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12:16, 15 January 2014
According to the preliminary information, four suspected militants and three law enforcers were killed in a special operation carried out in the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan. This was reported by a source from law enforcement bodies of the republic.
10:55, 15 January 2014
On Wednesday, an inter-faction working group has introduced to the Russian State Duma a package of draft laws aimed at tightening the anti-terrorism laws. The draft laws propose to include new articles to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, to severely restrict circulation of electronic money, and to expand the powers of the FSB by allowing its agents to conduct personal searches of citizens.
19:02, 14 January 2014
In the Stavropol Territory, in total, not three, but four explosive devices were planted near cars with dead bodies. This was reported by an official from the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) for the Stavropol Territory.
18:21, 14 January 2014
On Tuesday, Moscow hosted a presentation of the report prepared by Irina Starodubrovskaya and Konstantin Kazenin, staff members of the Institute for Economic Policy named after Yegor Gaidar and entitled "Northern Caucasus: Quo Vadis?". To encourage the region to recover from the crisis, the report has offered a "scenario of civil reconciliation", including a set of political and economic measures.
17:53, 14 January 2014
The work of the Biryulyovo vegetable storage will not be resumed in the previous format. This was announced by Alexei Nemeryuk, the head of the Department of Trade and Services of Moscow.
14:47, 14 January 2014
Members of Circassian national organizations stand for peaceful dialogue with the authorities and reject criminal activities, including terrorism and extremism. This is announced by the statement made by the group of Circassian activists in connection with the increase of terrorist threats in the Caucasus on the eve of the Olympic Games in Sochi.
19:18, 13 January 2014
Investigators consider hostile relations in connection with possible debts as the basic version of the murder of businessman Ruslan Muduev in Makhachkala. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by a source from the Investigating Department of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) for Dagestan.
19:13, 13 January 2014
Today, Rustam Guliev, a soldier of the National Army of Azerbaijan, has committed suicide by shooting and killing himself from the service weapon. This was reported by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD). This is the fourth case of suicide in Azerbaijani Army since the start of 2014.
15:13, 13 January 2014
During the search carried out in the apartment of Murad Musaev, an advocate of the Advocates' Chamber "Musaev and Partners" in Moscow, investigators seized PCs and documents. This was reported by Alaudi Musaev, the advocate's father. The search was also conducted in the apartment of Darya Trenina, and investigators also took away her PC with them, Darya Trenina reports.
09:05, 13 January 2014
Introduction of CTO regime after a series of murders of car drivers in Stavropol Territory and recognition of the explosion in Pyatigorsk to be a terror act; introduction of reinforced security measures for the period of the Olympics in Sochi; another decision of the ECtHR on complaints of Chechen residents about disappearance of their relatives; retirement of the court dealing with attack on Nalchik to the deliberation room for sentencing; march in Yerevan in support of arrested participants of "Million Mask March", – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of January 6-12, 2014, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
03:43, 13 January 2014
During the week from January 6 to January 12, 2014, at least 14 people fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus; 10 of them were killed and four others were wounded. These are the results of the calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
22:50, 12 January 2014
In Armenia, the health state of Shant Harutyunyan, the leader of the "Tsegakron" Party, remains severe. This was reported by advocate Inessa Petrosyan after she visited her client. According to her, the very conditions in the medical institution, to where Shant Harutyunyan was transferred from SIZO (pre-trial prison), do not contribute to his recovery.
19:04, 12 January 2014
Sakinat Gadjieva, a resident of the village Gimry of the Untsukul District of Dagestan, whose relatives filed a complaint about her disappearance, claims that she has managed to escape from her kidnappers. According to the young woman, the kidnappers kept her together with her young son in a private house and asked about militants.
23:10, 11 January 2014
A policeman was wounded in an attack on a mobile post of the road-and-post service (known as DPS) in the Baksan District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), a source from the local Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
20:00, 11 January 2014
Mukhammad Magomedov, an activist of the Dagestani Public Organization "Union of the Just" and a co-organizer of the rally in Moscow against Caucasophobia scheduled for January 26, is suspected of involvement in an extremist organization. According to Magomedov, he is now under recognizance not to leave.