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09:00, 7 September 2015

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 31-September 6

Start of new school year in Southern Russia and some regions of Southern Caucasus; commemoration of victims of 2004 Beslan terror act; conviction of journalist Khadija Ismayilova in Baku; earthquake in Azerbaijan, which damaged old buildings; aggravation of situation in the Karabakh conflict zone; completion of trial in Rostov-on-Don on case of Gagiev's grouping, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of August 31 to September 6, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

09:00, 31 August 2015

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 24-30

Court's decision on life imprisonment for former Makhachkala Mayor Said Amirov; opening of NATO training centre in Georgia; verdict of Rostov court to Ukrainian citizen Sentsov, which raised condemnation of human rights defenders and Western politicians, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of August 24-30, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

13:36, 24 August 2015

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 17-23

Continuation of the pleadings and the final speeches of the defendants in the Amirov's case; special operation, assassination of the district police inspector, and attack on OMON fighter in Dagestan; protest actions in Armenia and clashes between protesters and policemen, see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of August 17-23, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

09:00, 17 August 2015

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 10-16

Conviction passed in Baku to rights defender Leyla Yunus and her husband Arif Yunus; special operation in Dagestan, where the leader of the "Imarat Kavkaz" was killed; voluntary resignation of Imam Yaraliev from the post of Derbent Mayor; trial in Gyumri of Valery Permyakov, a soldier Russian military base, for desertion and theft of weapons; major forest fire near Gelendjik; start of trying Krasnodar deputy Zirinov by jury in Rostov-on-Don, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of August 10-16, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

09:00, 10 August 2015

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 3-9

Commemorative events in Georgia and South Ossetia on the seventh anniversary of the events of August 2008; emergency power outages in Southern Russia with the onset of hot weather; eight killed suspected militants within a week in KBR; nomination of candidates for the head of North Ossetia; end of judicial inquiry in case of Yunus spouses in Azerbaijan; registration of candidates for the heads of Rostov Region and Krasnodar Territory, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of August 3-9, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

09:00, 3 August 2015

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of July 27-August 2

Detention of heads of two district of Dagestan and investigators' statement about suspicions against Sagid Murtazaliev, head of republic's branch of RPF; special operations in Ingushetia, which resulted in killing eight persons; end of judicial inquiry into Said Amirov's case, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 27-August 2, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

09:00, 27 July 2015

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of July 20-26

Special operation in Nalchik, resulting in killing six alleged militants; terrible road accident in mountains of Chechnya with 11 casualties; sentencing of Ilya Goryachev in the BORN case, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 20-26, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

08:45, 20 July 2015

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of July 13-19

Celebration of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr; a guilty verdict in the BORN case to Goryachev; anniversary of the murder of Natalya Estemirova, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 13-19, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

09:00, 13 July 2015

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of July 6-12

Appointment of second life sentence to Ali Taziev; dispersal of protest in Bagramyan Avenue in Yerevan; administrative arrest in Sochi of journalist Anna Gritsevich; resignation of Acting Mayor of Makhachkala Magomed Suleimanov; explosion at military factory in Azerbaijan with fatalities; statements at trial of Amirov about torture during investigation, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 6-12, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

09:00, 6 July 2015

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of June 29-July 5

New ultimatum put forward by protesters against increase of electricity tariff to Armenian authorities; ECtHR's decision on acceptability of complaint of Beslan terror act victims; sentencing of Stavropol rights defender Bogatenkova, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of June 29-July 5, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

09:00, 29 June 2015

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of June 22-28

Heavy rains that led to flooding of houses in Sochi and other settlements of the Krasnodar Territory, Karachay-Cherkessia and Abkhazia; protests against increase of electricity tariff in Armenia; statement of the "Islamic State" about establishment of its branch in Northern Caucasus; end of the First European Games in Baku; decision of Russian Supreme Court on the murder of Anna Politkovskaya; sentencing of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev for terror act in Boston, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of June 22-28, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

09:00, 22 June 2015

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of June 15-21

Works to eliminate the aftermath of severe flooding in Tbilisi; decision to raise electricity tariffs in Armenia, causing protests; European Games in Baku at the background of international criticism of the situation in Azerbaijan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of June 15-21, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

08:05, 15 June 2015

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of June 8-14

Mass poisoning of people in the North Ossetian town of Alagir; opening of the European Games in Baku that rights defenders called to boycott; floods in Tbilisi with fatalities, see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of June 8-14, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

09:00, 8 June 2015

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of June 1-7

Resignation of the head of North Ossetia Taimuraz Mamsurov; pogrom of rights defenders' office in Grozny; exacerbation of conflict among believers in Ingush Nasyr-Kort; start of consideration by Moscow City Court of the case of Ilya Goryachev, alleged BORN leader; crash of training fighter jet in Astrakhan Region; local elections in Armenia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of June 1-7, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

09:00, 1 June 2015

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of May 25-31

USE passed not without incidents and violations in North-Caucasian republics; rains and hail resulted in state of emergency in Southern Russia; ex-president of Georgia awarded Ukrainian citizenship and appointed governor of Odessa Region; All-Armenian against rise of electricity tariffs; four Georgian MPs quit oppositional "United National Movement"; FC "Krasnodar" wins bronze in Russian Premier League, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of May 25-31, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

09:00, 25 May 2015

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of May 18-24

EaP summit in Riga; participation of singers from Southern Caucasus in "Eurovision-2015"; mourning events on Memory Day of Caucasian War Victims, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of May 11-17, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

09:00, 18 May 2015

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of May 11-17

Death sentence passed in the USA to Dzhokhar Tsarnaev that caused resonance in Chechnya; wedding of police boss with a minor girl; two-day sit-in of ex-workers of Yerevan "Nairit" Factory; conviction of Rostov activist; oppositionists' hunger strike in Azerbaijan demanding to release political prisoners; start of consideration of Ali Taziev's case in Rostov-on-Don, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of May 11-17, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

09:00, 11 May 2015

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of May 4-10

Victory Day celebrations in Southern Russia; announcement of results of parliamentary elections in NKR; conviction of Karabakh serviceman and update the list of political prisoners in Azerbaijan, –see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of May 4-10, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

08:45, 4 May 2015

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of April 27-May 3

May Day rallies and demonstrations in the southern regions of Russia and the countries of South Caucasus; voting at the elections to the Parliament of Nagorno-Karabakh; resignations of two Ministers in Georgiathat was followed by consideration of the Government's composition in the Parliament; fire at a military training ground in the Rostov Region; amnesty in South Ossetia; start of consideration of the substantive case against Said Amirov in court, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of April 27-May 3, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

09:00, 27 April 2015

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of April 20-26

Events in Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh and other countries dated to centenary of Armenian Genocide; conviction of rights defender Intigam Aliev in Azerbaijan; death of leader of "Imarat Kavkaz" Aliaskhab Kebekov in Dagestan, –see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of April 20-26, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

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