Pavel Grib's arrest extended by six months November 07, 2018 21:45 The North-Caucasian District Military Court has extended, until April 24, 2019, the custody of Pavel Grib, a citizen of Ukraine, accused of inclining people to commit a terror act.
Afghan Mukhtarly states violation of his right to correspondence in colony November 07, 2018 21:27 Colony bosses refuse to send Afghan Mukhtarly's letter to the Azerbaijani Minister of Justice; in the letter he asks to allow him to communicate with relatives via Skype, Afghan's wife has stated.
Chechen resident suspected of links with Syrian militants November 07, 2018 17:18 A resident of the Itum-Kale District of Chechnya is participating in warfare in Syria on militants' side, law enforcers have suggested.
Militaries report demining road in Chechnya November 07, 2018 17:04 While inspecting a road in the Achkhoi-Martan District, sappers found and destroyed several dozens of explosive objects, the Chechen Military Commandant's Office (MCO) has informed.
Armenian investigators treat soldier's death as suicide November 07, 2018 15:12 After the death of Private Aristakes Azatyan in one of the central units of the Defence Army, investigators opened a case on bringing to suicide, the Investigating Committee (IC) of Armenia has stated.
Wife of IBA's former head arrested in London November 07, 2018 15:01 Zamira Gadjieva, the wife of Djakhangir Gadjiev, the former head of the International Bank of Azerbaijan (IBA), has been placed in a detention facility in London. She is charged with money embezzlement.
Opponents of LGBT forum hold protest in Yerevan November 07, 2018 14:53 A protest action against the Forum of LGBT-Christians of Eastern Europe and Central Asia was held in Yerevan. Valery Osipyan, the head of the Armenian Police, said that this forum will not take place in Armenia because of security risks.
Azerbaijan counts 24 shelling attacks in conflict zone November 07, 2018 12:59 On November 6-7, positions of the Azerbaijani Army were shelled in two villages, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.
Practice of apologies to Kadyrov still relevant for Chechnya November 07, 2018 12:50 The Chechen leadership has failed to spread the practice of public apologies to Ramzan Kadyrov over Ingushetia; however, inside Chechnya, this practice remains efficient; and the authorities are not going to abandon it, the political analysts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", believe.
Court releases Delimkhanov's guards from punishment November 07, 2018 01:05 A Moscow court has re-qualified the charge to Said Akhmaev and Lechi Bolatbaev, the guards of Adam Delimkhanov, a State Duma MP, from extortion into arbitrariness and freed them from punishment.
Idea of memorial in Khaibakh points to inconsistency of Chechen memory policy November 07, 2018 00:57 Ramzan Kadyrov has ordered to erect a memorial complex in the place of the former village of Khaibakh in the Galanchozh District of Chechnya, where several hundred locals were killed during the deportation of Chechens. The construction of a memorial in non-inhabited area after the demolition of the monument to deportation victims in Grozny is illogical, residents of Grozny believe.
Families of perished Azerbaijani soldiers demand compensation from authorities November 06, 2018 21:57 Participants of a march held in Baku have expressed their dissatisfaction with the fact that officials had refused to pay compensations for deaths of their relatives during the Karabakh conflict.
Armenia: political analyst Arkady Vardanyan released by amnesty November 06, 2018 21:49 Today, Arkady Vardanyan, a political analyst, sentenced to 10 years in prison, has been released from the Vardashen Prison.
A conscript soldier killed in Nagorno-Karabakh November 06, 2018 19:27 Today, soldier Aristakes Azatyan has got a fatal gunshot wound under unclear circumstances, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh reports.
Participant of "Million Mask March" released from prison under amnesty November 06, 2018 19:16 Shant Arutyunyan, the leader of the "Tsegakron" Party, who was serving his sentence in the case on the "Marsh of Million Masks", was released from prison after the amnesty announced in Armenia.
Chechen authorities announce settlement of region bordering Ingushetia November 06, 2018 19:06 On November 5, at a field meeting in the Galanchozh District, Ramzan Kadyrov announced that within a year of the Galanchozh District, the municipality would carry out large-scale work to restore infrastructure and construct social and tourist facilities. The Galanchozh District will be fully electrified and gasified.
Azerbaijan claims shelling of its positions in two villages November 06, 2018 14:28 Over the past 24 hours, the positions of the Azerbaijani forces were shelled 25 times, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reported.
SC approves verdict to participants of attack on soldiers in Chechnya November 06, 2018 14:18 The Supreme Court (SC) of the Russian Federation has dismissed complaints about the verdict to Yusuf Krymshamkhalov and Adam Dekkushev, natives of Karachay-Cherkessia, earlier found by the court in Chechnya guilty of shelling 15 Russian soldiers in Chechnya in 1999.
Anniversary of Karachay deportation recalls problem of rehabilitation of repressed peoples November 06, 2018 10:58 Rehabilitation of Karachays deported 75 years ago to Central Asia and Kazakhstan did not provoke territorial conflicts, but it remained morally unfinished. Russia has not yet given a legal assessment of the Stalin's repressions against peoples, historians believe.
"Georgian Dream" accuses its opponents of cooperation with Russian political technologists November 06, 2018 10:47 On November 5, on the "Imedi" TV Channel, Bidzina Ivanishvili, the leader of the "Georgian Dream" Party, addressed residents of Georgia. In his address, he focused on Grigol Vashadze, a candidate from the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party, reports the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, who translated the politician's statement.