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11:28, 28 January 2021
The law enforcers involved in the assassination attempt on Alexei Navalny had also poisoned the human rights defender, Timur Kuashev, in Kabardino-Balkaria, and were most likely involved in the death of the Dagestani activist, Ruslan Magomedragimov. This is stated in the journalistic investigation conducted by the Insider and the Bellingcat.
11:25, 28 January 2021
Three women from Derbent have held pickets demanding to investigate the torture of their sons accused of terrorism. For six times already, investigators refused to open a case against law enforcers, but the prosecutor's office has launched a new inquiry.
12:31, 27 January 2021
Three out of four students from Ingushetia, accused by Egyptian authorities of extremism, have been extradited to Russia; diplomats are negotiating the transfer of the fourth one.
23:56, 26 January 2021
In Moscow, during a protest action in support of Alexei Navalny, one of the natives of Kalmykia hit a law enforcer, while another protestor hit a police inspector with a car, investigators say.
12:16, 26 January 2021
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has urgently sent questions to the applicant and Russian authorities about the state protection of Gulli Kazanbieva, a resident of Dagestan, after the release of her ex-husband, who was convicted of beating.
11:46, 26 January 2021
A Chechen authorities' positive opinion will be a weighty argument during the trial of the young man who had beaten up law enforcers during the rally of Navalny's supporters in Moscow, lawyers believe. In exchange for a softer verdict, officials expect public repentance of the young Chechen guy, Svetlana Gannushkina and Ruslan Kutaev believe.
23:05, 25 January 2021
The Russian President states that a palace from the journalistic investigation conducted by the Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF, recognized in the Russian Federation as a foreign agent) does not belong to him or any of his relatives.
22:46, 25 January 2021
After Akhmed Zakaev spoke in support of the suspects killed by law enforcers in the village of Katar-Yurt, Shamsail Saraliev, a delegate to the State Duma from Chechnya, has claimed that the General Prosecutor's Office and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Russia are to achieve the extradition of Akhmed Zakaev from the UK.
14:25, 25 January 2021
Return of refugees, post-war victims, and search for dead bodies in the Karabakh conflict zone; protest actions held by supporters of Alexei Navalny in Southern Russia; special operation in Chechnya; European Court's judgement on Georgia's claim against Russia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of January 18-24, 2021, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
- Abkhazia
- Armenia
- Astrakhan Region
- Azerbaijan
- Chechnya
- Dagestan
- Georgia
- Kalmykia
- Krasnodar Territory
- Nagorno-Karabakh
- North-Caucasian Federal District
- Russia
- South Caucasus
- South Federal District
- South Ossetia
- Stavropol Region
- Volgograd Region
- Conflicts
- Crime
- Human rights
- Incidents
- Karabakh: a Good War Or a Bad Peace
- Politics
- Society
- Terror acts in Moscow and Caucasus
11:45, 25 January 2021
During the week from January 18 to January 24, 2021, during the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, eleven persons suffered in the conflict: six of them perished and five were wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other sources.
11:50, 24 January 2021
The activists of the local Navalny's office were detained in a coffee shop after the protest action; one of the office volunteers was arrested for five days. In Novorossiysk and Armavir, they detained those who shouted slogans or came out with posters, protesters have informed.
11:21, 24 January 2021
Actions in support of Alexei Navalny have covered several cities of the Stavropol Territory. Residents of Stavropol, the capital of the Territory, are now more active in protests, the marchers have noted.
11:06, 24 January 2021
Russia restricts civil rights and freedoms; activists and oppositionists are persecuted for political reasons, the Volgograd residents interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have explained their participation in the January 23 protest action.
19:08, 23 January 2021
One of the attackers on the North-Ossetian journalist has been detained; the other has fled abroad and will be put on the wanted list through the Interpol, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has announced.
17:42, 23 January 2021
Russian law enforcers are detaining the participants of the unauthorized rally in Moscow in support in Alexei Navalny, acting harshly and using rubber batons. The force is applied to both men and women. Among the detained protesters is the spouse of the opposition leader Yulia Navalnaya, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.