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Ksenia Sobchak. Photo: Reuters/Anton Vaganov

08:00, 31 December 2017

Why volunteers of Southern Russia prefer Sobchak, not Putin or Navalny

After Ksenia Sobchak, a public person and a journalist, had been nominated to run for Russian presidency, her offices and volunteer groups launched activities in the regions. In Rostov-on-Don, Mineralnye Vody, Sochi, and Volgograd, the "Caucasian Knot" interviewed supporters and volunteers of Ksenia Sobchak to find out what to expect from the "candidate against all" and why she is more preferable than Putin and Navalny. Rivals and opponents of Ksenia Sobchak also had something to tell about her.

Resident of Chechnya writes about underground oil refinery in his letter to the Caucasian Knot. Photo by the Caucasian Knot.

17:35, 28 December 2017

Chechnya, Dagestan and Krasnodar: how oil refineries generate protests

For more than 10 years, in an outskirt of Grozny, a secret oil refinery has been operating. It is situated at the exit from the Zavodskoy District of the city in the direction of the dwelling settlement of Andreevskaya Dolina. This was reported in a letter sent to the "Caucasian Knot" by one of Grozny townspeople. Residents of other places of Russian South – of the city of Tuapse and Dagestani countryside – told about their personal experience and consequences of living close to oil refineries.

Children in Aleppo (Syria). Photo by Russia’s Ministry of Defence, mil.ru

18:10, 15 December 2017

Caliphate children: what awaits them after IS*

The "Caucasian Knot" tells why it is not easy to return militants' children to Russia, who is engaged in the process, and how many children they have already managed to return.

14:00, 8 July 2009

National Reconciliation in South Ossetia

The Commission of National Reconciliation in South Ossetia could become a vital tool for reducing tensions and finding lasting political solutions in the region, argues journalist and analyst Valeriy Dzutsev.

13:30, 24 October 2008

Georgia-Russia conflict: Ethnic Cleansing Continues in South Ossetian Conflict Zone in Georgia

Statement of the Norwegian Helsinki Committee.

18:39, 28 August 2008

Blogger "failures" in the Georgian war, and the rise of citizen propaganda

17:35, 21 August 2008

Russian bloggers go after YouTube

While the real war between Russia and Georgia may be over, the Internet war lingers on, with virtual battalions continuing to fight on sites like YouTube.

17:45, 18 August 2008

Citizen war-reporter? The Caucasus test

The Georgia-Russia war has exposed some of the flaws in the idea of citizen journalism, says Evgeny Morozov.

17:43, 16 August 2008

Misunderstanding cyberwar

15:34, 13 August 2008

The Kremlin's Virtual Army

Shadowy hackers in Moscow and St. Petersburg? Old news. Get ready for the next generation of Russian cyberwarriors

21:36, 23 May 2008

Extraordinary Parliamentary Elections in the Republic of Georgia

Report from election observation 20 and 21 May 2008

19:34, 7 May 2008

Aidan White (General Secretary of the International Federation of Journalists): "Journalists should walk off any close relations with the authorities"

16:28, 27 February 2008

North Caucasus: Police raid offices of Independent Journalist

09:49, 30 January 2008

Valery Dzutsev: Kosovo and duplex plan for peace settlement in Georgian-South Ossetian conflict

14:56, 17 January 2008

Gordon N. Bardos (The Harriman Institute, USA): "In the issue of the right of nations to self-determination the international community resorts to double standard policy"

On the threshold of unilateral declaration by Kosovo, former Serbian autonomy, of its independence from Serbia, the practice of international recognition of new self-determined territories, including those in the Caucasus, is becoming especially actual.

01:20, 22 December 2007

Interview with David J.Kramer

20:49, 29 November 2007

From the Conflict Zone

Bulletin of Memorial Human Rights Center: Tangieva v. Russia

22:38, 17 January 2007

Andreas Gross: 'Russia underestimates the gravity of the totalitarian past'

One of the most significant events of autumn 2006 political life was the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) Forum 'For the Future of Democracy' held in Moscow.

14:35, 14 August 2006

An Appeal to Russian Public and International Community, to All People of Good Will from Ingush residents of Prigorodny district of North Ossetia, who were forced to start a timeless hunger strike

The hunger strike of 10 residents of refugee camp "Majski" has continued for 14 days. According to the appeal of the strikers, their action is a protest against postponing the return of Ingush IDPs to the places of their permanent residence in North Ossetia and against discrimination of the Ingush minority in North Ossetia.

19:08, 14 December 2005

Expertise on Russia's new NGO legislation

Yuri Dzhibladze, President of the Center for the Development of Democracy and Human Rights, comments on amendments restricting NGO rights in Russia

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