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October 30, 2017 18:19

• Nalchik: public verdict passed to communist secretary at rally in memory of repression victims

  The public tribunal of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has found Betal Kalmykov, the first secretary of the VKP(b) local committee in the 1930s, guilty of genocide.

October 30, 2017 16:28

• Sabsabi refuted his alleged refusal to return Dagestan women from Syria

  Ziyad Sabsabi, a representative of the Chechen leadership, who heads the work of returning militants' families from Syria and Iraq, has denied rumours that he had stopped his activities because of the arrest of Zagidat Abakarova and Muslimat Kurbanova in Dagestan.

October 30, 2017 14:51

• NKR's ex-Defence Minister refutes involvement in bringing missile complex to Armenia

  Samvel Babayan, a former Defence Minister of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has stated in court that he had not taken part in the illegal purchase of the shoulder-held surface-to-air missile complex "Igla" (Needle) and its importation into Armenia.

October 30, 2017 13:25

• Grozny students complain about enforcement to attend match of "Akhmat" FC

  Law enforcers have blocked the road near the "Akhmat Arena" Stadium in Grozny, where a football match will take place. Each university has its own sector at the stadium to be filled in, the students, who have to come to the match for fear of non-admission to the examination session, have reported.

October 30, 2017 12:20

• Week of October 23-29 saw no victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week from October 23 to October 29, 2017, no casualties or victims were recorded in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the monitoring of the own materials of the "Caucasian Knot" and information from other open sources.

October 30, 2017 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of October 23-29

  Shelling of fighters in a Chechen unit of the National Guard of Russia; fall of Georgian lari; election of Mayors in Cherkessk and Karachaevsk; attack on policemen in the Stavropol Territory; screening of "Matilda" in Southern Russia, launched with enhanced security measures; resignation of Lev Travnev, who served as Mayor of Pyatigorsk for 11 years, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of October 23-29, 2017, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

October 30, 2017 07:29

• Policeman hospitalized after shelling in Derbent

  On October 29, in Dagestan, a policeman was injured while he tried to separate street fighters.

October 30, 2017 06:28

• Natives of Northern Caucasus win 11 medals of international wrestling tournament

  In Nefteyugansk, on the final day of the international freestyle wrestling tournament for the prizes of Vladimir Semenov, Vice President of the Russian Sports Wrestling Federation (RSWF), wrestlers from Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, and North Ossetia won one gold, four silver and six bronze medals.

October 30, 2017 04:45

• Abkhazian domino national team enters top ten in world

  On October 22-29, the city of Willemstad in the island of Curaçao hosted the World Domino Championship. The national team of Abkhazia occupied the tenth place.

October 29, 2017 19:11

• Residents of Nagorno-Karabakh present their products at pomegranate festival

  Today, more than 55 pavilions have been opened at the first grenade festival in the Martuni District of Nagorno-Karabakh. Agricultural workers and gardeners from the Martuni, Gadrut, and Kashatag Districts have presented their products at the festival.

October 29, 2017 13:28

• Nagorno-Karabakh supports demands for Catalonia's independence

  Residents of Catalonia have the right to independently determine the political status of the region, reported the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) for Nagorno-Karabakh.

October 29, 2017 10:19

• A film from China wins Grand Prix of "Golden Tower" Festival

  The film "Brave Warriors" by Chinese film director Ning Heijiang has won the International Film Festival "Golden Tower" held in Ingushetia.

October 29, 2017 06:22

• Natives of Northern Caucasus massively detained in Turkey, Diaspora members report

  Mass arrests of people from Northern Caucasus began in Turkey. Members of the North-Caucasian Diaspora collect signatures under an appeal to the Turkish authorities with a demand to stop the persecution of migrants and release the detainees.

October 29, 2017 04:21

• Summer school project for Nogai District of KChR enters final of Google contest

  In the summer, under the "Balapanal" project, which claims to win the Google contest "Far from capital", children from the Nogai District of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) learned for free their native language, learned to play national instruments, and practiced jujitsu.

October 29, 2017 02:32

• Residents of Chechnya report mass detentions of young people

  Mass detentions of people suspected of the use of narcotic and psychotropic substances are being carried out in Chechnya. The raids are of operational and preventive nature, the police explained.

October 28, 2017 20:59

• Opposition rally blames Azerbaijani authorities for corruption

  Azerbaijan is experiencing an economic downturn, and most people live in poverty. At the same time, the country has 160 political prisoners and sees continued repressions, the participants of the opposition rally in Baku have stated.

October 28, 2017 18:23

• Abkhazia announces conditions for recognition of Catalonia's independence

  Abkhazia is ready to consider the issue on recognition of the Catalonia's independence in case it receives an appropriate address and sees that Catalonia needs that. This has been announced by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Abkhazia.

October 28, 2017 17:38

• Economists associate drop of lari with negative expectations and stronger dollar

  The exchange rate of the Georgian lari against the US dollar has been steadily dropping since the start of the week; while on October 27 the lari/euro exchange rate fell below the historical minimum. Economists link the lari weakening with the end of the tourist season, post-election recession of economic activities and the trend that has forced people to expect for the lari devaluation this autumn.

October 28, 2017 17:32

• Azerbaijan supports territorial integrity of Spain

  The Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has commented on the independence from Spain declared by the Catalan Parliament and mentioned the origin of the Karabakh conflict.

October 28, 2017 15:05

• In Baku, about 1000 people come to rally against corruption

  Participants of the Azerbaijani opposition's rally organized under the slogan "No robbery and lie!" came to the stadium in the Yasamal District of Baku with portraits of political prisoners and socio-political posters.