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November 17, 2017 13:26

• Relatives of Volgograd schoolchildren see no problems in scandalous song about Putin

  A video with participation of State Duma MP Anna Kuvychko and cadets was shot with the consent of the cadets' parents, reported the school principal. According to survey, residents of Volgograd do not see any problems in the song, despite a wave of criticism in social networks.

November 17, 2017 11:59

• Azerbaijan claims its positions shelled from machine guns

  On November 16-17, the Armenian armed forces violated the ceasefire regime 117 times, reported the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD).

November 17, 2017 10:31

• Two children die in a fire in Dagestan

  Dead bodies of two children have been found under ruins of a burnt private house in the Akusha District.

November 17, 2017 05:04

• "Kunaki" film festival presents to audience three films dedicated to Caucasus

  On the second day of the 11th North-Caucasian Open Film and TV Festival "Kunaki", ten films were screened, three of which were dedicated to the Caucasus.

November 17, 2017 00:25

• Residents of South Ossetia report problems of local medical facilities

  Citizens of South Ossetia will be able to receive free medical care in medical facilities in Russia, announced Anatoly Bibilov after his visit to Moscow on November 14. In Tskhinvali, hospitals often have no necessary drugs, noted city residents, who preferred to go to Vladikavkaz for medical treatment.

November 16, 2017 22:50

• Man accused of blowing Chechen policeman up extradited from Germany

  Today, a native of Chechnya, whose was hiding under a false name abroad after an assassination attempt on a policeman, has been brought to Russia from Frankfurt am Main, Irina Volk, the spokeswoman of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported.

November 16, 2017 20:54

• Mourning events in Kaspiysk raise issue of 21-year-old terrorists' impunity

  The mourning rally was held today in memory of 68 Kaspiysk casualties of explosion of a residential house on November 16, 1996. The executors and organizers of the terror act have not been found to this day.

November 16, 2017 19:52

• Law enforcers search house of Ingush Imam Khamzat Chumakov

  Today, in Ingushetia, law enforcers have carried out a search at the places of Khamzat Chumakov, Imam of the Nasyr-Kort mosque, and his brother. Imam's supporters accused the law enforcement agencies of provocation.

November 16, 2017 19:38

• Azerbaijani blogger Mekhman Guseinov complains to court of torture after detention

  Today, Mekhman Guseinov, sentenced on the charge of defaming the Azerbaijani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), has given the testimony about beatings by law enforcers. He has also demanded to examine video records from the police building.

November 16, 2017 15:25

• ECtHR recognizes violation of Ilgar Mamedov's rights to fair trial

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has granted the complaint filed by Ilgar Mamedov, the leader of the Azerbaijani movement "Republican Alternative" (ReAl), by recognizing the violation of his rights to a fair trial. The ECtHR has obliged the Azerbaijani authorities to pay to Ilgar Mamedov 10,000 euros of compensation.

November 16, 2017 15:23

• Chechen authorities respond to Movsar Eskerkhanov's coming-out

  The authorities of Chechnya are willing to forgive Movsar Eskerkhanov, who apologized for his interview to magazine Time. This has been reported today by Djambulat Umarov, Chechen Minister for National Policy, Foreign Relations, Press and Information.

November 16, 2017 14:18

• Russian SC mitigates verdict to author of SMS to Georgia

  The term of punishment for Inga Tutisani, a resident of Sochi, sentenced for high treason because of an SMS-message she sent in August 2008 to Georgia, in which she described the movement of Russian troops, was reduced down to 4 years and 1 month.

November 16, 2017 13:50

• Residents of Chechnya fear of reprisals provoked by story about "drugstore" party

  The Chechen police are engaged in carrying out an inspection after the detention of five participants of a party in Pyatigorsk, who confessed to taking psychotropic substances. A TV story about party participants can provoke the use of violence against them, residents of Chechnya believe.

November 16, 2017 13:12

• In Azerbaijan, residents of three districts affected by earthquake

  In the Agdam District, 127 houses were damaged as a result of an earthquake, and 100 houses got cracks in the Barda District. Destructions and damages were also registered in the Terter District.

November 16, 2017 11:14

• Makhachkala dismantles video cameras at city intersections because of authorities' debts

  The debts of the Dagestani authorities to supplier of video cameras to register traffic violations reached 136 million roubles, although the video cameras registered violations to collect fines of 400 million roubles. This has been reported by the company supplying video cameras. The investor has refused to support the project until the debt is paid.

November 16, 2017 11:10

• "Roskomnadzor" blocks websites calling for actions against Ramzan Kadyrov

  Websites calling to hold unsanctioned protests in Chechnya are blocked at a request of the Prosecutor's Office of the republic.

November 16, 2017 08:50

• Vladimir Vasiliev finds a solution to problem around Samur Forest

  A decision has been found to preserve the Samur Forest and provide people with water. This was announced on November 15 by Vladimir Vasiliev, the acting leader of Dagestan.

November 16, 2017 03:35

• More than 100 people visit opening of "Kunaki" film festival in Abkhazia

  The 11th North-Caucasian Open Film and TV Festival "Kunaki" was opened with the screening of the silent film "Abrek Zaur", released in 1926. The show is dated to the 100th anniversary of the October Revolution of 1917, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

November 16, 2017 00:43

• Law enforcers report three suspects detained after attack on Ingush checkpoint

  Three residents of Ingushetia have been detained on suspicion of involvement in an attack on a road-and-patrol service (known as DPS) checkpoint (block post) near the village of Yandare, reported a source from the law enforcement agencies of the republic.

November 15, 2017 20:45

• Resident of Dagestan convicted for links with militants

  The court has found a resident of Dagestan to be a member of the armed underground and sentenced him to eight years in prison.