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At the site of the explosion at the Djemikent checkpoint of the road police (known as GIBDD) in the Derbent District. February 15, 2016. Photo http://www.riadagestan.ru/

13:45, 26 December 2016

For the sixth time IS claims responsibility for attacks on power agents in Dagestan

The statement of the terrorist grouping "Islamic State" (IS), banned in Russian, claiming responsibility for attacks on policemen, committed in Makhachkala and Kizilyurt on December 25, was the sixth one in Dagestan since September 2015, when the IS first reported its involvement in attacks on power agents. Typically, the IS claims more casualties among power agents as a result of its attacks.

Elizaveta Glinka. Photo: Irina Chevtaeva (RFE/RL)

11:54, 26 December 2016

Kadyrov names Grozny hospital after Elizaveta Glinka

The head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov has announced the awarding the name of Elizaveta Glinka, also known as Doctor Liza, who perished in the crash of the Tu-154 in Sochi, to the Republic's Children Hospital in Grozny. Valery Khalilov, the Artistic Director of the Alexandrov Song and Dance Ensemble, who also perished in the crash, is awarded by the medal "For Merits to the Chechen Republic" posthumously.

Grozny. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"

11:35, 26 December 2016

Men from family of killed militant leave Grozny

Most of the detained relatives of the alleged militants, killed during the counterterrorist operation (CTO), conducted on December 17-18, after the attack on policemen in Grozny, returned home, local residents have confirmed. According to a woman-relative, the men from her family have left Grozny for remote villages, because of the blood feud declared to them.

Emergency and rescue services at the site of the crash of the Tu-154. December 25, 2016. Photo: the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations

10:32, 26 December 2016

Eyewitness: before crash engines of Tu-154 stalled

The fall of the Tu-154 into the sea was preceded by a stop of the aircraft engines, said a woman-resident of Adler, who was on the coast at the time of the crash.

09:00, 26 December 2016

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of December 19-25

Crash of an aircraft of the Russian Ministry of Defence in Sochi; conviction of Varvara Karaulova; mass detentions of relatives of suspected militants, killed in Grozny, and statement on organization of attack on policemen by ISIL militants; agreement of Abkhaz authorities with the opposition, already in force regardingformation of the Central Election Commission; failed attempt of protesting miners from Gukovo to go to Moscow, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of December 19-25, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

A law enforcer during the active phase of CTO. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/allnakmessages_page_2.html

01:37, 26 December 2016

On December 19-25, seven persons perished during armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

In the course of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, during the week from December 19 to December 25, 2016, seven persons lost their lives; there is no information about any wounded ones. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Ramzan Kadyrov at the event at the stadium in Grozny with the participation of the Chechen power forces. Photo: website of the head of Chechnya

18:17, 25 December 2016

Military experts treat sending Chechen policemen to Syria as legitimate

The sending of policemen to Syria is not against the law, since the December legislative amendments allow employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) to conclude short-term military contracts to "suppress the activities of international terrorist organizations outside of Russia," said the military experts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Residents of an apartment block located in the "Makarenko" Garden Partnership point at the dump of soil. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"

02:48, 25 December 2016

Sochi: residents of apartment house demand to save it from landslide

Residents of an apartment block located in the "Makarenko" Garden Partnership have held a rally and demanded from the Mayoralty to enforce the court judgement and liquidate an unauthorized dump of soil and construction debris, which has caused a landslide on the house. However, an official of the Mayoralty said that they would appeal against the judgement.

23:00, 24 December 2016

Activist Chirikov detained in Krasnodar

Today, policemen took away Victor Chirikov, a Krasnodar activist, to some unknown place, said his wife.

22:10, 24 December 2016

Former skinhead convicted in Chechnya for recruitment to IS

Kirill Prisyazhnyuk, a former member of the neo-Nazi grouping "Nevograd", has been found guilty of recruiting people into the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS), banned in Russia, and sentenced to four years in prison in Chechnya.

Mekhman Guseinov. Photo: Turkhan Kerimov. Source: Radioazadlyg.org

15:09, 24 December 2016

Mekhman Guseinov states he was attacked in Azerbaijan

Mekhman Guseinov, the Chairman of the Azerbaijani Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS), asserts that on December 23 several people attacked him. He treats the attack as a revenge for his criticism of officials.

13:52, 24 December 2016

Khuade's defence treats court's refusal to exclude key prosecution evidence as unjustified

The judicial investigation into the case of Adnan Khuade, a Circassian activist, was over on December 23. Earlier, the court refused, with no due reason, to exclude the examination protocol of the policeman's car, drawn up with violations, from the case files. Khuade is accused of bribing the policeman, said his advocate.

12:24, 24 December 2016

Sochi residents complain about high prices on New Year's Eve

Throughout 2016, foodstuff prices in Sochi continued growing; and on the New Year's Eve citizens report that they have to economize in order to lay the holiday table. The traders, engaged at local fairs and marketplaces say that they have less and less buyers.

12:14, 24 December 2016

NAC reports bomb found in place of killing leader of "Shamil" grouping

A ready-to-use improvised explosive device (IED) and firearms were found in the place of the shootout, in which Ibragim Amirov, known as the leader of the "Shamil" grouping of militants in Dagestan, was killed, the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) has announced.

11:02, 24 December 2016

Persons killed in Shamil District of Dagestan identified

According to law enforcement bodies, the militants shot dead tonight in the outskirt of the village of Teletl were Ibragim Amirov, the leader of Shamil militants, and his subordinate Gamzatapandi Magomedov, a law enforcement source has reported.

Village of Teletl. Photo: Zair Gamzatov, http://odnoselchane.ru

08:50, 24 December 2016

Two persons killed in Shamil District of Dagestan

A shootout of law enforcers with the alleged militants occurred in the outskirt of the village of Teletl; two people were killed.

07:26, 24 December 2016

ICRF suspects policemen of Stavropol Territory of case falsifying

A resident of Georgievsk, accused of illegal possession of weapons, has told at the trial that he had received money from policemen for falsifying his case with the aim to improve their operative statistics. An investigation has been started in relation to the policemen.

Vladimir Putin during press conference, December 23, 2016. Photo: kremlin.ru

00:06, 24 December 2016

Putin supports investigators' position in Nemtsov's case

Yesterday, during the traditional big annual press conference of Vladimir Putin, Alexei Solomin, a correspondent of the "Echo Moskvy" Radio, asked the President about the murder case of the politician Boris Nemtsov.

20:58, 23 December 2016

Twelve Chechens convicted in Belgium for recruiting militants

Today, the court of the city of Bruges has sentenced 12 natives of Chechnya to prison terms ranging from 15 months to ten years, after finding them guilty of recruiting militants for taking part in the warfare in Syria.

20:57, 23 December 2016

One person killed by power agents in Khasavyurt

In Khasavyurt, a policeman asked a passerby to stop and present documents, but he opened fire and was killed by return fire, said the spokesman of the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

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