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October 28, 2019 23:30

• Pickets in support of journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev held in Makhachkala

  In the capital of Dagestan, activists have held a series of pickets with the demand to release Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist of the newspaper "Chernovik" (Draft).

October 28, 2019 23:23

• Chechen authorities treat video with Islam Kadyrov as a trump card in a dispute with blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov

  The Chechen authorities have shown their dominance in a dispute with Tumso Abdurakhmanov, who criticizes the Ramzan Kadyrov's regime, by providing him with full versions of videos about the brutal actions of Islam Kadyrov, the former mayor of Grozny. The blogger regarded the scandalous TV report about Islam Kadyrov as an attempt to get ahead of his posts.

October 28, 2019 19:55

• Report on beating of official criticized for authorities' indifference to oppression of Dagestanis

  A former official from the Kizlyar District was beaten at a SIZO (pre-trial prison) of Khasavyurt, reports his brother Ismail Magomedsharipov, a member of the parliament of Dagestan. Facebook users note that officials also began to suffer from the "legal arbitrariness" in the republic and reproached the Magomedsharipov brothers for the indifference to cases of human rights violations.

October 28, 2019 19:42

• Azerbaijan registers 21 shelling attacks in conflict zone

  The positions of the Azerbaijani troops on the border with Armenia and in the Karabakh conflict zone were subjected to shelling attacks, including from heavy machine guns, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reports.

October 28, 2019 13:47

• Historians interested in information from new book about Imam Shamil's son

  A book by historian Khadjimurad Donogo published in Makhachkala contains the documents about the life of an eldest son of Imam Shamil, never published earlier. Serious studies on the topic of the Caucasian war are in demand in modern society, historians note.

October 28, 2019 13:47

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of October 21-27, 2019

  Shootout between Chechen farmers in the Rostov Region; Magomed Daudov's removal from the supervision of the territorial sector in Chechnya and information on checking a video about the brutal actions of the former mayor of Grozny; railway workers' strike in Armenia; unusual personnel decisions made by President of Azerbaijan; mass protest rally in Elista, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of October 21-27, 2019, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

October 28, 2019 13:37

• Georgian resident suspected of forcing his teenage daughter to get married

  In Georgia, law enforcers detained a father of a minor girl. The man is suspected of forcing his minor daughter to get married.

October 28, 2019 13:09

• Chechen police chief distances himself from gay persecution after British journalist's coming out

  After the coming out of James Longman, a reporter of the "ABC Chanel", who visited the Chechen republic, Chechen police chief Apti Alaudinov has assured him that in Chechnya, gays are not afraid of persecution by the authorities, but of their relatives' reaction to their sexual orientation.

October 28, 2019 11:37

• 20th anniversary of shooting of Armenian parliament highlights need to resume investigation into terror act

  In Armenia, officials and ordinary residents paid tribute to victims of the shooting of the Armenian parliament on October 27, 1999. The possibility of resumption of the investigation into the terror act was discussed.

October 28, 2019 11:34

• Grozny residents complain about increased control over alcohol buyers

  Law enforcers are on duty at the exit from the only hypermarket in the Chechen capital where alcoholic beverages are sold. The law enforcers inspect the people who entered the wine and vodka department and detain them if alcoholic beverages are found, local residents report.

October 27, 2019 11:47

• Court leaves Azerbaijani activist Ilham Gusein under arrest

  The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) has dismissed the complaint against the administrative arrest of Ilham Gusein, a member of the Presidium of the Supreme Majlis of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA). His defence treats the arrest as unjustified.

October 27, 2019 11:33

• ICRF gets interested in traumas of inmate of Khasavyurt SIZO

  A resident of the Kizlyar District, kept in custody at the Khasavyurt SIZO (pre-trial prison), was hospitalized with a craniocerebral trauma; investigators opened a case about the intentional infliction of grievous bodily harm.

October 27, 2019 11:19

• Gukovo miners demand report of bankruptcy manager

  On October 26, at a picket in Gukovo, former employees of the "Kingcoal" Company adopted an appeal to the prosecutor asking to oblige Roman Kopets, the bankruptcy manager of the "Zamchalovsky Anthracite", to report weekly on the progress of tendering the underground workings.

October 27, 2019 11:07

• Muscovites paid tribute to Dubrovka terror act victims

  About 200 people gathered in Moscow for the mourning ceremony on the anniversary of the terror act at the Theatrical Centre. Only 60 victims out of a thousand received compensations from the authorities; it's too late for others to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), Igor Trunov, a lawyer, has stated.

October 26, 2019 17:46

• NKR reports 170 shelling attacks during the last week

  On October 20-26, Azerbaijani soldiers fired 1500 shots at the positions of the Defence Army, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has reported today.

October 26, 2019 17:19

• Parents of convicts in "Ganja case" hold protest action

  Parents protested against the arrest of their children. According to the protesters, those accused of unrests didn't commit any unlawful actions; and they were tortured after arrest.

October 26, 2019 17:05

• Islam Kadyrov's video is a link in cleansing Chechen leader's encirclement

  The screening by the "Grozny" ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Company) of a video showing the cruelty of Islam Kadyrov, a former Mayor of Grozny, is explained by the cleansing of Ramzan Kadyrov's retinue conducted upon his permit, Alexei Malashenko and Sergey Zhavoronkov, political analysts, believe.

October 26, 2019 16:50

• Azerbaijan accused Armenia of 20 shelling attacks

  The positions of the Azerbaijani Army stationed on the border with Armenia and in the Karabakh conflict zone were subjected to shelling from machine guns and sniper rifles, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated today.

October 26, 2019 13:05

• Activists hold series of solo pickets in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev

  On October 25, colleagues of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, the arrested journalist of the Dagestani weekly "Chernovik" (Draft), held a series of solo pickets in central Makhachkala near the complex of buildings of the republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) and the FSB.

October 26, 2019 12:46

• BBC: Caucasian women disappear in conflict zone in Syria

  The women-natives of Northern Caucasus, who had turned to Russian authorities asking to evacuate them from the conflict zone in Syria, has stopped communicating with their relatives.