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15:10, 24 September 2014
The decision of the Moscow City Court (MCC) to award Nikita Tikhonov, convicted to life imprisonment for killing the lawyer Markelov, with additional 18 years in prison on charges of creating the extremist community known as BORN will be appealed against, said his advocate.
13:49, 24 September 2014
Nikita Tikhonov, convicted to life imprisonment for the murder of lawyer Stanislav Markelov, was found guilty of organizing an extremist community, six murders and two attempted murders and sentenced to 18 years in prison additionally.
20:53, 23 September 2014
The International Investment Forum in Sochi has presented projects in construction and industry, foodstuff production and tourism, which were submitted by the regions of the Southern and North-Caucasian Federal Districts (SFD and NCFD). Ingushetia and the Krasnodar Territory were leaders by the number of signed contracts.
- Adygea
- Astrakhan Region
- Chechnya
- Dagestan
- Ingushetia
- Kabardino-Balkaria
- Kalmykia
- Karachay-Cherkessia
- Krasnodar Territory
- North Caucasus
- North Ossetia-Alania
- North-Caucasian Federal District
- Rostov Region
- Russia
- South Federal District
- Stavropol Region
- Volgograd Region
- Economics
- Politics
- Society
- Tourism
11:55, 22 September 2014
During the week of September 15-21, 2014, at least two persons were killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. One person was wounded. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
11:27, 22 September 2014
On Monday, at the Moscow City Court, Nikita Tikhonov, a murderer of advocate Stanislav Markelov, charged with the creation of the extremist community "Combat Organization of Russian Nationalists" (CORN), has given up his final speech.
10:05, 22 September 2014
On September 21, Chechnya celebrated the Day of Chechen Woman. The holiday was introduced by the authorities in 2009. The festivities were held under enhanced security measures.
09:00, 22 September 2014
Summing up the results of the elections held on September 14 in the regions of Southern Russia; Investment Forum in Sochi, attended by representatives of 37 foreign countries and 74 regions of Russia; uphold of verdict of guilty against Said Amirov pronounced by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation; attack on reporters of the Moscow BBC Office in Astrakhan; departure of the first group of pilgrims from Southern Russia to Hajj; early termination of the visit to Azerbaijan of the mission of the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of September 15-21, 2014, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
09:56, 20 September 2014
The case against Marina Baisultanova, a resident of Grozny, accused of severe beating of her stepdaughter, after which the girl fell into a coma, is sent to the court. Marina Baisultanova also faces charges of beating the older sister of the victim.
14:55, 19 September 2014
On September 14, in Chechnya, observers from the Association "Golos" (Vote) were not removed from polling stations, as it was allegedly prescribed by the Russian Central Election Commission (CEC) in the document, a photocopy of which was posted in the Internet, the Republic's Prosecutor's Office said today.
07:02, 19 September 2014
500 young men from Chechnya are expected to be called to military service in the Russian Army. The Chechen authorities do not rule out that the number of recruits will grow over the years.
04:15, 19 September 2014
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a native of Chechnya, suspected of involvement in the terror act in Boston, is to appear at the trial, the prosecutor has states. The victims of the terror act supported the request of the Prosecutor's Office.
15:37, 18 September 2014
The European Court of Human Rights has pronounced its decision in the case of "Makaeva vs. Russia". In Russia, the case was investigated by Natalia Estemirova and Akhmed Gisaev, employees of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial". Aima Makaeva, a resident of Grozny, the applicant in the case, filed a complaint about kidnapping of her son Apti Zainalov by law enforcers. The ECtHR has found out that the kidnappers were state agents. Furthermore, the ECtHR has found violations of the applicant's rights and awarded the mother of the kidnapped man a compensation of 60,000 euros.
15:12, 18 September 2014
Today, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has pronounced the decision in the case of the disappearance of 16 residents of Chechnya in 2001-2006. The ECtHR has found Russia guilty of human rights violations and obliged the country to pay more than one million euros of compensation to 43 applicants residing in Chechnya.
11:20, 18 September 2014
In central Grozny, law enforcers drove a young woman dressed in Muslim clothing away to some unknown place. Eyewitnesses of the incident are not aware of her further fate. They believe the young woman was kidnapped. Officials from the law enforcement bodies refused to comment on the information.
19:01, 17 September 2014
In August 2014, at least 31 people fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus; of whom 21 people died and 10 were wounded. These are the results of calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.