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04:12, 29 March 2017
Oleg Miskhozhev, whom investigators treat as an amir of the grouping, members of which were trying to establish a caliphate in Kabardino-Balkaria, has claimed at the trial court about the tortures used against him after his detention. He has also announced that he retracts the confession made under the pressure of law enforcers.
01:42, 29 March 2017
The sit-in strike announced on March 27 has been stopped because of the poor health state of a woman involved in the protest action, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
14:37, 28 March 2017
The information that two attackers on the military unit of the “Natsgvardia” (Russian National Guard) committed in the Naursky District has not been confirmed yet, said a republic's law enforcement source. The situation in the district has calmed down; there are no restrictions on travelling, local residents report.
11:19, 28 March 2017
Igor Kalyapin, the leader of the "Committee for the Prevention of Torture", used Facebook to address Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov with a request to investigate the situation in the village of Davydenko where local residents reported the forceful dispersal of the villagers' gathering.
10:45, 28 March 2017
Three residents of the Chechen village of Davydenko, detained during a clash with the police on March 26, may be brought to criminal responsibility. This was announced at a gathering of villagers held in the village of Davydenko on March 27, local residents report.
01:29, 28 March 2017
There are no guarantees of the veracity of the official version about the attack on a unit of the National Guard in the regional centre of Naurskaya in the north of Chechnya. This opinion was voiced by experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".
19:11, 27 March 2017
The hunger strike has been announced in Makhachkala at the special detention centre (SDC) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan by seven foreigners, the decision on compulsory expulsion of whom from the territory of Russia is not enforced, said Galimzyan Khalikov, a citizen of Turkmenistan and one of the hunger-strikers.
18:40, 27 March 2017
An appeal to the head of Chechnya after the riots in the village of Davydenko, where power agents have beat up and detained the villagers who tried to protect their houses from demolition, was released via the WhatsApp messenger in the hope to bring information to Kadyrov.
15:49, 27 March 2017
The protesters, who have gathered near the building of the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Armenia, demand to release the arrested residents of Sari Tag, accused of mass riots on July 19, 2016.
06:06, 27 March 2017
An advocate of Abbas Guseinov, Deputy Chairman of the movement "Muslim Unity", sentenced in Azerbaijan in the "Nardaran case", has filed a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) about torture used against his client.
03:31, 27 March 2017
During the week of March 20-26, 2017, 15 persons fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of them, 12 were killed, and three others were wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
22:54, 26 March 2017
In Sochi, two participants of the action held by Alexei Navalny's supporters will appear before the court. Protocols on administrative violations have been drawn up against them, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
14:52, 26 March 2017
In Azerbaijan, members of the "Musavat" Party associate the detention of Nizamali Suleimanov, an activist of the party, with his political activities.
21:22, 25 March 2017
Last night, Rizvan Minazov, 28, was taken away from his home in Grozny by unidentified armed men, his relatives reported. Minazov was detained on suspicion of involvement in an attack in the Naur District, said a source from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Chechnya.