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00:25, 3 October 2016

On September 26-October 2, 2016, four persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

During the week of September 26-October 2, 2016, four persons were killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

The equipment of the participants of the "tractor march". Photo: the page of the farmer Vasily Melnichenko in Twitter https://twitter.com/melnichenko_va

19:16, 2 October 2016

Kuban farmers demand to investigate death of participant of "tractor march"

Officials and politicians have ignored the requests of farmer Nikolai Gorban to solve his problem. This was stated by Alexei Volchenko, the leader of the movement "Polite Farmers". Farmers have demanded to immediately investigate the circumstances of the death of Nikolai Gorban.

At the polling station in Armenia. Photo: © PAN Photo / Varo Rafayelyan, Hrant Khachatryan, Karo Sahakyan

18:01, 2 October 2016

In Armenia, activists claim 162 violations committed during elections

Observers from the public initiative "Citizen Observer" have reports on crowds near polling stations, "carrousels", and bribes to voters. The observers have counted 162 violations.

14:03, 2 October 2016

Leader of "For Human Rights" branch arrested in Volgograd

Igor Nagavkin, the leader of the Volgograd branch of the movement "For Human Rights", has been arrested for two months.

The participants of the roundtable "Problems and ways of resolving the conflict between Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan and the role of society in the national security". The city of Martakert, September 30, 2016. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"

09:00, 2 October 2016

In Nagorno-Karabakh, participants of roundtable propose direct dialogue to resolve Karabakh conflict

During the negotiations on the Karabakh conflict settlement, politicians should take into account the opinion of ordinary people. This was stated by participants of the roundtable "Problems and ways of resolving the conflict between Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan and the role of society in the national security".

Policemen stopped a car driving pass the mosque, Makhachkala, August 6, 2016. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the 'Caucasian Knot'.

18:37, 1 October 2016

Makhachkala detainees report repeated "prophylactic recording"

The residents of Makhachkala, brought by policemen from the area of the Salafi Mosque on September 30 to the police station, were put on the so-called "prophylactic record" and released. Even those already registered were photographed and fingerprinted, believers told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Makhach Dakhadaev. Photo from Facebook page of Administration of Kirovsk District of Makhachkala, facebook.com/kirov.mkala

15:44, 1 October 2016

Users of social networks dissatisfied with improvement of monument to Makhach Dakhadaev in Makhachkala

The monument to Bolshevik Makhach Dakhadaev, after whom the capital of Dagestan had been named, was painted with gold and planted with flowers. Users of social networks have called the initiative for the improvement of the monument inappropriate and raised the issue of renaming of Makhachkala.

13:53, 1 October 2016

Russian Army: after Permyakov's case, requirements for recruits' mental health tightened

Russian military commissars have received new methodologies for defining the mental state of conscripts with more stringent requirements for the recruits, the General Staff of the Russian Army has announced. The decision was made after a little more than a month after sentencing the soldier Valery Permyakov for the massacre committed by him in Gyumri, Armenia, which became possible, according to the injured party, due to the lack of proper control over recruiting soldiers in Russia.

12:47, 1 October 2016

Azerbaijani resident seriously wounded by shell explosion

Yashar Mustafaev from the pre-border Agstafa District of Azerbaijan lost both hands in an explosion of the shell, which he took up.

11:54, 1 October 2016

Authorities of Rostov Region announce payment of about 20 million roubles to miners

The "Regional Development Corporation" has paid out 20 million roubles of wage debts to miners of the "Kingcoal" Group. The remaining debt is 270 million, Vasily Golubev, the Governor of the Rostov Region, said today, adding that payments are made to the miners "for the time actually worked out, that is, until the moment when the idling started. We have supported people in this situation as much as we could."

08:07, 1 October 2016

Igor Vasiliev demands to declare elections in Sochi invalid

Igor Vasiliev, the leader of the Sochi branch of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), has filed to the Krasnodar Regional Court a claim for cancellation of the results of the election of a deputy to the State Duma in a single-mandate district No. 50.

06:59, 1 October 2016

Tskhinvali residents complain of regular power outages

Power outages occur in Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, as a rule, once every two months, residents of Tskhinvali told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Sargis Kharazyan. Photo from journalist's Facebook page, facebook.com/sargiskharazyan

05:59, 1 October 2016

Yerevan: author of video on rally dispersal complains to police about damage to his car

Sargis Kharazyan, the chief cameraman of the photography agency "Civinet", has filed to the police a complaint about the damage inflicted to his car by unidentified persons. The journalist associates the incident with the publication of his video record depicting the dispersal of protesters in the Sari Tag District on July 29.

03:34, 1 October 2016

Experts of "Nairit" Factory submit plans for its resumption to Minister of Energy

On September 30, workers of the "Nairit" Factory met Ashot Manukyan, Minister of Energy Infrastructures and Natural Resources of Armenia, to discuss the issues related to the potential of the plant and resumption of rubber production in Armenia.

Expedition of the Russian Geographical Society explores the Blue Lake in Kabardino-Balkaria, September 2016. Photo: urc-rgs.ru

02:35, 1 October 2016

In Kabardino-Balkaria, Russian geographers discover a cave at bottom of Blue Lake

On September 30, the expedition sent by the Russian Geographical Society measured a new mark of the depth of the Blue Lake in the Cherek District at 275 meters. Earlier, the mark of 258 meters was considered as the maximum depth of the lake, the Russian Geographical Society reports.

Police division for Sovietsky District of Makhachkala. Photo: www.riadagestan.ru

20:05, 30 September 2016

Visitors of Salafi mosque detained in Makhachkala

The police detained several dozens of believers at the Salafi Mosque "Tangjim" in Makhachkala after their Friday namaz (prayer), the believers report.

19:21, 30 September 2016

Journalist Faramazoglu's defence reports his torture in detention

Fikret Faramazoglu, the editor-in-chief of the news website "Jam.az" gave his confessions under torture, said his advocate.

Court hearing in case of the murder of the Avetisyan family. Photo: http://ru.armeniasputnik.am/armenia/20151218/1427096.html

17:55, 30 September 2016

Injured party demands new inquiry into massacre in Gyumri

Not only Valery Permyakov should respond for the killing members of the Avetisyan family in Gyumri; therefore, the case should be re-investigated, said the legal representatives of the successors of the casualties in their complaint against the verdict.

15:09, 30 September 2016

HRC "Memorial" reports wave of kidnappings of North-Caucasian residents

In September, in Chechnya and Dagestan, at least five people were kidnapped, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has announced today. Rights defenders fear that among the kidnapped persons were those, who were later killed by power agents in the Tabasaran District of Dagestan and presented as militants, who rendered resistance.

14:34, 30 September 2016

CER of Djemilev rejected

The court has ruled to dismiss the defence's motion on conditional early relief (CER) of Khaiser Djemilev, a son of Mustafa Djemilev, one of the leaders of the movement of Crimean Tatars, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

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