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23:27, 14 January 2015
The Chechen authorities have made a decision to split the territory of the republic into three sectors and appoint in each of the sectors a top-ranking official in charge for the fight against militants.
18:57, 14 January 2015
Unidentified persons have attacked the office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in Gudermes and assaulted its staff members with eggs. This was reported by Oleg Orlov, a member of the board of the HRC "Memorial".
22:24, 13 January 2015
The importance of preservation of monuments of history and architecture was stated by the regional leaders of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) who visited Derbent with the Russian presidential envoy to the NCFD at the background of the acts of vandalism, committed on January 8, 9 and 11; however, the agenda of the visit, according to information from official sources, did not assume the visiting of the sites of vandalism.
18:55, 12 January 2015
In the explanatory memorandum to the bill posted on the website of the Russian State Duma, Chechen MPs note the need to strengthen responsibilities of terrorist "not only for him or herself, but first and foremost for their parents and relatives."
12:05, 12 January 2015
During the week from January 5 to January 11, 2015, at least five persons suffered from the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus; of them, three persons were killed and two 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.
10:45, 12 January 2015
In Grozny, the school No. 20 affected during the militants' attack on the city on December 4, 2014, has resumed classes in the restored building.
09:00, 12 January 2015
Accidents caused by bad winter weather in Southern Russia and countries of Southern Caucasus; Orthodox believers celebrate Christmas; rallies in Armenia and Georgia in memory of victims of terror attacks in Paris; resumption of broadcasting of Radio Liberty in Azerbaijan; terror act in Istanbul, committed by a suspected native of Northern Caucasus; start of trial in the United States of terror act in Boston against a native of Chechnya Johar Tsarnaev, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of January 5-11, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
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13:28, 11 January 2015
In Northern Caucasus, muted reaction of Muslims to the terror act in Paris, anti-Islamic rhetoric, and in general to the problem of publication of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad can be explained by their fatigue over the conflict in their region.
13:15, 10 January 2015
On January 9, the day of restoration of the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (ASSR), abolished after the deportation of Chechens and Ingushes in 1944, residents of Chechnya commemorated victims of Stalin's deportation.
23:59, 9 January 2015
On the occasion of the Orthodox Christmas, the Chechen capital organized a "Christmas Tree" festivity for children of Orthodox families.
20:26, 9 January 2015
Today, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has accused Alexei Venediktov, the editor-in-chief of the "Echo Moskvy" Radio, of intent to insult Muslims, and said that "there are those who will bring Venediktov to account."
11:30, 9 January 2015
Today, a source from the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs has informed the "Caucasian Knot" that Diana Ramazova, suspected of committing a terror act in Istanbul, is not among the recipients of foreign passports issued in Chechnya. According to power agents, Diana Ramazova "has nothing to do with Chechnya."
22:19, 8 January 2015
The calls of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former head of the Yukos oil company, to publish Prophet Muhammad Cartoons in response to the terror attack at the editorial board of the French satirical weekly "Charlie Hebdo", make him an enemy of all Muslims, the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov said today.
16:57, 8 January 2015
The explosion at a police station in Istanbul was triggered by a citizen of Russia Diana Ramazova, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Turkey has reported. Two policemen were wounded; later one of them died; Ramazova also perished.
01:56, 7 January 2015
Reduction in the number of victims of the North-Caucasian conflict was caused by the outflow of militants to other warfare zones; this trend will change after the return of combatants from Syria, the rights defenders and experts questioned by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.