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Samur Forest. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the Caucasian Knot.

10:36, 4 August 2017

Dagestani residents stop construction works in Samur Forest

Local residents did not allow builders to drill wells in the Samur Forest, activists reported. According to activists, the villagers "have once again warned the workers that they will not let them destroy the forest."

Video appeal of Kuban residents to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkbCSVnW-HM

09:45, 4 August 2017

Residents of six Kuban districts claim "return of serfdom"

On August 3, more than 30 video appeals of residents of Cossack villages and farm yards from six districts of the Krasnodar Territory to President Vladimir Putin were published on the Internet. Authors of the video records complain about seizures of land plots by large agricultural holdings.

Private house in Davitashen. Photo: © Sputnik/ Karen Yepremyan https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/incidents/20170804/8171541/eshche-chetyre-snaryada-obnaruzheny-v-dome-gde-ranee-proizoshel-vzryv.html

06:40, 4 August 2017

In Yerevan, four other shells found at explosion site

In the Davitashen District of Yerevan, where as a result of the explosion one person was killed and one was hospitalized in extremely severe condition, other combat shells were discovered.

Inscription on the banner: 'Freedom to Sasna Tsrer!' Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the Caucasian Knot.

01:55, 4 August 2017

Yerevan: activist holds action in support of "Sasna Tsrer" members

Activist Vardghes Gaspari has demanded from the Armenian Ombudsman's Office to pay attention to the hunger strike declared in prison by Vardan Gheravetyan and Tigran Manukyan, members of the unit "Sasna Tsrer" (Daredevils of Sassoun), the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

00:03, 4 August 2017

Political analysts associate Putin's visit to Abkhazia with Pence's arrival in Georgia

The expected meeting of the Russian President with Raul Khadjimba is a response to the visit to Tbilisi of US Vice President Mike Pence, who expressed support for the Georgia's territorial integrity. This opinion has been expressed by Georgian political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

South-Ossetian border with Georgia. Photo: © Sputnik / Ada Bagian

18:21, 3 August 2017

Georgia condemns engineering works on South-Ossetian border

The works begun today and treated by South Ossetia as restoration of the fire-fighting band are the equipment of the borderline, which contrary to the interests of local residents, said Ketevan Tsikhelashvili, the Georgian Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality.

17:51, 3 August 2017

Navalny’s office in Krasnodar attacked

Old women have broken the glass door of the oppositional politician’s office in Krasnodar and ruined the room, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

17:22, 3 August 2017

Relatives report disappearance of two Dagestanis after their detention in Nalchik

Family members cannot find out the whereabouts of two residents of Khasavyurt, who disappeared immediately after being released from the police department in Nalchik.

Widows’ Park after tree felling, Volgograd, July 31, 2017. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the Caucasian Knot.

16:54, 3 August 2017

Volgograd resident plants tree in place of felled "Widows’ Park"

In protest against tree felling, Andrei Popkov, a former deputy of the Regional Duma, has planted today a mulberry tree sapling in the place of the cut-down "Widows’ Park", after the city Mayoralty had announced its plans to build a car parking next to the memorial complex instead of the above park.

Darya Polyudova. Still picture of video posted by user Anton Polyakov. Photo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5Lw9WV8s0A

15:36, 3 August 2017

Darya Polyudova declares hunger strike in colony-settlement

Kuban activist Darya Polyudova has declared a hunger strike in a penal colony with the demands to stop provocations against her. This was reported by Tatiana Polyudova, the mother of the prisoner.

15:13, 3 August 2017

Playwright Mikhail Zhilkin claims receiving threats after escaping from Chechnya

The chairman of the board for the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has urged the law enforcement agencies to check a playwright Mikhail Zhilkin's message about receiving threats from Chechnya after a Chechen official held Mikhail Zhilkin in Grozny for four years.

Aslan Cherkesov in the court, October 28, 2011. Screenshot of court video record, http://www.mos-gorsud.ru/news/?id=502

14:49, 3 August 2017

FSIN reports verification of Aslan Cherkesov's complaint about torture

In the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) has launched a verification after Aslan Cherkesov, who is serving his sentence in the Krasnoyarsk Territory for murdering a fan of the "Spartak" FC, complained about torture and beatings in a penal colony. This was reported by the FSIN Department.

FSIN official. Photo: http://www.riadagestan.ru/news/in_russia/fsin_khochet_sozdat_tsentry_ispravleniya_osuzhdennykh_vo_vsekh_koloniyakh/

13:06, 3 August 2017

FSIN official injured in shelling in Makhachkala

The police are looking for unidentified people who fired at a staff member of the FSIN Department in Makhachkala. The victim was hospitalized, reported the spokesperson for the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN).

Hospital in Yerevan. Photo: © Sputnik/ Aram Nersesyanhttps://ru.armeniasputnik.am/incidents/20170803/8159587/v-erevane-progremel-vzryv-est-pogibshij.html

11:21, 3 August 2017

One man killed in mine explosion in Yerevan

Two persons were injured in a mine explosion in a yard of a private house in Yerevan, and one of them died in a hospital.

Explosion at ammunition depot in Abkhazia, August 2, 2017. Photo is provided by local resident Pavel Otyrba: http://sputnik-abkhazia.ru/Abkhazia/20170803/1021577876/dvoe-turistov-pogibli-v-rezultate-vzryva-v-primorskom.html

11:21, 3 August 2017

Rescuers injured at explosion place in Abkhazia

Four staff members of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) have been injured while liquidating consequences of an explosion at an ammunition depot in Abkhazia.

Explosion at ammunition depot in Abkhazia, August 2, 2017. Still picture of video posted by VladVlogs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBF83XsFyGw

09:39, 3 August 2017

Two Russian tourists die in explosion in Abkhazia

Two women died when they were on horseback riding in the vicinity of an ammunition depot. According to the preliminary information, they were residents of Saint Petersburg, the Abkhazian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) reported.

Road where tourists were attacked. Photo: © Sputnik. Бадрак Авидзба http://sputnik-abkhazia.ru/Abkhazia/20170717/1021463765/genprokuratura-nazvala-imena-podozrevaemyx-v-ubijstve-rossijskogo-turista.html

03:11, 3 August 2017

Abkhaz police report details of attack on Russians in Gudauta District

In connection with the attack on a Russian family committed in the village of Khipsta, four persons are being searched. The attackers stole 85,000 roubles and a couple of rings, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Abkhazia has reported. The condition of Valentina Bykovets, who suffered from the attack, is stable, doctors report.

US Vice President Mike Pence and Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili. Photo: © Giorgi Kvirikashvili. https://sputnik-georgia.ru/politics/20170731/236821911/Nachalsja-vizit-vice-prezidenta-SShA-v-Gruziju.html

00:14, 3 August 2017

Georgian establishment treats Mike Pence's visit as a new level of relations with US

During a press conference following a meeting with Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili, Mike Pence has stated that Georgia is a strategic partner of the United States. According to Mike Pence, US President Donald Trump sent him to Georgia with a message: "We support you; we stand next to you, next to the Georgian people."

22:22, 2 August 2017

Abkhaz MPH reports 53 wounded by explosion at ammunition depot

Among the victims of the explosion at the depot of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in the Gudauta District, there are seriously wounded ones, the head of the Ministry of Public Health (MPH) of Abkhazia reports.

War in Syria. Photo: REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh

20:29, 2 August 2017

Kadyrov announces return to Russia of a child taken away to Syria

Ramzan Kadyrov has reported the return to Russia of a minor resident of Chechnya, who had been brought to Syria and found among the ruins in the city of Mosul.

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