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Meeting of forced migrants with Evkurov, December 2017. Photo: press service of Ingushetia head http://www.ingushetia.ru

20:27, 15 February 2018

Dzortova refutes Evkurov's statement about migrants' picket in Moscow

Forced migrants from Chechnya did not picket the State Duma building in Moscow, but met with an MP from Ingushetia, said Madina Dzortova, a migrant, whom Evkurov declared to be the organizer of the picket.

At the place of incident. Still picture of 'Kuban News' video footage, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kigqr4LC21g

19:18, 15 February 2018

A snowboarder injured at "Roza Khutor" resort

In Sochi, a pine fell on a ski slope and injured a tourist. The young woman was hospitalized with fractures, rescuers reported.

Zagidat Abakarova. Photo is provided by Idris Yusupov for the Caucasian Knot.

16:33, 15 February 2018

Zagidat Abakarova released in courtroom

Zagidat Abakarova, a resident of Dagestan, sentenced today after her voluntary return from Syria, has persuaded the court to postpone her imprisonment for 13 years.

Law enforcers during CTO. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/v-ingushetii-v-hode-kto-neytralizovany-dvoe.html

15:08, 15 February 2018

Militant killed in special operation in Dagestan

Today, after a shootout that broke out in the Untsukul District of Dagestan, law enforcers killed a militant, who had been involved in terrorism, the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) has reported.

Trusov District of Astrakhan, Traffic police car is parked near pre-election billboard of Vladimir Putin. Photo by provided by Alena Sadovskaya to the Caucasian Knot.

14:24, 15 February 2018

Vladimir Putin's pre-election billboards guarded: Astrakhan residents report

On February 12, a video appeared in the group "Typical Astrakhan" in the social network "VKontakte". Its author reported that billboards with the image of Vladimir Putin in Astrakhan were guarded by law enforcers. "A poster reads: 'Strong Russia, strong president,' and given the poverty around, it looks like a mockery," the author wrote.

12:33, 15 February 2018

Zagidat Abakarova sentenced to eight years in colony

Today, a Makhachkala court has sentenced Zagidat Abakarova, a resident of Dagestan, detained after her voluntary return from Syria, to imprisonment.

Abdusamad Gamidov during detention. Photo: 'Novoye delo' 'Detention of member of Dagestani govt' https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=Lm-n6HmJatA

09:27, 15 February 2018

Petitions in support of Gamidov and Yusufov gain more than 1600 votes

A petition calling to release Abdusamad Gamidov, the chair of the Dagestani government, gained 908 signatures for a week. For the same period, 766 signatures were left under a petition in support of Rayudin Yusufov, Deputy of Abdusamad Gamidov.

"A Colonel of the Dagestani MIA celebrates a holiday at the workplace". Still picture of video posted at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGOh7zNKKXs

08:59, 15 February 2018

MIA starts investigation into a video with police officers' dances in Dagestan

A video showing police officers who arranged a feast and dancing at their office appeared on the Internet. The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Dagestan started an official investigation.

04:09, 15 February 2018

In Austria, Court finds two immigrants from Chechnya guilty of plotting a terror act

The Vienna Court (Landesgericht für Strafsachen Wien) has recognized three men, two of whom are natives of Chechnya, guilty of creating an IS* unit and plotting an attack on policemen.

Evkurov meets forced migrants, Karabulak, July 2, 2014. Screenshot of the Caucasian Knot video

01:05, 15 February 2018

Migrants' picket in Moscow evokes Evkurov's anger

Today, a group of forced migrants from Chechnya has held a picket outside the State Duma in Moscow, complaining about Ingush officials because of problems with obtaining housing. The head of Ingushetia, Yunus-Bek Evkurov, accused the picketers of trying to "swing the situation", saying that Ingush authorities are trying to solve their problems.

00:44, 15 February 2018

Israel refuses to officially recognize Armenian Genocide

The Israeli parliament has rejected the legislative initiative of the MP, who offered to recognize the Armenian Genocide and reminded about the Holocaust.

Nubarashen Prison. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the Caucasian Knot.

18:45, 14 February 2018

Yerevan residents achieve repair of prison sewage

The protests of Yerevan townspeople and the action of the "Apricot Country" Party in the Council of Elders have forced the city bosses to start repairing the sewage system of the Nubarashen Prison.

Vladimir Vasiliev and Artyom Zdunov, Makhachkala, February 14, 2018. Photo: press service of Dagestani leadership

18:05, 14 February 2018

Vasiliev approves reduction of Dagestani Govt

Today, Vladimir Vasiliev has supported the proposal of Artyom Zdunov, the Prime Minister of Dagestan, to reduce the republic's government.

Central Election Commission of Azerbaijan. Photo: © Sputnik / Murad Orujov https://ru.sputnik.az/azerbaijan/20180206/413931732/cik-prezidentskie-vibori-data.html

17:00, 14 February 2018

Azerbaijani CEC approves nomination of five presidential candidates

Today, the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Azerbaijan has approved nomination of the incumbent President Ilham Aliev, Fuad Aliev, the Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party, and three self-nominees as presidential candidates.

European Court of Human Rights. Photo: REUTERS/Vincent Kessler

15:47, 14 February 2018

ECtHR asks Russian authorities about two persons missing in Chechnya

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has asked Russia to investigate the disappearance of Khusein Badurgov and Khadizhat Elimkhanova in Chechnya in 2012 and 2013, the Committee against Torture (CAT) has stated today.

Alexei Navalny. Screenshot of video investigation by Navalny's Anti-Corruption Fund

12:42, 14 February 2018

Navalny's inquiry into oligarch's and official's links with prostitutes sent to Kuban court

Lawyers of the Alexei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Fund (ACF) have appealed against the decision of the Ust-Labinsk District Court to block the ACF's anti-corruption investigation, telling about an influential official spending his holiday on a yacht with an oligarch and prostitutes.

Varketili metro station, Tbilisi. Photo: © Sputnik / Denis Aslanov
https://sputnik-georgia.ru/Tbilisi/20180131/239128012/remont-vsex-stancij-tbilisskogo-metro-vremenno-priostanovili.html

12:11, 14 February 2018

Tbilisi Mayor demands dismissals after metro accident

The repair of the Varketili metro station before the ceiling collapsed there was carried out with violations, Kakha Kaladze, the Tbilisi Mayor has stated, suggesting firing the employees, who had accepted the project.

Ibragim Kazibekov, Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing of Dagestan. Screenshot of video posted by ‘Dagestan’ TV company YouTube channel.

04:43, 14 February 2018

ICRF: man accused of kidnapping Minister in Dagestan concludes a plea bargain

In Dagestan, investigators have completed an investigation into the criminal case against Zalkip Aliskantov, a 39-year-old resident of the Tlaratin District. According to the investigators, he was one of the accomplices in the kidnapping of Ibragim Kazibekov, Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing.

Talekh Bagirzade. Screenshot of video posted at YouTube Taleh Bagirzade Channel

02:40, 14 February 2018

Talekh Bagirzade sentenced to five months in prison for keeping memory cards in his cell

Talekh Bagirzade, the leader of the "Muslim Unity" movement, who is serving his 20-year term for the riots in Nardaran, was sentenced to additional five months on charges of keeping prohibited items in his prison cell.

Participant of a march on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Karabakh liberation movement, Nagorno-Karabakh, February 13, 2018. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot.

01:50, 14 February 2018

More than 15,000 people take part in a march in Stepanakert

In Stepanakert, activists organize a march and a rally on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Karabakh liberation movement.

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