Defence disagrees with verdict to teens in Tbilisi July 01, 2018 11:04 The advocates of the teenagers convicted in the case of killing schoolboys in Tbilisi have appealed against the judgement.
Nagorno-Karabakh counts 150 shelling episodes from Azerbaijan during a week June 30, 2018 21:44 On June 24-30, militaries of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces fired about 1500 rounds, thus, violating the truce in the conflict zone, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh has stated.
Desecration of Buddha statue in Elista turns into verdict to two Dagestanis June 30, 2018 21:36 A resident of Dagestan has been convicted for inciting hatred towards Kalmyks in the context of the case of Said Osmanov, who was found guilty in Elista of desecrating the statue of Buddha.
Chechen teachers treat optional study of mother tongue as unacceptable June 30, 2018 18:50 The adoption of the bill now being considered by the State Duma poses a threat of extinction to languages of Russia's small nations, including Chechens, the teachers and scientists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe. Shamsail Saraliev, a State Duma MP, has recalled his signature from the list of authors of the bill.
Mutsolgov told how his search was held June 30, 2018 18:47 Magomed Mutsolgov, an Ingush rights defender and a blogger of the "Caucasian Knot", said that the law enforcers in masks, who searched his house and the office of his human rights organization "Mashr", behaved correctly.
Azerbaijan states machine-gun fire from Armenian side June 30, 2018 13:18 During the last 24 hours, Armenian militaries violated the ceasefire regime for 86 times on the troops contact line by using large-calibre machine guns, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.
Relatives of Armenian ex-president Serzh Sargsyan suspected of illegal enrichment June 30, 2018 13:02 Levon Sargsyan, a brother of the former president of Armenia, while being Armenia's ambassador at large, failed to declare his large-scale bank deposits, the State Revenue Committee of Armenia has stated.
Scientists of Caucasus explain Senator Kanokov's criticism of law on mother tongues June 30, 2018 10:11 The statement of Arsen Kanokov, the Senator (member of the Russia's Federation Council) from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), against the law on mother tongues (native or national languages) became a sort of a challenge to other members of North-Caucasian elites, experts said.
Law enforcers break into rights defender's house in Ingushetia June 30, 2018 10:09 Law enforcers have broken into the house of Magomed Mutsolgov, the head of the Ingush human rights organization "Mashr", a blogger of the "Caucasian Knot".
First hearing of Titiev's case scheduled for July 3 June 30, 2018 08:20 A preliminary hearing of the case of Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", will be held behind closed doors. Titiev complained about informational isolation at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) – he fails to receive all the letters addressed to him; and they do not allow him to have a wireless or a TV set in his cell.
Teen driving Mercedes knocks down three pedestrians in Khasavyurt June 30, 2018 08:18 In the city of Khasavyurt, Dagestan, a fifteen-year-old teenager, driving an off-road Mercedes car, knocked down two pedestrians to death, another person was hospitalized.
PACE MPs condemn repressions against oppositionists in Azerbaijan June 29, 2018 23:37 Azerbaijan neglects its obligations to the Council of Europe (CoE), political persecutions and imprisonments are widespread in the country. This is said in the statement signed by 21 PACE MPs.
Worker dies in sand quarry in Georgia June 29, 2018 23:36 A tractor driver got buried under sand and stones in a quarry in Chiatura District of Georgia; he died on the spot, the police have reported.
Dagestan residents fight back their detained fellow villager from law enforcers June 29, 2018 17:10 A video about how residents of the Khasavyurt village of Andiyskoye forced law enforcers to release their detained fellow villager caused a resonance in the network. Commentators supported the actions of the people who protested against the detention without presenting documents.
Two detained border Georgian guards returned by Russia June 29, 2018 17:06 Two officers of the Georgian Border Police, detained at the Dagestan section of the Russian border, have been released, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported.
Film by director from Nalchik presented at Karlovy Vary Film Festival June 29, 2018 15:18 The film "Deep Rivers" by Vladimir Bitokov, a film director from Nalchik, will be screened in the programme "To the East of the West" at the festival that opens in Karlovy Vary today.
Five people injured by explosion at fuelling station in Chechnya June 29, 2018 15:15 One of the five people injured in the explosion at a car fuelling station in the Shelkovskaya District of Chechnya was hospitalized, the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) has reported.
Kuban residents criticize Kadyrov's project of Transcaucasian HSR June 29, 2018 10:59 Residents of Kuban need no high-speed railway (HSR) from Chechnya to Krasnodar; and it is unacceptable to cover the expenses for its construction from the budget against the background of plans on the retirement age growth. This opinion was voiced by residents of the Krasnodar Territory interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
French authorities change Kerimov's status to a witness June 29, 2018 10:59 In France, the criminal case against Suleiman Kerimov, a Senator from Dagestan, accused of violating the procedures to purchase real estate objects, is not closed, but he is granted the status of a witness, the Prosecutor's Office reports.
Georgia: Saakashvili sentenced to six years in jail June 29, 2018 08:25 The Tbilisi City Court has found Mikhail Saakashvili, the third president of Georgia, guilty of beating up the MP Valery Gelashvili in 2005, and sentenced him in absentia to six years in prison.