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13:10, 19 August 2015
A petition that urges Russian authorities and State Duma MPs and Senators of the Federation Council from the KBR "to stop illegal killings and persecutions" of Caucasian residents during counterterrorist operations (CTOs) has collected 887 signatures. The authors of the petition call "to return Northern Caucasus into the legal field."
12:59, 19 August 2015
The guilt of the film director Oleg Sentsov and the ecologist Alexander Kolchenko from Ukraine in the case on arsons in the Crimea has been completely proved, said the prosecutor during the debates at the North-Caucasian District Military Court. He asked to sentence Sentsov to 23, and Kolchenko to 12 years in a high security colony.
11:39, 19 August 2015
The CTO regime, introduced in the Suleiman Stalsky, Tabasaran and Khiv Districts of Dagestan, covers 2000 square kilometres, inhabited by 129,000 people. This year, these three districts have already caught the attention of power agents in the context of the shootout near the village of Akka and detection of bomb-making laboratories in the village of Orta-Stal.
07:32, 19 August 2015
Khadija Ismayilova, a journalist of Radio Liberty in Azerbaijan has attempted to disqualify the entire court that is considering her case; however, her motion was left unconsidered. Ismayilova treats the charges against her as absurd. In the course of the session, the court has rejected all the petitions, put forward by her and her defence.
20:56, 18 August 2015
Zhabrail Shugushev, a villager of Dugulubgei (Dygulybgey), whose whereabouts his relatives tried to establish since August 15, was arrested by the court until 14 September.
20:40, 18 August 2015
Today, the legal regime of counterterrorist operation (CTO), introduced in the Untsukul District of Dagestan, was cancelled.
18:53, 18 August 2015
Officials of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) hope to pick up the trail of the criminals while inspecting the car abandoned by alleged killers of the district policeman Shamil Abdurakhmanov.
11:06, 18 August 2015
One of the men shot and killed on August 16 in the Untsukul District of Dagestan during the counterterrorist operation (CTO) has been pre-identified as Magomed Abdulaev, the leader of the mountainous sector of the organization "Imarat Kavkaz". This was reported by the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).
10:39, 18 August 2015
After the elimination of Magomed Suleimanov, the leader of the "Imarat Kavkaz" recognized in Russia as a terrorist organization, the militants can resume the practice of terror acts against civilians in Northern Caucasus. This fear has been expressed by residents of Dagestan interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".
06:29, 18 August 2015
The Russian side has chosen a selective approach to the preparation of the materials of the criminal case concerning the massacre of the family in Gyumri which were sent to the Armenian counterpart. This was reported by advocate Lusine Saakyan at the press conference held on August 17.
05:06, 18 August 2015
In Boston, the trial in the case against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev who was sentenced to death penalty for organizing the terror act during the marathon could not be impartial. This has been stated by his advocates. They have filed a motion for holding a new trial in another city.
20:59, 17 August 2015
Victoria and Maxim Tonkikh believe that the guardianship bodies of Novorossiysk had no reasons to take away their baby, who died on August 12 in hospital, and his three-year-old sister. The parents assert that the baby was dropped down at hospital.
15:50, 17 August 2015
As reported today by the advocate Lusine Sahakyan, her colleagues, who represent the interests of successors of the victims of Gyumri massacre – the Avetisyan family, demand a psychological and psychiatric examination of Valery Permyakov.
12:57, 17 August 2015
During the week of August 10-16, 2015, at least seven persons suffered in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of them, six persons were killed, and one person 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.
12:48, 17 August 2015
In his initial testimony recorded by a video camera, Zaur Dadaev, the main defendant in the case of the Boris Nemtsov's murder, has mentioned the advance paid for the death of the politician. This has been reported today by the "Rosbalt" with reference to a source in the law enforcement bodies. The defence of Zaur Dadaev voiced scepticism about the information.