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Alexander Lapshin. Photo: http://prosto-vova.livejournal.com/3168512.html

21:07, 21 January 2017

Facebook users start flash mob in support of blogger Lapshin

A flash mob is on in the Armenian segment of the Facebook in support of the detained blogger Alexander Lapshin, whom Belarus is going to extradite to Azerbaijan. The protesters state on their pages that they refuse to purchase Belarus-made goods.

18:10, 21 January 2017

Sochi "Children of War" and communists mark day of Lenin's death

Today, members of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), supporters of communists, and activists of the public organization "Children of War" have laid flowers at the monument to Lenin in Kurortny Avenue in Sochi. The action participants drew attention to the social challenges that they face, and complained about their low pensions.

14:58, 21 January 2017

NAC states involvement of persons killed near Kizlyar in attacking policemen

The two alleged militants, killed today in the village of Vperyod, Kizlyar District of Dagestan, last December took part in the attack on policemen, when two law enforcers were killed, the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) has stated.

13:51, 21 January 2017

Azerbaijani activist Veliev complains about torture at police

The advocate Elchin Sadygov has released a statement of Rakhim Veliev, an activist of the "Nida" movement, who is under administrative arrest and who has complained about beating up and abused by policemen.

13:02, 21 January 2017

Both persons killed near Kizlyar identified

According to pre-identification, one of those killed in the house storming in the village of Vperyod, Kizlyar District of Dagestan, was a local resident Rashid Asulbekov. The second casualty has been pre-identified as Ruslan Magomedrasulov, a native of the Khasavyurt District.

Law enforcer with machine gun. Photo: Riadagestan.ru

11:19, 21 January 2017

Two persons killed in CTO near Kizlyar

Today, at 9:15 a.m., the village of Vperyod of the Kizlyar District of Dagestan was put under the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime. One of the houses in the village was surrounded by power agents who started a shootout with those in the house.

09:31, 21 January 2017

Relatives of missing Dagestani blame law enforcers for his disappearance

On January 17, Rashid Selderkhanov, who had been conditionally sentenced for inciting religiuos hatred, did not come home from the police station, where he was to check in, his relatives have reported.

05:54, 21 January 2017

Two natives of Southern Caucasus detained as suspects of attacking policeman in Moscow

Law enforcers have detained two men, suspected of robbing and stabbing a policeman in Moscow in July 2016.

Stepanakert residents at the Parliament building. Photo: Adam Jones, Commons.wikimedia.org

04:40, 21 January 2017

Over 101,000 voters are on NKR's referendum lists

The vote on the draft Constitution, which assumes the introduction of the presidential model of governing, will take place both in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) and at its representative office in Yerevan.

01:47, 21 January 2017

NKR: 213 families receive $4000 each for birth of fourth child

The Charitable Fund "Tashir" has allocated 852,000 US dollars for payments to families, in which the fourth child was born in 2016.

Blogger Alexander Lapshin. Photo: Stanislav Gorbunov https://ru.sputnik.az

16:38, 20 January 2017

Belarus agrees to extradite blogger Lapshin to Azerbaijan

The blogger Alexander Lapshin should be deported to Azerbaijan to hold accountable for visiting Nagorno-Karabakh, the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Belarus has decided.

Rally in memory of 'Black January' victims, Baku, January 20, 2015. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the 'Caucasian Knot'.

15:29, 20 January 2017

Experts express claims to Russia and Gorbachev on "Black January" anniversary

Today, Azerbaijani residents are marking the 27th anniversary of the events of the so-called "Black January". On the mourning day for the victims of the invasion of Soviet troops in Baku on January 20, 1990, tens of thousands people came to the Alley of Martyrs (Shekhids) to pay tribute to the victims. Experts and eyewitnesses of the tragic events told about the situation of those days and accused the then Soviet leadership of the bloodshed.

Stanislav Lisov. Photo: https://www.yuga.ru/news/409537/

14:25, 20 January 2017

Lisov, detained in Spain, suspected of designing computer virus

Stanislav Lisov, a programmer from the city of Taganrog, who was arrested in Barcelona, is suspected of designing malicious software, the Spanish police has announced today.

Stella at the entrance to Shali. Photo: http://ngrz.ru/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/v_chechne_pojavitsja_odna_iz_krupnejshih_mechetej_v_mire.jpg

11:25, 20 January 2017

Residents of Chechen town of Shali decide to evict militants' family members

On January 19, the town of Shali hosted a gathering, which participants held militants' family members responsible for the actions of the militants and decided to evict in future militants' family members from the town. This was reported by the Shali Mayor's Office. Some participants of the gathering believe that the authorities are trying to avoid responsibility for illegal actions against militants' relatives.

10:38, 20 January 2017

In Nazran, three mosques set on fire, MIA reports

Today, in Ingushetia, law enforcers detained a man suspected of setting fire to three mosques in Nazran during one week. Two of them have been set on fire today.

10:03, 20 January 2017

Darya Polyudova files complaint against court's verdict

Kuban activist Darya Polyudova, sentenced on charges of extremism, has filed an appeal against the verdict to the Presidium of the Russian Supreme Court (SC). This was reported by the Darya Polyudova's mother. The woman noted that her daughter intends to declare a hunger strike.

Participants of anti-fascist march in memory of Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova. Photo by Karina Gadzhieva for the 'Caucasian Knot'.

06:54, 20 January 2017

Participants of march in memory of Markelov and Baburova report on deterioration of human rights situation in Russia

During the eight years passed since the murders of advocate Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova, a journalist of the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta", the human rights situation in Russia has deteriorated, and the authorities are engaged in aggressive propaganda of hatred and xenophobia through the media controlled by them. This opinion was voiced by participants of the action held in Moscow in memory of advocate Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova.

Magomed Aushev. Screenshot of video posted by the 'Caucasian Knot'.

05:25, 20 January 2017

In Ingushetia, case about torture of Magomed Aushev reopened

In December 2016, Timur Khamkhoev, the chief of the Ingush Centre to Combat Extremism (CCE), and field investigator Adlan Khamkhoev were detained by law enforcers. After that, investigators opened a case of torture used against Magomed Aushev. This was reported by his advocate.

03:14, 20 January 2017

Stavropol student Rakhmet Kasaev arrested for disorderly conduct

The court has pronounced the decision to bring Rakhmet Kasaev, a fifth-year student of the StavropolMedicalAcademy, to administrative responsibility and arrest him for five days. His advocate believes the period of five days was required by law enforcers to prepare to charge Rakhmet Kasaev of drug trafficking.

02:15, 20 January 2017

Rufat Safarov placed to punishment cell

Rufat Safarov, a former investigator, who is serving his sentence in the penal colony No. 9 in Azerbaijan for bribe-taking, has been placed to a punishment cell for seven days. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent in the evening of January 19 by Eldar Sabiroglu, the father of Rufat Safarov.

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