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The Minister of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Georgia Alexander Chikaidze destroys a CD with the files of the archive about the personal lives of citizens in a shredder. Tbilisi, September 5, 2013. Photo by the press service of the MIA of Georgia

05:24, 1 February 2014

Georgian MIA destructs part of archival records on citizens' private life

On January 31, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Georgia destroyed two CDs with records of citizens' private life, which had been recorded in the course of secret surveillance. The destruction took place at the closing sitting of the temporary commission on illegal surveillance and secret recording.

02:50, 1 February 2014

Chechnya: Alu Amirkhanov is new Kadi of Urus-Martan District

Alu Amirkhanov, earlier Imam of the mosque named after Akhmad Kadyrov, has been appointed a new Kadi (Islamic Judge) of the Urus-Martan District of Chechnya.

The embankment in the Imereti Valley in Sochi after the storm. January 31, 2014. Photo by Svetlana Berestenyova

01:10, 1 February 2014

Storm consequences eliminated in Sochi

Volunteers, rescuers from the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) and local residents have completed liquidating the consequences of the storm that struck Sochi at night of January 31.

22:49, 31 January 2014

HRC "Memorial": in KBR, wife knows nothing about missing husband for over 20 days

For more than 20 days already, relatives of Khizir Tlepshev, who disappeared in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), know nothing about his whereabouts. His wife fears that he could be detained by power agents and may be tortured, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reports.

Announcement at the local police department saying that fan's passports can be granted without tickets. Sochi, January 31, 2014. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"

20:42, 31 January 2014

Semyon Simonov deprived of fan's passport sues "Sochi- 2014" OC

Semyon Simonov, the coordinator of the network "Migration and Law" of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", has filed a lawsuit to the Adler District Court against the "Sochi-2014" Organizing Committee (OC) demanding to repeal the provision in the rules on issuance of the Olympic fan's passports that admits refusal without explanations.

Johar Tsarnaev. Photo by F.B.I., http://www.fbi.gov/news/updates-on-investigation-into-multiple-explosions-in-boston

17:38, 31 January 2014

The New York Times: Tsarnaev may survive if deals with inquiry

The prosecutor's demand to apply death penalty to Johar Tsarnaev, a native of Chechnya, accused of committing a terror act in Boston, may change, if Tsarnaev agrees to deal with the investigation, The New York Times writes.

Infographics. Total number of victims of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus according to the data of the "Caucasian Knot"

14:38, 31 January 2014

2013 totals by "Caucasian Knot" for Northern Caucasus: count of victims of armed conflict on decline

In 2013, the total number of victims of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus decreased as compared to 2012 by 239 people, or by 19.5%. The death toll went down from 700 in 2012 to 529 in 2013, i.e., by 24.4%; the number of wounded persons – from 525 to 457 (by 13%). However losses among civilians went up.

Upset of the car in the 146th kilometre of the Mamrash-Tashkapur highway near the village of Shovkra in the Laksky District of Dagestan. January 30, 2014. Photo by the press service of the GIBDD (traffic police)

11:31, 31 January 2014

Local deputy dies in traffic accident in Dagestan

According to a source from law enforcement bodies, the Chairman of the People's Assembly of the Kulin District of Dagestan died after falling in his off-road Hummer car off a cliff.

Policemen on duty in front of the Orthodox Church. January 7, 2014. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"

09:59, 31 January 2014

70,000 thousand to guard the Olympic Games in Sochi, law enforcers say

Around 70,000 law enforcers will ensure safety at the Olympic Games in Sochi; more than half of them are policemen, the "Vedomosti" reports, citing its source from power agencies.

Special operation in the Dagestani village of Semender. 2013. Photo from the NAC archive, http://nac.gov.ru/

09:40, 31 January 2014

Two accomplices of Volgograd suicide bombers detained in Semender, source reports

The operation to detain brothers Magomednabi and Tagir Batirov, suspected of aiding the suicide bombers, who committed terror acts in Volgograd, was conducted in the Dagestani village of Semender, where on January 18 law enforcers killed seven militants, said a source from the law enforcement bodies of the republic.

The office of the Closed Joint-Stock Company (CJSC) "AccessBank". Photo http://haqqin.az/

02:52, 31 January 2014

Azerbaijani court acquits Internet user in "Facebook case"

On January 30, the Astara District Court of Azerbaijan found Mikail Talybov, a local resident and a user of the social network Facebook, after a re-examination of his case, innocent of slandering the Closed Joint-Stock Company (CJSC) "AccessBank".

Olympic Torch Relay at the "Spartak" Stadium in Vladikavkaz. January 30, 2014. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the "Caucasian Knot"

02:11, 31 January 2014

Residents of Vladikavkaz have no consensus on the change of Olympic Torch Relay route

Vladikavkaz residents react differently to restrictions imposed in the city in connection with the Olympic Torch Relay. Some of them find the measures reasonable; others disagree with them.

Embankment in the Imereti Lowland of Sochi after the storm. January 31, 2014. Photo by Svetlana Berestenyova

00:31, 31 January 2014

In Sochi, storm floods shore reinforcement near Olympic venues

At night on January 31, a great storm occurred near the Olympic facilities located in the Imereti Lowland of Sochi. The seashore reinforcement and Tsimlyanskaya Street were flooded, said residents of the street.

Olympic Torch Relay in Nalchik. Kabardino-Balkaria, January 30, 2014. Photo http://torchrelay.sochi2014.com/

23:47, 30 January 2014

KBR meets Olympic Flame with flash mob

On Thursday, in Nalchik, the Torch Relay was held at the "Spartak" Stadium. The city youth welcomed the symbol of Winter Games with a flash mob – several hundreds of them lined up in the shape of the five Olympic rings.

23:26, 30 January 2014

Russian team at Paralympic Games in Sochi will include 83 athletes

On Thursday, the Russian team at the 11th Paralympic Games in Sochi was approved, where Russia will take part in six sports. 83 athletes will represent Russia at the Paralympics: in ice sledge hockey, biathlon, cross-country skiing, snowboarding, wheelchair curling and in alpine skiing, the RIA "Novosti" reports.

Reinforced security measures at the "Spartak" Stadium. Vladikavkaz, January 30, 2014. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the "Caucasian Knot"

17:18, 30 January 2014

In North Ossetia, Olympic Torch Relay was held under reinforced security measures

On Thursday, the Olympic Torch Relay was also welcomed in North Ossetia. According to estimates of law enforcement bodies, more than 17,000 spectators gathered at the "Spartak" Stadium in Vladikavkaz. The festive event was accompanied by strengthened security measures.

Flowers on the metal fence near the railway station. Volgograd, January 1, 2014. Photo by Tatyana Filimonova for the "Caucasian Knot"

16:06, 30 January 2014

NAC: terror acts in Volgograd were committed by suicide bombers Asker Samedov and Suleiman Magomedov

The initiators of terror acts committed on December 29 and 30, 2013, in Volgograd have been identified by the Buynaksk militants Asker Samedov and Suleiman Magomedov, said the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).

14:03, 30 January 2014

ECtHR finds power agents responsible for kidnapping Yanaev, native of Chechnya, in 2004

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled on the complaint "Z. and Khatueva vs. Russia", by recognizing the responsibility of Russian power structures for the kidnapping and probable death of Zhamalaily Yanaev, a native of Chechnya, who disappeared at the airport in Beslan, as Yulia Klimova, an employee of the press service of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", has reported.

Double road in Sochi. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"

13:54, 30 January 2014

Sochi sets up transport filters to read Olympic automobile accreditations

Starting from February 1, special electronic filters will control the roads of Sochi, intended to read information from the accreditation certificates attached to motor vehicles, said Andrei Zhukov, the head of the transport directorate of the 2014 Games. The devices are designed to ensure the non-stop movement of the Olympic transport vehicles.

Mosque in the Chechen village of Alkhan-Yurt of the Urus-Martan District. Photo http://chechen.org/

13:44, 30 January 2014

Chechen resident sentenced to two years on charges of calling for terrorism

Ramzan Abdurakhmanov, a resident of the Urus-Martan District of Chechnya, was found guilty of inciting terrorism and sentenced to two years in prison. This was reported by a source in the republic's MIA, adding that this is the first case in Chechnya, when a person was convicted of public calls to extremism.

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