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November 03, 2017 17:09

• Baku: police detain nine picketers (+video)

  More than 20 activists of the "Musavat" Party went out in Baku to picket against the Mayoralty's refusal to sanction a march. Nine detainees were released from the police station after receiving an oral warning.

November 03, 2017 16:23

• NATO ships arrive in Batumi for exercises

  The exercises with the participation of the flagship "Regele Ferdinand" and a NATO ship under the Turkish flag are aimed at increasing the interaction of naval forces, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has stated.

November 03, 2017 14:04

• Sobchak argued with Kadyrov about Lenin's body

  Ksenia Sobchak has objected to Ramzan Kadyrov in her comment on his statement about the burial of Lenin's body.

November 03, 2017 12:57

• Two federal judges deprived of their powers in Chechnya

  The Qualification Collegium of Judges has stopped the powers of two judges from the Achkhoi-Martan District Court because of illegal decisions pronounced by them.

November 03, 2017 09:47

• Putin asks Abdulatipov to help Vasiliev to plunge into Dagestani problems

  The former head of Dagestan and the leaders of 10 other regions, dismissed in late September, will receive state awards and should not interfere in the work of their successors, Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated.

November 03, 2017 09:27

• Azerbaijan reports machine-gun fire in conflict zone

  Within the past 24 hours, positions of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces were shelled for 119 times, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) reports.

November 03, 2017 06:54

• Regional ethnographers talk on Gunib popularization through art project

  The project "Tsar Valley, Art-Gunib", the winner of Vladimir Potanin Foundation's Contest "The Changing Museum in the Changing World", is aimed at preserving the natural beauty of the village and popularizing its historical and cultural heritage, said Naida Dibirova, a deputy director of the Makhachkala History Museum.

November 02, 2017 18:20

• Mikhail Saakashvili appeals against his second refusal of asylum in Ukraine

  Mikhail Saakashvili, the former President of Georgia, has filed a lawsuit against the Migration Service of Ukraine, which had twice refused to protect him against extradition from the country.

November 02, 2017 15:12

• Circumstances of Amina Okueva's funeral give rise to new version of shelling in Kiev

  The secrecy of Amina Okueva's funeral has provoked a version that the woman did not die, reported an agent from the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU).

November 02, 2017 14:23

• Kadyrov supports Sobchak's idea to bury Lenin

  Ramzan Kadyrov has called on to remove the body of Vladimir Lenin from Red Square and to bury him. On October 27, a similar statement was made by Ksenia Sobchak, who criticized the authorities of Chechnya for violating the rights of residents in the republic.

November 02, 2017 14:15

• Journalists declare solidarity in struggle against violence applied to their colleagues

  The international organization named "Free Press Unlimited", engaged in support of the freedom of speech, has declared that crimes against journalists remain unpunished. The media professionals, who have signed the statement, undertake to cover cases of violence against their colleagues and put pressure on those who contribute to such crimes.

November 02, 2017 11:47

• In Chechnya, two soldiers injured by grenade explosion

  Soldiers were injured while they were examining a mined dugout arranged by militants. There are no threats to the injured soldiers' lives, reported a source from the law enforcement agencies of Chechnya.

November 02, 2017 11:28

• 60 signatures put in support of journalists

  On November 2, 2017, on the 'International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists', a statement was issued by the international non-governmental organization Free Press Unlimited, which is fighting for the independent media's activities in countries with limited freedom of the press. Sixty representatives of the media, nonprofit organizations, associations, and broadcasting networks from more than 20 countries, put their signatures under the statement of the Free Press Unlimited. The "Caucasian Knot" has also signed the appeal. Our journalists have been repeatedly attacked, two of them died, and one of the "Caucasian Knot" correspondents, Zhalaudi Geriev, is imprisoned in Chechnya on fabricated criminal charges.

November 02, 2017 11:05

• Mercenary from Stavropol Territory killed in Syria, social network users report

  Muslim Abumislimov, a 26-year-old native of the Stavropol Territory, was killed in a battle on the side of the government troops of Syria, users of a social network reported. However, on the personal page of Muslim Abumislimov, a message was posted to refute the information about his death.

November 02, 2017 10:20

• Resident of Georgia taken into custody in South Ossetia

  In South Ossetia, law enforcers have instituted criminal proceedings against Gennady Bestaev, a citizen of Georgia. According to the law enforcers' version, the man has violated the border for the third time.

November 02, 2017 09:23

• A brother of Grozny Mayor heads Achkhoi-Martan District

  On November 1, Tamerlan Khuchiev, the adviser to the leader of Chechnya, was appointed the acting head of the administration for the Achkhoi-Martan District, a large district of the Chechen Republic. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by an official from the administration for the leader and government of Chechnya.

November 02, 2017 04:36

• In Armenia, kindergarten director reports details of hostage taking

  In Armenia, a man suspected of hostage taking in a kindergarten threatened to use a knife to kill a child to take revenge on his former wife by blackening her conscience with the child's death. This was reported by Rosa Vardanyan, the director of the kindergarten.

November 02, 2017 04:15

• Elbrus villagers oppose construction of facilities by "Resorts of Northern Caucasus"

  In Kabardino-Balkaria, residents of the village of Elbrus are afraid that the construction of modern hotels and other facilities by the "Resorts of Northern Caucasus" Company will lead to bankruptcies of their small businesses. The head of the Elbrus village associates the villagers' concerns with the lack of information about the Company's plans for the development of the Elbrus Region.

November 01, 2017 22:34

• Activists call for introduction of the Adyg language in seven Kuban schools

  The schools situated in areas of compact residence of Adygs in Kuban (Krasnodar Territory) allocate too little time for teaching the Adyg language; while the textbooks on this subject have not yet been approved by the Russian Ministry of Education, the leaders of the "Adyge Khase" have emphasized.

November 01, 2017 20:27

• Experts on Caucasus admit Chechen trace in Okueva's murder

  Amina Okueva was not a swore enemy of Ramzan Kadyrov, but the version about the Chechen trace in her murder can not be ruled out, said Orkhan Djemal and Mikhail Roschin. In the opinion of Svetlana Gannushkina, a human rights defender, the Chechen trace in this murder is obvious.