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03:30, 3 May 2016
Igor Vasiliev, the leader of the Sochi Branch of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), has addressed the reception office of President Vladimir Putin asking him to take action in connection with the placement of Alexei Goryachkin, an assistant of Sergey Obukhov, a State Duma MP, into a temporary detention facility (known as the IVS).
02:02, 3 May 2016
A new minivan was given to Bashir Pliev, a resident of Ingushetia, who in March was transporting journalists and human rights defenders in the region together with them fell victim to an attack. The minivan will be insured, notes Igor Kalyapin, the leader of the "Committee for the Prevention of Torture".
13:55, 2 May 2016
In the course of the investigation into the attack on journalists and human rights defenders on the Ingush-Chechen border, investigators fail to provide the information about the investigation progress. This was claimed by the victims. They intend to appeal to the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) for clarification.
11:00, 2 May 2016
During the week of April 25-May 1, 2016, one person was killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
09:00, 2 May 2016
Celebration of the Orthodox Easter and May Day in Southern Russia; attacks on dwelling settlements in the Karabakh conflict zone; dispersal of a peaceful protest in Sochi; report about closure of hazardous facility at "Electrozink" Factory in Vladikavkaz; explosion of a bus in Yerevan; deprivation of Sagid Murtazaliev of a mandate of Dagestani MP, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of April 25-May 1, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
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22:21, 30 April 2016
An explosion of an artillery shell occurred within a private household in the village of Djepel, Magaramkent District of Dagestan. Four people were injured, one – a five-year-old child – died.
13:27, 30 April 2016
Relatives of Ariskhan Movsarov, a conscript from Chechnya, who took his military service in the brigade deployed in Maikop, the capital of Adygea, cannot establish his whereabouts for more than two weeks. Movsarov had no conflicts with his fellow-servicemen; and the command of the unit would not report why he is absent at his place of service, relatives assert.
06:37, 30 April 2016
The judgement in the case of Ilgar Mamedov, the leader of the civil movement "Republican Alternative" (ReAl), is politically motivated and linked to his criticism of Azerbaijani authorities, said Thorbjorn Jagland, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
03:54, 30 April 2016
About 100 employees of the Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) "Aviaagregat" held a rally in one of the factory shops demanding to release the detained Director General Gayirbek Gamzatov, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
18:41, 29 April 2016
The decision on hospitalization of the Armenian philanthropist Levon Airapetyan, whose health condition has deteriorated in prison, was taken after the intervention into the situation of the newly appointed Russian Ombudsperson Tatiana Moskalkova.
18:31, 29 April 2016
Today, the Sheki Court of Appeal has upheld the conviction handed down by the first instance court to Ilgar Mamedov, the leader of the civil movement "Republican Alternative" (ReAl), and Tofiq Yagublu, the deputy chairman of the "Musavat" Party.
16:45, 29 April 2016
Today, having confessed of murdering the Avetisyan family in Gyumri, a Russian military Valery Permyakov refused to tell the court whether he had acted alone or not. Permyakov has also stated that he "does not consider himself a mentally ill person."
12:32, 29 April 2016
According to the motion filed by Zhanna Nemtsova to the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), in the case of the murder of politician Boris Nemtsov, investigators should question acting Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, Senator Suleiman Geremeev, Adam Delimkhanov, a State Duma deputy, and seven other persons.
07:00, 29 April 2016
The decision of the Astrakhan court to refuse conditional early relief (CER) for Khaiser Djemilev can be explained by the political position of his father Mustafa Djemilev, one of the leaders of the Crimean Tatar movement. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by advocate Nikolai Polozov.
02:18, 29 April 2016
At the Baku SIZO (pre-trial prison) No. 1, where Talekh Bagirzade, the leader of the movement "Muslim Unity", is being kept in custody, his advocate Elchin Sadygov was demanded to present a written permission from the Prosecutor's Office for a meeting with his client. The advocate has treated the request as a violation of the law.