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21:11, 10 April 2018

Defence of Yulduz Alieva disagrees with the verdict

Today, Anastasia Shilikhina, a resident of the Volgograd Region and Yulduz Alieva, a native of Dagestan, have been sentenced to five and six years of imprisonment respectively on charges of financing Syrian militants.

Participants of the rally protest against nomination of the former Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan for the post of Prime Minister, Yerevan, April 9, 2018. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the Caucasian Knot.

19:49, 10 April 2018

Serzh Sargsyan's opponents march in Yerevan

Today, about 30 people have marched along streets of Yerevan protesting against the nomination of the former Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan for the post of Prime Minister.

Pre-election agitation banners in Baku, April 2018. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot.

19:00, 10 April 2018

Meydan TV: Azerbaijani students complain about pressure before voting

Students of the Azerbaijan Academy of Labour and Social Relations are threatened with problems at the exams if they do not come to the Academy on the voting day. The Meydan TV has reported today, referring to the Academy' spokeswoman that students should vote at their alma mater.

Agitation banners in Baku streets. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot

17:58, 10 April 2018

Sluggish pre-election campaign confirms absence of alternative at Azerbaijani election

The agitation campaign before the early presidential election in Azerbaijan was dull and inconspicuous, the authorities gave up active propaganda, so as not to draw unnecessary attention to the factual absence of rivalry, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have confirmed.

Suleiman Kerimov (left) and Leonid Mikhelson. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer, Общественное достояние https://ru.wikipedia.org

17:20, 10 April 2018

Forbes estimates Mikhelson's and Kerimov's losses from US sanctions as $1.64 billion

Leonid Mikhelson, a businessman and a native of Kaspiysk, and Suleiman Kerimov, a senator from Dagestan, lost more than 1,6 billion US dollars as a result of the US sanctions imposed on Russia on April 6, the Forbes has estimated.

Agitation banners in Baku streets, April 9, 2018. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot

15:10, 10 April 2018

Azerbaijan announces "Day of Silence" on the eve of presidential election

In Azerbaijan, today, any agitation for the presidential election is prohibited starting from 8:00 a.m. The voting will take place on April 11.

Meeting of the National Antiterrorist Committee, http://nac.gov.ru/nak-prinimaet-resheniya/v-moskve-proshlo-zasedanie-nacionalnogo-11.html

12:38, 10 April 2018

FSB reports prevention of a terror act in Ingushetia

Today, at a meeting of the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC), FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov has reported that in Ingushetia, the special services prevented a terror act at a polling station on the day of presidential election.

Khabib Nurmagomedov. Screenshot from video posted by Nurmagomed Astarkhanov https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=7&v=sYxrL2p-O9o

08:35, 10 April 2018

About 2000 people come to meet Khabib Nurmagomedov at Makhachkala airport

On April 9, Khabib Nurmagomedov, who won the UFC Light Heavyweight Title, arrived in Dagestan. At the Makhachkala airport, the athlete was greeted by relatives, friends, fans and representatives of the Dagestani authorities.

Rainbow flags. Photo: https://www.svoboda.org/a/28496059.html

06:37, 10 April 2018

LGBT activists mark anniversary of persecution of gays in Chechnya

On the anniversary of persecution of gays in Chechnya, activists have installed a memorial sign near the permanent representative office of Chechnya in Moscow.

00:47, 10 April 2018

Soldier dies in Nagorno-Karabakh

A soldier Narek Arutyunyan was killed by a shot from the Azerbaijani side, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh has stated.

Installation at the rally which demanded to prevent Serzh Sargsyan from taking the post of Prime Minister, Yerevan. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the Caucasian Knot.

00:25, 10 April 2018

Sargsyan's opponents announce daily protest actions

Everyday protests against the preservation of power in the hands of Serzh Sargsyan will be held in all Yerevan districts until the election of the Prime Minister by the MPs on April 17, oppositionists have announced.

Rally in Freedom Square in Yerevan with a demand to prevent Serzh Sargsyan from taking the post of Prime Minister. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the Caucasian Knot.

21:41, 9 April 2018

Serzh Sargsyan's nomination for Premier announced amid protest rally in Yerevan

Today, about 500 people gathered in Freedom Square in Yerevan with a demand to prevent Serzh Sargsyan from taking the post of Prime Minister. The acting head of the Armenian government has confirmed today that Serzh Sargsyan will be nominated to the post of the Premiere.

20:08, 9 April 2018

Advisor to IS leader from Pankisi declared killed in Iraq

Abu-Walid Al-Shishani, who had been treated by Iraqi mass media as the "right hand" of the leader of the "Islamic State", a terrorist organization, banned in Russian by the court, was killed by the Iraqi armed forces in the north of the country. Abu-Walid Al-Shishani, or Murad Margoshvili, was a native of the Pankisi Gorge; his relatives have not yet received information about his death.

Salman Sever (Maxim Baidak). Photo by user Soyuz Chesti, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnVnQo3Uuho

18:54, 9 April 2018

Russian political migrant Salman Sever asks for asylum in Armenia

After a meeting with an officer of the Yerevan Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Maxim Baidak, a Muslim activist, blogger and political analyst, also known as Salman Sever, asked for asylum in Armenia.

Ilgar Mamedov. Photo: Sedevr1 https://ru.sputnik.az

17:30, 9 April 2018

ReAl announces creation of political party in Azerbaijan

Members of the movement "Republican Alternative" (ReAl) held a constituent congress of the same political party and elected Ilgar Mamedov to be its leader.

Yunus-Bek Evkurov. Photo: © Sputnik / Mikhail Voskresensky https://sputnik-ossetia.ru/news/20170928/4943469.html

14:54, 9 April 2018

Ingush leader reports elimination of terrorism despite increase in number of victims

Today, Yunus-Bek Evkurov has announced that Ingushetia has managed to eliminate the hotbeds of extremism. However, according to the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot", in 2017, the number of victims to the conflict in the republic increased by more than a quarter.

Inauguration of Armen Sargsyan. Photo: press service of Armenian parliament

12:36, 9 April 2018

New president of Armenia takes office

The ceremony of Armen Sargsyan's inauguration took place at a special session of the Parliament held at the Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concert Complex in Yerevan. About 1300 guests attended the oath ceremony.

African beaten in Tbilisi street. Screenshot from video: http://rustavi2.ge/ka/news/101108

10:16, 9 April 2018

Georgian MIA launches inquiry into Africans' beating

The video, shown today by the "Rustavi-2" TV Company, recorded how a group of black young people who was playing football on a sports ground, was attacked by several men who used sticks to beat the black people.

09:30, 9 April 2018

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of April 2-8, 2018

Celebration of Easter by Orthodox believers in Southern Russia; second anniversary of the aggravation of the Karabakh conflict; collapse at a mine in Georgia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of April 2-8, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Special operation. Photo: NAC press service, http://nac.gov.ru/antiterroristicheskie-ucheniya/v-irkutskom-gosudarstvennom-muzykalnom-teatre.html

07:20, 9 April 2018

On April 2-8, 2018, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

During the week of April 2-8, 2018, no one fell victim to the 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.

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