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January 05, 2022 14:38

• Police cordon off bus station in Volgograd after planted bomb report

  After receiving a message about mining, policemen examine the bus station in Volgograd, the Instagram-public h_volgograd informed at night on January 5.

January 05, 2022 11:24

• Court fines Dagestani resident for posting IS'* flag

  The Tabasaran District Court of Dagestan has fined a local resident by 1000 roubles for placing the black flag of the "Islamic State" (IS)*, a terrorist organization, on the Internet.

January 05, 2022 11:07

• Within murder case of former Novokuli village head, arrest of two "Rosgvardiya" fighters extended

  A district court of Makhachkala has extended for a month the arrest of Salman and Suleiman Kurbanov, the servicemen of the "Rosgvardiya" (Russian National Guard), accused of murdering Abakar Kaplanov, a former head of the village of Novokuli, the Dagestani Supreme Court (SC) has informed.

January 05, 2022 08:31

• Ingush resident placed under house arrest after conflict with son of Chechen SC's deputy head

  In Ingushetia, Ibragim Aushev, a participant in the road conflict with Rasul Usmaev, a son of the deputy head of the Chechen Security Council (SC), has been placed under house arrest.

January 05, 2022 08:19

• Chechen police report about no carjacks in 2021

  In 2021, not a single carjack was registered in Chechnya; and the only case of carjack was not a vehicle theft, the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has stated in response to data that the republic was among the regions with a high number of carjacks.

January 04, 2022 22:34

• Azerbaijani border guard arrested for killing three of his colleagues

  Junior Sergeant Elkhan Avazly is charged with killing three border guards, and he is taken into custody, the General Prosecutor’s Office of Azerbaijan reports.

January 04, 2022 22:19

• In Abkhazia, region administration head removed from office after shooting in Sukhumi

  The President of Abkhazia removed from office Beslan Bigvava, the head of the Ochamchira District, who was involved as a suspect in a case on shooting and wounding a person in a Sukhumi restaurant on the New Year’s Eve.

January 04, 2022 18:41

• Officer of Kadyrov police regiment explains his words about “invaders” in Grozny

  A post mentioning the thousands of “invaders” killed during an assault on Grozny by federal troops in 1994 was about terrorists and war criminals, says Captain Ilyas Soltaev from the Akhmat Kadyrov special-purpose police regiment. According to him, the posted phrase was misinterpreted by “Internet provocateurs.”

January 04, 2022 18:23

• Law enforcers interfere with inauguration ceremony of Mayor in Vardenis

  The police did not allow opposition-elected Mayor of Vardenis to enter the Mayoralty and explained that the ruling party had challenged his election in court. Agaron Khachatryan had to take the oath in the street.

January 04, 2022 18:11

• Orthodox Christmas “Alilo” procession cancelled in Georgia

  This year, the traditional festive Orthodox Christmas “Alilo” procession will not take place in connection with the coronavirus pandemic, but on January 7, an action of raising Christmas donations will take place in Tbilisi, the Patriarchate of Georgian reports.

January 04, 2022 13:03

• Armenian soldier detained after his colleague's death

  A serviceman of one of the units of the Armenia Army has been detained after his colleague died from a gunshot wound.

January 04, 2022 12:45

• Three regions of Southern Russia are among top ten most corrupt ones in GPO's rating

  According to the Russia's General Prosecutor's Office (GPO), in January-November, 2021, a total of 268 crimes related to bribe-taking were registered in the Krasnodar Territory. This region took the second place, losing only to Moscow. The top ten most corrupt regions of Russia also include the Stavropol Territory and the Rostov Region.

January 04, 2022 11:23

• Azerbaijani law enforcers count weapons collected in Nagorno-Karabakh

  In 2021, eight air defence systems, 64 guided missile complexes, 10 mortar launchers, more than a hundred grenade launchers and other weapons were found in the territories of Nagorno-Karabakh, which came under Azerbaijan's control as a result of the last autumn war.

January 04, 2022 11:06

• Protesters in Gori demand to release Mamuka Chkhikvadze

  Georgian authorities must report about the steps undertaken to release Mamuka Chkhikvadze, who was detained on the South-Ossetian border in December, the protesters have claimed.

January 04, 2022 08:24

• Advocates urge Azeri President to intervene in Gasanov's case

  In their open letter to the President of Azerbaijan, Eldar Gasanov's advocates have expressed doubts about the fair trial of the case of Gasanov, a former public prosecutor general, and asked Ilham Aliev to intervene in the situation with Gasanov.

January 04, 2022 08:13

• Tenants of Yerevan shelter unhappy after meeting officials

  At a meeting with the protesting tenants of the shelter for homeless people in Yerevan, officials of the Ministry of Labour and Social Matters refused to solve the problems of the shelter, which they have decided to disband, the protesters have complained.

January 03, 2022 23:04

• Dagestani journalists hold pickets in support of Gadjiev

  Today, journalists of the edition "Novoye Delo" (New Clause) and the weekly newspaper “Chernovik” (Rough Draft) have held solo pickets in the centre of Makhachkala. The protestors demand to stop arrests without proof and to release Abdulmumin Gadjiev.

January 03, 2022 22:44

• Chechen residents hold mass events to mark Day of Memory of Kunta-Khadji Kishiev

  Chechnya marked the Day of Memory of Kunta-Khadji Kishiev with mass religious events.

January 03, 2022 18:48

• Saakashvili demands visits of independent doctors

  Mikhail Saakashvili, who was returned to the Rustavi prison, demands to allow independent doctors visit him and to ensure confidentiality of communication with advocates. The former president of Georgia threatens to start a protest, the defence reports today.

January 03, 2022 18:35

• On December 27, 2021-January 2, 2022, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of December 27, 2021-January 2, 2022, no killed or wounded in the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the “Caucasian Knot” based on its own materials and information from other open sources.