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Voting at Azerbaijani referendum. Photo: http://haqqin.az/news/80536

20:25, 26 September 2016

Voter turnout at referendum in Azerbaijan made 69.7%

By 7:00 p.m. local time, at the referendum completed in Azerbaijan, a total of 3,671,707 voters had cast their ballots, the Central Election Commission (CEC) has stated. The results of exit-polls are just slightly different from the CEC's data.

Tabasaran District of Dagestan. Photo: Magomedrasul Mallaradjabovich, http://odnoselchane.ru

18:04, 26 September 2016

Experts instructed to identify Dagestani casualties

So far, the three suspected militants, killed in the Tabasaran District of Dagestan, have not been identified. To do so, a genetic examination was appointed, said a law enforcement source.

Kaspiysk. Dagestan. Photo: Eldar Rasulov, http://odnoselchane.ru

17:17, 26 September 2016

HRC "Memorial": relatives of two Kaspiysk residents report their kidnapping

The office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in Makhachkala was addressed by relatives of the 23-year-old Aslan Abdurakhmanov, who stated that he had been kidnapped. According to their story, Aslan went to Makhachkala with his friend Said Saidov, whose whereabouts is also unknown.

Chairman of the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) Jamil Gasanli. Photo: RFE/RL

15:50, 26 September 2016

Azerbaijani opposition states violations at referendum

From the very opening of polling stations, messages began arriving about violations of the law during the referendum, says the statement of the "Musavat" Party released today, where reference is made to the information of its activists and voters themselves.

Voting station in Azerbaijan. Photo: http://report.az/xarici-siyaset/aspa-musahide-missiyasi-azerbaycanda-kecirilen-referendumun-monitorinqine-baslayib/

09:55, 26 September 2016

Referendum on amendments to Azerbaijani Constitution started amid calls for boycott

This morning, in Azerbaijan, 5267 polling stations were opened in 125 districts. Residents of the country are to express their attitude to the amendments to the Constitution.

09:00, 26 September 2016

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

Summary of the outcome of the elections to the Russian State Duma; accommodation in Volgograd of tenants of dismantled high-rise building in new apartments; new sentence of Vano Merabishvili, the former Georgian Minister of Internal Affairs, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of September 19-25, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Inscription ‘SOS’ on the window of dilapidated house of cottage settlement for Olympic resettlers, Vesyoloe-Psou neighbourhood, Adler District of Sochi. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

04:43, 26 September 2016

In Sochi, Mayoralty auctions off 25 "Olympic" cottages

The auction for sale of residential houses with land plots located in Khosta District of Sochi is scheduled for October 13. 25 houses are to be auctioned off at starting prices of 4.5-11.7 million roubles.

Law enforcer during CTO. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/v-prigorode-mahachkaly-prohodit-aktivnaya-faza.html

01:42, 26 September 2016

On September 19-25, 2016, three persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

During the week of September 19-25, 2016, three persons were killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

North Ossetia celebrates Day of Republic. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

00:45, 26 September 2016

North Ossetia celebrates Day of Republic with exhibition of vintage cars and pie festival

On September 25, North Ossetia celebrated the double holiday, including the 80th anniversary of the republic and the 232nd anniversary of Vladikavkaz. The region organized mass celebrations, which were attended by several thousand people.

21:54, 25 September 2016

117 international observers accredited for referendum in Azerbaijan

117 international observers from 35 countries throughout the world have been accredited to monitor the constitutional referendum held in the territory of the Azerbaijan. This has been reported today by Mazakhir Panakhov, the chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Azerbaijan.

Magomed Nurbagandov. Photo: http://ren.tv/novosti/2016-09-11/blogery-prizyvayut-nagradit-policeyskogo-za-muzhestvo-pered-rasstrelom

19:00, 25 September 2016

Makhachkala authorities decide to build monument to Magomed Nurbagandov

Today, Musa Musaev, Mayor of the Dagestani capital, has announced the decision to build a monument to Magomed Nurbagandov, a staff member of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Dagestan. Besides, one of the streets of Makhachkala will be named after the Dagestani policeman.

18:22, 25 September 2016

Soldier killed in Karabakh conflict zone

Sevak Khachatryan, a soldier of the Defence Army, was fatally wounded during the shelling from the Azerbaijani side. This was reported by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh.

The Pankisi Gorge of Georgia. Photo by user Valeri Elashvili/Flickr

15:16, 25 September 2016

In Pankisi Gorge, schools to teach Chechen language

In Georgia, schools located in the Pankisi Gorge provide pupils of the fifth and sixth forms with the opportunity to study the Chechen language. The classes of the Chechen language have been introduced in the schools at the request of Chechen Kistinians.

13:36, 25 September 2016

Law enforcers identify 134 persons killed in Chechnya in 1990s

Today, more than 200 relatives of the people who fell victim to the counterterrorist operation in Chechnya have come from 59 regions of Russia and gathered at the Bogorodskoe cemetery in the Moscow Region to honour the memory of the victims. The Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported on the identification of 134 people killed in 1994-1996 in Chechnya and buried unidentified.

23:24, 24 September 2016

Defence treats protocols in Baichorov's case as unreliable

Part of the protocols in the case of Kurman-Ali Baichorov, an Imam of Kislovodsk, accused of illegal drug dealing, contained false information, the defence of the Imam has stated and asked to exclude them from the indictment. The court has held to check the evidence that were put by the first instance court into the basis of the sentence.

Valery Gazzaev. Photo from the State Duma MP's personal page on Twitter, twitter.com/ValeryGazzaev

20:42, 24 September 2016

Gazzaev treats Mutko's football development programme as populist one

At the election of the president of the Russian Football Union (RFU), the Russia's Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko presented an unfinished and non-specific development programme of Russian football, Valery Gazzaev, his rival and a State Duma MP from North Ossetia, has stated.

Arthur Teryan. Photo courtesy of the victim

13:20, 24 September 2016

Resident of Krasnodar complains about protraction of inquiry into his torture by police

The inquiry into the case of the Krasnodar policeman, accused of abuse of power with use of violence to a detainee, is unreasonably dragging on, while the second infringer figures in the case only as a witness. This was stated by the victim named Arthur Teryan. He claims that he received threats, ignored by investigators.

The participants of the mass riots in Nardaran. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"

12:51, 24 September 2016

Trial of "Nardaran case" was interrupted after defendants' protests

On September 23, at the trial of the so-called "Nardaran case", the defendants protested against removal from the courtroom of Abbas Guseinov, the deputy chairman of the movement "Muslim Unity". The judge was forced to stop the session.

A dump in Gamidova avenue in Makhachkala. Photo: facebook.com/groups/hororcity

12:09, 24 September 2016

"ECO-M" blames Mayoralty for garbage collapse in Makhachkala

The Makhachkala Mayoralty is unable to provide the city with a sufficient amount of city garbage platforms and finance the clearing of spontaneous dumps, said the spokesman of the cleaning company "ECO-M". In their turn, officials claim that it is the "ECO-M", which is badly doing its duties of garbage removal.

10:51, 24 September 2016

Three armed men killed in shootout with Dagestani power agents

Last night, in the Tabasaran District of Dagestan, three unidentified men shelled law enforcers and were killed by return fire.

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