Analytics

In January 2018, at least four persons were killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Lene Wetteland, an adviser of the Norwegian Helsinki Committee, who has been working in Armenia since March 2008, told in her interview to the "Caucasian Knot" why Armenian citizens managed to achieve Serzh Sargsyan's resignation; how Nikol Pashinyan's position is estimated now; and what should be expected from the "Republicans".

In 2017, most regions of the NCFD, with the exception of Dagestan and Kabardino-Balkaria, registered an increase in the number of victims to the armed conflict, especially among the civilian population. In Chechnya and Ingushetia, the number of victims among law enforcers also increased. This is especially noticeable against amid the general trend towards a decrease in the number of wounded and killed people, as indicated by the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" over the past eight years. The alarming statistics concerning the victims to the armed conflict in 2017 calls into question the effectiveness of an exclusively forceful fight against terrorism.

In 2017, as compared to 2016, the number of victims to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus decreased by 39%, from 287 to 175 people. The number of armed incidents and the number of bombings also decreased, but the number of civilian casualties significantly increased by 63%. To a greater extent, the above can be explained by the events in Chechnya, which for the first time in many years moved Dagestan to the second place in the number of victims. Last year, out of all the regions in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), Chechnya registered the highest number of killed and wounded.

In 2017, in Ingushetia, at least 24 people fell victim to the armed conflict. Of them 11 were killed and 123 others were wounded. In comparison with 2016, the total number of victims increased by 26%, and among law enforcers by six times. The number of armed incidents doubled, but the number of terror act decreased by 75%. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

In 2017, in the Stavropol Territory, at least six persons were killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. The figure coincides with the number of victims for 2016, when there were also 6 of them. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

In 2017, at least 55 people fell victim to the armed conflict in Dagestan. The main losses were suffered by militants again, like in 2016. Over the year, the number of victims among law enforcers and civilians has drastically reduced. The total number of victims compared with 2016 decreased by 73%. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

In 2017, in Chechnya, at least 50 people fell victims to the armed conflict. According to the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta", other 25 civilians were executed without trial. Thus, in the past year, according to the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" and the data of the "Novaya Gazeta", in total, in Chechnya, 75 victims fell victim to the armed. In comparison with 2016, the total number of victims increased by 74%.

In 2017, in Karachay-Cherkessia, at least 5 people fell victims to the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. All of them were killed. In 2017, the situation worsened as compared to 2016, when no victims were registered. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

In 2017, in North Ossetia, nine people fell victim to the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Meanwhile, in 2016 and 2015, no victims to the armed conflict were registered in the republic, and no increase in the number of victims was registered over the past seven years. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Last year, in the territory of Kabardino-Balkaria, one person fell victim of the ongoing armed conflict: he was killed. The number of victims fell by 93% as compared to 2016, when the number of killed and wounded people had amounted to 15. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

During the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2017, at least 42 people fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of them, 28 were killed, and at least 14 were wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

In the period from October 1 to December 31, 2017, in Chechnya, at least five persons fell victim to the armed conflict. Of them two persons were killed and three others were wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

In the period from October 1 to December 31, 2017, in the territory of Kabardino-Balkaria, at least one person fell victim to the armed conflict: he was killed. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

In December 2017, at least 15 people were killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

In October, November and December 2017, in the Stavropol Territory, at least four people were killed in the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

In the period from October 1 to December 31, 2017, five people were killed in the armed conflict in Karachay-Cherkessia. No wounded were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.