

About 100 relatives of missing Dagestanis go out to rally

Today, about 50 women have gathered to a protest action in Khasavyurt; they held photos of their missing relatives, the "Chernovik" weekly reports.

Gazi-Yurt, Ingushetia. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru

14:50, 14 October 2016

Ingushetia: Mother of Zulfiya Ausheva who was killed in special operation is in hospital

During talks with the militants in Gazi-Yurt, mother of the woman, who was in the blocked house, felt bad; and she is still in the intensive care unit, said an Ingush official.

Law enforcers during CTO in Kabardino-Balkaria. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/v-hode-kto-v-karabudahkentskom-rayone-dagestana.html

08:40, 14 October 2016

NAC reports on prevention of terror act in Kabardino-Balkaria

The three men, killed in special operation in Kabardino-Balkaria on October 13, were involved in plotting a terror act to be committed in one of the places of mass stay of people on the anniversary of the attack on Nalchik. This was reported by the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).

Elena Denisenko. Photo by Konstantin Salomatin / Mediazona

05:30, 14 October 2016

Advocate Elena Denisenko associates her detention on outskirts of Dagestan with her professional activities

After her detention at the border between Dagestan and Chechnya, advocate Elena Denisenko has appealed to the Bar Association for the KrasnodarTerritory and the Prosecutor's Office with a request to protect her right to freedom of movement. According to Elena Denisenko, her detention is connected with her protection of a person accused of organization of terrorist activities, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

Madina Islamova, wife of missing Shamil Djamalutdinov (left). Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the 'Caucasian Knot'.

04:20, 14 October 2016

Relatives of missing Dagestani residents claim being pressured by law enforcers

Law enforcers demanded from relatives of Gashim Uzdanov, Islam Magomedov, and Pakhrudin Makhaev, who disappeared in Dagestan, to refuse holding protest actions and threatened them with administrative arrest in case of their disobedience. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by a relative of one of the disappeared men.

02:23, 14 October 2016

NAC reports on three persons killed in special operation in Kabardino-Balkaria

On October 13, in the Chegem District, three persons were killed, including the leader of the criminal grouping, which members shelled and killed two policemen in the town of Prokhladny. This was reported by the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).

Village of Nardaran during clashes. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the 'Caucasian Knot'.

00:34, 14 October 2016

Rights defenders treat 87 people arrested in "Nardaran case" as political prisoners

On October 13, the Public Alliance "Azerbaijan without political prisoners" released a preliminary report on the results of monitoring of the investigation into trial in the "Nardaran case". This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Oktai Gyulalyev, the head of the human rights organization.

22:45, 13 October 2016

Four people killed in CTO in KBR

According to a law enforcement source, today, "four militants have been killed" in the village of Yanikoi, Chegem District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR). According to preliminary information, these were the militants, wanted for the execution of policemen in the city of Prtokhladny, the "Life" reports, citing its law enforcement source.

Doctor renders medical assistance to hunger-striker, Buynaksk, October 11, 2016. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the 'Caucasian Knot'.

21:02, 13 October 2016

Buynaksk hunger-strikers complain about health deterioration

Eight participants of the hunger strike, who demand to cancel election outcomes in Buynaksk, state the worsening of their health condition and call doctors every day, but have no intention to stop their protest action.

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