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11:35, 24 August 2018

Social network users condemn Kadyrov's law enforcers for killing children in Chechnya

Ramzan Kadyrov's order to enhance control over residents of the republic and the statements concerning the alleged guilt of the killed teenagers' parents were made against the backdrop of a discussion in social networks, where many residents of Chechnya called the killing of the minors an excessive use of force.

Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: REUTERS/Said Tsarnayev

11:31, 24 August 2018

Rights defenders see real danger in Ramzan Kadyrov's threats

Subordinates of Ramzan Kadyrov have perceived his statements about rights defenders as a signal to actions, and that means journalists and rights defenders, disliked by Ramzan Kadyrov, are under threat even outside the republic. That was stated by rights defenders Igor Kalyapin and Svetlana Gannushkina.

Kadyrov at the meeting with law enforcers. Screenshot of the Grozny TV Channel report https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hfo3TU0-nQg

08:23, 24 August 2018

Kadyrov threatens using tough force against rights defenders

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has announced "sanctions" against human rights defenders, threatening to apply harsh measures to those of them who decide to visit the republic.

A sheep seller. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"

08:21, 24 August 2018

Festive fairs in Azerbaijan fail to stop price growth for sacrificial animals

Despite the sale of almost 50,000 sacrificial animals, prices during this year's Kurban-Bairam (Eid al-Adha) have significantly gone up compared to 2017, residents of Azerbaijan assert. Some residents of Baku also criticized a short weekend on the occasion of the holiday.

The German police. Photo Fabrizio Bensch (Reuters)

21:59, 23 August 2018

German media call a person arrested for terrorism a native of Chechnya

The German Prosecutor's Office has reported an arrest of a Russian citizen suspected of storing explosives and plotting a terror act. The suspect detained in Berlin is a native of Chechnya, the German media report. However, the Chechen Minister of Press and Information has questioned the Chechen origin of the arrested person.

Participants of the rally near the monument of M. E. Rasulzade in the Novkhani village. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"

18:06, 23 August 2018

Activists call on Angela Merkel to raise human rights issue in Azerbaijan

The Reporters Without Borders (RWB) and the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) have reminded the German Chancellor of a large number of imprisoned journalists and repressions of oppositionists' relatives in Azerbaijan. Rights defenders associate hopes for the release of blogger Mekhman Guseinov with Angela Merkel's visit to Baku.

Barbed wire. Photo by Nina Tumanova for the "Caucasian Knot"

17:59, 23 August 2018

Media: at least five cases of torture fixed in 2018 in Southern Russia

In 2018, at least five persons were tortured in Southern Russia, including a 16-year-old teenager. As a result, one person died, the "Meduza" writes. According to the edition, this year, at least 58 cases of torture were registered in Russia.

Hadrut Province of Nagorno-Karabakh. Traces of shells of the Smerch launch rocket system. Photo © Sputnik/ Asatur Yesayants https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/columnists/20180402/11219983/krichashchaya-tishina-aprelskoj-vojny-v-karabahe-chto-bylo-za-liniej-fronta.html

13:42, 23 August 2018

Azerbaijan announced shelling of two villages near the Armenian border

Within the last 24 hours, the ceasefire regime on the troops contact line was violated for 87 times, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: press service of the President of Russia https://ru.wikipedia.org

13:38, 23 August 2018

Ramzan Kadyrov equates rights defenders to militants

The head of Chechnya has treated the rights defenders, who criticized law enforcers' work during and after the recent series of attacks committed in the republic, as enemies.

A banner of the international conference "Ten Years of Recognition: Outcomes and Prospects". Photo by Dmitry Stateynov for the "Caucasian Knot"

09:14, 23 August 2018

Political analysts indicate obstacles to recognition of Abkhazia's independence

The existing Russia-West tense relations, and the Georgia's position on the issue hinder the international recognition of Abkhazia's independence, the participants of the conference "Ten Years of Recognition: Outcomes and Prospects" have pointed out. They noted the problems of repatriation of Abkhazians, who face language and everyday life difficulties at their homeland.

Chechen teenagers swearing allegiance to the IS (a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court). Photo: screenshot of a post on Twitter https://twitter.com/Rita_Katz/status/1032022845633777665

08:22, 23 August 2018

Experts explain IS' stake on children and teens

The "Islamic State" (IS) a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court, is training teenagers in special camps and has long been using children in terror acts, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have stated, explaining that minors cause less suspicion in law enforcers.

08:19, 23 August 2018

Tourist dies after lightning strike on Mount Elbrus

On Wednesday, August 22, two tourists suffered in the mountains of Kabardino-Balkaria from a lightning strike. One of them died in rescuers' hands; and his 35-year-old woman-companion was hospitalized.

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

21:28, 22 August 2018

Residents of Chechnya tell about detentions of relatives of attackers on law enforcers

Law enforcers have detained relatives of the teens, who attacked policemen, and interrogated friends of the murdered young men, residents of Chechnya have stated. Users of social networks doubt the necessity to shot dead the attackers.

Vitaly Gabniya. Photo © Sputnik / Tomas Tkhaytsuk https://sputnik-abkhazia.ru/Abkhazia/20180822/1024775889/vice-prezident-abxazii-zayavil-ob-otstavke.html

21:24, 22 August 2018

Vice-president of Abkhazia resigned after brawl

Vitaly Gabniya, a vice-president of Abkhazia, said that he leaves the post, having treated the brawl he took part in as an example of inefficiency of the republic's law enforcement system. He has also warned about a possible aggravation of the situation in Abkhazia.

The building of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Photo CC BY 2.0 / Mathieu Nivelles / Cour européenne des Droits de l'Homme à Strasbourg en décembre

17:59, 22 August 2018

Tbilisi demands from ECtHR to punish Russia for oppressing Georgians

In its complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), Georgia has accused Russia of oppressing ethnic Georgians in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, paying special attention to the death of Gigi Otkhozoriya and Archil Tatunashvili.

Law enforcers during the special operation. Photo by Yuri Mukhin and Alexander Kolesnikov http://rosgvard.ru/ru/page/index/komandnoshtabnye-ucheniya-podrazdelenij-specialnogo-naznacheniya

17:57, 22 August 2018

After attack in Chechnya, law enforcers detect IS cell in Norilsk

In the city of Norilsk, suspects in recruiting militants into the "Islamic State" (IS, a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court) were detained, the press service of the FSB Department Krasnoyarsk Territory has reported. The day before, on August 20, teenagers in Chechnya committed attacks on law enforcers.

A woman during the hostilities in Mosul (Iraq). March 1, 2017. Photo REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

13:16, 22 August 2018

Fate of a hundred Russian women-prisoners in Iraq became known

More than 100 Russian women, serving their sentences for assisting terrorists in Iraq, asked to help them to return to their homeland, said Tatiana Moskalkova, the Russian Ombudsperson.

13:13, 22 August 2018

Damnation of young militant's father reminds collective responsibility in Chechnya

The principle of collective responsibility, which is used by law enforcers in Chechnya in the fight against militants, is inefficient. This is written by the "Novaya Gazeta" in the comment on the damnation of the father of Magomed Musaev, a young man killed during the attack on policemen on August 20.

11:45, 22 August 2018

Social network users discuss beating up of Chechen woman in Kalmykia

Tabarik Dudaeva, a 46-year-old native of Chechnya, living in Kalmykia, filed a complained about beating. Users of social networks from Chechnya demanded to investigate the incident. A lot of users from Kalmykia apologized for the actions of their fellow countrymen.

A special operation. Photo by the National Anti-terrorism Committee of Russia, http://nac.gov.ru

11:42, 22 August 2018

Attack committed by teens in Chechnya shows improved tactics of IS attacks

Scientists engaged in oriental studies note that appeals of the IS (the "Islamic State", a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court, – note of the "Caucasian Knot") were heard by Chechen teenagers who improved the tactics of solo attacks and organized a series of incidents.

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