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November 08, 2017 00:44

• Baku court refuses to release Afghan Mukhtarly

  On November 7, the Nasimi District Court of Baku considered the defence's petition to transfer the Azerbaijani journalist Afghan Mukhtarly from custody under the house arrest, Elchin Sadygov, his advocate, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

November 07, 2017 21:56

• CTO regime cancelled in two Ingush villages

  Law enforcers have removed the restrictions imposed in the villages of Yandare and Ekazhevo after the militants' attack on the road-patrol service (DPS) block post.

November 07, 2017 18:20

• In Krasnodar, court leaves Pavel Grib under arrest

  The Krasnodar Territorial Court has dismissed the appeal of Pavel Grib, a citizen of Ukraine, accused of terrorism, and left him in custody.

November 07, 2017 17:47

• "Kingcoal" directors charged with intentional bankruptcy

  According to the Prosecutor's Office, actions committed by directors of the "Kingcoal" group of companies led to the bankruptcy of the Rostov coal enterprises, dismissals of thousands of miners, and wage arrears.

November 07, 2017 16:36

• Court refuses to release Gezyal Bairamly from custody

  The Azerbaijani Court has dismissed the defence's motion to transfer Gezyal Bairamly, the deputy chair of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), under house arrest for health reasons.

November 07, 2017 16:20

• FSB releases video with detention of suspected "Artpodgotovka"* members

  The FSB has released a video with detentions of suspected members of the banned extremist movement "Artpodgotovka"* (Artillery Preparation). The detentions were also carried out in Southern Russia. According to the law enforcement agencies, one of the detainees confessed to plotting "revolutionary actions", while another said activists were preparing fireworks.

November 07, 2017 14:41

• HRW calls on Russian authorities to find out Zelimkhan Bakaev's fate

  Today, rights defenders have reminded people that singer Zelimkhan Bakaev disappeared in Chechnya almost three months ago. The rights defenders demanded from the Russian authorities to answer questions about his whereabouts.

November 07, 2017 11:57

• In Yerevan, about 500 students go on strike

  Today, during a protest action, about 500 students from the Yerevan State University (YSU) have stated they will not attend lectures until the bill to cancel a postponement from the army is withdrawn from the Parliament.

November 07, 2017 11:00

• Ingush law enforcers attract geneticists to identify suicide bomber's body

  In the course of an attack on the road-and-patrol service (known as DPS) checkpoint, a suicide bombing was committed by Islam Kushtov, a resident of the Karabulak town, law enforcers suggest. On November 6, in order to accurately identify the deceased suicide bomber, investigators sent the remains of his body to genetic examination.

November 07, 2017 07:57

• MIA updates number of people wounded in shootout in Ingushetia

  Six and not five policemen were injured in an attack on a road-and-patrol service (known as DPS) checkpoint which occurred on November 5. One of the policemen died of the wounds he got, reported the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Ingushetia.

November 07, 2017 02:17

• Indiana officially recognizes Armenian Genocide

  Indiana has become the 48th US state that recognized the genocide of the Armenian people in the Ottoman Empire in the early 20th century.

November 07, 2017 00:58

• Georgian women demand protection from sexual harassment

  In Batumi, a schoolgirl from one of the public schools has complained to a school marshal about being sexually harassed by her teacher. The story has got wide resonance in Georgia against the background of a series of other stories about sexual harassment, made public by Georgian women in social networks as part of the international campaign #metoo against sexual violence.

November 07, 2017 00:23

• Law enforcers report detention of a suspect involved in attack on Ingush DPS block post

  Out of three assailants who attacked a road-and-patrol (known as DPS) block post in Ingushetia, two were killed and one was detained. This was reported by a source from the police. Residents of Karabulak suggest that the DPS block post was attacked in revenge for the death of Magomed Miziev, who was killed at the DPS block post on October 19.

November 06, 2017 22:30

• In Karabulak, police conduct raids after militants' attack on DPS block post

  In the town of Karabulak, law enforcers carried out raids in search of suspects involved in the attack on a road-and-patrol (known as DPS) block post. Rights defender Magomed Mutsolgov has treated those law enforcers' actions as senseless and ungrounded.

November 06, 2017 21:43

• October Revolution led to modern conflicts in the Caucasus

  The causes of many today's conflicts in the Caucasus should be sought in the events that occurred in the autumn of 1917, said the scientists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

November 06, 2017 16:44

• Chechen schoolgirl receives iPhone from Kadyrov for laudatory verse about Putin

  On November 5, the Chechen authorities announced a third-form pupil to be the winner of the contest for the best poem about Vladimir Putin; the girl advised the critics of the president "spit out saliva." Some local residents criticized the children's involvement in a political contest.

November 06, 2017 15:10

• Money being raised for a movie about Dagestani policeman Nurbagandov

  A feature movie "Keep working, Brothers!" about the life of Magomed Nurbagandov, a policeman, killed by militants, will be filmed in Dagestan for people's money, Pyotr Alyoshkin, the project initiator and the Producer General of the "Our Youth" Film Studio, has announced today.

November 06, 2017 14:54

• Turkish ophthalmologists operate on 120 people in Chechnya

  During their five-day stay in Grozny, ophthalmologists from Turkey consulted more than a thousand people and made surgeries, the spokesman of the Chechen Ministry of Public Health has reported today. Local residents explained their desire to get to the Turkish doctors by the high quality of medical care and free-of-charge operation.

November 06, 2017 13:05

• Eyewitnesses report details of attack in Ingushetia

  According to eyewitnesses, there were presumably two attackers. One of them ran into the building of the block post and threw a backpack onto the floor, after which an explosion occurred; the suicide bomber died on the spot. The second attacker fired back to law enforcers near the post.

November 06, 2017 11:43

• One of alleged militants killed in Ingushetia identified

  On November 5, during a shootout that broke out at a stationary DPS (road-and-patrol service) post in Ingushetia, a local resident Magomed Murzabekov was killed, said an informed source.