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November 13, 2019 16:39

• Analysts detect hidden motives in Yerevan students' actions

  A march against the initiative of the Armenian Ministry of Education (MoE) to make optional the study of history, Armenian language and literature at non-humanitarian departments was held in Yerevan. Media outlets have treated the protests as a political action.

November 13, 2019 16:36

• Georgia: Parents of minor actor accuse authors of gay film

  The parents of the child who starred in the film "And then we danced" said they the film plot was hidden from them. Sandro Bregadze, the leader of the "Georgian March", has threatened to launch protests, after at the Ombudsperson's office they refused to talk to him about the violation of the child's rights.

November 13, 2019 09:24

• Religious figures are critical of Lebanese theologian's attacks on Mufti of Chechnya

  The video clip by Abdurrakhman Dimashkiya, a Lebanese theologian, criticizing the Mufti of Chechnya, will not be able to influence the position of Salafis in Chechnya, the interviewed religious figures have noted.

November 13, 2019 09:21

• Journalists remind of Dagestani politicians' practice of using militants

  The use of militants in politicians' and businessmen's interests in Dagestan was practiced, journalists have noted in their comments on the arrest of Omar Abdurashidov and Ashikov brothers.

November 13, 2019 08:51

• Dagestani journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev left under arrest

  A Makhachkala court had extended the arrest of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist of the "Chernovik" (Draft) weekly, until January 13, 2020. Other figurants in the case of financing terrorism, Kemal Tambiev and Abubakar Rizvanov, have also been left under arrest.

November 13, 2019 08:44

• Gifts to "Vainakh" dancers highlighted problem of social inequality in Chechnya

  Authorities have awarded huge premiums and expensive gifts to dancers of the "Vainakh" ensemble on the occasion of its jubilee. Even the gifts well-deserved by performers cause irritation among the poor and needy, residents of Chechnya and analysts state.

November 12, 2019 23:57

• Ingush girl harassed after taking part in TV show

  A performance of Ingush native Ragda Khanieva in "The Voice" TV show provoked disputes in social networks about the violation of Vainakh decency rules. Critics demanded from Ragda Khanieva, who hugged strange men, not to call herself a native of Ingushetia anymore.

November 12, 2019 23:50

• Court upholds verdict to Ingush residents in case on plotting of terror act

  The Supreme Court (SC) of the Russian Federation dismissed complaints filed by five residents of Ingushetia, sentenced to long terms of imprisonment in a case on plotting of terror acts at the French Embassy in Moscow in 2017.

November 12, 2019 20:58

• In Khasavyurt, spontaneous protest action attracts attention of law enforcers

  Today, residents of Khasavyurt have gathered in front of the "Gazprom" branch building and demanded to resume the supply of gas to their houses. Law enforcers arrived at the place of the spontaneous protest.

November 12, 2019 20:50

• In Baku, opposition rally held amid detentions

  On the eve of a picket organized by the opposition "Musavat" Party, law enforcers detained 12 activists, including a party leader. At least 15 people were detained during the protest action.

November 12, 2019 13:13

• Georgian priests refuse funeral service for young man killed in road traffic accident

  The Georgian Church refused relatives of a young man who was killed in a road traffic accident to carry out an Orthodox funeral service over him. The priests referred to the fact that the killed man was a member of another religious organization.

November 12, 2019 13:05

• Two residents of Georgia detained on border with South Ossetia

  Shepherds Zurab Tukhiashvili and Ramaz Zardishvili were detained on the border by Russian border guards, the State Security Service of Georgia repored.

November 12, 2019 12:54

• Prosecutor's Office recognizes three June protesters in Tbilisi as victims

  Maya Gomuri, Omar Sekhniashvili and Mirza Liparteliani, who received injuries during the dispersal of a rally near the Georgian Parliament in June this year, have been declared victims.

November 12, 2019 12:46

• Demands of Ingush Council of Teips meet opposition of Chechen residents

  The delegates of the Congress of the Ingush Council of Teips (family clans) have treated the change of the republic's borders as the greatest injustice. The Chechen residents interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" stated that the demand to cancel the border agreement is pointless and provocative.

November 12, 2019 12:40

• Daughter of arrested Azerbaijani oppositionist states threats addressed to her father

  Tofig Yagublu, an activist of the "Musavat" Party, was tortured after detention and now receives threats of execution for his oppositional activities, his daughter Nigyar Khazi has stated.

November 12, 2019 09:04

• Blogger Abdurakhmanov's accusation fails to refute Chechen trace in Khangoshvili's case

  Chingiz Akhmadov, an employee of the "Grozny" TV Channel, has repeatedly accused Tumso Abdurakhmanov of lying in stating possible accomplices in the murder of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili in Berlin. Journalists were offered a false hypothesis about the non-Chechen origin of the Khangoshvili's killer.

November 12, 2019 08:58

• North-Ossetian woman claims her brother's death after interrogation

  Timur Khinchagov died in a hospital in the Leningrad Region shortly after he got into some power structure, his sister, Kaira Khinchagova, has stated. In her opinion, her brother was beaten up by law enforcers.

November 12, 2019 08:48

• Muftis indicate critical divorce rate in Northern Caucasus

  More than half of families in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) are dissolved; and up to 50% of marriages in Northern Caucasus end in divorces, the Muftis noted at a conference in Nalchik. Islamic clergymen have associated the problem with irresponsible attitude to marriage, non-observance of Islamic precepts, and domestic violence.

November 11, 2019 23:50

• Armenian priest killed in Syria

  Ovsep Petoyan, a spiritual pastor of the Armenian Catholic community of Qamishli, and his father were shot dead in the north-east of Syria. The responsibility for the killings was claimed by the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization banned in Russia by the court.

November 11, 2019 23:49

• Man suspected of murdering Ingush CCE chief escapes to Chechnya, investigators report

  A suspected assassinator of Ibragim Eldjarkiev, the chief of the Centre for Combating Extremism (CCE) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Ingushetia, could escape to Chechnya, the "Baza" Telegram channel reports.