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Nina Dubovaya. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"

04:59, 20 March 2016

Judgement to return land plot to Sochi pensioner Dubovaya unenforced for over a year

The case of Nina Dubovaya, upon the consideration of which the District Court ruled to return the land plot belonging to her, has been transferred to the Presidium of the Territorial Court. The fact that it has been claimed for the Territorial Court, is no reason for non-issuance of an execution writ within the statutory period of time, believes the advocate Mikhail Okhrimenko.

The Lenin Memorial in the centre of Tbilisi, 1956. Photo: Sovlab.ge

03:23, 20 March 2016

Stalinists' shooting in Tbilisi: number of victims unknown for 60 years

60 years ago, in the second half of March, Georgia held secret funerals of the people killed in the dispersal of the demonstration at night of March 10 in Tbilisi. According to various estimates, from several dozen to several hundred people fell victim to the incident.

21:33, 19 March 2016

Over 20 international NGOs call for release of all political prisoners in Azerbaijan

21 international human rights and journalistic organizations have issued a joint statement, in which they welcomed the act of pardoning in Azerbaijan and release of 15 political prisoners. They called for the release of all political prisoners.

Participants of Volgograd rally, March 19, 2016. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

18:09, 19 March 2016

Volgograd residents protest against bad roads

A rally under the motto "Against bad roads, gold-worth gasoline and insurance" was held today in Volgograd. According to motorists, the condition of city roads continues deteriorating, which is why drivers are suffering losses by constantly changing the damaged parts of their vehicles.

17:08, 19 March 2016

Rostov regional authorities allocate one million roubles to each family of crash casualties

The documents on allocation of monetary compensations to the families of those residents of the Rostov Region, who died in the aircraft crash, will be signed today, said the regional governor Vasily Golubev, while visiting the venue of the accident.

14:07, 19 March 2016

Third version of air crash in Rostov-on-Don announced

Apart from pilots' errors and adverse weather conditions, the crash of the passenger Boeing 737-800 NG of the "FlyDubai" airline, which made a flight from Dubai to Rostov-on-Don, could be a technical failure, believes the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

The oldest tenant of Adler-based boarding house "Neptune" Nina Silagadze. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

12:49, 19 March 2016

Settlers in Sochi boarding house have no electricity because of Mayoralty's debts

For a week already, the Adler-based boarding house "Neptune", inhabited by forced migrants, has no electricity supply, because the Sochi Mayoralty has failed to pay its debts to resource organizations. Residents reported about their situation to the prosecutor's office; and the Mayor promised to restore the electricity supply next week.

Flight route of Boeing 738 prior to the crash. Photo: Twitter.com/flightradar24

11:20, 19 March 2016

Flight recorders found among wreckage of plane in Rostov-on-Don

At the Rostov-on-Don airport, "black boxes" are found at the place of the crash of a passenger Boeing. After their decryption, it will be possible to reveal the causes of the accident. This was reported by an official from the Ministry of Transport.

09:34, 19 March 2016

South Ossetia hosts events in memory of Eredvi victims

South Ossetia held memorial ceremonies in memory of 12 Ossetians killed in the village of Eredvi in March 1991.

07:33, 19 March 2016

Residents of Volgograd to get concession from authorities in case of demolition of houses

In Volgograd, after the protests of city residents, whose cottages in the Dzerzhinsk District of Volgograd are to be demolished by the court's decision, the city authorities have agreed to sign an amicable agreement with the tenants of the cottages.

06:19, 19 March 2016

61 people died in plane crash in Rostov-on-Don

Last night, a Boeing-737 of the "FlyDubai" airlines on route from Dubai to Rostov-on-Don, has crashed down while landing at the destination airport. After the fall, an explosion and fire occurred aboard. The fire was extinguished.

Ali Aslanov, the chairman of the Association "Business Cherkessia", Aslan Beshto, the leader of public organization "Kabardian Congress", and Timur Zhuzhuev, the leader of the youth organization "Adyge-Khase" of Karachay-Cherkessia, March 17, 2016, Cherkessk. Photo by Asya Kapaeva for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

00:16, 19 March 2016

Circassian activists propose to create interregional organization

On March 17, participants of the meeting of the Circassian organizations of Karachay-Cherkessia and Kabardino-Balkaria voiced a proposal to create a unified interregional organization to be engaged in the protection and development of culture of the Circassian people.

Explosion at the filling station, located in Tumanyan Street near the railway station in Kizlyar, March 18, 2016. Screenshot by user GameRych, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1wdBmr_gBI

21:29, 18 March 2016

Number of victims of AZS explosion in Kizlyar is at least 26

A fire was the cause of the explosion at the filling station (known as AZS), located in Tumanyan Street, near the railway station in Kizlyar.

20:56, 18 March 2016

First Chumakov's sermon after attack attracts plenty of believers

Today, at the first sermon pronounced by Imam Khamzat Chumakov at the Nasyr-Kort mosque there were much more believers than usual, Musa Barkinkhoev, the chairman of the Union of Young Writers of Ingushetia, who visited the sermon, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. According to his assessment, there were about seven thousand people at the mosque at the usual attendance of five thousand.

Action in Grozny, dated to the anniversary of annexation of the Crimea by Russia, March 18, 2016. Photo by Nikolai Petrov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

19:52, 18 March 2016

Grozny residents report forced participation in rally in honour of Crimea

An action in Grozny, dated to the anniversary of annexation of the Crimea by Russia, was held today under reinforced security measures and, according to the Mayoralty, brought together ten thousand people. The interviewed participants said that they had been obliged to be present at this action.

Courtroom. Photo: Fedor Obmaikin/Yugopolis

16:40, 18 March 2016

Nalchik court liberates suspected militants' helper

Today, the Nalchik City Court has issued a conditional sentence to Elvira Khakhundokova, accused of aiding the militant leader Yuri Bitsuev. She was released in the courtroom, said Zaur Shomakhov, her advocate.

Mufti Isa Khamkhoev. Sreenshot from the video posted by user Ingushetia.org https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXGPT29-bcI

14:58, 18 March 2016

Ingush Muslims go to congress to discuss resignation of Mufti Khamkhoev

The extraordinary congress of Muslims of Ingushetia, which is scheduled for March 29, will consider the resignation of Mufti Isa Khamkhoev, said Ulan Evloev, Chairman of the Board of Clans under the republic's administration, adding that the congress of Muslim is convened by the Council of Alims of the Muftiate.

Rally participant holds portrait of political prisoner, Baku, March 125, 2015. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

14:37, 18 March 2016

International organizations call on Azerbaijan to release all political prisoners

Representatives of the USA, the European Union (EU) and international organizations have positively treated the decree of President of Azerbaijan to pardon and release a group of political prisoners. At the same time, they deem it necessary to release all the remaining activists.

07:27, 18 March 2016

Volgograd resident Ivan Shmalyuk complains to police about being beaten

Ivan Shmalyuk, who stood against the demolition of cottages in the Dzerzhinsk District of Volgograd, complained to the police about his detention near the building of the regional administration and his beating.

06:50, 18 March 2016

ECtHR obliges Azeri authorities to pay over 32,000 euros to rights defender Rasul Jafarov

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found a violation of the rights of Azerbaijani rights defender Rasul Jafarov. On March 17, the ECtHR pronounced the decision to recognize the arrest of the rights defender as illegal and obliged the government of Azerbaijan to pay him compensation in the amount exceeding 32,000 euros.

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