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November 26, 2019 10:51

• Pickets of Gadjiev's colleagues supported by Makhachkala residents

  Many residents of Dagestan express their support for the arrested journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev, but only a few people are holding solo pickets demanding his release. People are afraid of becoming figurants of a trumped-up case after Gadjiev, Magdi Kamalov, the founder of the "Chernovik" weekly, has stated.

November 25, 2019 23:59

• Azerbaijani political prisoner Asif Yusifli is back at large

  Asif Yusifli, Member of the Presidium of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has been released after five years in prison. He insists that he had fallen victim to political persecution.

November 25, 2019 23:57

• Instagram users criticize Akhmadov's arguments in dispute with blogger Tumso

  In his dispute with the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, Chingiz Akhmadov, Director of the "Chechnya Today" News Agency, has unconvincingly justified the authorities' position and uses personal insults, social network users have noted. Some YouTube users have supported the blogger in his dispute with Chechen authorities about the reasons of unemployment in the republic.

November 25, 2019 23:40

• ECtHR gives Russia less than four months to respond to gay Lapunov's case

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has communicated the complaint of Maxim Lapunov about torture in Chechnya caused by his sexual orientation. The Russian authorities should submit their position to the ECtHR by March 12, 2020. The complaint filed in May this year was accepted to consideration within record time.

November 25, 2019 20:27

• Head of "International Memorial" fined again by 100,000 roubles

  A Moscow court has ordered Yan Rachinsky to pay a second fine, which was imposed on him after the check conducted by the Ingush FSB Branch. The total fines imposed on the "Memorial" by the outcomes of that check amounted to 1.5 million roubles.

November 25, 2019 16:33

• Chechen police continue exhortation practice for drinking alcohol

  "Educational conversations" are unlikely to help; such people [alcohol addicts] need to be treated, users have noted in their comments on another video clip showing a Chechen policeman reproaching the detainees for using psychotropic drugs and appearing drunk in public places.

November 25, 2019 16:30

• US Senator blocks resolution on recognition of Armenian Genocide

  At the request of the White House official, for fear of worsening US-Turkish relations, Senator Lindsay Graham blocked the Senate vote on the resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire.

November 25, 2019 16:24

• November 18-24 week passed without victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of November 18-24, 2019, no casualties or victims were fixed 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 open sources.

November 25, 2019 14:11

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of November 18-24, 2019

  Power dispersal of demonstrators in Tbilisi; termination of the protest action held by a father of the shepherds killed in Dagestan; story with the involvement of a Stavropol law enforcer in the murder of a Syrian man; release from SIZO of Ingush journalist Rashid Maisigov; arrest of former Elista Mayor Vyacheslav Namruev, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of November 18-24, 2019, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

November 25, 2019 11:54

• Regina Gagieva's murder reveals problem of domestic violence in North Ossetia

  Participants in a roundtable in Vladikavkaz have discussed the problem of domestic violence in the republic, recalling the murder of Regina Gagieva. According to their stories, the police often neglects victims' complaints; and there is no one to help them among relatives.

November 25, 2019 11:45

• Kadyrov's visit to Emirates highlights his claim to be Kremlin's envoy

  In its report on Ramzan Kadyrov's visit to the UAE, the Chechen television has made an excessive emphasis on the respect of Arab Sheikhs to the head of Chechnya, residents of the republic have stated.

November 25, 2019 11:34

• Story about the "loafers" in Chechnya provokes debate of blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, with Kadyrov's supporters

  Residents of Chechnya were outraged by the report on "loafers" shown by the "Grozny" ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Company) amid economic strangulation of the population, the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, has stated.

November 25, 2019 11:28

• Residents of Georgia note decrease in incomes amid falling lari

  The devaluation of the Georgian currency has led to inflation and rising prices in the country. Foodstuffs have become very expensive; people have to save and borrow money, residents of Georgia have stated. To strengthen the lari, the country needs political stabilization, economists and political analysts believe.

November 24, 2019 11:38

• Regina Gagieva's relatives criticize inquiry into her murder case

  In the course of the investigation of the murder of Regina Gagieva, a resident of Vladikavkaz, seven investigators have already replaced each other, Roksana Gagieva, Regina's sister, has stated.

November 24, 2019 11:06

• MIA promises to punish policeman for insulting Gasanguseinovs' representative

  The complaint of the lawyer of the Committee against Torture (CaT) Abubakar Yangulbaev has confirmed; the former police boss of the Shamil District will be brought to disciplinary responsibility, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan has reported. Yangulbaev, who is representing the interests of the parents of the murdered Gasanguseinov brothers, believes that the policeman should be fired.

November 24, 2019 10:56

• NKR accuses Azerbaijan of 140 shelling attacks within the week

  Since November 17, Azerbaijani soldiers fired more than 1300 shots at positions of the Defence Army, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) reported on November 23.

November 23, 2019 18:13

• Residents of Chechnya criticize ChGTRK's report about "society of loafers"

  Chechens would not work, despite many vacancies in the republic and high salaries, an official from the "Chechenstroi" said in a report broadcast by the "Grozny" ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Company). Residents of Chechnya have stated that in reality workers are often deceived by non-paying or paying lower salaries.

November 23, 2019 17:24

• Refusal from reform complicates Georgia's relations with international partners

  The failure with the promise to reform the electoral system by the next parliamentary elections has undermined the trust in the "Georgian Dream" Party of some Georgia's international partners, on whom the country's welfare depends, analysts have noted.

November 23, 2019 16:58

• Enforcement to apologize in Chechnya hasn't spoiled British blogger's reputation

  The blogger Benjamin's trip to Chechnya, where he was forced to apologize for his joke about Chechen girls in the video, has not diminished his popularity. Meanwhile, YouTube users have recalled that the republic has an image of a region, where human rights are violated and where visits require extraordinary courage.

November 23, 2019 16:33

• Law enforcers interrupt their raids at "Tangim" Mosque in Makhachkala

  Believers have reported that on November 22, during their Friday namaz (prayer), there were no mobile posts of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan near the "Tangim" Mosque. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, who visited the vicinity, has confirmed the absence of law enforcers there.