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Law enforcers' car during the special operation in Nardaran, 01.12.15. Photo by Aziz Karimov for "Caucasian Knot"

02:07, 2 December 2015

Nardaran residents report detention of 19 people

In Azerbaijan, in the village of Nardaran, 19 local residents were detained in the course of the special operation, their villagers report. An access control regime has been introduced in the village for the period of the special operation, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reports.

01:43, 2 December 2015

Two Krasnodar residents detained on suspicion of trying to join militants in Syria

Investigators have opened a criminal case against two residents of the Krasnodar Territory. According to law enforcers, the suspects had an intention to join illegal armed formations (IAFs) operating in the territory of Syria.

Suleiman Kokreksky. Photo by the user Abuabdurahman Abuabdurahman https://www.youtube.com/

00:43, 2 December 2015

Relatives of Imam killed in Khasavyurt deny information about his father's gunshot wound

In Dagestan, Suleiman Kokreksky, Imam of the mosque at the city hospital in Khasavyurt, was one when he was killed, and his father was not wounded. This was reported by relatives of the Imam.

A participant of the rally in Yerevan, 02.12.15. Inscription on a poster: "No!" Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"

23:55, 1 December 2015

"New Armenia" announces non-stop rally in Yerevan

In Yerevan, members of the opposition march have returned to Freedom Square and announced the start of an indefinite sitting picket. The activists asked the authorities for permission to install tents on Freedom Square. However, their request was dismissed.

22:47, 1 December 2015

Two policemen wounded in north of Dagestan

A police squad was shelled near the village of Kulzeb of the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan.

22:08, 1 December 2015

Imam killed in Khasavyurt

In Dagestan, unidentified men have shot and killed the Imam of the mosque at the city hospital of Khasavyurt. His father was wounded.

A heavy-duty truck with the posters of the protesters against the "Platon" system of collecting tolls. Dagestan, November 24, 2014. Photo by Murad Muradov for the "Caucasian Knot"

18:30, 1 December 2015

Journalists: 17,000 protesting truckers in Dagestan is a real number

The estimate of 17,000 striking truckers in Dagestan is quite realistic, believe local journalists and Valery Voitko, the chairman of the trade union, "Dalnoboischik" (Trucker). However, Alexander Brod, a member of the Public Council of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) has treated the number as strongly exaggerated.

The village of Nardaran is densely surrounded by power agents. December 1, 2015. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"

15:31, 1 December 2015

Nardaran residents report detentions in the village

Power agents take away residents of the Azerbaijani village of Nardaran to some unknown place, eyewitnesses reported.

The defendant Magomed Aliev. Photo courtesy of his relatives for the "Caucasian Knot"

15:04, 1 December 2015

Six residents of Stavropol Territory convicted for recruiting people to IS

The figurants in the case of recruiting people for fighting for the "Islamic State" (IS) have been sentenced today to imprisonment from 5 to 7 years – the guilty verdict was handed down today by the North-Caucasian District Military Court.

One of the blocked streets in Nardaran. Photo: http://haqqin.az/news/58180

13:46, 1 December 2015

Special units block streets in Nardaran

Any motor traffic is banned in the Azerbaijani village of Nardaran; and power agents ask local residents not to leave their houses. The village is densely cordoned off by power agents.

Heavy-duty trucks on the roadside. Photo by Murad Muradov for the "Caucasian Knot"

12:41, 1 December 2015

Column of Volgograd truckers stopped near Moscow

A column of heavy-duty trucks, which planned to enter the Russian capital on December 21, was stopped today on a narrow road near Moscow.

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

08:54, 1 December 2015

Suspected militant killed in Dagestan

A militant has been killed in a forest of the Buynaksk District of Dagestan during a shootout, said a local law enforcement source.

A poster with the portrait of Evgeny Vitishko. Photo: Andrey Korolev (RFE/RL)

06:35, 1 December 2015

Ombudsman failed to persuade Vitishko to stop hunger strike

The administration of the colony-settlement in the Tambov Region ignores the official notification of the Krasnodar environmental activist Evgeny Vitishko about his hunger strike and sends him to hard work, said Elena Shmakova, his civil wife.

Protests in the village of Nardaran. Azerbaijan, November 26, 2015. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"

04:00, 1 December 2015

Azerbaijani rights defenders urge authorities to targeted war on religious radicalism

In Azerbaijan, the entire population of the village of Nardaran should not suffer from preventive measures aimed to prevent religious radicalism, local rights defenders have stated. They believe that citizens may be influenced on by solution of a number of social problems.

Flags of Georgia and European Union in front of the prison in Isani, November 30, 2015. Photo by Marina Bukiya for the "Caucasian Knot"

02:30, 1 December 2015

Bar Association and Georgian NGOs protest against new system of interrogation

Georgian public organizations and the Bar Association have stood against the amendments to the Code of Criminal Procedure of Georgia, involving the introduction of a new system of questioning. They believe that these amendments violate a number of procedural principles and will open room for torture.

The car of the police explosive technical laboratory. Photo: http://news-kmv.ru/kmv/proisshestviya/86212-na-beregu-ozera-ak-gel-obezvrezhen-snaryad.html

01:06, 1 December 2015

Believers evacuated from mosque in Kotrov Street because of bomb report

In Makhachkala, the mosque in Kotrov Street was cordoned off by law enforcers in connection with the information about a bomb. This was reported by members of the mosque community. The information about the explosive device has not been confirmed, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reports.

The policemen are keeping order during the rally. Yerevan, October 15, 2015. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"

23:13, 30 November 2015

Armenian police switches to enhanced mode of service since December 1

The Armenian police have warned organizers of protest actions about the inadmissibility of violating the law.

Saygitpasha Umakhanov. Photo http://www.riadagestan.ru/

22:00, 30 November 2015

Dagestani journalists do not treat Umakhanov's new appointment as demotion

The new Transport Minister of Dagestan Saygitpasha Umakhanov has preserved control over Khasavyurt, even after stepping down as Mayor; therefore, his transition to a less influential post is not a demotion, said Gadjimurad Sagitov and Musa Musaev, the editors-in-chief of the editions "Novoye Delo" and "Nastoyeascheye Vremya", accordingly.

Shells in the sanctuary "Khuseyniya" where the believers prayed. The village of Nardaran, November 26, 2015. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"

21:12, 30 November 2015

Nardaran detainees named

Residents of Nardaran managed to learn the names of all those detained in the course of the special operation conducted in the village. The situation in Nardaran remains tense; the village streets were cleared of barricades; however, the village has no electricity and telephone communication.

Saigidpasha Umakhanov. Photo https://xacavurt.ru

19:08, 30 November 2015

Saigidpasha Umakhanov appointed Dagestani Minister of Transport

Saigidpasha Umakhanov, ex-Mayor of Khasavyurt, has been officially appointed the head of the Ministry of Transport, Energy and Communications for Dagestan, created by restructuring of a number of public institutions. This was reported by Telman Radjabov, a press officer of the Ministry.

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