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01:33, 26 May 2017
According to the own calculations of the "Caucasian Knot", 13-20 militants killed in Chechnya in 2016 were younger than 35 years old. This figure indicates a significant increase in the number of young people among members of the armed underground as compared with 2015, when six out of 10 suspected militants killed in Chechnya were younger than 35 years old.
00:01, 26 May 2017
The Tbilisi City Court has pronounced an extradition arrest for Turkish citizen Mustafa Emre Çabuk, accused at home of aiding and abetting terrorists. An advocate of the Turkish citizen intends to appeal against the Court's decision of arrest and draw the attention of international human rights organizations to his client's case.
12:28, 25 May 2017
Today, Alexei Venediktov, the editor-in-chief of the "Echo Moskvy", has been summoned to the trial in the case on the murder of Boris Nemtsov. According to an advocate of the victim family, Alexei Venediktov was one of the last persons who talked to Boris Nemtsov. Alexei Venediktov claimed that Boris Nemtsov informed him of the threats voiced against him.
11:35, 25 May 2017
Today, Volodya Avetisyan, a veteran of the Karabakh war, a participant of protest actions in Yerevan, sentenced in the fraud case, has been released. He has already voiced his intention to continue his struggle for justice.
10:24, 25 May 2017
An attack on the unit of the National Guard of Russia in the regional centre of Naurskaya in the north of Chechnya was organized by local resident Ali Bakaev. He was put on the international wanted list. This was reported by the law enforcement agencies of the ChechenRepublic. The investigation into the attack on the National Guard of Russia in Chechnya was led by Colonel Igor Sobol, the "Kommersant" reports today.
08:45, 25 May 2017
Andrei Babushkin, a member of the Presidential Council for Human Rights, has reported on filing an appeal to Sergey Kiriyenko, the first deputy chief of the presidential administration, with a request to consider pardoning of Said Amirov, the former Mayor of Makhachkala, who was sentenced to life imprisonment.
03:12, 25 May 2017
On the final day of the roundtable "Problems and best practices to counteract the radicalization of young people in Northern Caucasus", participants discussed the problems of Islamic education and rehabilitation of radical young people.
19:40, 24 May 2017
The Nadterechny District Court has sentenced Khava Umieva to 5.5 in prison. Her punishment is postponed until 2029, since she is rearing a small child.
16:39, 24 May 2017
The Kavkaz District Court has granted the petition of the prosecutor's office to release Oleg Petrov, an activist of the "Polite Farmers" movement, from custody, said Alexei Volchenko, the leader of the movement.
15:47, 24 May 2017
On May 23, the North-Caucasian District Military Court continued the debate in the case of Caliphate, which, according to investigators, 10 residents of the republic wanted to establish in Kabardino-Balkaria. This was reported by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent who attended the court hearing.
23:53, 23 May 2017
In the course of the search that lasted for three hours, power agents took away records from the Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras, Nigmatulla Radjabov, the Imam of the Makhachkala mosque, located in Hungarian Warriors Street, told the "Caucasian Knot". They explained their actions by checking the information about a bomb allegedly planted at School No. 15, the Imam has added.
15:28, 23 May 2017
Residents of the Volgograd Region are charged with kidnapping a child. Besides, a local woman is also accused of the death of her adopted son by negligence. This was reported by Natalia Kunitskaya, the spokesperson for the Investigating Department for the Volgograd Region of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).
11:06, 23 May 2017
On May 22, Moscow launched meetings of the roundtable on the topic "Problems and best practices for counteracting the radicalization of young people in Northern Caucasus". The event was organized by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" and the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" with the expert support of the International Crisis Group (ICC).
21:08, 22 May 2017
The young man, whose kidnapping was reported by his relatives four days ago, has returned home and is OK, Arsen Akhmedov's father told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent today.
19:08, 22 May 2017
At present, there are no large groupings of militants in Northern Caucasus. The "Kadar" militant grouping, the killing of which leader in Dagestan was reported by the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) of Russia, has been mentioned to attach importance to a special operation. This opinion was expressed by experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".