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November 09, 2019 08:20

• Relatives of murdered Dagestani resident achieve trial of law enforcer

  On November 7, the Nogai District Court began considering the murder case of a local resident during interrogation. The claimants had demanded the trial for five years.

November 08, 2019 21:11

• Opponents of the MoE head argue with Nikol Pashinyan

  Nikol Pashinyan, Armenian Premier, has disagreed with the activists, who demanded dismissal of Araik Arutyunyan, the head of the Ministry of Education (MoE).

November 08, 2019 21:00

• Tbilisi: police clash with LGBT opponents

  The protesters, who gathered near the "Amirani" Cinema, are trying to break through the police cordon. Special fighters try to push them away from the cinema building.

November 08, 2019 18:09

• Azerbaijan registers 21 shelling attacks in Karabakh conflict zone

  Over the past day, the positions of the Azerbaijani troops were shelled from the direction of Armenia and from the territories under the control of the Nagorno-Karabakh authorities, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reports today.

November 08, 2019 17:56

• Ingush natives explain Batal-Khadji community's claims against Eldjarkiev

  The activities of Ibragim Eldjarkiev at the Ingush Centre "E" (Centre for Combating Extremism, also known as CCE) posed a threat to an influential community of Batal-Khadji followers, and there were calls among them to eliminate him, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told by former members of the Batal-Khadji community.

November 08, 2019 14:35

• Two Dagestani women detained in case on 10 million roubles for IS*

  Two women from Dagestan used their bank cards to transfer money for the needs of Syrian militants, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports. According to the FSB, the detainees were members of the IS* financing network.

November 08, 2019 14:21

• Araik Arutyunyan's opponents hold night picket near Ministry of Education

  Activists and students on strike announced an ongoing sit-down picket with the demand for the resignation of Araik Arutyunyan, Armenian Minister of Education, Science, Culture, and Sports. Today, about 30 protesters have spent the night near the walls of the Ministry of Education's building.

November 08, 2019 11:56

• Court fines HRC "Memorial" by 1.4 million after check by Ingush FSB

  All the 20 protocols drawn up by the "Roskomnadzor" (the Russian Federal Service for Supervising Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media) have to do with the absence in the websites and social networks of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" of the note that the HRC had been declared to be a foreign agent, were compiled after the check conducted by one agency – by the Ingush FSB Department, the HRC "Memorial" has stated.

November 08, 2019 11:47

• Motorcade of dozens cars is part of Kadyrov's image

  Ramzan Kadyrov has reasons to fear for his life; however, corteges of dozens of cars are also of image value, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

November 08, 2019 11:36

• MoJ demands to liquidate Ingush Council of Teips

  The Department for Ingushetia of the Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has sent a lawsuit to the republic's Supreme Court (SC) demanding to liquidate the Council of Teips (family clans) of the Ingush people.

November 08, 2019 08:25

• ECtHR upholds oppositionist's complaint against Azerbaijani govt

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found a violation of the rights of Natig Djafarli, the executive secretary of the Republican Alternative (ReAl) Party, and has ruled that compensation in the amount of 17,000 euros should be paid to him by the Azerbaijani government.

November 08, 2019 08:13

• Antonova's defence claims threat of censorship

  If the court convicts the Krasnodar activist, Yana Antonova, this will mean an actual introduction of censorship in Russia, her defence has stated.

November 07, 2019 22:38

• Dmitry Peskov evades answering questions about Ramzan Kadyrov

  Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary for the President of Russia, refused to give an assessment to the threatening statements voiced by Ramzan Kadyrov at a meeting in the Chechen government. Dmitry Peskov never comments on Ramzan Kadyrov's statements, journalists note at a briefing.

November 07, 2019 22:18

• Arrest of Akhmed Barakhoev extended

  The court extended for three months the period of detention in custody for Akhmed Barakhoev, one of the leaders of the protests in Ingushetia.

November 07, 2019 22:07

• South Ossetia reports about two wounded civilians in border village

  Two residents of the border Georgian village of Koda were wounded in an armed clash with policemen, the KGB of South Ossetia reported. The Georgian secret services called the South-Ossetian KGB's report disinformation.

November 07, 2019 17:51

• Protest against Armenian Minister of Education turns into a sedentary picket

  Today, opposition activists and students on strike have gathered in front of the Armenian government building with the demand for the resignation of Araik Arutyunyan, Armenian Minister of Education, Science, Culture, and Sports. After the minister has refused to come out to the protesters, about 70 of them started a sedentary picket.

November 07, 2019 17:29

• Court leaves Robert Kocharyan under custody

  Today, the court has left Robert Kocharyan, the second president of Armenia, under the arrest. The court's decision provoked a protest rally of his supporters.

November 07, 2019 14:43

• Islam Kadyrov's mission to Kenkhi shrinks to intimidation of villagers

  Islam Kadyrov has appeared in Kenkhi only once after Ramazan Djalaldinov's video appeal, but his only action was to intimidate local state servants; but the villagers' main problems remained unresolved for the fourth year in a row.

November 07, 2019 14:32

• Georgian citizen detained on South-Ossetian border

  Zakro Butkhuzi, a Georgian villager, has been detained by South-Ossetian agents, the authorities of South Ossetia informed on November 6.

November 07, 2019 11:17

• Chechen officials' comments indicate approval of torture policy

  The comments of Chechen officials, who justify torture, are elements of the programme aimed to intimidate the opposition-minded youth, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.