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11:55, 13 March 2016

Journalists beaten in Ingushetia were also robbed, a source reports

When journalists and rights defenders were attacked in Ingushetia, the criminals robbed them and seized from them 1000 euros and 250 US dollars. This was reported by a source from the law enforcement bodies.

Participants of May 1st demonstration in Grozny. May 1, 2015. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

04:57, 13 March 2016

Rights defenders: "spiritual certification" in Chechnya encourages informers

The Chechen authorities try to establish feudal control over the society by adopting a principle of collective responsibility under the guise of "spiritual and moral certification". This opinion was expressed by rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

22:20, 12 March 2016

CTO regime cancelled in Khunzakh District of Dagestan

The legal regime of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) in the Khunzakh District was cancelled today at 8:30 p.m. Moscow time.

18:29, 12 March 2016

NAC announces two persons killed in Dagestan involved in murdering Imam

The two persons, killed in a special operation in the Khunzakh District of Dagestan, had been involved in attacks on law enforcers and in murders in 2014 of civilians and the Imam of the mosque of the village of Gotsatl, said the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).

17:19, 12 March 2016

New article added to case on attack on journalists in Ingushetia

Investigators in Ingushetia have added to the case of beating up journalists and rights defenders in the Sunzha District the article about a group armed attack in order to steal property.

A car wreckage after the explosion in Nazran. Photo: Elise.com.ua

13:06, 12 March 2016

Owner of car blown up in Nazran established

The car blown up near the mosque in Nasyr-Kort belonged to a native of Dagestan, but in recent time it was used by proxy by another person, said a law enforcement source from Ingushetia.

10:08, 12 March 2016

Advocates: investigators failed to take steps to find Marem Alieva

Vitaly Zubenko, an advocate of Elizaveta Alieva, has filed a complaint against the investigators' refusal to inform about the progress of the inquiry into the case initiated after the disappearance of her sister Marem in Ingushetia.

05:55, 12 March 2016

Gatsalov is the only candidate for Mufti of North Ossetia

Election of the Mufti of North Ossetia is scheduled for March 16. During the 6 years that the republic's Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) is headed Khadjimurat Gatsalov, the Muftiate failed to establish due relationships with power agents, said the Mufti.

The neighbourhood Maly Akhun, in the park area where locals could walk, now has a building fence and a security station, and the road for general use is blocked. Sochi, March 12, 2016. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"

04:17, 12 March 2016

Sochi residents complain to ICRF about development of Maly Akhun

Residents of the neighbourhood Maly Akhun have complained to the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) about the construction within specially protected area of recreational purpose.

00:37, 12 March 2016

Court ignores Cherkasov's evidence about errors in case of Karpyuk and Klykh

At the court session on the case of Nikolai Karpyuk and Stanislav Klykh in Chechnya, which the journalists attacked in Ingushetia were going to cover, Alexander Cherkasov, the head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", was questioned.

A car explosion near the mosque in Nasyr Kort. Screenshot of a video "An explosion near Chumakov's mosque" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdvG_HF3YUc

00:26, 12 March 2016

Mosque-goers tell about provocations before attempt on Chumakov (+video)

Prior to attempt on Imam Khamzat Chumakov, some stranger, unknown to his supporters, twice tried to provoke him. On the day of the attempt, he called Chumakov and mosque-goers to go to the place where later a car was exploded.

22:40, 11 March 2016

Political analysts: attack on journalists discredits authorities of Northern Caucasus

An attack on journalists and human rights defenders on the border of Ingushetia and Chechnya has hurt the reputations of the leaders of both republics and the Russian special services, involved in the region. This opinion was expressed by political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

20:25, 11 March 2016

Two militants killed in Dagestan, NAC confirms

Two members of the armed underground have been killed during the special operation carried out in the Khunzakh District, and law enforcers are searching for their accomplices. This was reported by the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).

Bagaudin Khautiev, Chairman of the Council of youth organizations of Ingushetia. Screenshot of a video by the user Musa Nalghiev https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xD7P3tYkC4E

18:44, 11 March 2016

Rights defenders see no links of attempt on Khamzat Chumakov with beaten journalists

According to human rights defenders and public figures, an attempt on Khamzat Chumakov has been committed amid the statements of criticism voiced against him by Ramzan Kadyrov; the attempt was prepared in advance and was not connected with his condemnation of attacks on journalists in Ingushetia.

Katya Vanslov, an employee of JMG (to the right). Photo courtesy of Djambulat Ozdoev, Ombudsman of Ingushetia

15:52, 11 March 2016

Foreign journalists discharged from hospital in Ingushetia

Today, journalists from Sweden and Norway, hospitalized after the attack in Ingushetia, have been discharged from the hospital for outpatient treatment.

Valery Permyakov in the courtroom. Photo: Sputnik / Asatur Yesayants, http://www.sputnikarmenia.ru/armenia/20160118/1667264.html

14:35, 11 March 2016

Russian military officials do not come to trial in Valery Permyakov's case

The whereabouts of seven Russian soldiers, involved as witnesses in the case of the murder of the Avetisyan family members in Gyumri are unknown. This was reported to the court in Armenia by officers of the Russian military base.

A view of the villages of Kharakhi and Orota from the Kharik area. Photo: Eldar Rasulov, http://odnoselchane.ru/?page=photos_of_category&sect=1318&com=photogallery

13:36, 11 March 2016

Resident of Khunzakh District talks about power agents' checks in Orota

In the Khunzakh District of Dagestan, within the CTO regime, power agents are carrying out house-by-house checks in the village of Orota, local residents report. The village is full of military equipment; the kindergarten and the school are closed.

Sergey Melikov. Photo: http://www.rdpress.ru/

12:51, 11 March 2016

Sergey Melikov takes control over attack on journalists on Chechen-Ingush border

According to the Kremlin press service, Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed his subordinates to find out all the circumstances of the incident on the border of Chechnya and Ingushetia, as a result of which human rights defenders and journalists had been injured.

Bakhargan Mountain, the village of Andi, Dagestan. Photo: http://odnoselchane.ru/?page=photos_of_category&sect=306&pg=4&com=photogallery

12:17, 11 March 2016

CTO in Andi preceded introduction of CTO regime in mountain districts of Dagestan

The special operation, begun today, by power agents in two mountain districts of Dagestan, was the second one this year in the Botlikh District, and the first in almost 1.5 years in the Khunzakh District.

Said Amirov. Photo by Oleg Pchyolov for the "Caucasian Knot"

11:52, 11 March 2016

Amirov speaks again about torturing defendants

In the course of the inquiry into the criminal case against the former Mayor of Makhachkala Said Amirov, the defendants' rights had been violated; and advocates' arguments were ignored – this was declared at the yesterday's court session. Amirov himself said about facts of applying torture to figurants of the case.

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