NKR authorities report growth of foreign tourists December 14, 2017 04:43 The number of foreign tourists who have visited the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) in 2017 went up by 40% against 2016, making over 20,000.
Scandal with Comedy Woman reveals trend for youth's copying Kadyrov's style of baiting December 14, 2017 00:56 The practice of public apologies that has spread in Russia has nothing to do with Caucasian and Islamic traditions, rights defenders Tatiana Lokshina and Vadim Mukhanov have stated. According to their version, young people of the Caucasus are using it because of the Chechen authorities' impunity for humiliating residents of the region.
Businessman Pavel Ardzinba shot dead in Abkhazia December 13, 2017 19:39 Pavel Ardzinba, suspected of an assassination attempt on the former Abkhazian President Alexander Ankvab, was killed assassinated in the Sukhumi-Psou Highway. His acquaintance Dmitry Khagba was shot dead together with him, the Abkhaz Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported.
A man wounded in centre of Tbilisi December 13, 2017 18:51 The man was hospitalized after a shootout in the centre of the capital of Georgia.
"Akhmat" FC fined for supporting football players through loudspeakers December 13, 2017 18:05 The Grozny "Akhmat" FC has been fined for use of loudspeakers during a football match between its team and the team of the "Zenith" FC, reported Arthur Grigoryanets, the chairman of the Control and Disciplinary Committee of the Russian Football Union.
Saakashvili refuses to participate in trials in Georgia December 13, 2017 17:06 Mikhail Saakashvili has stated he will not take part in the trials against him in Georgia and rejected his advocates, David Kakoishvili, one of them, said today.
In Chechnya, five persons injured in gas explosion December 13, 2017 16:22 In Chechnya, two women and three children were hospitalized after a gas explosion which occurred in a private house in the Gudermes District.
Stavropol residents treat special operation held in their city as exceptional December 13, 2017 16:10 The special operation was held in a quiet area near the city centre and became a surprise, reported interviewed experts and residents of Stavropol. City residents noted that the counterterrorist operation (CTO) legal regime did not provoked them to fear.
Law to struggle family violence adopted in Armenia December 13, 2017 14:47 At a meeting of the Armenian Parliament, 75 out of 95 MPs voted for adoption of the law to struggle family violence.
A defendants' friend explains attack on Ryazantsev by his work for "Caucasian Knot" December 13, 2017 02:45 At trial, a friend of defendants has confirmed that one of the reasons for the attack on Vladislav Ryazantsev in Rostov-on-Don was in his activities as the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent where critical publications about "Russian nationalists" were posted. According to the testimony of the witness, the beating of the journalist was planned.
A Dagestani woman reports about her second child left in Syria December 13, 2017 00:33 Victoria Budaikhanova, a native of Dagestan, detained after her return to Russia with a child, has left her second child in Syria .This was reported by her advocate Sapiyat Magomedova.
Scandal with "TNT" TV Channel let practice of public apologies beyond Chechnya December 13, 2017 00:13 Producers of the "Comedy Woman" show hurried up to bring apologies for a joke about an Ingush woman from escort service, and the blocking for the office of the "TNT" TV Channel with a demand to apologize proves that the Kremlin lost the monopoly on violence, claimed Russian journalists and rights defenders.
Relatives report torture of Dagestani resident in Krasnodar December 12, 2017 22:23 In Krasnodar, law enforcers have kidnapped Mikail Mataev, a resident of Khasavyurt, forced him to slander himself, and then arrested him for 15 days, his father Abdulvagab Mataev has reported.
Six Azerbaijani IDPs to get compensation from Armenia December 12, 2017 18:09 The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has pronounced a decision to pay 73,649 US dollars to the complainants in the case "Chyragov and Others vs. Armenia", who lost their housing during the Karabakh conflict.
Azerbaijan calmly accepts Trump's statement about Jerusalem December 12, 2017 17:27 The absence of mass protests in Azerbaijan after the US has recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel is connected with the policy of Baku, forced to manoeuvre between the Muslim world and the arms supply partnership. This opinion was expressed by political analysts and journalists questioned by the "Caucasian Knot".
Armenian soldier blown up on a mine December 12, 2017 15:43 Soldier Arthur Danielyan blew himself up on a mine while being on duty at the border. This was reported by Artsrun Ovannisyan, the spokesman for the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD).
A 100-kilogram aerial bomb defused in Grozny December 12, 2017 14:07 In the capital of Chechnya, experts have defused an unexploded bomb, which had been lying underground for more than 20 years, the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) reported.
Soldiers and officers return to Dagestan from Syria December 12, 2017 12:42 The personnel of the military police battalion of the Southern Military District, engaged in performing tasks in Syria, arrived in the airport of Makhachkala, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) reported.
Soldier dies in Nagorno-Karabakh December 12, 2017 12:41 Soldier Narek Adibekyan got a fatal wound, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh reported.
Chechen law enforcers refuse to stop searching for singer Aza Bataeva December 12, 2017 10:48 Pop singer Aza Bataeva was left in the wanted list on suspicion of involvement in Syrian armed formations, since information about her death reported by the singer's relatives had not been confirmed. This was reported by a source of the "Caucasian Knot" from the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).