All news

The memorial service for the deceased six-month-old baby Sergey Avetisyan was held today in the Gyumri Church of Saint Nshan.

French law enforcers have detained five natives of Chechnya on suspicion of preparing terror acts, Yvon Calvet, the prosecutor of the French city of Béziers has reported today.

The Moscow police detained several persons, who tried to interfere with the sanctioned march, organized by the "Committee of January 19” on the anniversary of the murder of Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova, rights defenders report.

Darya Polyudova, a participant of the action "For Federalization of Kuban", is to stay at SIZO (pre-trial prison) until February 28. This decision was made by the Oktyabrsky District Court of Krasnodar after it had considered the issue on the extension of the activist's arrest.

A native of North Ossetia detained in Vienna has been identified as Aslan Gagiev, the leader of the criminal grouping responsible for about 40 murders. This was reported by the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF). Aslan Gagiev is to be extradited to Russia.

The trial in the case against soldier Valery Permyakov, accused of murdering the Avetisyan family in Gyumri, will be held in the territory of Armenia; however, it will be held by the Military Court of Russia, an official from the Armenian government reports.

In Armenia, local experts explain national protest moods against the murder of the Avetisyan family in Gyumri by improper actions of the authorities. At present, people are waiting that the authorities are to fulfill the promises they have made.

The Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) for the Iraf District of North Ossetia fails to fulfill the court's decision on parole of Akhsar Tseboev, a resident of North Ossetia, sentenced to conditional punishment for public calls inciting hatred on grounds of nationality.

In Moscow, the number of persons detained during the march in memory of murdered advocate Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova, a journalist of the "Novaya Gazeta", has increased up to 10 people, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reports.

Today, the actions of lighting candles in memory of the deceased infant Sergey Avetisyan were held in the central Vardanants Square in Gyumri and at the house of the assassinated Avetisyan family, said Vahan Tumasyan, the head of the NGO "Shirak Centre".

Eyewitnesses and participants of the rally against caricatures on Prophet Muhammad in Grozny have reported contradictory data on the number of people, who came to the action. Internet users have also doubted the statement of the Chechen authorities that the action was attended by more than a million.

In Moscow, on the day of the murder of the lawyer Stanislav Markelov and the journalist of "Novaya Gazeta" Anastasia Baburova, in the course of the commemoration action, which was sanctioned by the Mayoralty, five persons were detained.

Today, additional law enforcers, including riot police units, have been brought to Gyumri. Police posts in the area of the Russia's Consulate General and the 102nd military base have been reinforced.

Sergey Avetisyan, the six-month-old wounded survival in the attack on his family in Gyumri, has died, said Armenia's Ministry of Public Health.

This morning Grozny has hosted a mass action "We love Muhammad", initiated by Chechen clergy. Most of the participants spoke in support of the rall demands. However, among those, who gathered near the mosque in central Grozny, there were people who said that the event was "voluntary-compulsory" for them.

A man from the native village of Gasan Magomedov, a football player of the "Anji-2" FC, has been detained on suspicion of killing the athlete. This was reported by a source in the law enforcement agencies of Dagestan. According to the source, investigators consider the version that the criminal intended to kill another man.

During the week from January 12 to January 18, 2015, at least three persons perished in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus; no information about wounded was reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

The member of the illegal armed formation (IAF), who was shot dead yesterday in the counterterrorist operation (CTO) in Nalchik, was identified as a local resident Alikhan Tochiev, said a law enforcement source of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR).

Within the investigation into the murder of the Avetisyan family in Gyumri their relatives and neighbours have been questioned, as well as colleagues of the soldier Valery Permyakov, who is accused of the crime, said Sona Truzyan, the adviser to the head of the Investigating Committee of Armenia.

The man, killed today in a shootout in the vicinity of the village of Verkhnestepnoe, has been identified by his relatives as Tamirlan Makhmutov, the missing villager from Kayasul, Neftekumsk District of the Stavropol Territory.