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10:39, 21 June 2019

"Caucasian Knot" correspondent wounded at protest action in Tbilisi

Beslan Kmuzov, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, who was present at the protest action held at the parliament building in Tbilisi, was hospitalized with a wound in his head.

In the courtroom of the Supreme Court of Magas, June 19, 2019. Photo by Umar Yovloi for the Caucasian Knot

01:06, 21 June 2019

Advocate reports new Malsag Uzhakhov's criminal case

Malsag Uzhakhov, the head of the Council of Teips of the Ingush people, who was arrested within the case of the rally in Magas, is accused of creating an organization that violates citizens' identities and rights.

Clashes between protesters and policemen at the Parliament building in Georgia. Screenshot from video posted by 360 at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZU3u6KCY8M

00:55, 21 June 2019

Tbilisi protesters demand resignation of MIA and SSS heads

The protest action began in Tbilisi on June 20, after at a sitting of the Parliamentary Assembly, held in the building of the Georgian Parliament, Sergey Gavrilov, a Russian State Duma MP, sat into the chair of the Speaker. This displeased some of the Georgian MPs; and they announced the start of the Speaker's impeachment procedure.

Police cordoning off protesters in front of the Parliament building in Tbilisi, June 20, 2019. Photo by Beslan Kmuzov for the Caucasian Knot

21:24, 20 June 2019

Georgian opposition demands Speaker's resignation amid scandal

The sitting of the Russian MP in the chair of the Speaker of the Georgian Parliament during the International Parliamentary Orthodox Assembly has provoked an oppositionists' protest. They announced the start of the Speaker's impeachment procedure.

21:15, 20 June 2019

Opponent of LGBT "March of Dignity" detained in Tbilisi

Guram Palavandishvili, an activist, who participated in creating a legion against holding the "March of Dignity" in Tbilisi, was arrested today for resisting the police, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has informed.

20:23, 20 June 2019

Relatives of Ingush activists complain to President Putin about their persecution

Women from Ingushetia recorded a video appeal to Vladimir Putin. In their appeal, they complain that their relatives are being unreasonably persecuted after a rally in Magas. In its turn, the Council of Teips (family clans) called on residents of the republic to meet every week for collective prayer in support of the arrested activists.

Traces of missile attacks. Photo by Famil Makhmudbeili for the Caucasian Knot

20:11, 20 June 2019

Azerbaijan claims 20 shelling attacks in conflict zone

Positions of the Azerbaijani army in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled from large-calibre machine guns, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reports today.

15:02, 20 June 2019

Infographics. Statistics of victims in Northern Caucasus in April 2019 under the data of the Caucasian Knot

Law enforcers. Photo: Elena Sineok, Yuga.ru

14:43, 20 June 2019

Native of Dagestan detained in Moscow has contacted his relatives

On June 19, Ali Aliomarov, a native of Dagestan, whose disappearance worried his relatives, told his wife that law enforcers detained him in Moscow and planned to transport him to the Stavropol Territory. The man explained that the large amount of money found at him came from the sale of his car and was not raised to finance terrorists.

Sarazhudin Pogorov. Screenshot from video posted by FortangaORG https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=428296918006319

14:33, 20 June 2019

Pogorov's father calls on President Putin to intervene in situation with Ingush activists

In his video appeal to the President of Russia, Sarazhudin Pogorov, a 93-year-old father of Akhmed Pogorov, the co-Chair of the World Congress of the Ingush People, stood up for the arrested activists and requested the President to investigate the situation in Ingushetia.

Fuad Abbasov. Screenshot from: Paxlava Production https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaYRKcRFd9w

11:04, 20 June 2019

Azerbaijani journalist Fuad Abbasov stops hunger strike

On June 19, Fuad Abbasov, an Azerbaijani journalist, who went on a hunger strike in protest against his unjustified deprivation of freedom in the Moscow Region, explained his decision to stop his hunger strike by doctors' recommendations.

Baku. Photo: © Sputnik / Vladimir Pesnya, https://ru.sputnik.az/news/20181110/417837630/norway-azerbaijan-zakrytie-posolstva.html

10:54, 20 June 2019

CoE calls on Azerbaijan to complete anti-corruption reform

Azerbaijani authorities must exhibit the will and complete the anti-corruption reform related to the mandatory declaration of income and property by the MPs, judges and prosecutors, the Anti-Corruption Group of the Council of Europe (GRECO) has stated in its report.

Akhmed Pogorov speaks at Magas rally on March 26, 2019. Screenshot from video posted by Fortanga Org at YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrjj8zCPYyY

10:42, 20 June 2019

Akhmed Pogorov's relatives tell about seventh search of their households

The search, conducted on June 18 at the house of relatives of Akhmed Pogorov, a co-chairman of the World Congress of the Ingush People, frightened the children, his daughter-in-law has complained. This was the seventh search.

08:24, 20 June 2019

LGBT Week in Tbilisi begins with its opponents' action

Opponents of the "March of Dignity", announced by LGBT activists in Tbilisi, have held a preventive action at the office of the march organizers, stating that "they will not admit a gay parade."

Ali Gehaev with his advocate Alaudi Musaev before the court session. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the Caucasian Knot

08:13, 20 June 2019

Native of Chechnya convicted for financing terrorism after sending money to his brother

On June 19, the North-Caucasian District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Ali Gekhaev, a native of Chechnya to six years in colony for sending 1262 euros to his brother, who later went to Syria to fight on the side of militants.

22:12, 19 June 2019

Dagestan journalists criticize Kadyrov's version of Kizlyar conflict

The participants of the conflict in Kizlyar are supported by a significant part of residents of Dagestan, who fear the transfer of land to Chechnya, Dagestani journalists and political analysts have stated in response to Ramzan Kadyrov's assertion that the Dagestani society is not on the side of individual activists.

Flag of Azerbaijan. Photo: REUTERS/Osman Orsal

22:01, 19 June 2019

Georgian court released Azerbaijani activist on bail

Avtandil Mamedov, an Azerbaijani citizen, who was detained in Georgia at the request of Baku, has been set free by the court in Marneuli on bail for the time of considering his extradition issue, his wife has informed.

People's gathering in Kizlyar against installment of Chechen road signposts, June 11, 2019. Photo by Ilyas Kapiev for the Caucasian Knot

18:06, 19 June 2019

Statement on suspending demarcation of Dagestani borders raises questions to Kremlin

The office of the Presidential Plenipotentiary in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) has refused to comment on the statement voiced by Khizri Shikhsaidov, Speaker of the People's Assembly of Dagestan, about the suspension of the demarcation of land between Dagestan and Chechnya. Journalist Maxim Shevchenko sees no logic in the speech delivered by Khizri Shikhsaidov on behalf of Alexander Matovnikov. The Kremlin is trying to smooth out the consequences of the conflict in Kizlyar, suggests political analyst Dmitry Oreshkin.

17:55, 19 June 2019

Two natives of Dagestan detained in case on financing IS*

In Moscow and the Moscow Region, law enforcers detained two natives of Dagestan, suspected of transferring money to terrorists. Searches at homes of Dagestani natives are being carried out in seven regions, including Dagestan, the Stavropol Territory, and the Astrakhan Region, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports.

14:57, 19 June 2019

Relatives report disappearance of Dagestani resident after law enforcers' visit

The whereabouts of Ali Aliomarov, a resident of Dagestan, remains unknown after Moscow law enforcers had searched an apartment rented by him. This has been reported today by relatives of the disappeared man.

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