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14:25, 28 December 2016
Alexei Knedlyakovsky and Victor Chirikov, arrested for participation in the action near the monument to Dzerzhinsky in Krasnodar, have gone on a hunger strike, their advocates have reported. The advocate of Mr Chirikov said that a complaint had been lodged against the arrest. The advocate of Mr Knedlyakovsky is concerned about his client's health.
14:25, 28 December 2016
Advocate Elchin Sadygov has challenged the arrests of two internally displaced persons (IDPs) who were arrested for involvement in a protest action against power interruptions in villages for IDPs. The advocate treats the arrest of the IDPs as violation of their right to freedom of assembly.
10:43, 28 December 2016
Today, the Supreme Court (SC) of the Chechen Republic has announced its decision on the case of Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent: the conviction passed by the Shali District Court of Chechnya was upheld.
09:05, 28 December 2016
In his last plea at the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya, Zhalaudi Geriev a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, presented evidence of his innocence. The last session before the debate was held in a raised voice; one of the panel judges raised his voice on Geriev and ran out of the courtroom, taking the case materials with him. In doing so, he failed to respond to the request of the presiding judge, said the advocate Alaudi Musaev.
19:40, 27 December 2016
The defence of Zhalaudi Geriev, a correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot", and the defendant himself have called on the Chechen Supreme Court (SC) to cancel the verdict passed by the first-instance Shali District Court. The prosecutor asked to uphold this verdict.
19:05, 27 December 2016
Five materials posted by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" about political prisoners, in particular, about Oleg Sentsov, Alexander Kolchenko, Nikolai Klykh and Sergey Litvinov, were not labelled as materials posted by the organization recognized as a foreign agent, the court has stated and fined the HRC by 300,000 roubles.
17:47, 27 December 2016
Caucasian militants attack power agents on their own initiative, but under the brand of the "Islamic State" (IS) (banned in Russia, – note of the "Caucasian Knot"); and the IS itself is interested to be associated with as many attacks as possible, said the experts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot". They believe that many statements, in which the IS takes responsibility for armed incidents in the Caucasus, are unreliable.
15:38, 27 December 2016
After the crash in Sochi of the Tu-154 aircraft of the Ministry of Defence (MoD), a number of popular users of social networks have posted their critical comments on the victims, condemning Russia's actions in Syria. Among such authors are the journalist Bozhena Rynska and her colleague Arkady Babchenko, a veteran of two Chechen wars.
11:44, 27 December 2016
The today's motion of the defence asking to allow video recording of the court session in Grozny, which considers the complaint lodged by Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, against his verdict, has been again rejected by the court.
10:50, 27 December 2016
Some of the relatives of the militants killed during a counterterrorist operation (CTO) in Grozny, who were repeatedly detained on December 26, are back at large, but their family members do not exclude new detentions. A man, one of the detainees, has told about beating up a younger brother of one of the killed militants at the police station.
22:26, 26 December 2016
Tonight, relatives of the young people, killed in the counterterrorist operation (CTO) in Grozny, were urgently summoned to the police. Earlier, these relatives had been detained for a week and then released. For a few hours they are kept by the police, said their relatives.
21:39, 26 December 2016
At least 10 persons perished in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus in November 2016; no information about the wounded ones was reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from the available open sources.
18:10, 26 December 2016
The information about the kidnapping and application of violence to Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, was not confirmed, says the statement of the Investigating Department for Chechnya of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF). Earlier, the court refused to send the data about Geriev's kidnapping for examination outside Chechnya, the defence has reminded.
18:03, 26 December 2016
The fuel pipeline of the Sochi Airport has not been replaced for a long time; therefore, the crashed aircraft could be filled with contaminated fuel that caused explosion of the liner’s tanks. This was stated by the aviation experts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".