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Main New Year Tree in Yerevan. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the Caucasian Knot

14:35, 4 December 2018

Residents of Armenia criticize purchase of expensive New Year Tree for Yerevan

The main New Year Tree for the capital of Armenia will cost 71 million drams, the Mayoralty has reported. This money should have been spent on solving social problems, residents of Armenia believe.

Law enforcer. Photo: Elena Sineok / Yuga.ru

10:18, 4 December 2018

Blood feud version of former law enforcer's murder in Yandare questioned

The experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" are convinced that the circumstances of the murder of Ismail Barkhanoev, a former employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, fail to meet the customs of the blood feud killing.

Presidential Palace in Tbilisi. Photo: Alexxx1979, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=37502004

10:02, 4 December 2018

Georgian authorities refuse to hold early parliamentary elections

No extraordinary parliamentary elections, which the opposition insists on, will be held, Irakli Kobakhidze, the Executive Secretary of the "Georgian Dream" Party, has stated.

Magomed Mutsolgov. Screenshot from video by HRC 'Memorial': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZGKMJl-me4

08:29, 4 December 2018

Activist states pressure on initiators of referendum on border issue

Officials are collecting personal data on family members of activists who have set up an initiative group to hold a referendum in Ingushetia on the border agreement with Chechnya, said Magomed Mutsolgov, a human rights defender, in his appeal to the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

Tatiana Moskalkova (left) and Maxim Lapunov. Collage by the Caucasian Knot. Screenshot from video posted by user Press service of Radio Liberty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVj89JZhjPI , The Council of the Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation https://ru.wikipedia.org

08:23, 4 December 2018

Ombudsperson favours inquiry into Lapunov's complaint of torture in Chechnya

Tatiana Moskalkova, the Russian Ombudsperson, has stated today that the Prosecutor's Office should be involved in checking the complaint of Maxim Lapunov about the refusal to initiate a case on his arrest and beating up by law enforcers in Chechnya.

Mufti of Ingushetia Isa Khamkhoev. Screenshot from the video posted by user Muslims' Spiritual Centre of Ingushetia, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTKx_IQDA3A

22:24, 3 December 2018

Congress of Ingush Muslims joins political struggle for republic's borders

Against the background of a sharp conflict with Yunus-Bek Evkurov, the Ingush clergy has supported the political demands of the Ingush opposition to cancel the agreement on the border with Chechnya.

Law enforcer. Photo: National Antiterrorist Committee, http://nac.gov.ru

22:11, 3 December 2018

On November 26-December 2, three persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

During the week from November 26 to December 2, 2018, at least three people perished in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus; no information was received about the wounded people. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

A young woman praying. Photo: REUTERS/Brittany Greeson

22:01, 3 December 2018

Cases of female circumcision in Caucasus provoke reproaches upon Ministry of Health

There is no separate law in Russia against girls' circumcision; and such mutilations should be prohibited by the order of the Ministry of Public Health (MPH), experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

At the contact line in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo: REUTERS/Staff

18:38, 3 December 2018

Investigators treat death of Armenian soldier as suicide

The death of the contract soldier, Gor Sarkisyan, in one of the military units of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) is being investigated as a case of bringing to suicide, the Investigative Committee of Armenia has stated.

18:21, 3 December 2018

Native of Adygea sentenced to 11 years in prison for aiding IS*

Today, the North-Caucasian District Military Court has found Pyotr Gnipel, a 19-year-old native of the Giaginskaya village, guilty of acquiring components for an explosive device, which he was supposed to hand over to supporters of the "Islamic State" (IS, earlier – ISIL), a terrorist organization banned in Russia by the court.

Zaza Saralidze. Photo by Inna Kukudzhanova for the Caucasian Knot

18:11, 3 December 2018

Tbilisi court refuses to consider Saralidze's lawsuit against law enforcers

The Tbilisi City Court has stopped considering the claim lodged by Zaza Saralidze, who demanded to cancel the police's ban to set up tents in Rustaveli Avenue. Tents were set up, despite the ban; and the consideration of the lawsuit is senseless, the judge has explained.

Aram Arutyunyan, MP from the Republican Party of Armenia. Photo: © Sputnik / Asatur Yesayants https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/politics/20181031/15418878/ugolovnoe-delo-deputata-parlamenta-armenii-pochemu-medlyat-s-arestom-smi.html

17:57, 3 December 2018

Armenia: Prosecutor's Office asks Parliament to sanction MP's arrest

Today, Arthur Davtyan, the Public Prosecutor General of Armenia, has submitted a petition to the Parliament asking to give consent to the initiation of a criminal case against Aram Arutyunyan, an MP from the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), a source from the press service of the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

13:42, 3 December 2018

Azerbaijan reports shelling of border village

The armistice regime in the Karabakh conflict zone was violated for 30 times during the last 24 hours; the militaries' positions stationed in the village of Agdam of the Tovuz District came under fire, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated today.

Detention. Photo: CC BY 2.0 / TAR SANDS BLOCKADE / DARRYL HANNAH IN HANDCUFFS

13:21, 3 December 2018

Seven persons detained at special operation in Tbilisi

In the capital of Georgia, law enforcers have detained six citizens of Ukraine and a citizen of Georgia; weapons and ammunition were found on them during a search, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reported on December 2.

At the contact line in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot

11:18, 3 December 2018

Armenia: contract soldier dies from gunshot wound

In one of the military units of the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD), a contract serviceman was killed in his combat position. A criminal case has been initiated.

Galina Tikhenko holds solo picket in Volgograd. Photo by Tatiana Filimonova for the Caucasian Knot

11:11, 3 December 2018

Volgograd activists demand to stop military conflict with Ukraine

Several activists held solo pickets in Volgograd on December 2 demanding that the Russian authorities end the conflict with Ukraine because of the incident in the Kerch Strait and condemning the annexation of the Crimea.

Opposition rally in Tbilisi, December 2, 2018. Photo: press service of the United National Movement, https://www.facebook.com/nacionalurimodzraoba/videos/766199990382566/

11:00, 3 December 2018

Vashadze announces protest action on Zurabishvili's inauguration day

If the authorities refuse to negotiate, on December 16, the inauguration day of the newly elected President of Georgia, the opposition will stage a mass rally, members of the Alliance "Strength in Unity" stated at an action in Tbilisi on December 2.

10:50, 3 December 2018

Casualty of shootout with "Rosgvardia" servicemen in Kuban identified

Investigators have stated that fire at "Rosgvardia" (Russian National Guard) servicemen was opened by a resident of Krasnodar.

The Parliament of Armenia on the Day of Independence on September 21, 2018 © Sputnik / Asatur Yesayants https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/politics/20181115/15684829/vopros-o-rezidenciyah-prezidenta-i-premera-na-povestke-vneocherednogo-zasedaniya-ns.html

10:59, 2 December 2018

Political analysts indicate absence of pre-election contest in Armenia

Many of Yerevan residents interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have not decided who to vote for at the parliamentary elections to be held in Armenia on December 9. Political forces did not focus on victory, but set a goal to go to the parliament, note political analysts.

Grigol Vashadze with journalists. Photo: © Sputnik / Alex Shlamov, https://sputnik-georgia.ru/election-2018/20181129/243218545/Gruzinskaya-oppozitsiya-obyavila-o-planakh---itogi-vyborov-oni-ne-priznayut-.html

10:53, 2 December 2018

Grigol Vashadze who lost presidential election in Georgia announces no revolution

The Georgian alliance "Strength in Unity" assures that its members do not intend to organize a revolution because of disagreement with the result of the elections. However, the authorities warn that they will not allow revolutionary scenarios and unrest.

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