Preacher shot dead in Dagestan January 07, 2018 01:01 Saigidakhmed Magomedov, a resident of the village of Mutsalaul, Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, was shot dead on January 6 at his house.
Parishioners of the Armenian Apostolic Church celebrate Christmas and Epiphany January 06, 2018 19:15 Residents of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh have celebrated Christmas today. All the churches have held Holy Liturgies and water consecration ceremonies in honour of the Epiphany.
Ten families receive compensations after fire in Batumi hotel January 06, 2018 18:10 The bosses of the "Leogrand" Hotel have paid compensations to relatives of ten residents of Georgia, who perished in the fire, an advocate of the hotel owner has stated.
High-ranking law enforcer found shot dead in Nalchik January 06, 2018 17:08 The body of Ruslan Mezhgikhov, Deputy Head of the Investigating Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Kabardino-Balkaria, was found in his study in the evening on January 5.
Northern Caucasus starts collecting signatures for Vladimir Putin's self-nomination January 06, 2018 14:12 Grozny and Vladikavkaz have opened points for collection of signatures in support of Vladimir Putin at the presidential election in Russia.
Father of wounded man: MIA fails to act after shooting in Khasavyurt January 06, 2018 13:32 People in masks wounded Idris Idrisov, a resident of Khasavyurt, from a traumatic pistol. However, no investigation is underway, since law enforcers are familiar with the attackers. This was claimed by advocate Magomed Idrisov, a victim's father.
Nagorno-Karabakh reports soldier's death January 06, 2018 12:44 Last night, Mger Ziroyan, a contract serviceman, got poisoned with carbon monoxide (CO) and died, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh has stated.
In Georgia, number of foreign tourists increased in 2017 by almost 28% January 06, 2018 02:31 The number of foreign tourists, who visited Georgia, has increased by 764,000 in comparison with 2016.
Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili alarmed over sentence to Mikhail Saakashvili January 06, 2018 00:53 Today, after the verdict, pronounced against his predecessor, Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili has noted that the presidential right to pardon prisoners was used for political persecution of Mikhail Saakashvili.
Police exclude arson of Rostov-on-Don district January 06, 2018 00:21 Investigators failed to find any proofs of arson as the reason of the fire that occurred in August 2017 in central Rostov-on-Don, the spokesman of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has stated.
Policemen detain 10 people near the Salafi mosque in Makhachkala January 05, 2018 23:40 All those detained after the Friday prayer were released after the check, the spokesman of the Dagestani MIA has stated.
CEC refuses to register Aina Gamzatova as presidential candidate January 05, 2018 20:32 Today, the Russia's Central Election Commission (CEC) has refused to register a group of voters who have nominated Aina Gamzatova, referring to a lack of documents, the RIA "Novosti" reports.
Body of man killed in CTO thrown in Chechen village's square January 05, 2018 19:49 A video has appeared on the Internet, showing, according to social network users, the body of Khamzat Baimuradov, a Chechen resident, who was killed at an attempt to detain him, and whose body was brought to the village square.
Court would not let Mukhtarly to his relatives' funeral January 05, 2018 15:51 The journalist Afghan Mukhtarly, who is in custody in Azerbaijan, could not take part in the funeral of his relatives that took place on January 1. Today, the court refused to release him temporarily for the funeral feast, his advocate has stated.
Mikhail Saakashvili treats his guilty verdict in Georgia as illegal January 05, 2018 13:46 Former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili believes the decision of the Tbilisi City Court, which sentenced him to three years of imprisonment for abuse of power, contradicts international norms and common sense.
Russian residents demand to find attackers on Andrei Rudomakha January 05, 2018 13:30 For a day, in Krasnodar, more than 1000 people signed a petition with the demand to heads of investigating bodies and the Kuban Governor to take control over the investigation into the an attack on ecologist Andrei Rudomakha.
Georgia sentences Mikhail Saakashvili to three years of imprisonment January 05, 2018 10:43 The Georgian Court has found former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili guilty of abuse of power when pardoning the persons sentenced in the case on murder of businessman Sandro Girgvliani.
Ministry aims to introduce combined tourist card for all resorts of Northern Caucasus January 05, 2018 10:40 The Ministry for Northern Caucasus Affairs is engaged in development of a combined tourist card to allow tourists to visit at once several resorts of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD). This has been reported today by Odes Baisultanov, First Deputy Minister for Northern Caucasus Affairs.
Mortar bomb defused in Adygea January 05, 2018 07:37 In Adygea, a resident of the Kirov farm yard located in the Tashekhabl District found a bomb of World War II (WWII), the National Guard of Russia reported.
SFD in 2017: protests, large-scale fires and resonant trials January 05, 2018 04:05 The regions of the Southern Federal District (SFD) will remember the year of 2017 by numerous protest actions, large-scale fires in the Rostov and Volgograd Regions, launch of a railway to bypass Ukraine, verdicts in cases of resonant crimes, and attacks on law enforcers. The "Caucasian Knot" has summed up the results of 2017 in six regions of Southern Russia.