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Advocate Mikhail Benyash after he was detained and beaten up. Screenshot from video posted by advocate Alexei Avanesyan in Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/100005066893432/videos/1039600016218885/

08:27, 11 September 2018

Lawyer Benyash tells he was beaten up after arrest

Doctors have fixed numerous bruises on the lawyer Mikhail Benyash, detained in Krasnodar. About 200 lawyers from various Russian regions have signed an appeal to the Federal Bar Association demanding to investigate the beating of their colleague.

08:19, 11 September 2018

Participants of "Don't kill!" action demand resignation of Georgia's Govt

In Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, at the action "Don't kill – together on guard of justice", protesters have demanded to punish those guilty of killing the schoolboy, David Saralidze, and create an interim government.

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

22:10, 10 September 2018

Khazbiev complains to ECtHR about his custody conditions

The Ingush oppositionist Magomed Khazbiev has complained to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) about inhuman treatment and unjustified isolation, said his advocate.

Elections to the People's Khural of Kalmykia. Photo: press service of the Republican news agency of Kalmykia, http://riakalm.ru/

22:00, 10 September 2018

Investigators get interested in ballot stuffing in Kalmykia

The spokesman of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has informed about the start of checking the video record of the incident at the elections to the People's Khural of Kalmykia. The female-observer, who shot the video, is out of contact for the second day, the office of the regional branch of the "Spravedlivaya Rossiya" (Fair Russia) Party informs.

Action in support of Titiev and Sentsov at the OSCE conference in Warsaw, September 10, 2018. Photo from channel of the HRC "Memorial", https://web.telegram.org/#/im?p=@hrcmemorial

17:31, 10 September 2018

At OSCE conference, activists demand to release Titiev

Activists dressed in T-shirts with inscriptions in support of Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", and film director Oleg Sentsov came today to the OSCE conference in Warsaw.

Hayk Sargsyan (right). Photo: press service of RFE/RL

17:23, 10 September 2018

Serzh Sargsyan's nephew released on bail

The court has ruled to release Hayk Sargsyan, a nephew of Serzh Sargsyan, the third president of Armenia, from custody, the defence has stated.

At a polling station in the Volgograd Region on September 9, 2018. Photo by Tatyana Filimonova for the "Caucasian Knot"

16:45, 10 September 2018

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of September 3-9, 2018

Elections in Southern Russia; elections of leaders for Dagestan and Ingushetia; death of the Prime Minister of Abkhazia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of September 3-9, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Zaur Dadaev. Photo: REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva

15:38, 10 September 2018

Zaur Dadaev transferred to another penal colony for violating custody regime

Zaur Dadaev, sentenced in the case on the Nemtsov's murder, was transferred from a penal colony in Irkutsk to a penitentiary institution in Angarsk, where he would serve his sentence in more severe conditions, the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) reports today.

15:28, 10 September 2018

Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of shelling its two villages

The Armenian armed forces 95 times violated the ceasefire in the conflict zone during a day, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reports today.

Voter at a polling station in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot

15:22, 10 September 2018

Residents of Nagorno-Karabakh note high competition at by-elections to parliament

More than 50 percent of voters came to the by-elections to the parliament of Nagorno-Karabakh at the 10th and 11th precinct districts. According to local residents, these elections differ from the previous ones by the number of candidates participating in them. The growth of political activity is connected with the revolution in Armenia, believes Hayk Khanumyan, the leader of the opposition "National Revival" Party.

March of Alexei Navalny's supporters in Volgograd, September 9, 2018. Photo by Vyacheslav Yuschenko for the Caucasian Knot.

11:29, 10 September 2018

Volgograd: march against pension reform was over 300 people strong (+video)

More than 350 people took part in an unsanctioned march of Alexei Navalny's supporters in Volgograd. At least 16 people were detained; two of them were hospitalized.

Yunus-Bek Evkurov. Photo: http://www.ingushetia.ru/photo/section.php?SECTION_ID=365

11:16, 10 September 2018

Evkurov heads Ingushetia for the third time

On September 9, by a majority of votes, local MPs of Ingushetia re-elected Yunus-Bek Evkurov to the post of the republic's head.

Detention of Sergey Grivko, coordinator of Navalny's local office. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the Caucasian Knot.

11:05, 10 September 2018

Three Navalny's supporters detained in Rostov-on-Don

The coordinator of Alexei Navalny's office in Rostov-on-Don and two activists were detained at an unsanctioned protest action held in central city.

Vladimir Vasiliev. Photo: press service of the Government of Dagestan, https://www.riadagestan.ru

10:55, 10 September 2018

Vasiliev promises to continue his fight on corruption

The anti-corruption campaign in Dagestan is the only way to restore people's trust in power, Vladimir Vasiliev said after entering the post of the head of Dagestan.

Traffic police inspection. Photo: Sputnik .https://sputnik-abkhazia.ru/Abkhazia/20180909/1024946271/v-avarii-pogib-premer-abxazii-postradali-dva-cheloveka.html

10:34, 10 September 2018

Abkhaz authorities rule out attempt on Prime Minister

The death of Gennady Gaguliya, the Prime Minister of Abkhazia, is an accident not connected with an attempt, Naala Avidzba, the press secretary of the Republic's President, has stated.

"Imam Shamil surrendered to Count Baryatinsky on August 25, 1859" by Kivshenko, Alexei Danilovich. Central Naval Museum, St. Petersburg http://navalmuseum.ru

10:04, 9 September 2018

Historians point to stereotyped opinions about capture of Imam Shamil

The fall of Gunib and the capture of Imam Shamil, contrary to the popular belief, did not lead to the end of the Caucasian War, the historians interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe and regret that for over 150 years the image of Shamil has been used by authorities for self-promotion.

10:03, 9 September 2018

Fate of Muslims' Coordination Centre of Northern Caucasus is linked with authorities' position

The North-Caucasian Muslims' Coordinating Centre was created 20 years ago to help the state in confronting extremism, the journalists Maxim Shevchenko and Evgeny Kratov have stated. Ruslan Kurbanov, an Orientalist, believes that the future of the Centre depends on the position of Russian authorities.

Murad Adilov. Photo by Natig Adilov https://iwpr.net

10:02, 9 September 2018

Azerbaijani oppositionist goes on hunger strike in penal colony

Murad Adilov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), is on hunger strike for the second day, protesting against the refusal to grant him the conditional early relief (CER), his relatives have stated.

A soldier of the army of Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo http://www.nkrmil.am/gallery/photos/view/18

15:42, 8 September 2018

Nagorno-Karabakh accused Azerbaijan of 200 bombardments during week

On September 2-8, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces made more than 2000 shots at the positions of the Defence Army, the MoD of Nagorno-Karabakh has stated.

15:40, 8 September 2018

Azerbaijan states 75 machine-gun attacks during last 24 hours

During the last 24 hours the ceasefire regime on the troops contact line was violated for 75 times, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

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