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11:04, 26 March 2014

Stavropol Territory: policemen find arsenal in resident of Arzgir District

The press service of the local Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), on March 25, in the course of a search within a criminal case, policemen found five firearms and ammunition in the house of a 50-year-old resident of the village of Serafimovskoe of the Arzgir District in the Stavropol Territory.

The car which the police tried to stop to check documents, but its passengers opened fire and were killed by retaliatory shooting. Khasavyurt, March 24, 2014. Photo http://nac.gov.ru/

10:27, 26 March 2014

Esenaev and Askhabomarov, killed in Dagestan, were suspected of aiding militants

According to power agents, two of the four persons killed in Khasavyurt on March 24 were not direct participants of the "Babayurt" militant grouping, but actively helped its members.

09:20, 26 March 2014

Two ECtHR judgments on disappearances in Chechnya come into force

The decisions of the European Court of Human Rights (RCtHR), which recognized Russian power agents responsible for kidnappings and probable deaths of eight residents of Chechnya, entered into force on March 25.

08:49, 26 March 2014

Forest is on fire for a week after special operation in Gumbet District of Dagestan, locals report

Residents of the Gumbet District, who reported about the forest fire, say that the power agents, who carried out a special operation against militants there, did not allow them to extinguish the fire. If it is not suppressed shortly, there is a danger that the wood can be burned down completely.

The Mosque "Heart of Chechnya" named after Akhmat Kadyrov. Grozny. Photo: Andre Widmer Maiakinfo http://ru.wikipedia.org/

02:44, 26 March 2014

Kadi of Grozny obliges Imams to supervise the appearance of their mosque-goers

Imams of the mosques located in the Chechen capital should now monitor the appearance of their parishioners and submit weekly progress reports. The order was given by the new Chief Kadi (Islamic Judge) of Grozny Adam Ilyasov, who was appointed to the post a few weeks ago by Ramzan Kadyrov.

At the spot of the fire occurred in Astrakhan. March 25, 2014. Photo by the Astrakhan Region Department of Russian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) 30.mchs.gov.ru

23:58, 25 March 2014

In Astrakhan, fire-fighters rescue seven persons from fire in low-rise buildings

On Tuesday, a major fire occurred in the centre of Astrakhan. Fire-fighters rescued seven persons, including two young mothers with newborn children. This was reported by Irina Gogoleva, an official from the Russian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE).

23:20, 25 March 2014

NAC: leader of Khasavyurt militants killed in special operation in Pervomayskoe

Azerbaijani native Tural Ataev, the leader of Khasavyurt militants, was killed during the special operation held on Tuesday in Dagestan. This was reported by the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC). In total, six persons were killed and two others were wounded during the battle.

19:56, 25 March 2014

Five persons killed in a special operation in Dagestan

On Tuesday, March 25, four members of illegal armed formations (IAFs) and one special troops agent were killed during a special operation conducted in the village of Pervomaiskoe, Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, said a local law enforcement source.

Krasnodar airport. Photo: Mikhail Petrov, http://commons.wikimedia.org/

15:55, 25 March 2014

MIA: KChR resident trained as terrorist in Syria detained in Krasnodar

As reported by the press service of the Chief Department for the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) of the Russia's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), a resident of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), who underwent training at the commando training camp of the international terrorist grouping in Syria, was detained in the Krasnodar Airport.

Inscription on a road post at the spot of the terror act. Volgograd, January 1, 2014. Photo by Tatyana Filimonova for the "Caucasian Knot"

15:22, 25 March 2014

Moscow hospitals discharge all victims of Volgograd terror acts

On March 24, a Moscow hospital discharged a resident of Udmurtia who was injured in the terror act committed in the bus in Volgograd. This was reported by a source from the emergency services of the city. According to the source, all victims, who were receiving medical treatment after the terror acts committed in Volgograd on the New Year's Eve, were discharged from Moscow hospitals.

Alexander Muzychko. Screenshot of a video at www.youtube.com

14:11, 25 March 2014

Muzychko, accused of banditry in Chechnya, killed at detention by Ukrainian MIA agents

Alexander Muzychko, the coordinator of the "Right-Wing Sector" in Western Ukraine, who was put by Russian law enforcers on wanted list on charges of banditry in Chechnya, was fatally wounded at detention in the course of a special operation conducted by employees of the Ukrainian MIA.

Building of the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation. Moscow. Photo: Cannot http://commons.wikimedia.org/

14:04, 25 March 2014

Prosecutor's Office: case against CORN sent to court

The criminal case against members of the "Combat Organization of Russian Nationalists" (CORN), accused of involvement in crimes motivated by ethnic hatred and, in particular, the murder of Muslim Abdulaev, a resident of Dagestan, Judge Eduard Chuvashov, and advocate Stanislav Markelov, were sent to the court. This was reported by the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation.

03:40, 25 March 2014

Ten suffered in Moscow in a mass brawl of natives of Kalmykia and Dagestan

In one of the Moscow restaurants, 25 young men from Kalmykia and Dagestan took part in a brawl accompanied by stabbing; 10 of them were injured.

The Moscow State Museum of Gulag History. Photo: Russian Presidential envoy of the Republic of Ingushetia, http://www.postpredstvo.ru/

02:36, 25 March 2014

Moscow hosts presentation of a new book about Stalin's deportation of Chechens and Ingushes

On March 22, the Ingush branch of the International Society "Memorial" presented, at the Moscow State Museum of Gulag History, the book by Alexander Bozhedomov "Eviction of Ingushes and Chechens. Archive Chronicle: January 1943-January 1944".

Participants of a protest rally in the Dagestani village Krasnopartizansk of the Sergokalinsky District of Dagestan. March 22, 2014. Photo by Ruslan Alibekov

01:40, 25 March 2014

Dagestani authorities: local laws do not allow creating administration in Krasnopartizansk

On March 22, the Dagestani village of Krasnopartizansk hosted a protest rally. The demands voiced by the protesters are also relevant for 100 villages established on transhumance lands by migrants from mountainous regions. However, representatives of the authorities and experts believe the demands voiced at the rally in Krasnopartizansk are still cannot be solved.

23:57, 24 March 2014

Sochi: court ruling on refusal to coordinate rally comes into force

On Monday, March 24, the ruling took effect of the Sochi Tsentralny District Court, which stated that the inaction of the Mayoralty in reviewing the notification about a rally against discrimination of Sochi residents was illegal.

At the spot of the shootout in the Dagestani city of Khasavyurt on March 24, 2014. Photo by NAC, http://nac.gov.ru/nakmessage/2014/03/25/v-khasavyurte-neitralizovany-chetvero-banditov-obstrelyavshikh-sotrudnikov-pra.html

23:33, 24 March 2014

NAC: Idris Akavov, leader of "Babayurt" militant grouping, killed in Khasavyurt

As reported by the Russia's National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) in the course of the shootout in the Dagestani city of Khasavyurt four militants were killed; one of them was identified as Idris Akavov, the leader of the "Babayurt" militant grouping.

20:39, 24 March 2014

Hideout with ammunition found in KBR

According to preliminary information, the hideout belonged to a local resident who was killed in a special operation in Bylym in December 2013.

19:18, 24 March 2014

KBR: Guketlov's body given out to relatives for burial

Power agents have given the body of Tengiz Guketlov, killed on March 14 during the assault of a household in Nalchik, out to his relatives, said a source from the Investigating Department (ID) for the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

Makhachkala, Dagestan. Photo by Timur Agirov, http://www.odnoselchane.ru/

16:29, 24 March 2014

Wounded employee of Dagestani MfE is in grave-stable condition

Investigators regard the official duties of Ibragim Tuchalov, an employee of the Dagestani Department of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE), to be the main reason for the attempt on him, said a source from the local law enforcement bodies. According to the MfE, Tuchalov is now in Saint Petersburg; his condition is grave but stable.

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