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08:57, 13 June 2013
As stated by the local Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), Ramzan Abdrakhmanov, 20, a resident of the Urus-Martan District of Chechnya, will stand trial for his public calls to terror acts. The police say that this is the first case in Chechnya, when a person will face justice for committing such a crime.
11:41, 12 June 2013
According to experts, the special operation of detaining in a Moscow house of worship of natives of Northern Caucasus republics and Azerbaijan was conducted by the police with obvious violations, which can lead to radicalization of Muslims.
08:50, 8 June 2013
In Chechnya, the Prosecutor's Office is seeking to recognize the website named "Ministry of Truth of the Russian Federation" as extremist, in connection with the publication of the audio and video materials put by the Russian Ministry of Justice into the list of extremist materials.
09:21, 6 June 2013
The officials of the administration of the Chechen capital are conducting raids aimed to reveal abandoned land plots. The plots whose owners do not take care of them shall be withdrawn, said a source from the Mayoralty in Grozny. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed by the source that this work is active since June 3.
23:45, 4 June 2013
The advocates who work in the regions of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) are facing active opposition of power and investigating bodies. This is stated in the report of the Amnesty International (AI) entitled "Face to face with injustice: threats and pressure on lawyers in Northern Caucasus".
19:05, 3 June 2013
Russian school graduates start taking their USEs, during which a number of violations were fixed in South of Russia; Makhachkala Mayor detained on suspicion of organizing a murder in Dagestan; Georgia protests against Russia's demarcation actions on the border with South Ossetia; establishment of the oppositional National Council of Democratic Forces of Azerbaijan prior to the upcoming presidential election; women's hunger strike demanding more places in kindergartens of Volgograd, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of May 27-June 2, 2013, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
15:16, 3 June 2013
The data on terrorist activity in Russia in 2012, published in the annual report of the US State Department, are essentially diverging from the data conducted by the "Caucasian Knot" on the basis of its own materials and information from open sources. The report of US State Department contains information about 182 terror attacks committed in Russia in 2012. Meanwhile, the statistics on the North Caucasus compiled by the "Caucasian Knot" shows a significantly lower figure.
14:15, 3 June 2013
The father of Ibragim Todashev, who was killed during interrogation by FBI agents, received a USA visa, said Kheda Saratova, an activist of the Information Centre "Objective". On June 1, he flew to the USA to take the body of his son.
22:10, 30 May 2013
Ibragim Todashev, a native of Chechnya and an acquaintance of Tamerlan and Johar Tsarnaev, suspects of committing the Boston terror act, who was shot dead by an FBI agent during an interrogation in Florida, was not armed, The Washington Post writes.
21:00, 30 May 2013
Johar Tsarnaev, a suspect of committing the Boston terror act, who was wounded at detention, has recovered his voice recovered; and he already had a six-minute phone conversation with his mother Zubeydat Tsarnaeva.
18:00, 29 May 2013
In the USA, a sister of Tamerlan and Johar Tsarnaev suspected of committing terror acts in Boston, is charged of possession of drugs and intention to sell them. On May 28, a court session was held on her case, at which she refused to plead guilty, the US media report.
22:10, 28 May 2013
If Ramzan Kadyrov were the football referee, who had beaten in Grozny the football player from Perm, he could kill the football player. This was told by the Chechen leader himself at the meeting with journalists. Bloggers and commentators believe that such statements not only fall under the provisions of the Criminal Code, but they also indicate the global crisis in the vertical power of the Russian Federation.
20:00, 28 May 2013
On May 22, Beslan Baidulaev, a resident of Grozny, born in 1977, disappeared without leaving a trace. According to his relatives' story, in 2009, Beslan Baidulaev was convicted on charges of aiding and abetting militants, and after he had served his sentence, he led a peaceful life. This was reported today by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".