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Participant of a protest rally in Tbilisi, June 22, 2019. Photo: REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze images of the DAY

14:51, 25 June 2019

Concessions of "Georgian Dream" fail to satisfy protesters

Protesters found the resignation of Irakli Kobakhidze, the Speaker of the Georgian Parliament that followed after the dispersal of the June 2 action, to be inadequate. The protesters' demands to dismiss the Interior Minister Giorgi Gakhariya, change in the parliamentary electoral system, release all the detained activists and punish the involved law enforcers remain unfulfilled.

One of Khachaturyan sisters. Screenshot from video posted by Russia 24 at http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=0kBtelW7K2s

14:37, 25 June 2019

Armenian rights defenders support Khachaturyan sisters

Armenian activists have joined the international solidarity action in support of Khachaturyan sisters, accused of killing their father. The public should not remain indifferent to manifestations of domestic violence, the participants of the action in Yerevan have stated.

Detention. Photo: NAC press service, http://nac.gov.ru/terrorizmu-net/presechena-deyatelnost-zakonspirirovannoy-yacheyki.html

11:05, 25 June 2019

Military experts state militants activation in Northern Caucasus

The incident in Grozny and the shootout in Dagestan are not directly interrelated, but evidence to some militants' revitalization in Northern Caucasus, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

Protesters and policemen during rally in Tbilisi on June 21, 2019. Screenshot from the Caucasian Knot video, https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/videos/5433

10:50, 25 June 2019

Action at Georgian Parliament ended in live chain

In Tbilisi, the protesters demanding resignation of Giorgi Gakhariya, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), formed a live chain around the building of the parliament.

00:57, 25 June 2019

Evkurov's decision to resign inspires residents of Ingushetia

Residents of Ingushetia have welcomed the news of the possible resignation of the head of the republic with fireworks and car horns.

Martin Kochesoko. Photo: Alexander Shalov, https://vk.com/shaloff http://shaloff.com

00:39, 25 June 2019

Martin Kochesoko tells court about planted drugs

Martin Kochesoko, an activist, has stated at the Supreme Court (SC) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) that law enforcers beat him up and planted drugs on him, forcing him to confess to drug dealing in the presence of witnesses.

Yunus-Bek Evkurov. Photo: https://ru.wikipedia.org

21:53, 24 June 2019

Head of Ingushetia announces his resignation

Yunus-Bek Evkurov has asked President Putin to dismiss him from his post of the head of Ingushetia before term.

Alkhazur Barzaev, a resident of Chechnya, publicly repudiates his son. Screenshot from video posted at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zySZPAe0_cM

21:42, 24 June 2019

Father of killed Chechen resident damns him for attacking policemen

Alkhazur Barzaev, a resident of Chechnya, has publicly repudiated his son, who was killed in the attack on policemen in Grozny. The casualty's relatives have also damned him on the air of the Chechen television.

Dispersal of protest rally in Tbilisi, June 21, 2019. Photo: REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze

21:31, 24 June 2019

"Georgian Dream" states fulfilment of protesters' second demand

Bidzina Ivanishvili, the leader of the ruling "Georgian Dream-Democratic Movement" Party, has announced the initiative to switchover to the proportional system of parliamentary elections in 2020.

Dispersal of rally at the Parliament building in Tbilisi, June 21, 2019. Photo: REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze

18:27, 24 June 2019

Investigation launched into dispersal of protest in Tbilisi

A criminal case has been instituted on abuse of power during the dispersal of the rally in front of the parliament building, and the Chief Prosecutor's Office of Georgia has promised to punish policemen even for minor offenses.

Law enforcers in Grozny. Photo: REUTERS Eduard Korniyenko

18:17, 24 June 2019

IS* claims responsibility for attack on law enforcers in Grozny

Two law enforcers were injured in an attack on the police in the Leninsky District of Grozny, the police reported. The "Islamic State", a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court, claimed that a local resident killed in a shootout was its militant.

Workers cleaning the territory in front of the Parliament after rally held in Tbilisi on June 22. Photo by Beslan Kmuzov for the Caucasian Knot

18:08, 24 June 2019

Activists start hunger strike in centre of Tbilisi

Today, in Tbilisi, several activists have set up tents in Rustaveli Avenue and announced the beginning of their hunger strike.

17:34, 24 June 2019

Infographics.Statistics of victims in Northern Caucasus in May 2019 under the data of the Caucasian Knot

15:31, 24 June 2019

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of June 17-23, 2019

Mass protests in Tbilisi and Russia's ban on flights to Georgia; release of Chechen human rights defender Oyub Titiev; sentence of a law enforcer in the case on the murder of a Kabardino-Balkarian resident; armed incidents in Dagestan and Chechnya; protest actions in connection with the arrest of a Dagestani journalist, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of June 17-23, 2019, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Mothers of the detained Islam Barzukaev and Gasan Kurbanov hold protest action in Derbent demanding to release their sons. Photo: Rabadan Zeinab for the Caucasian Knot

14:51, 24 June 2019

Relatives of detained Derbent residents go on hunger strike

Today, the mothers of the detained Islam Barzukaev and Gasan Kurbanov began a protest rally in Derbent, demanding to release their sons, a Kurbanov's female relative has informed.

Special forces agent. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/v-nazrani-v-hode-kto-neytralizovany-dvoe-0.html

14:39, 24 June 2019

On June 17-23, at least five people perished in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

During the week from June 17 to June 23, 2019, in the course of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, at least five people died, whereas no information was received about the wounded ones. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Tourists from Moscow Region in Tbilisi. Photo by Beslan Kmuzon for the Caucasian Knot

14:26, 24 June 2019

Russian tourists feel safe in Georgia

The tourists from Moscow interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" told that they felt safe in Georgia and mourned about aggravated Russian-Georgian relations.

Participants of the rally "Society Demands Justice" in Moscow declare their support for Abdulmumin Gadjiev. Photo by Magomed Tuayev for the Caucasian Knot

11:18, 24 June 2019

Moscow: rally in support of political prisoners was almost 4000 strong

On June 23, 3900 people took part in the rally "Society Demands Justice", held in Moscow as part of the All-Russian action. The rally declared support for the arrested Dagestani journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev and the Circassian activist Martin Kochesoko.

Special operation. Photo: National Antiterrorism Committee of Russia, http://nac.gov.ru

11:06, 24 June 2019

Attack on policemen in Grozny was second this year in Chechnya

The attack on a DPS (road-and-patrol service) unit, committed in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, in which one policeman and two attackers were killed, was the second since the start of 2019 in the republic.

10:50, 24 June 2019

Georgian cinemas reject Russian-language films

Films with translation into Russian have been stopped in Georgian movie theatres; all films are screened in Georgian or English, the Tbilisi Cinema Association has announced. The restart of screening films in Russian is still open.

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