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Attackers on the JMG office in Ingushetia. Screenshot of a video from the surveillance camera published in Dmitry Utukin's Twitter, Twitter.com/U2_Keen

05:04, 10 March 2016

Attack in Ingushetia is the third attack on JMG in Caucasus since December 2014

The attacks on the members of the Joint Mobile Group (JMG) and its office in Ingushetia were preceded by the pogrom of the JMG office in Grozny on June 3, 2015, and a fire therein on December 13, 2014. Nils Mujzhnieks, the Human Rights Commissioner of the Council of Europe, has condemned the attack on rights defenders and journalists.

Kurdish protesters in Yerevan. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"

03:54, 10 March 2016

Kurdish protesters in Yerevan call West to abandon cooperation with Turkey

Members of the Kurdish community in Armenia have called on the international community to stop contacts with Turkey. According to their story, the Turkish government is supplying the militants of the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS), which is banned in Russia, with weapons, and also uses the army to intimidate Kurds.

23:46, 9 March 2016

Members of Chechen HRC complain about non-admission to victims of attack in Ingushetia

Members of the Human Rights Council (HRC) under Ramzan Kadyrov could not meet the journalists and rights defenders, who suffered in the attack near the Chechen-Ingush border. At the hospital, employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) were talking to the victims at that moment, said Kheda Saratova, a Chechen rights defender.

22:52, 9 March 2016

Attackers on Ingush JMG office broke surveillance cameras

Armed persons arrived at the headquarters of the Joint Mobile Group (JMG) of rights defenders in Ingushetia in five cars and disabled all the surveillance cameras, said Dmitry Utukin, a lawyer of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT).

Burning car of the rights defenders which has been attacked. Macrh 9, 2016. Photo by Yegor Skovoroda published in his Twitter

21:52, 9 March 2016

Nine persons suffered in attack on rights defenders' van in Chechnya

Eight rights defenders and journalists, who were in the van of the Joint Mobile Group (JMG) during the attack, as well as the driver, were in need of medical care, said the Committee on the Prevention of Torture (CPT).

20:28, 9 March 2016

Rights defenders report about four victims of attack in Chechnya

The employees on the Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) Ivan Zhiltsov and Ekaterina Vanslova, and European journalists Oistan Vindstad and Maria Persson Löfgren suffered in an attack on a minibus of the Free Mobile Group (FMG) in Chechnya, said Dmitry Utukin, a lawyer of the CPT.

20:16, 9 March 2016

"Women of the Don" not refunded after exclusion from registry of foreign agents

The Union "Women of the Don" has been excluded by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) from the register of foreign agents, but the fine of 300,000 roubles, paid by the Union under the court judgement, has not been repaid. The money can be returned only upon the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on the case, said Valentina Cherevatenko, the Chair of the Union.

Kazbek Gekkiev. Photo: http://kbrria.ru/

19:20, 9 March 2016

Lane in KBR named after slain journalist Gekkiev

The Shkolny Lane in the village of Zhankhoteko has been renamed in memory of the journalist Kazbek Gekkiev, who was killed in 2012. A memorial plaque has been installed at the school, where Gekkiev studied.

Khaiser Djemilev. Screenshot of a video by the user Argumenti Nedeli-Krym / YouTube

17:56, 9 March 2016

Refusal to grant CER to Khaiser Djemilev challenged

A complaint against the judgement of the Astrakhan District Court to deny the conditional early relieve (CER) to Khaiser Djemilev has been lodged to the Astrakhan Regional Court, said the advocate Nikolai Polozov.

The law enforcers. Photo http://nac.gov.ru/

17:13, 9 March 2016

Four residents of Dagestan arrested on suspicion of involvement in "Hizb ut-Tahrir"

The court in Makhachkala has ruled to place Murad Valiev, Gadji Ramazanov, Sharip Khabibov and Magomed Magomedov, suspected of involvement in "Hizb ut-Tahrir", a terrorist organization banned in Russia, in custody.

Yusup Djaparov in the courtroom. Photo by Oleg Pchyolov for the "Caucasian Knot"

16:26, 9 March 2016

Court refuses Djaparov to make new translation of documents

Experts of the Dargin language have stated at the court that the differences in dialects cannot prevent Yusup Djaparov, a nephew of Said Amirov, from understanding the content of the case files. In this regard, the court has rejected the defence's request to make a new translation.

Abu Umar al-Shishani (Tarkhan Batirashvili), one of the leaders of the terrorist "Islamic State" (IS), banned in Russia and some other countries. Photo: Ansar al Jihad https://ru.wikipedia.org

15:16, 9 March 2016

Relatives of Abu Umar al-Shishani fail to confirm his death

So far, there is no confirmation of the death of Abu Umar al-Shishani (Tarkhan Batirashvili), a native of Georgia and one of the leaders of the terrorist "Islamic State" (IS), said Tarkhan's relatives and residents of Georgia's Pankisi Gorge.

The Derbent District of Dagestan. Photo: Artur Shikhaliev http://odnoselchane.ru/

15:08, 9 March 2016

Power agents: CTO in Southern Dagestan does not affect dwelling settlements

The counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime in the Derbent District of Dagestan has been in force for a week already, but so far, nobody was detained, said a law enforcement source.

Kurdish women at the protest action in Yerevan. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"

14:42, 9 March 2016

Kurds complain to UN office in Yerevan about Turkish policy

In Shaumyan Square in Yerevan, about 50 Kurdish women and children organized a protest action demanding to "stop the genocide of the Kurdish people in Turkey."

Said Amirov. Photo by Oleg Pchyolov for the "Caucasian Knot"

13:38, 9 March 2016

Court refuses to place Amirov to hospital

The Russian Supreme Court (SC) has begun considering the complaint against the verdict in the criminal case against Said Amirov. The Court has dismissed the petition asking for hospitalization of the former Mayor of Makhachkala.

Nadezhda Savchenko pronouncing her last plea at the Donetsk City Court, March 9, 2016. Screenshot of a video monitoring. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the "Caucasian Knot"

12:18, 9 March 2016

Savchenko threatened new hunger strike in response to verdict

Today, the Ukrainian aviator Nadezhda Savchenko has pronounced her last plea at the Donetsk City Court of the Rostov Region.

The air defence system. Photo: http://мультимедиа.минобороны.рф/multimedia/photo/gallery.htm?id=24633@cmsPhotoGallery

10:58, 9 March 2016

Large air defence exercises start in Southern Russia

Exercises of air defence units have been launched in the Krasnodar Territory and in the Astrakhan Region. More than 2500 servicemen are taking part in them.

Khadija Ismayilova. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"

06:31, 9 March 2016

CPJ calls on to release Khadija Ismayilova

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) named nine female journalists placed into custody for their professional activities. Among them, there is the Azerbaijani Khadija Ismayilova.

Shamil Kudiyamagomedov and Gadjimurad Rashidov after their victorious fights. Collage by the "Caucasian Knot" (screenshots of the videos at the website of the United world of wrestling organization, Unitedworldwrestling.org)

23:27, 8 March 2016

Two native of Dagestan win gold medals at European Championships in freestyle wrestling

Shamil Kudiyamagomedov from Kizlyar District and Gadjimurad Rashidov from Karabudakhkent District became European champions in freestyle wrestling.

The participants of the rally in memory of Boris Nemtsov, who demanded to release Savchenko. Moscow, March 1, 2015. Photo: Wikipedia.org

22:13, 8 March 2016

Russia's MFA treats calls to release Savchenko as pressure on the court

Statements in defence of the Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, who is tried in the Rostov Region, are attempts to put pressure on the court, said the spokesman of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).

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