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19:05, 31 December 2013

Alexander Cherkasov finds new book of HRC "Memorial" interesting in context of Sochi Olympic Games

The Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has published the book "Three Years of 'Stability'", which combines quarterly newsletters with analysis of the situation in the conflict zone in Northern Caucasus from the human rights defenders' point of view. The book is interesting in the context of the upcoming Olympic Games in Sochi. Thus was emphasized by Alexander Cherkasov, Chairman of the Board of the HRC "Memorial".

Ekaterina Sokiryanskaya. Screenshot of a video https://www.youtube.com

19:05, 31 December 2013

Northern Caucasus-2013: independent experts sum up the year (video)

The change of power in Dagestan and Kabardino-Balkaria; refusal from direct elections of heads of most of the regions; termination of the militants' adaptation commission and suspension of dialogue among different currents of Islam in Dagestan – these events, as the most significant for Northern Caucasus in 2013, as of December 24, were assessed by the experts dealing with the region.

18:55, 31 December 2013

Ibragim Nurov, murdered in Stavropol Territory, was earlier kidnapped from mosque, his relatives assert

Ibragim Nurov, 25, a resident of the aul of Abram-Tybe, Neftekumsk District of the Stavropol Territory, who was killed on December 30 near the village of Kayasula, had been earlier kidnapped by unidentified persons on December 27 from the mosque in Neftekumsk, his relatives assert.

Makhachkala, December 31, 2013. Participants of the memorial rally about the victims of the terror acts committed in Volgograd. Photo by the press service of the President of the Dagestan Republic, http://president.e-dag.ru/

17:57, 31 December 2013

Makhachkala: 2000 come to commemorate victims of Volgograd terror acts

Today, about two thousand people took part in the memorial rally about the victims of the terror acts committed in Volgograd, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed by the press service of the head of Dagestan.

Buynaksk, Dagestan. Photo http://www.odnoselchane.ru/

14:20, 31 December 2013

Car explosion kills assistant to Buynaksk Public Prosecutor

Rasul Gasanov, an assistant to the Public Prosecutor of the city of Buynaksk, was in his car, when an explosion occurred underneath. Gasanov died on the spot, said Rasul Temerbekov, the spokesman of the local Investigating Committee.

At the place of the terror act. Volgograd, December 30, 2013. Photo by Tatyana Filimonova for the "Caucasian Knot"

13:26, 31 December 2013

Death toll of Volgograd terror acts reaches 36

The explosion in Volgograd trolleybus killed 16 people, including the suicide bomber, not 15, as reported earlier, the spokesman of the local Ministry of Public Health said today. Thus, the total number of casualties of the explosions on December 29 and 30 is 36 people.

13:10, 31 December 2013

Death toll of car explosion in Khasavyurt is two

The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports with reference to the latest data of power agents that the explosion of a police car in Khasavyurt on December 30 claimed two human lives.

Sochi, panorama of the Olympic objects in Imeretin Valley, 2013. Photo: sc-os.ru

12:13, 31 December 2013

States offer to help Russia in securing Sochi Olympics

The US Govt has offered its Russian counterpart a full support in ensuring security of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, said Caitlin Hayden, the press secretary of the US National Security Council.

Volgograd railway station after the terror act on December 29, 2013. Photo: http://www.volganet.ru/

10:02, 31 December 2013

Social care bodies of Volgograd Region receive 107 million roubles to pay victims

107 million roubles have been transferred to the social care bodies of the Volgograd Region, engaged in payments to casualties' families and victims of the terror acts committed in Volgograd. On December 30, financial aid was paid to 17 people, said the regional governor Sergey Bozhenov.

Volgograd, December 30, 2013. At the spot of the trolleybus explosion near Kachinsky market in Volgograd. Photo by Tatyana Filimonova for the "Caucasian Knot"

08:39, 31 December 2013

Volgograd: list of casualties of trolleybus explosion is 16 already (video)

The death toll of the trolleybus explosion in Volgograd has reached 16 people, including the suicide bomber. At night on December 31, a wounded man died in hospital, said a medical source from the Southern Federal District (SFD).

02:12, 31 December 2013

HRW: Akhshtyr villagers in Sochi have no access to drinking water and public transport

The mountain village of Akhshtyr, Adler District of Sochi, has been deprived for five years of reliable water supply and is cut off from public transport and other infrastructure because of the Olympic construction, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) reports.

The police detains members of the "People's Assembly" in Volgograd, organized in the context of recent terror acts. December 30, 2013. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the "Caucasian Knot"

01:58, 31 December 2013

Details of detentions in Volgograd: policemen disrupt nationalists' action

The police have detained about 30 members of the "People's Assembly" in Volgograd, organized in the context of recent terror acts. According to eyewitnesses, the rally was attended by about 200 people, but the police began to disperse and detain them.

Andrei Serenko, the coordinator of the "Club of Experts of Volgograd". Photo: http://fedpress.ru/

01:50, 31 December 2013

Serenko: in Volgograd Region terrorists make use of power agents' drawbacks

Terror act organizers are successful in the Volgograd Region because of the weakness of local power agents, who are unable to prevent suicide attacks, said Andrei Serenko, the coordinator of the "Club of Experts of Volgograd". In order to prevent terror acts, it is necessary to consolidate the society, said political scientist Ruslan Kurbanov.

At the place of the terror act in a trolleybus in Volgograd. Volgograd, December 30, 2013. Photo by Tatyana Filimonova for the "Caucasian Knot"

22:30, 30 December 2013

Two Volgograd terror acts committed within 24 hours killed 33 and wounded 64 persons

The death toll of the two terror acts committed in Volgograd on December 29 and 30 includes 33 people, including the suicide bombers. The Volgograd Regional Administration has spread the list of those wounded which contains the names of 64 people.

Evgeny Vitishko. Photo http://svoboda.org/

16:30, 30 December 2013

In Krasnodar Territory, defence challenges verdict against ecologist Evgeny Vitishko

In the Krasnodar Territory, the defence of ecologist Evgeny Vitishko, who was sentenced to penal settlement for damage to the fence of the so-called "summer cottage of the Governor" of the Krasnodar Territory, has challenged the court's decision. This was reported by Alexander Popkov, advocate of the sentenced ecologist.

At the spot of the explosion in Volgograd. December 30, 2013. Photo http://www.volganet.ru/

15:52, 30 December 2013

Ministry of Health: 41 persons were injured in explosion in Volgograd trolley-bus

According to the recent information, 41 persons suffered in the explosion in the trolley-bus in Volgograd. Of them, 27 persons were hospitalized. This was reported by the press service of the Russian Ministry of Health. According to the preliminary information, the explosion killed a 5-year-old child.

A special operation in the town of Chegem of Kabardino-Balkaria. December 30, 2013. Photo by Lyudmila Maratova for the "Caucasian Knot"

15:02, 30 December 2013

NAC: persons, killed in Kabardino-Balkaria, were involved in attack on UFSIN staff members

Suspected militants, who were killed on Monday during a special operation in Kabardino-Balkaria, were involved in the murders of two staff members of the Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as UFSIN). This was reported by sources from the law enforcement bodies of the republic.

Volgograd, December 30, 2013. Blown-up trolley-bus at the tram stop "Kachinsky market". Still photo of a video footage by Alexei Ulianov at Instagram, http://instagram.com/p/iiIokbBbsP

13:16, 30 December 2013

ICRF: terror act in trolley-bus in Volgograd was committed by male suicide bomber (video)

According to the preliminary information, an explosive device in a trolley-bus in Volgograd was activated by a male suicide bomber. This was reported by Vladimir Markin, Spokesman of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

At the place of the terror act at the building of court marshals in Ordzhonikidze Street in Makhachkala, May 20, 2013. Photo: Ministry for Internal Affairs of Republic of Dagestan, http://05.mvd.ru/

11:47, 30 December 2013

Northern Caucasus a year before the Olympics: chronicle of terror acts

On February 7, 2014, Sochi will host the opening ceremony of the 22nd Winter Olympic Games. In the context of the ongoing conflict in Northern Caucasus, the "Caucasian Knot" is hereby publishing a chronicle of sabotage and terror acts committed in the pre-Olympic year in the North-Caucasian and Southern Federal Districts (NCFD and SFD).

09:00, 30 December 2013

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of December 23-29

Terror act at the railway station in Volgograd; publication of names of plenipotentiary envoys of the leader of Dagestan in four regional districts; abolition of direct election of regional leader in Karachay-Cherkessia; adoption in Kabardino-Balkaria in the first reading of the law to abolish the election of regional leader, and election of Arsen Kanokov as the senator from the region; ratification of gas agreements with Russia by Armenian Parliament and opposition protest; Russian figure skating championship in Sochi, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of December 23-29, 2013, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

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