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22:00, 28 January 2019
During the week of January 21-27, 2019, at least five persons suffered in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus: four perished and one was wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
18:30, 28 January 2019
Talekh Bagirzade, the leader of the "Muslim Unity" Movement (MUM), and others convicts under the "Nardaran case", are exposed to "unprecedented pressure" in prison, Mr Bagirzade's supporters announced on January 27. The Azerbaijani Penitentiary Service has denied this information.
18:14, 28 January 2019
Investigators have incorrectly reproduced the circumstances, in which policemen had allegedly found narcotic drugs in the car of Oyub Titiev, a rights defender and the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", his advocate has stated today.
15:59, 28 January 2019
Start of the Chechen and Dagestani authorities' activities to clarify the borders; attack on policemen in Nalchik; closure of blogger Mekhman Guseinov's case in Azerbaijan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of January 21-27, 2019, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
13:44, 28 January 2019
The video, in which three natives of Kaspiysk swear allegiance to the leader of the "Islamic State" (IS, earlier, the ISIL), a terrorist organization banned in Russia by the court, was found on them after the shootout at the DPS (road-and-patrol service) post, sources have reported.
10:48, 28 January 2019
In Pyatigorsk, law enforcers have detained Ekaterina Danko, a solo picketer in support of Chechen LGBT people.
10:39, 28 January 2019
In Volgograd, nine activists have held solo pickets demanding to release the Rostov activist Anastasia Shevchenko and all Russian political prisoners.
10:26, 28 January 2019
After the attempt to hold an unsanctioned march in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, in support of political prisoners, the court decided to arrest ten out of the 15 activists detained by law enforcers.
10:06, 28 January 2019
The film by the Russian journalist Roman Babayan "Case No. March 1" has raised criticism among relatives of those who perished in Armenia in those days; they treat it as an attempt to whitewash Robert Kocharyan's actions.
10:59, 27 January 2019
Eldar Iraziev, a popular actor and blogger in Dagestan, was beaten up three days ago in Makhachkala, Shamil Khadulaev, the head of the Dagestani Coordinating Council of NGOs, has stated. According to sources, the reason for the attack on the blogger was in his statements.
10:57, 27 January 2019
Two residents of Beslan and a resident of the village of Suadag were detained in Vladikavkaz after beating DPS (road-and-patrol service) inspectors.
10:54, 27 January 2019
On Saturday, January 26, Mger Egiazaryan, a deputy head of the "Armenian Eagles-United Armenia" Party, died in a Yerevan prison. He was holding a hunger strike against the fraud charges imputed to him.
17:49, 26 January 2019
Gia Parulava, suspected of espionage, has been arrested for two months. During a search, a grenade, ammunition and an electric detonator were found on him, the State Security Service (SSS) of Abkhazia has reported.
10:19, 26 January 2019
Anastasia Shevchenko, a member of the federal council of "The Open Russia", was arrested for her political views and should be immediately released, the human rights organization Amnesty International (AI) has stated. The Human Rights Council (HRC) under the President of Russia has also expressed concern over the persecution of the Rostov female activist.
10:14, 26 January 2019
The advocate of the policeman Oleg Dzampaev has stated that the indictment was formulated incorrectly; and a number of proofs should be removed from the case. The widow of Vladimir Tskaev, who died after being questioned by the police in Vladikavkaz, has opposed this motion.