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November 19, 2019 22:24

• Residents of Vremenny win a lawsuit against Dagestani MIA

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan dismissed an appeal filed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) against the court's decision on the inaction of the authorities when accruing to residents of the Vremenny village the compensations for their houses destroyed during a counterterrorist operation (CTO).

November 19, 2019 21:53

• Two children of Chechen natives brought from Iraq to Moscow

  Two out of 32 children taken out of a Baghdad prison will be handed over to their relatives in Chechnya, the Chechen Ministry for National Policy reports today. Among the children brought to Russia there are also children of natives of Dagestan and Ingushetia.

November 19, 2019 18:37

• KGB of South Ossetia associates doctor Vazha Gaprindashvili with Georgian law enforcers

  The violation of the border by doctor Vazha Gaprindashvili is related to a "hybrid operation" of the Georgian law enforcement bodies, the KGB of South Ossetia reports today. It also notes that the detainee participated in the armed conflict in August 2008 as a military doctor.

November 19, 2019 18:24

• Chechen leader's threats result in new public apologies

  Two residents of Chechnya recorded a video appeal in which they apologized to Ramzan Kadyrov for their comments on social networks. Instagram users found logic in the apologies posted after the public threats voiced by the leader of Chechnya.

November 19, 2019 14:49

• Protesters set up tents after dispersal of protest in Tbilisi

  Activists set up several tents in front of the Georgian parliament building and spent the night in them. Pickets and rallies will continue, protesters emphasize.

November 19, 2019 14:35

• Social network video draws public attention to psychotropic substances in Chechnya

  In Chechnya, policemen make PR steps by recording videos reprimanding drinking alcoholic beverages and taking psychotropic drugs. Meanwhile, pharmacies selling psychotropic drugs without prescriptions continue to operate, users of social networks note.

November 19, 2019 14:21

• Activists demand to release Vazha Gaprindashvili

  At the "Action of White Coats", medical officers demanded from the authorities of South Ossetia to let arrested orthopaedist Vazha Gaprindashvili return to Georgia. Activists of the NGO "Civil Initiative" submitted an appeal to the United Nations asking for help to free Vazha Gaprindashvili.

November 19, 2019 11:18

• Tofig Yagublu complains of threats and torture

  Tofig Yagublu, an activist of the "Musavat" Party, is back at large after serving his administrative arrest. He told about beatings by law enforcers and threats with demands to stop his oppositional activities.

November 19, 2019 11:04

• Number of detainees during protests in Georgia reaches 37

  Four people were injured during the dispersal of the protest action in Tbilisi; the number of detained activists has reached 37.

November 19, 2019 10:53

• Kadyrov's motorcade set dangerous example for Chechen wedding parties

  Large wedding trains of many carts or cars are a traditional element of almost any Chechen wedding party, Khasan Bakaev, a historian, believes. People tend to imitate the republic's leadership by motorcade scales and driving style, Ruslan Kutaev, the head of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations, has stated.

November 19, 2019 08:36

• KBR resident who complained of torture sentenced to six years in prison

  The Chegem District Court has sentenced Rustam Kuchmenov, a resident of the village of Shalushka, who stated that he was tortured after detention. His defence has promised to challenge the verdict. A lawyer of the "Committee against Torture" (CaT) has also criticized the verdict.

November 19, 2019 01:03

• 18 persons detained during dispersal of protesters in Tbilisi

  Policemen have removed protesters' barricades and tents from the parliament building in Tbilisi and detained 18 activists, but the protest rally continued.

November 18, 2019 21:17

• Police use tear gas to disperse protesters in Tbilisi

  During the dispersal of the protest action in Tbilisi, one activist was detained; the whereabouts of three more are unknown, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports from the venue. Law enforcers used tear gas; there are victims, the "Rustavi-2" TV Channel has reported.

November 18, 2019 21:07

• Tumso criticizes Argun police boss for joke with threats

  Kadyrov's threats addressed to social network users were followed by a jokingly designed post of Alikhan Tsakaev, the police head of the city of Argun, on the Instagram about the efficiency of a "pistol safety-stop click" and a "bullet in the leg" as methods of influencing people's attitudes and behaviour. In the realities of Chechnya, such a post is not perceived as a joke, the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, has stated.

November 18, 2019 18:35

• Man accused of Ibragim Eldjarkiev's murder arrested in absentia

  In Moscow, a court pronounced a decision to arrest Kureish Kartoev, a native of Ingushetia, who was put on the wanted list for the murder of Ibragim Eldjarkiev, the chief of the Ingush Centre for Combating Extremism (CCE, also known as Centre "E"), and his brother. This has been reported today by the court.

November 18, 2019 18:23

• On November 11-17, 2019, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of November 11-17, 2019, no victims to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were registered. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

November 18, 2019 16:15

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of November 11-17, 2019

  Protests in Tbilisi related to the MPs' failure to pass a bill to change the electoral system; pickets in Makhachkala held by a father of killed shepherds; opening of checkpoints on the border between Chechnya and Dagestan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of November 11-17, 2019, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

November 18, 2019 14:42

• Protesters refuse to let MPs into Georgian parliament building

  This morning, in Tbilisi, participants of a protest rally who set up tents at the entrances to the parliament building, allowed parliament staff to enter the building, but promised not to let MPs in.

November 18, 2019 14:27

• US and EU react to protests in Tbilisi

  On November 17, in their joint statement, the EU Delegation and the US Embassy to Georgia called on supporters of the opposition, involved in protests, and the Georgian government to retract political confrontation and to start a calm and respectful dialogue.

November 18, 2019 14:13

• Ramzan Kadyrov tries to make excuses for threats of killings

  The leader of Chechnya counted about ten active critics and accused them of permanent attempts to misinterpret his phrases. According to Ramzan Kadyrov, threats to beat and kill people comply with the adat norms and should not be taken literally.