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19:04, 23 April 2016

Video record of incident with power agents in mosque in Hungarian Warriors Street handed over to Prosecutor's Office

The surveillance cameras of the Salafi mosque located in Hungarian Warriors Street in Makhachkala have fixed the intrusion of drunken policemen; and this record was handed over to the Prosecutor's Office on April 21, said a mosque source. The Office assured that if it is confirmed that the policemen were drunk, they would be punished.

12:15, 23 April 2016

Journalists associate resignation of Dagestani Press Minister with failure of information policy

In recent years, the Dagestani authorities have gained a negative image developed at the federal level, and this fact explains the resignation of Aznaur Adjiev, Minister of Press and Information, and the reorganization of the Dagestani Department for Information Policy. This opinion was voiced by the journalists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Nazhud Guchigov and Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: Instagram.com/guchigov_095

11:16, 23 April 2016

Nazhud Guchigov resigns as boss of Nozhai-Yurt ROVD

Instead of Nazhud Guchigov, who became known after his marriage to a 17-year-old girl, Police Captain Iskhak Chalaev has been appointed.

Uranium confiscated by the security service in Georgia. Screenshot of a video by the State Security Service of Georgia, Facebook.com

10:48, 23 April 2016

Experts: uranium confiscated in Georgia was intended for buyers abroad

Georgia has no structures, which could buy smuggled radioactive materials, said the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot". Terrorist groupings from Middle East can try to get uranium, said Shota Utiashvili, the former head of the information-analytical department of the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

08:46, 23 April 2016

Amur Khakulov placed to prison hospital in Kirov Region

Amur Khakulov, sentenced in the case on the attack on Nalchik, has been transported to the place in the Kirov Region, where he is to serve his sentence. Because of the severe health state, he has been immediately placed to the "Medical Detention Facility No. 12" in the city of Kirovo-Chepetsk.

Tatiana Dyakova with a petition at the meeting with the officials of the mayor's office. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"

06:15, 23 April 2016

In Sochi, family of Olympic settlers with many children sues City Mayor

In Sochi, the family, which faces the eviction on the street with minor children out of the house, included in the reserve housing fund of the city administration, has sued Anatoly Pakhomov, Mayor of Sochi. According to the plaintiffs, the Mayor's actions contradict the Constitution of the Russian Federation.

A participant of the protest action in Yerevan. April 22, 2016. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"

04:50, 23 April 2016

Yerevan protesters are against deploying peacemakers in Nagorno-Karabakh

Activists have announced an appeal to the President of Armenia with a demand to reject any concessions on the Karabakh conflict settlement and to prevent deployment of peacemakers in the region. They also demanded resignations of several senior officials.

A participant of the protest action in Yerevan. April 22, 2015. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"

00:59, 23 April 2016

Yerevan: all detained protesters released

The Armenian police have released all the 42 persons detained during a protest in central Yerevan.

00:29, 23 April 2016

Experts treat explosions in houses of militants' relatives in Dagestan as law enforcers' retaliation

In Dagestan, law enforcers openly resort to blowing up of houses of suspected militants' relatives as a form of retaliation; however, those actions only escalate the conflict in the republic. This opinion was expressed by the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Ramazan Djalaldinov. Screenshot of his video appeal to Vladimir Putin

23:57, 22 April 2016

Founder of "Chernovik" confirms fears about Djalaldinov's life

Ramazan Djalaldinov, the author of the video appeal to President of Russia about corruption in the Chechen village of Kenkhi, is a reliable source; and he has long been receiving demands from law enforcers to stop complaining, said Magdi Kamalov, the founder of the weekly newspaper "Chernovik" (Draft).

The policemen in Armenia who have blocked the road during the march. April 22, 2016, Yerevan. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"

21:47, 22 April 2016

Armenian police report on 42 detained protesters

42 people, detained during a protest march in the centre of Yerevan, have failed to obey to the legal demand of law enforcers. This was reported by a police official.

21:36, 22 April 2016

Persons accused of preparing terror act in "Kirghizia" sentenced to 11-13 years

Fifteen persons, including natives of the North-Caucasian and Southern Federal Districts (NCFD and SFD), were found guilty of preparing a terror act in the Moscow cinema "Kirghizia" and sentenced to prison terms from 11 to 13 years.

18:38, 22 April 2016

HRC "Memorial": advocate not admitted to Imam Magomedov

Rights defenders have reported that the advocate Israfil Gadadov had complained to the Prosecutor's Office about his non-admission to the SIZO (pre-trial prison) to the Salafi Imam of a mosque in Khasavyurt Magomednabi Magomedov.

The Cathedral Mosque of Nalchik. Photo http://kbrria.ru/obshchestvo/premer-posetil-sobornuyu-mechet-nalchika-110

17:33, 22 April 2016

Imams of Kabardino-Balkaria dedicate their Friday sermon to fight against IS

A special appeal of theologians of Kabardino-Balkaria, calling on residents of the region not to give in to the propaganda of the "Islamic State" (IS), was read out by Imams in all republic's mosques.

Yevgeny Kruglov, the head of the archeological department of the Volgograd Regional Organization (VRO) "All-Russian Society for Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments", at the press conference. Volgograd, April 22, 2016. Photo by Tatyana Filimonova for the "Caucasian Knot"

17:07, 22 April 2016

Volgograd experts state inadmissibility of changing borders of "Bald Mount"

The construction of the road in the territory of the cultural heritage sire named "Bald Mount" is unacceptable, said in the Volgograd Regional Organization (VRO) "All-Russian Society for Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments".

To the right: an advocate Fatima Salpagarova, Leyla Arkelova and an advocate Kurman-Alm Bolatchiev in the Cherkessk City Court 21.04.2016. Photo by Asya Kapaeva for the "Caucasian Knot"

16:11, 22 April 2016

Leyla Arkelova declares in court her innocence of defamation

Leyla Arkelova, a mother of many children, has denied the charges of defamation in the course of the debate at the court hearing in Cherkessk. Private prosecutor Zulfiya Bostanova has asked the court to dismiss the appeal filed by Leyla Arkelova.

Magomedgusen Nasrutdinov. Photo http://www.riadagestan.ru/

11:47, 22 April 2016

Magomedgusen Nasrutdinov sentenced to 5 years of imprisonment

Today, the Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan has sentenced Magomedgusen Nasrutdinov, the former Deputy Prime Minister of Dagestan, to 5 years of imprisonment and a fine of 1 million roubles.

The residents of Chechnya. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"

09:58, 22 April 2016

Residents of Chechnya are concerned about mass poisoning with water

In the past two days, information was circulated among users of WhatsApp in Chechnya about the mass poisoning with drinking water in the Gudermes District. Local residents say that they fear to drink water from the tap. Chechen authorities have refuted this information; and law enforcers began searching for those who spread these rumours.

Khazan (Aza) Bataeva, a Chechen singer, and her husband. Screenshot of a video by the user Chechnya 95 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX2wxtPmYFQ

08:41, 22 April 2016

Since December 2015, police possess information about Khazan Bataeva's whereabouts in Syria, a source reports

Yet at the end of 2015, the law enforcement bodies of Chechnya had the information that Khazan (Aza) Bataeva, a well-known Chechen singer, might be in Syria. This was reported by an official from the Chechen law enforcement bodies.

The village of Djuli of the Tabasaran District of Dagestan. Photo: Tazhutdin Ramazanov http://odnoselchane.ru/

07:38, 22 April 2016

Rasmin Magomedov's house blown up, residents of Djuli village report

The house of Rasmin Magomedov, suspected of setting on fire a school building in the village of Djuli, collapsed after law enforcers had defused a bomb inside it. This was reported by local residents.

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