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22:59, 2 May 2016
The list of 45 nominees has included Elena Grebenyuk, a journalist from Astrakhan, a correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot", Tuapse ecologist Evgeny Vitishko, Krasnodar activist Darya Polyudova, and Polina Zherbetsova, a writer, a political refugee from Chechnya.
22:27, 2 May 2016
Elita Magomadova, a native of Chechnya, managed to enforce the court judgement on the return of her child to her, which her ex-husband had taken away after the divorce. The rights defenders, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", have treated the fact of the return of the child as contrary to the established traditions and the inefficient Russian legal system.
17:51, 2 May 2016
Journalist Seimour Khazi, who is serving his prison sentence in Azerbaijan, has become one of the winners of the annual Gerd Bucerius Prize "Free Press of Eastern Europe 2016", awarded by the German "Zeit-Stiftung" Foundation and the Norwegian "Free Speech" Foundation.
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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06:57, 2 May 2016
All regions of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) held rallies on the occasion of the Spring and Labour Day. Participants of the rallies spoke for the decrease in food prices, the fight against unemployment, and the increase of salaries and pensions.
01:04, 1 May 2016
Policemen of the Sharoy ROVD (District Interior Division) have detained two residents of the village of Kenkhi in order to obtain information on the whereabouts of Ramazan Djalaldinov, said Vasily Polonsky, a correspondent of the "Dozhd" (Rain) TV Company.
23:40, 30 April 2016
The detention of Magomed Akhmedov was reported today by the "Chernovik" (Draft) weekly. According to the paper, the reason was that he had driven Vasily Polonsky, a journalist of the "Dozhd" (Rain) TV Company, to the village of Kenkhi for making a report about Ramazan Djalaldinov's appeal to Vladimir Putin.
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.
09:48, 30 April 2016
The employees of the Shali ROVD (District Interior Division) have handed over to Elita Magomadova, a native of Chechnya, her seven-year son, who was since 2013 in the family of her ex-husband.
15:20, 29 April 2016
A forced participation in the subbotniks (free of charge work on weekends), held on the eve of May holidays, was reported by residents of Grozny, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
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.
18:19, 27 April 2016
Zhanna, the daughter of Boris Nemtsov, has addressed the investigating authorities asking them to resume the inquiry into the murder of the politician and to issue formal charges to law enforcement officer Ruslan Geremeev.
12:38, 25 April 2016
According to Andrei Podelyshev, Consul General of Russia in Istanbul, the Russian mission received no official documents, mentioning the name of Makharbi Isaev, a native of Chechnya, and no information reporting his detention in Istanbul.