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15:34, 25 March 2018

CTO regime lifted in Dagestani Andi village

The counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime in the village of Andi, Botlikh District of Dagestan, where a militant was killed on March 24, has been cancelled, the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) has stated.

Batumi. Photo by Yulia Kasheta for the Caucasian Knot.

14:52, 25 March 2018

Detained manager of "Leogrand" Hotel denies accusations

Giorgi Mikeladze, detained within the case of the "Leogrand" Hotel, has stated that he had been unreasonably persecuted. According to his advocate, Mikeladze had no relation to the boiler room, where the fire broke out and killed 11 persons.

07:54, 25 March 2018

Ukrainian citizen tells Consul about torture in Rostov-on-Don

Alexei Sizonovich, a citizen of Ukraine, convicted on charges of plotting a terror act in the Rostov Region, told the Ukrainian Consul about the torture he was subjected to in Rostov-on-Don.

Screenshot of the video with Magomed Khambiev (first on the left) and Shaa Turlaev (third from right to left), posted by Ramzan Kadyrov on his page on the "VKontakte" social network

23:16, 24 March 2018

Ramzan Kadyrov shows live on air the wanted Chechen separatist

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has publicized a video from the village of Benoi showing Shaa Turlaev, announced wanted on suspicion of high-profile murders and murder attempts. Kadyrov has treated Turlaev as "the best of the best."

20:17, 24 March 2018

An armed militant killed in Dagestan

In Dagestan, in the course of a counterterrorist operation (CTO) in the Botlikh District, law enforcers killed a militant from the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS) banned in Russia.

19:50, 24 March 2018

Archil Tatunashvili buried in Georgia

Archil Tatunashvili, a citizen of Georgia, who died after being detained in South Ossetia, was buried on Saturday with military honours into the Brotherly Cemetery in Tbilisi.

16:40, 24 March 2018

Rights defenders question law enforcers' version of special operation in Chechnya

It is very difficult to verify whether four natives of Ingushetia and Dagestan killed in Chechens were militants. The former cases of disinformation question the version, stated members of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

Trainers in a gym. Photo by the press service of the administration of Karabulak, http://www.mokarabulak.ru/

10:42, 24 March 2018

In Grozny, drug control service massively seizes muscle pills from pharmacies and shops

In Grozny, agents of drug control service have seized 14,000 packages of potent anabolic drugs from pharmacies, sports nutrition stores and gyms, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Chechnya reported.

A militant who attacked the police officer in Grozny has sworn allegiance to the Islamic State banned in Russia. Screenshot of a video https://web.telegram.org/#/im?p=@directorate4

09:26, 24 March 2018

Political situation in Northern Caucasus strengthens sympathy for IS

The involvement of young Muslims in the ranks of terrorists is a consequence of the internal political conflict in Northern Caucasus and political discrimination of Muslims. No blocking of information resources will solve this problem, experts believe.

The Days of Russian Word in Nagorno-Karabakh. Meeting the guests. March 20, 2018. Photo by Albert Voskanyan http://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/blogs/929/posts/32349

05:05, 24 March 2018

Days of Russian Word held in Nagorno-Karabakh

Within the framework of the Days of Russian Word, under the motto "Russian without accent", the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has held contests, poetry parties and seminars for teachers.

Journalist Ayk Khalatyan. Photo by Rustam Djalilov for the "Caucasian Knot"

21:28, 23 March 2018

Scientists reveal reasons for radicalization of South-Caucasian youth

Young Georgian Muslims are leaving for war in Syria and Iraq because of social injustice and religious stereotypes, the participants of the forum in Moscow "Youth Against Extremism and Radicalism" told on March 22. The speech of an Azerbaijani presenter was interrupted by a squabble with an Armenian journalist.

A retired Colonel Volodya Avetisyan declared a sitdown strike with his supporters. March 21, 2018. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"

21:20, 23 March 2018

Yerevan: rally participants demand to seize power from Sargsyan

Armen Ovannisyan, an activist of the front named "For the Sake of State of Armenia", speaking to a rally held in Yerevan, called to fight for the removal of Serzh Sargsyan, who is intending to assume the post of prime minister, from power. The rally was about 150 people strong.

A session of the Georgian Parliament. Photo © Sputnik / Alexander Imedashvili https://sputnik-georgia.ru/politics/20180323/239786512/Deputaty-sochli-pereborom-50-zhenshhin-v-parlamente-Gruzii.html

20:03, 23 March 2018

Georgian Parliament completes constitutional reform

The reform of the Constitution of Georgia has culminated in the adoption of amendments thereto. They were supported by 115 MPs out of 150, that is, the parliamentary majority.

The border between Georgia and South Ossetia. Photo © Sputnik / Dzhulietta Kozaty https://sputnik-ossetia.ru/South_Ossetia/20150525/126276.html

19:19, 23 March 2018

Two residents of Georgia released in Tskhinvali

Authorities of South Ossetia have released David Gerkeuli and Ivane Gundishvili after they paid fines for breaking the border.

Coloured precipitation fell in the Krasnodar Territory. Sochi, March 23, 2018. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"

18:25, 23 March 2018

Residents of Southern Russia frightened by yellow snow and rain

Coloured precipitation fell today in Southern Russia, users of social networks and residents of Sochi have reported. A sandstorm in Africa and an accident at some factory were named among the versions of the strange natural phenomenon. However, meteorologists have assured that the precipitations that fell down in the Krasnodar the Stavropol Territories pose no threat to people.

The Kazan staircase in Rostov-on-Don. Photo http://rostov-gorod.ru/index/news/12849/688939/?sphrase_id=436673

07:36, 23 March 2018

In Rostov-on-Don, vandals damage staircase repaired for 2018 FIFA World Cup

The Kazan staircase, the repair of which for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, took from the budget 44 million roubles, is damaged by vandals, who torn away granite shells and lamps, reports the head of the Rostov-on-Don administration.

The building of the Georgian Parliament. Photo © Sputnik / Alexander Imedashvili https://sputnik-georgia.ru/politics/20180317/239696291/Venecianskaja-komissija-odobrila-popravki-v-Konstituciju-Georgia.html

03:33, 23 March 2018

Political analysts: Georgian "Otkhozoriya-Tatunashvili List" to toughen sanctions against Russia

A resolution of the Georgian Parliament on the creation of an "Otkhozoriya-Tatunashvili List", similar in its meaning to the "Magnitsky List", can get a support of the international community. This is to result in toughening of sanctions against Russia, Georgian political analysts report.

Voting at a polling station No. 207 in the Yablonovsky urban village. Adygea, March 18, 2018. Photo by Anna Gritsevich for the "Caucasian Knot"

00:13, 23 March 2018

"Golos" presents new data on violations in Southern Russia

In Dagestan and Karachay-Cherkessia, observers videoed much more violations at the presidential election than those in Chechnya, said Vitaly Averin, the coordinator of the "Golos" (Vote) movement in the regions of Southern Russia.

The body of Archil Tatunashvili is handed over to Georgia. Photo Sputnik/ Natalia Airiyan https://sputnik-georgia.ru/incidents/20180320/239740734/Telo-skonchavshegosja-v-Chinvali-Tatunashvili-peredali-vlastjam-Gruzii.html

19:50, 22 March 2018

Georgian authorities: citizen of our country was severely tortured in South Ossetia

Experts in Georgia have found traces of "cruel torture" on the body of Archil Tatunashvili, who died after being detained in South Ossetia, Sozar Subari, Minister for Displaced Persons' Matters, has stated. Georgia should sue Russia at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in connection with Tatunashvili's death, the Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili has added.

The border between Georgia and South Ossetia. Photo © Sputnik / Ada Bagian https://sputnik-ossetia.ru/South_Ossetia/20170511/4135095.html

17:53, 22 March 2018

Two residents of Georgia detained on border with South Ossetia

Russian border guards have detained two Georgian citizens in the villages through which the demarcation line passes, reports the Georgian State Security Service.

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