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December 02, 2019 18:55

• Abkhazian law enforcers free kidnapped local resident

  Several residents of Abkhazia were detained on suspicion of kidnapping. MP Aslan Bzhaniya holds President Raul Khadjimba responsible for the growth of crimes, including more frequent cases of kidnapping.

December 02, 2019 16:52

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of November 25-December 1, 2019

  Start of the trial in a case on the killings of Dagestanis in Chechnya; protests in Tbilisi; ECtHR's decision on the communication of a complaint filed by Maxim Lapunov about torture in Chechnya, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of November 25-December 1, 2019, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

December 02, 2019 13:35

• Week of November 25-December 1 passed with no victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week from November 25 to December 1, 2019, no casualties were recorded in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

December 02, 2019 13:19

• KBR and Dagestan head the anti-rating of regions with lowest salaries

  Among the regions of Southern Russia, the largest number of workers with wages and salaries above 100,000 roubles per month live and work in the Astrakhan and Rostov Regions, and in the Krasnodar Territory. Dagestan and the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) are the outsiders – here, less than one percent of workers receive such salaries.

December 02, 2019 11:19

• "Beanpole" by Kantemir Balagov put on the list of 50 best films of the year

  The film "Beanpole" by film director Kantemir Balagov from the KBR (Kabardino-Balkarian Republic) took the 21st place in the list of 50 best films, according to the British Film Institute (BFI).

December 02, 2019 11:12

• Appointment of Kadyrov's son-in-law to high MIA post triggers scepticism in Chechnya

  Viskhan Matsuev, a 22-year-old son-in-law of Ramzan Kadyrov, was appointed head of the Migration Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Chechnya, because of his work experience, and not because he is Kadyrov's relative, Akhmed Dudaev, Director of the "Grozny" ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Company) explained on November 30. Some residents of Chechnya and Instagram users treat this version as inconclusive.

December 02, 2019 10:59

• Tbilisi activists demand to free Chkhartishvili

  Opposition activists have held a protest action in front of the "Georgian Dream" Party office in Tbilisi against the arrest of Lasha Chkhartishvili, a member of the Labour Party.

December 02, 2019 10:47

• Native of Chechnya complains of bullying after detention in Strasbourg

  Strasbourg policemen put pressure on two natives from Chechnya suspected of justifying terrorism by their gestures during making selfies, and would not allow them to contact their relatives, one of the detainees said after being released.

December 01, 2019 11:14

• Petersburg activist holds picket in defence of Ingush political prisoners

  In Saint Petersburg, Marina Ken, an activist, went out to a solo picket with portraits of detained protesters in Magas. After their arrest, the Ingush civil society is left without its representatives, she has claimed.

December 01, 2019 11:09

• Activists in Baku demand to solve Karabakh conflict by force

  A rally in Baku has criticized the policy of Azerbaijani authorities in addressing the Karabakh problem and called on the government to launch a military offensive.

December 01, 2019 11:00

• Armenian rights defenders stress need for measures to reduce army suicides

  The suicide statistics in the Armenian Army indicates an unresolved discipline problem; however, tougher sanctions for driving to suicide are not enough to reduce the figures, Arthur Sakunts and Zhanna Aleksanyan, rights defenders, believe. Khachatur Gasparyan, a psychologist, has urged to pay attention to the relationships of soldiers with officers.

November 30, 2019 18:55

• Tbilisi protesters arrested and fined

  The court has arrested an activist, Anro Dzhandjgava, for five days, and fined David Napetvaridze, another protester at the building of the National Library of Georgia.

November 30, 2019 18:49

• NKR accuses Azerbaijan of 220 shelling attacks within week

  Since November 24, Azerbaijani militaries have fired more than 3500 shots on the troops contact line, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has stated.

November 30, 2019 17:26

• Chechens detained in Strasbourg released

  Policemen have searched the natives from Chechnya detained and checked their mobile phones; found nothing illegal, and released them, a police source has reported.

November 30, 2019 17:13

• Author of travel book compares Northern Caucasus with Western Europe

  Stories about travels in Northern Caucasus have become an important part of the book "People on the Map. Russia: From Edge to Extremity" by a Moscow journalist, Vladimir Sevrinovsky. The Caucasus seems monolithic only from outside, but the difference among the Caucasian republics is no smaller than among the countries of Western Europe, the author has noted.

November 30, 2019 17:04

• Georgian villager arrested for two months in South Ossetia

  A court in Tskhinvali has arrested Gennady Bestaev, a citizen of Georgia, for two months on suspicion of drug smuggling.

November 30, 2019 16:56

• Rights defenders call on to investigate violent dispersal of Tbilisi protests

  Gross violations by policemen of their instructions during the dispersal of protests in Tbilisi on June 20-21 should be thoroughly investigated; and the rules of using special means and equipment should be tightened, the NGO "Young Lawyers' Association" believes. However, Georgian authorities are fully approving the brutal crackdown on demonstrators, Shota Utiashvili, a political analyst, believes.

November 30, 2019 16:46

• Instagram users treat apologies of Moscow woman for criticizing Kadyrov as forced

  The public repentance of the Moscow woman, who had criticized Ramzan Kadyrov, is backed up the "Chechen Ministry for Apologies", Instagram users believe. Some commentators have reproached the woman; others pointed to the freedom of speech.

November 30, 2019 11:43

• Contract soldier of NKR's Army wounded

  A soldier wounded by shelling from the Azerbaijani side is in grave condition, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has reported.

November 30, 2019 11:39

• Law enforcers resume their raids at Makhachkala mosque

  On Friday, more than 50 law enforcers checked documents of parishioners of a Makhachkala mosque. They ensured safety in crowded places, the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has stated.