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14:36, 5 February 2014
In the course of a special operation, conducted in the Dagestani city of Izberbash, Mirzaev, the leader of the "Kadar" militants' grouping, was killed. According to preliminary data, he could send the suicide bombers for committing terror acts in Volgograd, said a source from the law enforcement bodies of the republic.
12:30, 5 February 2014
On February 4, at the trial held in Sochi on the case of Mardiros Demerchyan, a builder of Olympic facilities, accused of slandering the police in his allegations of torture, the doctor Olga Krymova, a prosecution witness, was given the floor. She said that she did not sign the interrogation protocol, which had been submitted to the court, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
21:58, 4 February 2014
Igor Kharchenko, an activist of the public organization "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch) and a member of the "Yabloko" Party, who was detained today in Krasnodar, has been accused of disobeying a legitimate order of a policeman, said the Department of Internal Affairs.
17:58, 4 February 2014
The Austrian National Olympic Committee (NOC) has received a letter containing threats to abduct two Austrian female athletes, who go to compete at the Olympic Games in Sochi, Peter Mennel, the Secretary General of the NOC, has reported today.
19:49, 3 February 2014
Today, the ecologist Evgeny Vitishko has been sentenced in Tuapse to 15 days of administrative arrest. Evgeny was detained in the morning when leaving the building of the criminal-executive inspection. At detention, policemen alleged that Evgeny Vitishko was suspected of committing a theft, the lawyer Alexander Popkov told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
19:19, 3 February 2014
Today, the prosecutors showed the jury of the Moscow City Court (MCC) the video record from the surveillance camera at the entrance to the house of the observer of the "Novaya Gazeta" Anna Politkovskaya, who was assassinated in the fall of 2006.
09:09, 3 February 2014
Passage of the Olympic Torch Relay in the republics of Northern Caucasus; detention in Dagestan of suspected helpers to suicide bombers and identification of initiators of terror acts in Volgograd, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of January 27-February 2, 2014, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
02:02, 3 February 2014
In the course of the armed conflict in North Caucasus, during the week from January 27 to February 2, 2014, at least seven people suffered: five of them were killed and two wounded. These are the results of the calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
02:42, 2 February 2014
As reported on February 1 by the press service of the Chief Department for the Region of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), a suspect of making a false telephone call about a terror act has been detained in the Volgograd Region.
00:12, 2 February 2014
The mother of Khadizhat Elimkhanova, a 20-year-old resident of Grozny, abducted in Chechnya, has complained to the Prosecutor's Office about improper investigation into her daughter's abduction. The Office has stated that they will supervise the investigation.
11:06, 1 February 2014
On January 31, the Baku Court of Appeal, chaired by Judge Gadim Babaev, began the hearings on the merits of the case of the former Public Health Minister Ali Insanov. The case is considered in connection with the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).
22:49, 31 January 2014
For more than 20 days already, relatives of Khizir Tlepshev, who disappeared in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), know nothing about his whereabouts. His wife fears that he could be detained by power agents and may be tortured, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reports.
17:38, 31 January 2014
The prosecutor's demand to apply death penalty to Johar Tsarnaev, a native of Chechnya, accused of committing a terror act in Boston, may change, if Tsarnaev agrees to deal with the investigation, The New York Times writes.
14:38, 31 January 2014
2013 totals by "Caucasian Knot" for Northern Caucasus: count of victims of armed conflict on decline
In 2013, the total number of victims of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus decreased as compared to 2012 by 239 people, or by 19.5%. The death toll went down from 700 in 2012 to 529 in 2013, i.e., by 24.4%; the number of wounded persons – from 525 to 457 (by 13%). However losses among civilians went up.
09:40, 31 January 2014
The operation to detain brothers Magomednabi and Tagir Batirov, suspected of aiding the suicide bombers, who committed terror acts in Volgograd, was conducted in the Dagestani village of Semender, where on January 18 law enforcers killed seven militants, said a source from the law enforcement bodies of the republic.