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13:50, 16 December 2015

Law enforcers identify men killed in Dagestan

The men killed during a shootout with law enforcers in the vicinity of Kizilyurt are identified as Nukhudin Zubairov, Shamil Gadjiev, and Magomed Khairullaev. According to a source from the law enforcement bodies, they rendered assistance to local militants.

A law enforcer during CTO. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/nakmessage/2015/12/16/v-nalchike-pri-okazanii-vooruzhennogo-soprotivleniya-neitralizovan-bandit.html

13:03, 16 December 2015

Three suspected militants' accomplices killed in Dagestan

In the outskirts of Kizilyurt, in the course of an armed clash, law enforcers killed three armed accomplices of militants. This reported by sources from the law enforcement bodies.

Elena Kostyuchenko. Photo: http://www.rb.ru/report/39587/3.html

12:45, 16 December 2015

Elena Kostyuchenko awarded Sakharov Prize in Journalism

Elena Kostyuchenko, a special correspondent of the "Novaya Gazeta", has become the winner of the Andrei Sakharov Prize "For Journalism as a Deed" in 2015. In her materials, Elena Kostyuchenko often highlights problems of residents of the southern regions of Russia.

12:24, 16 December 2015

Prosecutor demands 7 years for Mirkadyrov

Imprisonment for 7 years was demanded by the prosecutor for Azerbaijani journalist Rauf Mirkadyrov accused of espionage in favour of Armenia. The final speech of his defence is scheduled for December 23.

Elton Guliev. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"

12:00, 16 December 2015

Azerbaijani advocate and human rights defender Elton Guliev dies

In Azerbaijan, advocate Elton Guliev died. He was well-known as a defender of the rights of many activists and journalists subjected to prosecution. He was 58 years old, and he died from cancer.

The rehearsal of the days of Dagestan opening in Paris. Photo: http://www.riadagestan.ru/news/society/v_shtab_kvartire_yunesko_v_parizhe_proydut_dni_dagestana_posvyashchennye_2000_letiyu_drevnego_derbenta/

07:11, 16 December 2015

Paris welcomes days of Dagestan

In Paris, the exhibition "Culture. People. Dagestan" has launched the Days of Dagestan, which are devoted to the 2000th anniversary of Derbent.

Professor Anatoly Kudakin (to the left), Deputy of Sochi City Council Konstantin Gergishan / Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"

06:50, 16 December 2015

Ecological Council of Sochi reports on negative effects of Olympics

In Sochi, activists of the Public Ecological Council have discussed the problems remaining after the Winter Olympic Games. According to the activists, the city has suffered from large-scale construction of various facilities, inefficient garbage collection, and imported pests.

Magomed Orudjev (to the left). Photo: http://dagpravda.ru/rubriki/politika/14632/

05:44, 16 December 2015

Orudjev's sentence results from his conflict with Dagestani Prosecutor, experts believe

Political analyst Albert Esedov sees no connection between the criminal case against Magomed Orudjev, who used to be the Prosecutor of the Soviet District of Makhachkala, and the criminal case against Said Amirov, the ex-Mayor of Makhachkala.

The strike of truck drivers against the "Platon" system in Stavropol. Photo by Eduard Kornienko, YUGA.ru https://www.yuga.ru

03:38, 16 December 2015

Volgograd truckers announce huge losses during protest action against "Platon"

The strike of truck drivers and entrepreneurs with the demand to abolish the "Platon" system has brought a lot of losses. This was stated by participants of the protest action in Volgograd, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

The federal highway "Kavkaz" between Khasavyurt and Toturbiykala. Photo by Murad Muradov for the "Caucasian Knot"

00:38, 16 December 2015

80 truckers keep striking near Khasavyurt

Drivers of 70-80 heavy vehicles continue truckers' strike in the Dagestan city of Khasavyurt. Protestors report no obstacles from the police.

Darya Polyudova at the Oktiabrskiy District Court of Krasnodar on December 21, 2015. Photo: https://twitter.com/plaxog

23:53, 15 December 2015

AI calls on to acquit Darya Polyudova

The international human rights organization "Amnesty International" (AI) has launched a campaign in support of Krasnodar activist Darya Polyudova.

22:18, 15 December 2015

IS unit leaders still stay in Northern Caucasus, experts assert

Reporter Orkhan Djemal and political analysts Akhmet Yarlykapov and Ruslan Martagov cast doubt on the FSB Chief's statements about the killing of 20 leaders of the "Islamic State" (IS) in Northern Caucasus. According to the reporter and the political analysts, the most authoritative and influential leaders of the IS have survived.

Azerbaijani soldiers during the war, 1992-1993. Photo: Ilgar Jafarov https://ru.wikipedia.org/

21:09, 15 December 2015

ICRC updates list of missing persons who disappeared during Karabakh conflict

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has presented to the parties to the Karabakh conflict an updated list of the persons disappeared in the conflict zone prior to the introduction of the ceasefire regime in 1994.

Lyudmila Alexeyeva, the Chair of the Moscow Helsinki Group. Photo: Ilya Pitalev (RFE/RL)

19:09, 15 December 2015

Rights defenders treat law on ignoring ECtHR’s decisions as unconstitutional

The law signed by Russia's president a that allows the Constitutional Court (CC) to recognize decisions of international courts unenforceable is dangerous and violates citizens’ rights, believe Lyudmila Alexeyeva, the Chair of the Moscow Helsinki Group, and Olga Gnezdilova, an activist of the project named "Stitching Russian Justice Initiative".

18:25, 15 December 2015

NAC states links of person killed in Nalchik with militants

The resident of Baksan, who was killed in a shootout with power agents in Nalchik, was raising money to finance the armed underground and was on the federal wanted list on suspicion of robbery, said the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).

Law enforcers. Nalchik. Photo http://nac.gov.ru/"

17:39, 15 December 2015

Russian SC starts studying appeals in the case of attack on Nalchik

The Russian Supreme Court (SC) is to consider the appeal complaints lodged by 48 out of 52 convicts in the case of the attack on Nalchik in 2005.

The militants who had sworn to the "Islamic State" (IS) declared a terrorist organization in Russia. Photo from the site of the IS declared a terrorist organization in Russia and some other countries

16:32, 15 December 2015

At least four persons regarded IS leaders in Northern Caucasus

Rustam Asilderov, Gasan Abdullaev, Aslan Byutukaev and Zalim Shebzukhov are, according to information published in 2015 with reference to Russian power agents, were treated as leaders of North-Caucasian militants who had sworn to the "Islamic State" (IS).

Vladimir Tskaev's funeral. The village of Koban, North Ossetia, November 4, 2015. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the "Caucasian Knot"

16:08, 15 December 2015

Soslan Sitokhov accused of abuse of office

Investigators have charged Soslan Sitokhov, the head of the criminal investigation section of the Iriston ROVD (District Interior Division) of Vladikavkaz, arrested in the case of the death of a detainee Vladimir Tskaev.

Law enforcers. Photo: NAK information center http://nac.gov.ru/

15:33, 15 December 2015

ICRF states that Nalchik detainee was not involved in shootout

In the shootout with power agents in Nalchik only a resident of Baksan was killed by return fire. The other man – the detained resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) – was not shooting at law enforcers, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports.

Akhmednabi Ahmednabiyev at the press conference on journalists' safety. Makhachkala, January 14, 2013. Photo by Svetlana Svistunova for the "Caucasian Knot"

12:00, 15 December 2015

Sakharov Award to be handed over on Journalists’ Commemoration Day

Today, Russia marks the Commemoration Day of the journalists who perished in the performance of their professional duties. In Moscow, this day is timed to summing up the contest for the Sakharov Award "For Journalism as a Deed".

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