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Suleiman Gazaliev and his son Said-Emin at the public condemnation in the square of Shali. January 15, 2016. Photo: screenshot of the story shown by the Chechen TV Channel

20:13, 16 January 2016

Residents of Chechnya subject their compatriot's family members to public condemnation for arsoning ziyart

Said-Emin Gazaliev, a resident of the Shali District of Chechnya, has confessed to arsoning the ziyart (mausoleum) of Durdi-Sheikh. After his confession, he together with his relatives was subjected to public condemnation by local residents.

19:10, 16 January 2016

During 2015, CTOs in Nalchik almost tripled against 2014

The special operation in Nalchik, during which three persons were killed and another one was wounded, became the twelfth case of the introduction of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) legal regime in the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria since the beginning of 2014 and the ninth since the beginning of 2015.

19:06, 16 January 2016

Garnik Markaryan arrested in Yerevan

The court has pronounced the decision on the two-month arrest of Garnik Markaryan, the leader of the Armenian "Homeland and Honour" Party, who is suspected of involvement in the grouping of Arthur Vardanyan. Garnik Markaryan treats his prosecution as a political reprisal.

The spot of the special operation carried out in Tsiolkovsky Street. January 15, 2016. Photo: screenshot of a video made by an eyewitness of the special operation, YouTube.com

18:00, 16 January 2016

In Nalchik, house destroyed in special operation

In Nalchik, the active phase of the special operation has been completed, and law enforcers are searching for bodies of killed militants under the ruins of the destroyed house. This was reported by a source from the law enforcement bodies.

17:56, 16 January 2016

Relatives of Avetisyan family review their decision to boycott trial in Permyakov's case

After the meeting with their advocates, relatives of the Avetisyan family members shot and killed in Gyumri, have abandoned their plan to boycott the trial in the Permyakov's case in the territory of the 102nd Russian military base. Meanwhile, at the next meeting, they plan to file a motion to move the trial to the court of general jurisdiction of the Shirak Region of Armenia.

17:43, 16 January 2016

Labazan Magomedaliev not allowed to be visited by advocate, his supporters assert

Relatives of Labazan Magomedaliev, the chief of the Department of Education of the Untsukul District, do not know where he is being kept, and he is not allowed to be visited by an advocate. This was reported by participants of the rally held in Untsukul.

Kusama Maskhadova with the deputies of the Chechen parliament Magomed Khanbiev and Idris Gaibov. Photo: Grozny-inform.ru

12:42, 16 January 2016

Rights defenders: Kadyrov uses return of Maskhadov's widow to improve his reputation

At present, Kusama Maskhadova, the widow of Aslan Maskhadov, who has returned to Chechnya from abroad, lives in her parents' house in the village of Znamenskoe of the Nadterechny District. This was reported by local residents.

12:14, 16 January 2016

In Nalchik, third man killed in blocked house, source reports

According to the preliminary information, the third suspected militant, who was shelling law enforcers from a private house in the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, was shot and killed. This was reported by a source from the law enforcement bodies of Kabardino-Balkaria.

The building of the Grozny school No. 20 destroyed in the course of the special operation on December 20, 2014. Photo: Nac.gov.ru

11:14, 16 January 2016

In Grozny, attendant of school No. 20 awarded medal for bravery during militants' attack

Yakha Dokaeva, an attendant of the Grozny school No. 20, has been awarded the Medal "For Distinguished Service to the Chechen Republic". In December 2014, the building of the school No. 20 was captured by members of an illegal armed formation (IAF).

Naryn-Kala Fortress. Photo: Oleg Moro, Wikimedia.org

08:03, 16 January 2016

Experts criticize actions of law enforcers during shelling in Derbent

The actions of the policemen, who have failed to promptly respond to the shelling of people near Naryn-Kala Fortress, do not comply with the Federal Law "On the police". This opinion has been expressed by Magomed Shamilov, the head of the law enforcers' trade union.

23:31, 15 January 2016

Armenia: Gevorg Safaryan goes on hunger strike

Gevorg Safaryan, a supporter of the Front of National Salvation "New Armenia", accused of using violence to a power agent, has declared a hunger strike demanding to put him into a solitary cell.

22:14, 15 January 2016

Russian Suleimanov released in Turkey

Turkish authorities have released Aidar Suleimanov, a native of Tatarstan, earlier detained on suspicion of involvement in terrorism.

Special operation. Photo http://nac.gov.ru/

20:02, 15 January 2016

Two militants killed in Nalchik

In Nalchik, law enforcers have killed two suspected militants blocked in a private house with a yard.

The entrance to Grozny. Photo by the user Vladimir Varfolomeev https://www.flickr.com

19:42, 15 January 2016

Ramzan Kadyrov spreads struggle with dissent beyond Chechnya

Konstantin Senchenko, an MP from Krasnoyarsk, has apologized to Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov for harsh criticism. The MP has admitted that he has changed his opinion after the "men's talk" with a "well-known person". It is still unknown whether Konstantin Senchenko was subjected to pressure.

A house No. 47 in Kosmonavtov Street in Volgograd destroyed by the explosion. January 2016. Photo by Tatyana Filimonova for the "Caucasian Knot"

18:18, 15 January 2016

All victims of the explosion in high-rise Volgograd house discharged from hospital

The last hospital patient after the explosion in the nine-storey house in Kosmonavtov Street in Volgograd has returned home.

Migration Service officer. Photo http://www.yugopolis.ru/

17:43, 15 January 2016

Seven Turkish Circassians in KBR face deportation

The Department for the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) of the Russia's Federal Migration Service (FMS) has revoked temporary residence permits of seven Circassians – Turkish citizens, having accused them of violating the migration legislation.

14:03, 15 January 2016

Mairbek Agaev treats lawsuit filed by "Roskomnadzor" as an attempt of pressure

In Makhachkala, at the basis of the lawsuit filed by the "Roskomnadzor" (Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Telecom, Information Technologies and Mass Communications), the court has fined the "Chernovik" (Draft) for the use of the names of terrorist organizations "Imarat Kavkaz" and "Islamic State" (IS) without specifying that the both organizations are prohibited in Russia.

The police pushed protesting pensioners in Sochi on sidewalk. Photo: © Maks Portal / Mariya Spiridonova, http://maks-portal.ru/ekonomika/foto/pensionery-v-sochi-perekryli-centralnuyu-ulicu-foto

12:42, 15 January 2016

In Sochi, police push protesting pensioners on sidewalk (+video)

In Sochi, at the request of the police, pensioners had to clear the road, blocked by them in protest against the abolition of preferential passage tickets. After that, the protesters marched towards the City Mayor's Office.

Egle Kusaite. Photo: http://businessregard.ru/society/3514-litovskaya-islamistka-egle-kusayte-polnostyu-opravdana.html

12:23, 15 January 2016

Lithuanian SC finally finds Egle Kusaite not guilty of plotting terror act in Chechnya

The Lithuanian Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed the appeal filed by the Prosecutor's Office and upheld the acquittal of Egle Kusaite, a resident of Klaipeda, accused of the intention to commit a terror act in Chechnya.

Security service officer in Turkey. Photo: http://www.ahewar.org/news/s.news.asp?nid=1512041

11:55, 15 January 2016

Native of Dagestan left in custody in Turkey because of his photo with a gun

The Russian citizens, whose detention was reported by Turkish law enforcers after the terror act of January 12, have claimed that they are not involved in the "Islamic State" (IS). The number of detainees includes Kamalutdin Babaev, a native of Dagestan.

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