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19:35, 5 January 2015
In Boston, the court has started jury selection in the case against Johar Tsarnaev, a native of Chechnya, accused of committing a terror act during the Boston Marathon in April 2013. It has also been reported that defenders of Johar Tsarnaev failed to conclude a plea agreement with officials of the US Attorney General Office.
09:20, 5 January 2015
Long New Year holidays for residents of Russian Northern Caucasus and countries of Southern Caucasus; memorial actions of those killed in last year's terror acts in Volgograd committed on the eve of the New Year; special operation in Chechnya, in which two suspected militants were killed, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of December 29, 2014, to January 4, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
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- Terror acts in Moscow and Caucasus
03:45, 5 January 2015
During the week of December 29, 2014-January 4, 2015, at least six persons suffered in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of them, two persons were killed, and four others were wounded. These are the results of calculations made by the"Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
02:49, 5 January 2015
The Moscow City Court has dismissed a cassation appeal filed by lawyer Andrei Krasnenkov, who earlier represented the interests of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, against the publishing house "Kommersant". The cassation appeal was filed with regard to the publication on the hearing of the case against Oleg Orlov, the former Chairman of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", whom Ramzan Kadyrov accused of libel.
23:16, 4 January 2015
On January 5, the Ingush authorities are to start compiling preliminary lists of internally displaced persons (IDPs) to be granted apartments in one of four new houses in the village of Yandare of the Nazran District.
09:12, 3 January 2015
The city of Maikop, the capital of Adygea, has held a commemoration rally of victims of local conflicts. The rally, which was attended by combat veterans from Krasnodar, read out the names of the victims; and fired a salute in their honour.
10:29, 2 January 2015
Four law enforcers involved in the special operation on January 1 in the village of Mekenskaya were slightly wounded. According to Chechen authorities, they were wounded by grenade fragments.
05:23, 2 January 2015
The new tactics to combat the armed underground in Chechnya assumes a personal search of each wanted person by each individual official, said the press service of the head of the republic.
21:59, 1 January 2015
The members of the armed underground killed in the special operation conducted in the village of Mekenskaya, Naur District of Chechnya, had prepared a series of terror acts, said the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov.
16:57, 1 January 2015
The second person killed in the special operation conducted in the Chechen village of Mekenskaya was identified as Bashir Omarov. According to the republic’s law enforcement bodies, Omarov and one of the leaders of local militants Musa Zavgaev, also killed today in Mekenskaya, were natives of the same village.
15:16, 1 January 2015
Musa Zavgaev, known among militants as Emir of the Nadterechny and Naur Districts of Chechnya, and his accomplice were killed in a special operation, the republic’s authorities have reported. Both of them had links with the grouping involved in the attack on Grozny on December 4, 2014, says the Russia’s National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).
04:54, 1 January 2015
The unstable regions of Northern Caucasus, which have a high level of confrontation, may hope for more economic support, Natalia Zubarevich, an Associate Professor of the Higher School of Economics (HSE), said in her interview to the "Caucasian Knot".
03:41, 1 January 2015
In her interview to the "Caucasian Knot", Natalia Zubarevich, Associate Professor of the Higher School of Economics, an economist and geographer, expressed her opinion concerning the consequences of the arising economic crisis for the regions of Northern Caucasus and southern Russia. According to the expert, the period of turbulence will be long and affect not only Russia, but also countries of Southern Caucasus economically related to our country. However, unstable regions that "face hostilities" can count on the economic support of Moscow.
13:45, 31 December 2014
In early December 2014, eight residents of the Chechen Republic disappeared or were kidnapped. This was reported by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".
02:07, 31 December 2014
Grozny has opened the school No. 20. On December 4, the school building was damaged during the special operation to neutralize the militants, who were hiding in it.