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22:37, 6 February 2016

PPFA reports about hunger strike of opposition activist Fizuli Guseinov

Fizuli Guseinov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), who is serving an administrative arrest of 30 days, holds a hunger strike in the police detention facility, said Nureddin Mamedli, Deputy Chairman of the PFPA. Party activists fear for Guseinov's health and state political reasons for his arrest.

20:14, 6 February 2016

Astrakhan protesters demand resignation of Russian government

In Astrakhan, over 50 people have come today with social demands to a rally, organized by the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF). Protesters stated the insolvency of the Russian government in the face of rising prices and tariffs and demanded its resignation.

19:15, 6 February 2016

Sochi policeman hospitalized after shootout

In Sochi, a policeman received a gunshot wound, when checking documents of a 53-year-old man. The latter was detained; and the policeman was hospitalized with a wound into the forearm, the ICRF reports.

Radil Mirzaev. Photo: Report.az/ru/proisshestviya/v-azerbajdzhane-pohishennyj-neizvestnymi-v-maskah-molodoj-chelovek-najden-v-bessoznatel-nom-sostoyanii

15:41, 6 February 2016

Resident of Azerbaijan hospitalized after kidnapping

Radil Mirzaev has stated that a group of masked men kidnapped and beat him up. Mirzaev was delivered to the hospital of city of Jalilabad in grave condition.

14:56, 6 February 2016

Person killed in Kizilyurt District of Dagestan identified as Gamzat Saigidov

Gamzat Saigidov, killed in a shootout with power agents on the Kizilyurt-Makhachkala highway, had been on the wanted list, said the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD). Saigidov was a militants' helper, said the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation.

A fire attack by Azerbaijani artillery on enemy positions. Screenshot from the video, Mod.gov.az

11:44, 6 February 2016

Azerbaijan states killing Armenian soldiers at border

The Armed Forces of Armenia violated the ceasefire by using heavy machine guns; in response, Azerbaijani troops inflicted a fire attack, destroying military vehicles and killing enemy soldiers, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported today, and disseminated a video of the incident; however, the video has traces of cutting and editing.

08:51, 6 February 2016

Eyewitnesses report on kidnapping in Grozny

On February 5, in the Leninsky District of Grozny, a group of people captured a young man and took him away to some unknown destination. This was reported by local residents through social networks. The law enforcement bodies of Chechnya have not yet commented on the incident.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: Instagram.com/kadyrov_95

07:17, 6 February 2016

Experts: future leader of Chechnya to be determined with appointment of acting head of republic

The voting at the election of the leader of Chechnya will be held simultaneously with the elections of deputies to the State Duma. This was reported by Ismail Baikhanov, Chairman of the Chechen Election Commission.

05:01, 6 February 2016

At trial, witnesses report about circumstances of Valery Permyakov's detention

On February 5, at the trial in the criminal case of the murder of the Avetisyan family in Gyumri, the court questioned three witnesses, who told the details of the Valery Permyakov's detention.

03:15, 6 February 2016

Khasavyurt: perinatal centre resumes normal operation after protests

The "Roszdravnadzor" has started checking the perinatal centre in Khasavyurt, where Zalina Dalieva, a maternity patient of Chechen origin died. The perinatal centre itself is operating normally, the "Caucasian Knot" was informed by Zarina Agmadova, the press secretary of the Dagestani Ministry of Public Health.

Irina Pidbolyachnaya and her advocate Denis Pluzhnoi, February 4, 2016. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

23:59, 5 February 2016

In Sochi, local women recognize their live mother as dead through request to Court

In Sochi, sisters Tatiana and Svetlana Pidbolyachnaya are accused of fraud in obtaining inheritance. According to investigators, the women filed a lawsuit to the court and succeeded in recognizing their mother as dead, although she was still alive, but lived in another city. According to the victim, she has lost her housing, since the house with a land plot belonging to her were sold and demolished during the construction of Olympic facilities.

22:51, 5 February 2016

Zakaev rejects Kadyrov's offer to return to Chechnya

Akhmed Zakaev, the head of the government of the self-proclaimed Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, has treated the proposal to return home, made to him by the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, as propaganda and having no connection with the reality.

20:59, 5 February 2016

Azeri theologian Bagirzade reports torture by police

The consideration of complaints about torture and violation of the rights of Talekh Bagirzade, the leader of the Movement "Muslim Unity", who is kept in custody in Azerbaijan, has begun behind closed doors by the court. The Bagirzade's testimonies were heard.

Believes pray in the street in Khasavyurt, February 1, 2016. Screenshot from the video posted by Usma Tura, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYRN-CUHpAs

19:08, 5 February 2016

Imam of Khasavyurt mosque calls to stop pressing Salafis

Today, the members of the Salafi community of Dagestan have come to Khasavyurt to take part in the Friday namaz and sermon in the "Vostochnaya" (Eastern) mosque. The Imam of the mosque Magomednabi Magomedov stated the inadmissibility of further pressure of power agents on Salafis, and urged the members of the community to be united and seek protection of their rights by peaceful means.

17:08, 5 February 2016

MIA: at least 70 residents of Astrakhan Region fight for IS

The residents of the Astrakhan Region, fighting for the "Islamic State" (IS), are younger than 30, Oleg Agarkov, the head of the Regional Department of Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), has stated today.

Buynaksk, Dagestan. Photo: Eldar Rasulov, http://www.odnoselchane.ru/

16:42, 5 February 2016

Number of protesters in Buynaksk exceeds 1500

The participants of the action in Buynaksk have expressed distrust to the Deputies of the City Assembly from the Party of Veterans.

Yunus-Bek Evkurov and Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: https://www.instagram.com/p/BA7aar_yTg6/?tagged=евкуров

11:04, 5 February 2016

Ramzan Kadyrov opposes merger of Chechnya and Ingushetia

Today, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has stated that he opposes the merger of Chechnya and Ingushetia. He has also reported that he had agreed with Ingush leader Yunus-Bek Evkurov to combat extremism together.

CTO in Dagestan. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru

07:11, 5 February 2016

Dagestan: police pre-identify man killed in shootout as a member of armed underground

In Dagestan, according to the preliminary information, a man killed in the course of a shootout in the Kizilyurt District, was identified as a 38-year-old resident of the Tsumada District, a member of an illegal armed formation (IAF).

Portrait of Ramzan Kadyrov at the rally in Grozny. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

07:01, 5 February 2016

Experts criticize Ramzan Kadyrov's ban on dialogue of followers of different concepts of Islam

Tough statements made by Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov concerning the impossibility of dialogue with Salafis undermine the stability in society and prevent development of mechanisms for peaceful coexistence of communities supporting different concepts of Islam. This opinion was expressed by experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Zayukovsky boarding school. Photo by Lyudmila Maratova for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

06:26, 5 February 2016

In Kabardino-Balkaria, parents of minor girl who died in boarding school do not believe in official version of her death

Parents of an 11-year-old schoolgirl of the Zayukovsky boarding school, who died on December 23, 2015, stated that they did not believe in the version of the accident, since the girl's body bore signs of beating.

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