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22:10, 31 January 2012
On January 30, over 50 persons gathered in Akhmad Kadyrov Avenue in Grozny with a demand to have their salary debts paid.
23:00, 30 January 2012
Summit of presidents of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia in Sochi on Karabakh settlement; presentation in Moscow of the Human Rights Watch report on human rights violations; end of inquiry into terror act in "Domodedovo" Airport; decision of the Russian Supreme Court on Sviridov's murder in Moscow; adaptation commission for militants set up in Kabardino-Balkaria, - look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of January 23-29, 2012, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
22:00, 30 January 2012
Defence of Sergey Arakcheev, ex-officer of internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), who was sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment in a colony for murdering three Chechen residents in January 2003, asks the General Prosecutor's Office to reopen the case, since new reasons for its reconsideration have appeared.
22:20, 27 January 2012
Islam Satuev, Vice-President of the Swiss Football Club "Xamax" from the city of Neuchatel, was detained in Switzerland in the evening on January 26.
22:00, 27 January 2012
The Central Election Commission (CEC) of the Chechen Republic has received almost 618,000 special stamps for ballot papers to be used at the upcoming Russian presidential election.
23:20, 26 January 2012
The Chechen Republic' leader Ramzan Kadyrov will not challenge the decision of the Khamovniki Court of Moscow to close the criminal case against Oleg Orlov, the head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial". This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Andrei Krasnenkov, the Kadyrov's lawyer.
21:30, 26 January 2012
For more than two years, photojournalists Olga Kravets, Maria Morina and Oksana Yushko have been making photos of the capital of Chechnya; their works are forming the multimedia project "Grozny: Nine Cities". To have the project finished, a fundraising campaign was launched on the Internet.
23:50, 25 January 2012
The mitigation of sentences to those guilty of murdering Yuri Volkov adopted by the Russian Supreme Court will not lead to mass protests, said Mikhail Remizov, President of the National Strategy Institute. Fans of the "Spartak" FC also believe that shortening of the terms would not cause any broad social response.
22:50, 25 January 2012
Residents of the township of Voikova, Oktiabrskiy District of Grozny, report about forced eviction and demolition of their houses. According to the city authorities, this is caused by the large-scale reconstruction undertaken in the township.
22:10, 25 January 2012
Polina Zherebtsova, the author of the diary about the war in Chechnya, published in autumn 2011, asked for political asylum in Finland and intends to sue Russia.
22:30, 24 January 2012
On January 23, the Chechen capital of Grozny hosted another protest action of the builders, who worked for Turkish Construction Companies "Penta" and "Bora Inshaat".
22:00, 24 January 2012
At least eight humans were lost and three others wounded over the past week, that is, on January 16-22, in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
23:00, 23 January 2012
Hackers' attacks on websites of Azerbaijan state agencies; resignation of Anatoly Brovko, Governor of Volgograd Region; termination of criminal case against human rights defender Oleg Orlov accused of slandering Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov; first nominations for re-election of President of South Ossetia; start of election campaign for Abkhazian parliament; investigation into deaths of several babies at the Republic's Hospital in Nalchik, - look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of January 16-22, 2012, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
21:40, 23 January 2012
As reported by Musa Khadisov, the advocate of the Magmadovs, today he has submitted a cassation complaint to the Russia's Supreme Court against the verdict of guilty passed by the Moscow Regional Court in relation to Apti Magmadov and Aishat Magmadova. On January 18, Aishat was set free.
20:00, 23 January 2012
The police of Dubai withdrew the order for international search of Deputy Adam Delimkhanov. Information about him was removed from the respective database of Interpol.