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23:00, 25 April 2011
Arkady Babchenko, a Russian journalist, the war correspondent of the "Novaya Gazeta" and a veteran of two Chechen wars, has addressed - via the Internet - to the Lithuanian Embassy demanding clarifications on why his telephone conversations with Egle Kusaite, accused of preparing a terror act in the territory of Russia, were added to the criminal case and are now used as proofs of Kusaite's pressure on the investigation. The journalist himself told about it to the "Caucasian Knot".
20:00, 25 April 2011
Orthodox believers in Chechnya have celebrated Easter. Over 500 former residents of the republic currently living in other regions came to celebrate the holiday.
18:30, 23 April 2011
The participants of the rally started today at 3:00 p.m. near Chistye Prudy metro station are protesting against allocation of budget funds for supporting North-Caucasian republics.
16:30, 23 April 2011
The documentary "Barzakh" telling about facts of torture and kidnappings in Chechnya, which was presented at film festivals in Lithuania, Switzerland and Spain, aims to tell the world about the situation in today's Chechnya, the Lithuanian film director Mantas Kvedaravichyus told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
23:40, 22 April 2011
During the week from April 11 to April 17, at least 17 persons were killed and at least 15 more were wounded in the glowing 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.
23:20, 22 April 2011
Respect for human rights and the rule of law in Northern Caucasus are prerequisites for ensuring peace and stability in the region, said Oleg Orlov, head of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial", at a press conference on human rights in Chechnya.
23:10, 22 April 2011
For celebrations of the Orthodox Easter, Chechnya expects arrival of plenty of its former residents. A special working group has been set up to cope with all the activities associated with this holiday.
23:10, 22 April 2011
On April 27, the Moscow Cultural Centre "Pokrovskie Vorota" will host a book presentation, written by Zoya Svetova, a Russian human rights activist, a publicist and journalist, about the trials of the scientist Igor Sutyagin, convicted as a spy, and of the Chechen woman Zara Murtazalieva, convicted for terrorism.
21:00, 22 April 2011
Fifteen people got injured as a result of a collision of three cars. It has been the biggest road accident in the republic during the past several months.
20:00, 22 April 2011
National Anti-Terrorist Committee reports that one of the people killed during a special operation in Chechnya was an Arab hireling, chief emissary of "al-Qaeda" under the alias "Moganned". The other killed person was identified as resident of Grozny by name of Sultygov.
22:10, 21 April 2011
Officials from the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) refute the data that residents of the Caucasus will not be drafted into the army. It also reported that the Chechen Republic has much more potential recruits to the army and military schools than required by the delivered quota.
22:00, 21 April 2011
The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed by the Lithuanian journalist Thomas Chivas, who is monitoring the trial, that at the Regional Court of Vilnius, Egle Kusaite, a citizen of Lithuania, accused of preparing a terror act in Russia, was arrested.
18:00, 21 April 2011
During the week from April, 4, to April, 10, no less than three people were killed and minimum seven wounded in the smouldering armed confrontation in Northern Caucasus. These are the totals of the calculation by "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
23:40, 20 April 2011
As stated by Massimo Bonfatti, head of the public volunteer association "World in Motion", at the conference held in Italy, it is necessary to convey to journalists and public figures from different countries the present realities of Northern Caucasus, to tell the truth about the wars in Chechnya; we need readiness of people from different parties to stop military confrontation; and it is also necessary to disclose the default information about the Beslan tragedy.
23:20, 20 April 2011
Residents of the city of Argun report that within the large-scale reconstruction and building of new objects the authorities intend to demolish part of the city cemetery. This causes hidden discontent among the people, although there were no open protest actions on this occasion in the city.