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November 14, 2018 08:24

• Azerbaijan: arrest of persons accused of financing PFPA extended until March

  The Baku court has extended until March 7 the arrest of the activists of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), namely, of Babek Gasanov, Agil Magerramov, Ruslan Nasirli, Salekh Rustamov and Vidadi Rustamli, accused of illegally sponsoring the PFPA.

November 14, 2018 08:21

• Ingush court refuses to drop charges against athlete Khamkhoev

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Ingushetia has taken the arrest term already served by the athlete Albert Khamkhoev into account of his conditional imprisonment, but refused to declare him innocent of arms possession.

November 14, 2018 08:21

• Court rules in favour of victims in case of payments to KBR's Chernobyl liquidators

  The Urvan District Court has held its first session on the criminal case on improper payments to the liquidators of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant (NPP), who are sufferers in the case. Given the large number of them living in different districts of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), the court agreed to hold travel sessions at their residences.

November 13, 2018 22:24

• Two North-Ossetian residents suspected of involvement in Syrian militants

  The FSB has put two women-residents of North Ossetia, who, according to law enforcers, went to Syria and are fighting for terrorist organizations, on the wanted list.

November 13, 2018 22:20

• For Ingush activists, participation in rally results in fines

  Administrative protocols were drawn up on 22 activists, who participated in the protest rally in Magas in October, said the journalist Isabella Evloeva and the human rights defender Magomed Mutsolgov. At least three rally participants were fined.

November 13, 2018 22:15

• Rights defender Gannushkina fined for picket in Titiev's defence

  A Moscow court has fined Svetlana Gannushkina, the head of the Civil Assistance Committee, who was detained at a rally with a demand to release Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", by 10,000 roubles.

November 13, 2018 19:45

• Six persons detained after death of Baku resident from ritual beating

  Murad Soltanov, an Azerbaijani resident, was beaten with sticks to death in an attempt to "drive out ghosts," investigators have suggested.

November 13, 2018 19:42

• Residents of Chechnya treat mosque opening in Khaibakh as landmark event

  The participants in the opening ceremony of the mosque in the village of Khaibakh, which was attended by residents of the Galanchozh District, recalled the tragic events of 1944 and honoured the memory of hundreds of people who were burned down in the village during deportation.

November 13, 2018 13:22

• Azerbaijan reports shelling of two villages in conflict zone

  Within the last 24 hours, the positions of the Azerbaijani militaries stationed in the Karabakh conflict zone were fired for 24 times, including from heavy machine guns, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

November 13, 2018 13:21

• Residents of Chechnya report detentions of shootout casualties' relatives

  After the shootout near the village of Martan-Chu, where two residents of Urus-Martan were shot dead, law enforcers detained men-members of their families, local residents said.

November 13, 2018 10:37

• Social network users criticize law enforcers for killing two men in Chechnya

  Users of social networks found doubts the law enforcers' version that the two men shot dead in the Urus-Martan District had been involved in the armed underground. The hunting rifle that the casualties had on them is not a typical terrorists' weapon; and the young people could just go hunting, many commentators have suggested. They indicate that the guys should have been detained and returned to normal life.

November 13, 2018 10:36

• AI declares Rostov Maltsev's supporters in Rostov prisoners of conscience

  Yan Sidorov, Vladislav Mordasov and Vyacheslav Shashmin, accused of attempting to take part in mass riots, are prisoners of conscience and should be immediately released, the human rights organization "Amnesty International" (AI) has stated.

November 13, 2018 08:32

• Shootout at Martan-Chu is tenth armed incident in Chechnya since start of year

  In 2018, the shootout in the Urus-Martan District, during which law enforcers killed two people, was preceded by nine armed incidents in other district sof Chechnya.

November 13, 2018 08:29

• Oyub Titiev's colleagues tell about rights defenders' persecutions in Chechnya (+video)

  The human rights defenders, who worked in Chechnya, received threats from high-ranking law enforcers and personally by Ramzan Kadyrov, but Oyub Titiev continued working in the republic, realizing the danger. This was stated at the trial by Dmitry Utukin and Sergey Babinets, members of the Joint Mobile Group (JMS).

November 12, 2018 23:45

• Sulieta Kusova, President of Dagestani "Kunaki" Film Festival, dies

  Today, journalist Sulieta Kusova has died. She was 67 years old. Sulieta Kusova was preparing to undergo a surgery, but she rescheduled it to take part in the "Kunaki" Film Festival last week, reported Ali Kamalov, the chairman of the Dagestani Union of Journalists.

November 12, 2018 23:41

• Azerbaijani journalist Ilkin Mamedli released from police

  Journalist Ilkin Mamedli, detained in Baku after his address for a foreign passport, was released two days later without any charge, reported rights defender Samira Agaeva. According to her, the issue of lifting the ban on leaving Azerbaijan from Ilkin Mamedli remains open.

November 12, 2018 18:56

• Ingush authorities announce restoration of a village on border with Chechnya

  The government of Ingushetia has announced launching the improvement works at the border village of Dattykh. The authorities made a decision to revive the Dattykh village, noted the Ingush Prime Minister during his visit to the village amid public confrontation provoked by the change in the border with Chechnya.

November 12, 2018 18:55

• On November 5-11, 2018, two persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of November 5-11, 2018, at least two persons were killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

November 12, 2018 18:52

• Activist accuses Ingush authorities of kidnapping his nephew

  In Ingushetia, unidentified people in masks kidnapped Rustam Lyanov, a nephew of Ibragim Lyanov, the head of the European Ingush Association in Brussels, reported activists. Ibragim Lyanov associated the incident with his activities.

November 12, 2018 15:41

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of November 5-11, 2018

  Detention of the acting head of Makhachkala; aggravation of the land conflict in the Nartan village in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic; actions in Southern Russia for the anniversary of the October Revolution; confrontation between the police and supporters of Zaza Saralidze on protest in Tbilisi; "Kunaki" Film Festival in Dagestan; recognition of a large Volgograd enterprise as bankrupt, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of November 5-11, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".