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A militant who attacked the police officer in Grozny has sworn allegiance to the Islamic State banned in Russia. Screenshot of a video https://web.telegram.org/#/im?p=@directorate4

09:26, 24 March 2018

Political situation in Northern Caucasus strengthens sympathy for IS

The involvement of young Muslims in the ranks of terrorists is a consequence of the internal political conflict in Northern Caucasus and political discrimination of Muslims. No blocking of information resources will solve this problem, experts believe.

The Days of Russian Word in Nagorno-Karabakh. Meeting the guests. March 20, 2018. Photo by Albert Voskanyan http://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/blogs/929/posts/32349

05:05, 24 March 2018

Days of Russian Word held in Nagorno-Karabakh

Within the framework of the Days of Russian Word, under the motto "Russian without accent", the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has held contests, poetry parties and seminars for teachers.

Journalist Ayk Khalatyan. Photo by Rustam Djalilov for the "Caucasian Knot"

21:28, 23 March 2018

Scientists reveal reasons for radicalization of South-Caucasian youth

Young Georgian Muslims are leaving for war in Syria and Iraq because of social injustice and religious stereotypes, the participants of the forum in Moscow "Youth Against Extremism and Radicalism" told on March 22. The speech of an Azerbaijani presenter was interrupted by a squabble with an Armenian journalist.

A retired Colonel Volodya Avetisyan declared a sitdown strike with his supporters. March 21, 2018. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"

21:20, 23 March 2018

Yerevan: rally participants demand to seize power from Sargsyan

Armen Ovannisyan, an activist of the front named "For the Sake of State of Armenia", speaking to a rally held in Yerevan, called to fight for the removal of Serzh Sargsyan, who is intending to assume the post of prime minister, from power. The rally was about 150 people strong.

A session of the Georgian Parliament. Photo © Sputnik / Alexander Imedashvili https://sputnik-georgia.ru/politics/20180323/239786512/Deputaty-sochli-pereborom-50-zhenshhin-v-parlamente-Gruzii.html

20:03, 23 March 2018

Georgian Parliament completes constitutional reform

The reform of the Constitution of Georgia has culminated in the adoption of amendments thereto. They were supported by 115 MPs out of 150, that is, the parliamentary majority.

The border between Georgia and South Ossetia. Photo © Sputnik / Dzhulietta Kozaty https://sputnik-ossetia.ru/South_Ossetia/20150525/126276.html

19:19, 23 March 2018

Two residents of Georgia released in Tskhinvali

Authorities of South Ossetia have released David Gerkeuli and Ivane Gundishvili after they paid fines for breaking the border.

Coloured precipitation fell in the Krasnodar Territory. Sochi, March 23, 2018. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"

18:25, 23 March 2018

Residents of Southern Russia frightened by yellow snow and rain

Coloured precipitation fell today in Southern Russia, users of social networks and residents of Sochi have reported. A sandstorm in Africa and an accident at some factory were named among the versions of the strange natural phenomenon. However, meteorologists have assured that the precipitations that fell down in the Krasnodar the Stavropol Territories pose no threat to people.

The Kazan staircase in Rostov-on-Don. Photo http://rostov-gorod.ru/index/news/12849/688939/?sphrase_id=436673

07:36, 23 March 2018

In Rostov-on-Don, vandals damage staircase repaired for 2018 FIFA World Cup

The Kazan staircase, the repair of which for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, took from the budget 44 million roubles, is damaged by vandals, who torn away granite shells and lamps, reports the head of the Rostov-on-Don administration.

The building of the Georgian Parliament. Photo © Sputnik / Alexander Imedashvili https://sputnik-georgia.ru/politics/20180317/239696291/Venecianskaja-komissija-odobrila-popravki-v-Konstituciju-Georgia.html

03:33, 23 March 2018

Political analysts: Georgian "Otkhozoriya-Tatunashvili List" to toughen sanctions against Russia

A resolution of the Georgian Parliament on the creation of an "Otkhozoriya-Tatunashvili List", similar in its meaning to the "Magnitsky List", can get a support of the international community. This is to result in toughening of sanctions against Russia, Georgian political analysts report.

Voting at a polling station No. 207 in the Yablonovsky urban village. Adygea, March 18, 2018. Photo by Anna Gritsevich for the "Caucasian Knot"

00:13, 23 March 2018

"Golos" presents new data on violations in Southern Russia

In Dagestan and Karachay-Cherkessia, observers videoed much more violations at the presidential election than those in Chechnya, said Vitaly Averin, the coordinator of the "Golos" (Vote) movement in the regions of Southern Russia.

The body of Archil Tatunashvili is handed over to Georgia. Photo Sputnik/ Natalia Airiyan https://sputnik-georgia.ru/incidents/20180320/239740734/Telo-skonchavshegosja-v-Chinvali-Tatunashvili-peredali-vlastjam-Gruzii.html

19:50, 22 March 2018

Georgian authorities: citizen of our country was severely tortured in South Ossetia

Experts in Georgia have found traces of "cruel torture" on the body of Archil Tatunashvili, who died after being detained in South Ossetia, Sozar Subari, Minister for Displaced Persons' Matters, has stated. Georgia should sue Russia at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in connection with Tatunashvili's death, the Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili has added.

The border between Georgia and South Ossetia. Photo © Sputnik / Ada Bagian https://sputnik-ossetia.ru/South_Ossetia/20170511/4135095.html

17:53, 22 March 2018

Two residents of Georgia detained on border with South Ossetia

Russian border guards have detained two Georgian citizens in the villages through which the demarcation line passes, reports the Georgian State Security Service.

Dispersal of demonstrators in Yerevan in 2008. March 1, 2008. Photo: REUTERS/Hayk Badalyan/Photolure

15:29, 22 March 2018

Armenian authorities refuse to condemn brutal dispersal of protest after election

As a result of the clashes, 10 people were killed and more than 250 others were injured. Out of 73 participants in the Armenian Parliament's meeting, only 10 voted in favour of the draft statement condemning the killing of demonstrators in Yerevan in 2008. The authorities will not benefit from any investigation into those events. This opinion was voiced by experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. Photo by the press service of the Communist Party of Russia https://kprf.ru/activity/elections/136414.html

14:13, 22 March 2018

Details of attack on policeman in Grozny disclosed

In Grozny, a policeman was wounded after he had tried to verify an ID of a local resident, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports.

Military vehicles on the crossroad of streets during CTO. Photo http://nac.gov.ru/antiterroristicheskie-ucheniya/v-rostovskoy-oblasti-provedeny.html

09:26, 22 March 2018

Law enforcers disclose names of men killed in special operation in Chechnya

In the course of a special operation, Aslambek Aleroev, Khavazh-Bagauddin Kottoev and Akhmed Medov, natives of the Malgobek District of Ingushetia, as well as Dagestani native Nazim Taibov were killed in the Achkhoi-Martan District of Chechnya. This was reported by a source from the law enforcement bodies.

Military vehicles of the Azerbaijani army. Photo https://mod.gov.az/ru/foto-arhiv-045/?gid=21985

09:19, 22 March 2018

Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of shelling its forces in six villages

On March 21 and at night on March 22, the Armenian armed forces 98 times violated the ceasefire on the border and in the Karabakh conflict zone, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) reports.

The Georgian Parliament. Photo © Sputnik / Alexander Imedashvili https://sputnik-georgia.ru/politics/20180321/239756959/Gruzija-sozdaet-svoj-sankcionnyj-spisok.html

08:33, 22 March 2018

Georgia wants to use sanctions as punishment for crimes against citizens in Abkhazia and South Ossetia

On March 21, members of the Georgian Parliament adopted a resolution with the demand to introduce sanctions against persons accused of crimes against Georgian citizens in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The document was adopted in connection with the death of Georgia citizen Archil Tatunashvuili.

Celebration of the New Year in Adygea. Photo: Nadezhda Guseva, http://gorets-media.ru/v-adygee-otprazdnujut-novyj-god-po-mestnym-tradicijam

08:15, 22 March 2018

Circassian New Year fails to become a popular family holiday in Adygea

In the capital of Adygea, people celebrated the Circassian New Year with festivities on Square of Unity and Harmony. Some families celebrated the holiday from times when public institutions did not pay attention to it. However, the Circassian New Year did not become widely celebrated as a family holiday.

A mass brawl of the villagers of Chuni and Tsukhta. Screenshot of the video by the "Caucasian Knot" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn6Vihx4psc

00:24, 22 March 2018

Villagers name perpetrators of water conflict in Dagestan (+video)

Officials failed to settle the dispute over the water spring; and the residents of the village of Chuni intend to seek their village's exit from the Levashi District, Talkhat Khaibulaev, the head of Chuni, has stated. The authorities refused to admit their mistake made when delineating the territory; and villagers of Tsukhta intend to go to court, Abdulkhalik Abdulkhalikov, the head of the village, has stated.

Leaders of the "Elk" bloc Edmon Marukyan, Aram Sarkisyan and Nikol Pashinyan (from left to right) at pre-election march in Yerevan. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the Caucasian Knot.

20:59, 21 March 2018

"Elk" bloc is on verge of split due to disagreements on protest methods

The political forces making up the "Elk" bloc have failed to draft any unified strategy against a possible nomination of Serzh Sargsyan as Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, the head of the "Elk" faction in the Parliament and the leader of the "Civil Agreement" Party, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

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