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The tenants of the destroyed nine-story apartment house in Kosmonavtov Street. Volgograd, December 2015. Photo by Tatyana Filimonova for the "Caucasian Knot"

19:36, 10 February 2016

Bocharov: new building in Kosmonavtov Street to be erected in one year

A new high-rise building will be built in place of the destroyed nine-story apartment house in Kosmonavtov Street in the Dzerzhinsky District of Volgograd in one year, said Andrei Bocharov, Governor of the Volgograd Region.

18:20, 10 February 2016

Imam of Derbent mosque suspected of unlawful confinement

The Imam, detained by the police, is suspected of unlawful confinement of a 27-year-old woman from Derbent and her four-year-old child, said Rasul Temirbekov, the spokesman of the Investigating Department for Dagestan of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

An observation platform. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the "Caucasian Knot"

17:05, 10 February 2016

Police release protesters in Derbent

The protesters, detained during the action against the detention of Imam Gadjirasul, have been released from the police, said one of the employees of the mosque. According to his story, the Imam urged parishioners to disperse.

14:16, 10 February 2016

Peskov urges not to associate attack on Kasyanov with Kadyrov

Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the Russian President, has treated the attack on Mikhail Kasyanov, the Chairman of the PARNAS Party, committed in downtown Moscow, as molestation.

The fence built near the Dzivgis Fortress. North Ossetia. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the "Caucasian Knot"

14:10, 10 February 2016

SC of North Ossetia orders to demolish structures at Dzivgis Fortress (+video)

The Supreme Court (SC) of North Ossetia has dismissed an appeal complaint against the decision of the Alagir District Court on demolition of the fence and house built near the Dzivgis Fortress. The complaint was filed by the family, which had erected the structures.

A currency exchange point. Baku. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"

13:34, 10 February 2016

Azerbaijani President returns to Parliament the bill on currency export

The bill on amendments that impose restrictions on exporting currencies from Azerbaijan was returned to Parliament at the request of entrepreneurs and investors, said the service of the assistant of the head of the country on economic reforms.

13:30, 10 February 2016

Resident of Dagestan accused of taking part in warfare abroad

The Prosecutor's Office of the Magaramkent District of Dagestan has delivered to the court the case against Marik Nurmagamedov, a resident of the village of Magaramkent, accused of involvement in warfare as a member of an armed grouping.

Grozny residents during the celebration of the National Unity Day in Grozny. November 4, 2015. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"

12:37, 10 February 2016

Most Russians treat Kadyrov's words about opposition as unacceptable

The critical statements of the head of Chechnya about the non-systemic opposition as traitors caused negative reaction in 59% of the Russians polled by the "Levada Centre". The number of Russian citizens, in whom Kadyrov evokes positive emotions, has declined over the last year from 35% to 17%, says the report of the Centre.

Mikhail Kasyanov. Photo: http://www.kasyanov.ru/index.html?layer_id=108&nav_id=14&id=191&photo_big_id=549

10:30, 10 February 2016

Kasyanov associates attack on him with video posted by Kadyrov in Instagram

The Moscow police have launched an inquiry into the attack on Mikhail Kasyanov, Chairman of the PARNAS Party, within the administrative legislation. He himself treats the attack on him with the threats received from the head of Chechnya.

Law enforcers. Photo http://www.nac.gov.ru/

09:50, 10 February 2016

KBR resident suspected of helping militants

Investigators believe that the 34-year-old resident of the village of Islamey, Baksan District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), helped members of the underground by providing housing and foodstuffs.

Abdulmalik Akhmedilov. Photo: http://kavpolit.com/tags/abdulmalik_ahmedilov/

05:50, 10 February 2016

Court considering Akhmedilov's murder case rules to summon two witnesses

The court that considers the murder case of the Dagestani journalist Abdulmalik Akhmedilov has read out testimonies of three prosecution witnesses, extended the arrest of the defendants by two months, and ruled to force two witnesses to the next session scheduled on February 17, said one of the advocates.

The building of Yerevan Mayoralty. Photo: http://arm-world.ru/news/novostnik/2500-taron-markaryan-erevan-i-sankt-peterburg-rasshiryayut-gorizonty-sotrudnichestva.html

01:28, 10 February 2016

Yerevan Mayoralty sanctions rallies on March 1

Two opposition parties – the "Armenian National Congress" (ANC) and the Front of National Salvation "New Armenia" – received permits to hold rallies in Freedom Square, dedicated to the events on March 1, 2008.

Ilya Yashin. Photo: screenshot of a video "Towards the elections", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd9QEOH-dh4

00:35, 10 February 2016

Yashin: report on Kadyrov contains exclusive information

When preparing the report "Threat to National Security" about Ramzan Kadyrov, information from open sources, including materials of the "Caucasian Knot", was analyzed; but the report will also present new data, said the author of the report Ilya Yashin, an opposition politician.

A poster in the street of Derbent. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the "Caucasian Knot"

23:35, 9 February 2016

Residents of Derbent report on detention of Imam of Salafi mosque

In Derbent, Imam of a Salafi mosque was detained by law enforcers in the territory of the "Airport" residential district. Local residents are gathering in front of the police station and demanding to release the Imam.

War in Syria. Photo by the user Freedom House https://www.flickr.com

20:25, 9 February 2016

Authorities declare Chechen fighters in Syria to be volunteers

In the rear of the "Islamic State" (IS), not the Chechen spetsnaz (special troops) are operating, but just "self-organized groups of young people," who "risk their lives and suffer losses," representatives of the republic's leadership have admitted.

19:52, 9 February 2016

Dagestani resident goes to court seeking to cancel his registration at police

Daniyal Alkhasov, a doctor of the Dagestani village of Erpeli, has addressed the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" with a complaint about the systematic pressure of law enforcers and his unlawful operational-preventive registration at the police as a follower of the Salafi concept of Islam.

At the polling station during voting at the referendum. December 6, 2015. Photo: © PAN Photo / Varo Rafayelyan, Hrant Khachatryan, Karo Sahakyan

16:38, 9 February 2016

Member of "Heritage" Party complains about use of violence at Armenian referendum

In Armenia, the law enforcement authorities have launched an investigation into the case of obstruction to actions of an authorized delegate at the constitutional referendum held on December 6, 2015.

Asabali Mustafaev, an advocate. Photo: RFE/RL

15:29, 9 February 2016

Baku court refuses to summon doctors who treated Rasim Aliev

The court that considers the murder case of Rasim Aliev has refused to summon the Minister of Public Health of Azerbaijan; however, it partially granted the petition to summon forensic experts, said Asabali Mustafaev, an advocate.

The house destroyed by the explosion in Volgograd. January 14, 2016. Photo by Tatyana Filimonova for the "Caucasian Knot"

13:05, 9 February 2016

Tenants of Volgograd destroyed apartment house demand meeting with Governor

Former tenants of the destroyed house in Volgograd seek to meet the Governor or his representative to learn about compensation for their lost housing before the public hearings on surveying the territory, said Larisa Borodaeva, the leader of tenants' activists.

Hideout with ammunition. Photo: http://www.vestikavkaza.ru/news/V-Botlikhskom-rayone-obnaruzhen-taynik-s-oruzhiem-i-boepripasami.html

11:38, 9 February 2016

Hideout with ammunition found in Botlikh District of Dagestan

In the outskirts of the village of Ashali, law enforcers found a large hideout with weapons and medicines; the "owners" of the weapons have not been defined yet, said a law enforcement source of Dagestan.

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