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A police officer. Photo: Maxim Tishin / Yugopolis

01:25, 16 December 2016

Witness in "Caliphate case" tells about his criminal record

At the trial of an attempt to create a caliphate in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) Valery Dimitrov was questioned, who was a witness of detention of two defendants in January 2014. He said that in 2011 he was convicted and was serving his conditional sentence. The defence believes that this fact puts the witness into dependence from power agents.

The rally of the former employees of the "Nairit" factory. An inscription on the poster: "Cancellation of the slave contract". Yerevan, July 4, 2016. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"

23:59, 15 December 2016

Protest of "Nairit" Factory workers was 50 people strong

Workers of the "Nairit" Chemical Factory demand to resume the production of caoutchouc (rubber resin) in the country. The Armenian Ministry of Energy has stated that it had received no bids (applications) for participating in the tender for factory restart.

21:54, 15 December 2016

Colleagues of Akhmednabiyev and Kamalov reproach investigators of sluggishness

An efficient investigation into the killings of Dagestani journalists Khadjimurad Kamalov and Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev is hampered by investigators' sluggishness during the first days after the crimes; and because of that, it is now much more difficult to establish many facts, colleagues of the perished journalists state on December 15.

Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo https://chechnyatoday.com/ramzan_kadyrov

20:42, 15 December 2016

Sociologists: Kadyrov's rating rests on his resonant statements

The popularity of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has brought him up to the federal level, but in 2016 his rating was based mainly on his hard-edged statements and positioning himself as a strong leader, said Alexei Grazhdankin and Stepan Goncharov, sociologists of the "Levada Centre".

Pavel Guntiontov (to the left), the secretary of the Union of Russian Journalists. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"

19:26, 15 December 2016

Russian journalists urge not to leave their colleagues' murders unpunished

Murders and disappearances of journalists, including in Northern Caucasus, remain uninvestigated for years. Casualties' colleagues and relatives must seek punishment of the perpetrators, mass media professionals have stated on the Commemoration Day of Perished Journalists.

Oppositionists' rally. Sukhumi, December 15, 2016. Photo: Sputnik/Tomas Tkhaytsuk

18:22, 15 December 2016

Khajimba announces his refusal to resign to oppositionists

Raul Khajimba, the President of Abkhazia, has admitted several oppositionists to himself in order to discuss the demands of the people's assembly to him to resign. After the talks, he announced that he would not resign.

Flowers at the site of the murder of Boris Nemtsov. Photo: RFE/RL

17:21, 15 December 2016

Defence states Gubashev's alibi on the day of Nemtsov's murder

On the day of the murder of Boris Nemtsov in Moscow, the car of Shagid Gubashev was far from the crime scene, said his advocate, referring to the data of the "Potok" (Flow) system. However, the prosecutor has objected, saying that in autumn of 2014 Gubashev repeatedly appeared in the territory of the settlement, where Nemtsov was.

The ski resort "Krasnaya Polyana". A view from the "Skazka" (Fairytale) ski lift. Photo by Vladimir Kozlov for the "Caucasian Knot"

10:20, 15 December 2016

"Gazprom" plans to expand Krasnaya Polyana resorts onto Reserve

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that in February, the Company "Kurort Plus" became the purchaser of 96.9% of the Non-Public Joint-Stock Company (NPJSC) "Krasnaya Polyana". The amount of the transaction concluded by the "Sberbank" made 35 billion roubles. In December 2015 the Supervisory Board of the "Vnesheconombank" agreed on the sale of shares of the "Krasnaya Polyana" to the Company "Kurort Plus".

06:16, 15 December 2016

Military experts support dismissals of contract soldiers for refusal to go to Syria

The refusal of militaries to go to Syria is the reason to break contracts with them, said the military experts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot". The contract servicemen must fulfil out the orders of their commanders, said Alexander Khramchikhin.

The top of the New Year Tree in Grozny. Photo by Akhmed Aldebirov for the "Caucasian Knot"

05:24, 15 December 2016

Chechen authorities demand compliance of schoolgirls' New Year dresses to traditions

During the New Year holidays, the girls, who study in Chechen schools, should be dressed in accordance with the requirements of the Vainakh ethics. Such instructions were received by a number of heads of educational establishment of the republic from their bosses.

The residents of the city of Nardaran gathered at a spontaneous rally. November 26, 2015. Photo by Parvana Bayramova for the "Caucasian Knot"

01:19, 15 December 2016

Trial of "Nardaran case" interrupted after defendants' protest

At the trial of the "Nardaran case", the court refused to grant the defence's motions demanding to examine testimonies and summon witnesses for questioning, including Ramil Usubov, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). After that, the defendants expressed their protest against the judge's actions and refused to participate in the trial, which was then interrupted.

The SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Nalzhik. Photo http://www.kbrdum.ru/

00:20, 15 December 2016

KBR resident complains about torture after detention

A local resident Murat Attoev, arrested on suspicion of aiding militants, has stated a violation of his rights by law enforcers of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR). The Attoev's case has signs of falsification, said Valery Khatazhukov, the head of the KBR's Human Rights Centre.

The sacrificial sheep. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"

23:58, 14 December 2016

In Adygea, MIA refuses to investigate theft of Ramzan Kadyrov's sheep

The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Adygea has refused to open a criminal case on the fact of theft of animals donated by Ramzan Kadyrov to poor residents of Adygea. Ecologist Valery Brinikh, who voiced the information, also announced his intention to challenge the MIA's decision and complained to the Prosecutor's Office about pressure from law enforcers.

The "Boris Yeltsin Presidential Centre" in Yekaterinburg. Photo: http://yeltsin.ru/news/ceny-na-bilety-i-chasy-raboty/

23:28, 14 December 2016

Caucasiologists criticize statements voiced by Karachay-Cherkessian Mufti about Yeltsin Centre

The "Boris Yeltsin Presidential Centre" in Yekaterinburg is to be blown up in case of its "subversive activities." This was stated by Mufti Ismail Berdiev, Chairman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of Karachay-Cherkessia. Journalist Orkhan Djemal and Akhmet Yarlykapov, an expert on the Caucasus, believe the statement voiced by the Mufti is "reckless."

Izida Chaniya. Photo: "Nuzhnaya Gazeta", http://abh-n.ru/kontakty.html

20:30, 14 December 2016

Abkhazian journalists state tighter control over Russian financial aid

At the background of poor quality of republic's investment projects and misuse of allocated funds, the Russian party has tightened the terms of granting financial aid to Abkhazia, said Abkhazian journalists Izida Chaniya and Anton Krivenyuk.

Mokhmad Mezhidov. Photo: Sputnik/Vitaly Belousov

15:57, 14 December 2016

Natives of Northern Caucasus plead partially guilty of plotting terror act in Moscow

Today, the Moscow District Military Court has announced the indictment on the case against Aslan Baisultanov, a native of Chechnya, and two members of his grouping, accused of preparing an explosion in Moscow. All the three have partially admitted their guilt.

A poster of the participant of the rally in memory of Nemtsov, Rostov-on-Don. February 27, 2016. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the "Caucasian Knot"

15:44, 14 December 2016

Witness told about work with Shagid Gubashev

At the trial of Nemtsov's murder, a witness, who was performing, together with the defendant Shagid Gubashev, orders for transporting bulk mixes, found it difficult to confirm or refute the details of telephone calls indicating Gubashev's presence in a settlement near Moscow at the same time with Boris Nemtsov.

A Muslim woman. Photo by the user Chris Beckett https://www.flickr.com

09:32, 14 December 2016

Dagestani Prosecutor's Office demands data on victims of female genital cutting

The Prosecutor's Office has asked the human rights organization "Legal Initiative" to provide the research materials on victims of female genital cutting (circumcision) in Dagestan, including personal data of victims of this surgery.

Zhalaudi Geriev in the courtroom. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent

08:59, 14 December 2016

Defence states investigators' interference into Geriev's trial

Without a court's request, the investigating bodies have sent documents to the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya, which were added to case files against Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, convicted on charges of illegal drug possession, said his advocate. The defence demands to check the legality of such actions of the above bodies.

Mardiros Demerchyan. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"

05:10, 14 December 2016

Victim in Demerchyan's case declares no attitude to "Dauriya-Stroy" Company

At the trial of Mardiros Demerchyan, a builder of Olympic facilities in Sochi, Nikolai Krasko, who figures in the case as a suffered party, has stated that he had nothing to do with the establishment of the company, which was building Olympic facilities; he does not know Demerchyan, accused of stealing a cable from the Olympic construction site; and does not regard himself as a suffered party in the case.

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