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October 23, 2017 19:09

• Court leaves Afghan Mukhtarly in custody

  In Azerbaijan, the Court of Appeal has dismissed the complaint filed by journalist Afghan Mukhtarly about extension of his arrest.

October 23, 2017 15:42

• Critic of Kremlin's policy in the Caucasus wounded at "Echo Moskvy"

  Tatiana Felgengauer, a presenter of the "Echo Moskvy" Radio, who has been hospitalized with a wound in the neck, has become another victim of an attack on journalists in Russia. Felgengauer has been often broadcasting on sensitive topics related to Northern Caucasus. In particular, she discussed the links of Nemtsov's murder with Chechnya and the Kremlin's patronage of Ramzan Kadyrov.

October 23, 2017 15:16

• CTO regime lifted in two districts of Dagestan

  Today, power agents have completed the search for militants in the Babayurt and Kizilyurt Districts of Dagestan, launched on October 1.

October 23, 2017 13:50

• Causes of deaths of Dubrovka terror act victims remain unknown for 15 years

  Today, people mark the 15th anniversary of the tragedy when the Dubrovka Theatre Centre was captured by militants. Despite the requests voiced by the victims, a lot of details surrounding the circumstances of the tragedy have not yet been made public.

October 23, 2017 10:55

• On October 16-22, four people fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week from October 16 to October 22, 2017, four persons suffered in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus; one of them was killed and three were wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

October 23, 2017 10:27

• Students report threats of being dismissed for failure to attend match of "Akhmat" FC

  Football fans have expressed their disappointment with the performance of football players from the Grozny FC in the visiting match with the "Ural" FC team. On October 22, the match ended with the defeat of the "Akhmat" FC team. Under the threat to dismiss rectors of higher education institutions and kick out students, the authorities of Chechnya ordered to ensure a 100% turnout of football fans for the next match of the "Akhmat" FC team to be held in Grozny.

October 23, 2017 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of October 16-22

  Municipal elections in Georgia; negotiations between the Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia; death of Armenian philanthropist Levon Airapetyan in a Russian penal colony, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of October 16-22, 2017, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

October 23, 2017 07:59

• Rostov fire victims not allowed restoring their houses

  No permits will be issued for restoration of houses burnt as a result of a fire which occurred in Rostov-on-Don in August, and land plots will be purchased under the "voluntarily and compulsory" procedure. This has been stated by City Mayor Vitaly Kushnaryov at a meeting with the fire victims.

October 23, 2017 02:11

• Activists vote for a "sheep" at election of Telavi Mayor

  In the city of Telavi in the Kakheti region, civil activists have spoiled ballots in protest against the deprivation of the town of its self-government status. The activists wrote a word "sheep" on the ballots.

October 22, 2017 19:59

• Azerbaijani military killed at shelling

  An Azerbaijani serviceman has died today from the wounds sustained as a result of shelling by Armenia, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.

October 22, 2017 19:03

• Navalny voices out his programme to supporters in Astrakhan (+video)

  Today, Alexei Navalny, immediately after his release from custody, has flown to Astrakhan to speak to his supporters at a rally. He said that being the president, he would cut military spending, direct funds to the medicine and collect foreign debts to Russia.

October 22, 2017 17:58

• Opposition refuses to recognize Georgian election outcomes

  The "Leaders' Council", consisting of the heads of 16 non-parliamentary oppositional parties of Georgia, has announced a complete distrust in the outcomes of the elections and treats them as illegitimate.

October 22, 2017 15:35

• Former football star wins Tbilisi mayoral elections

  Kakha Kaladze, a former Georgia's Energy Minister and football star, has been elected Tbilisi Mayor; four parties were elected to the City Council (Sakrebulo); the majority belongs to the ruling "Georgian Dream" Party, the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Georgia has informed.

October 22, 2017 13:29

• Dagestani pensioners recognize their grandson in video from Iraq

  The spouses Akhmed and Patimat from Dagestan have asked the authorities to help to return their grandson from Iraq; they recognized the boy in a video from a Baghdad orphanage.

October 22, 2017 01:13

• Advocate Sadygov states violation of his rights by SIZO staff

  On October 21, advocate Elchin Sadygov told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that at Baku SIZO-1 (pre-trial prison), some investigative actions had been carried out on the case of the journalist Afghan Mukhtarly.

October 21, 2017 22:01

• Georgia CEC received 204 complaints on the voting day

  The cities of Marneuli and Kutaisi, and the Tbilisi Districts of Vake and Nadzaladevi became record holders in the number of complaints about violations at voting. Overall, the elections passed with the voter turnout of 45.64%, the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Georgia has reported.

October 21, 2017 20:26

• Women returned to Chechnya from Syria offered to avoid criminal liability

  Seven women, who have returned from Syria to Grozny, will be offered to surrender, thus, avoiding the criminal liability for participating in illegal armed formations (IAFs), the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported.

October 21, 2017 17:24

• Fourteen children and seven women brought to Chechnya from Syria

  They arrived from the Syria warfare zone in Grozny, where they were met by their relatives.

October 21, 2017 16:42

• Over 500 Nagorno-Karabakh residents rally in memory of Airapetyan

  Residents of the village of Vank, Martakert District, have held a mourning rally in memory of Levon Airapetyan and attended a memorial service at the Gandzasar Monastery.

October 21, 2017 14:38

• PACE's Special Rapporteur concerned over arrest of Azerbaijani journalist in Ukraine

  The Interpol system cannot be used to prosecute oppositionists abroad. This was stated by Bernd Fabricius, a Special Rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), in his comment on the arrest of the Azerbaijani journalist Fikret Guseinli in Ukraine.