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A police car. Photo © Sputnik / Alexander Imedashvili https://sputnik-georgia.ru/incidents/20171203/238413570/Pokushenie-soversheno-na-deputata-sakrebulo-Ahalcihe.html

17:44, 10 January 2018

Activist Zviad Kuprava and his wife beaten in Tbilisi

Zviad Kuprava, the leader of the "Centre for Law Enforcement Reform", and his wife were injured as a result of an attack.

Screenshot of a Chechen woman's video appeal to Ramzan Kadyrov. Screenshot of a video by the user ANTI KADYROV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GCPq_cu9ng

16:06, 10 January 2018

Chechen woman calls on Ramzan Kadyrov to stop kidnappings

In her video appeals to Ramzan Kadyrov and his mother Aimani Kadyrova, a woman who introduced herself as a resident of Chechnya, has requested to stop kidnappings and persecution of people in the Chechen Republic.

Residents of the village of Duisi (Georgia) held a protest action against the actions of the law enforcers who wounded 19-year-old Temirlan Machalikashvili. December 207. Photo: North Caucasus Service (RFE/RL)

09:37, 10 January 2018

Temirlan Machalikashvili dies in hospital

Today, a 19-year-old resident of the Pankisi Gorge, severely wounded by law enforcers during a special operation in the Pankisi Gorge on December 26, 2017, has died. This was reported by a doctor.

Vladimir Oleinikov. Screenshot of a video by the user WarJournal Сhannel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adwQ89Cit_0

04:56, 10 January 2018

In Dagestan, a man wanted for involvement in Syrian militants' actions

Vladimir Oleinikov, a resident of Dagestan, was put on the wanted list in connection with the charges of involvement in an illegal armed formation (IAF). This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) after the release on the Internet of a video, in which a man who introduced himself as Vladimir Oleinikov said that he was a doctor in the IS.

Vladimir Tskaev was buried in his native village of Koban. North Ossetia, November 4, 2015. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the "Caucasian Knot"

23:44, 9 January 2018

In Tskaev's case, defence accuses investigators of sabotage

Three policemen accused of the death of Vladimir Tskaev in Vladikavkaz were released from custody under recognizance not to leave. An advocate of the Tskaev's family believes that investigators intentionally secured their release.

23:07, 9 January 2018

On December 25-31, 2017, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

During the week of December 25-31, 2017, no victims to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were registered. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

The Ministry for Emergencies for Armenia. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"

18:42, 9 January 2018

A grenade defused in an Armenian school

Combat engineers have defused a combat grenade, found today in a rural school in the Lori Region of Armenia.

A group of 70 Azerbaijani soldiers and officers is sent to Afghanistan. Photo by the press service of the Ministry of Defence for Azerbaijan https://mod.gov.az/

18:02, 9 January 2018

Azerbaijan increases number of its peacekeepers in Afghanistan

A group of 70 Azerbaijani soldiers and officers sent to Afghanistan. Meanwhile, Azerbaijan has increased the number of its peacekeepers in Afghanistan from 94 to 120 soldiers and officers.

Oyub Titiev. Photo: press service of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial"

15:54, 9 January 2018

Member of HRC "Memorial" disappears after his detention in Chechnya

Today, in Chechnya, law enforcers have detained Oyub Titiev, the chief of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial". His whereabouts is unknown, reported Oleg Orlov, a member of the Board for the HRC "Memorial".

Ingush leader Yunus-Bek Evkurov. Photo © Sputnik / Mikhail Voskresensky

14:50, 9 January 2018

Yunus-Bek Evkurov promises to help Ingush natives after their return from Syria

Residents of Ingushetia, who return from the Middle East, will be able to start a peaceful life at home. This has been announced by Ingush leader Yunus-Bek Evkurov. He has treated the decision to send Sunni policemen from the Caucasus to Syria as "hitting the spot."

Zelimkhan Bakaev. Photo: screenshot of a video by the user Artyom Lebedev https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pu5uNz-EQdw

11:11, 9 January 2018

Relatives report unsuccessful search for singer Zelimkhan Bakaev

Five months after disappearance of Zelimkhan Bakaev, an artist from Chechnya, investigators did not shed light on his fate. His mobile phone number was re-registered to a resident of Moscow, and someone replaced his WhatsApp avatar with a photo of the Grozny mosque, reported relatives and colleagues of Zelimkhan Bakaev.

New Year in Grozny. Chechnya. Photo © Musa Sadulaev/ The "Grozny Inform" news agency

10:33, 9 January 2018

More than 12,000 tourists visit Chechnya for New Year holidays

In Grozny, the New Year tree celebrations gathered more tourists than local residents, city residents reported.

The Instagram administration has blocked a page of a young woman who danced in hijab. Photo: screenshot of the page on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/Bds6uLahd1b/?taken-by=narod.dagestana

08:40, 9 January 2018

Instagram blocks page of young woman dancing in hijab

At users' requests, the Instagram administration has blocked a page of a young woman who danced in hijab.

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

08:38, 9 January 2018

Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of machine gun shelling

On January 8-9, the Armenian armed forces violated the ceasefire regime 118 times, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijani reported.

A traumatic pistol. Photo: Yuri Grechko / Yugopolis

08:22, 9 January 2018

Seven-year-old child shot dead in Chechnya

While playing at home with a traumatic pistol, a ten-year-old boy shot and killed his seven-year-old brother.

Mercedes cars damaged by the remnants of the explosion of a grenade in the yard of the Khazbiev family's house. Photo: screenshot of the video, https://www.facebook.com/hazbiev.m/videos/1797762940282488

01:28, 9 January 2018

Health state of Magomed Khazbiev's father worsens after explosion

Khamzat Khazbiev, the father of Ingush oppositionist Magomed Khazbiev, suffered a heart attack after a grenade exploded in a yard of his house. Khamzat Khazbiev was diagnosed with fourth degree of cancer.

Malkhaz Machalikashvili, father of Temirlan Machalikashvili. Screenshot of the video by the "Rustavi-2" TV Channel

19:20, 8 January 2018

Family members of Temirlan Machalikashvili demand to treat him in Germany

German doctors did not refuse to accept Temirlan Machalikashvili, who was wounded during a special operation in the Pankisi Gorge, for medical treatment. However, the Georgian authorities offer lower-level clinics, relatives and advocate of the young man report.

16:47, 8 January 2018

Infographics. Statistics of victims in Northern Caucasus in September 2017 under the data of the Caucasian Knot

15:41, 8 January 2018

YouTube releases video with Dagestani doctor from IS

On the video, a man who introduced himself as Vladimir Oleinikov from Dagestan reported after his detention in Syria that he was engaged in provision of medical treatment for militants of the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS) banned in Russia.

A law enforcer in Chechnya. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer Russia

12:48, 8 January 2018

Chechen villagers report detentions provoked by law enforcer's murder

In the village of Avtury in the Shali District, law enforcers have detained all the men from the family of Khamzat Baimuradov, suspected of killing the chief of the police station and shot dead during his detention on January 3. This has been reported by fellow villagers of Khamzat Baimuradov.

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