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October 30, 2018 08:57

• Week of October 22-28 did without victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of October 22-28, 2018, there were no casualties and victims in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

October 30, 2018 08:56

• Observers report bribing voters at elections in Georgia

  At the polling station in Tbilisi, where the presidential candidate Salome Zurabishvili voted, some people were on duty, who gave money to voters, observers have stated. However, the voters, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", insisted that no one tried to bribe them or put pressure on them.

October 29, 2018 23:59

• Kadi of Grozny reproaches Ingush Mufti for his trips to Chechnya

  Adam Ilyasov, Deputy Mufti of Chechnya and Kadi of Grozny, reproached Isa Khamkhoev, Mufti of Ingushetia, after his reply to Magomed Daudov, the speaker of the Chechen parliament. Adam Ilyasov blamed Isa Khamkhoev for stirring up the conflict and mentioned how he sought support in Chechnya.

October 29, 2018 23:55

• A Circassian journalist starts a lawsuit with law enforcers in Kabardino-Balkaria

  Tariq Topçu, a student of the Kabardino-Balkarian State University (KBSU), a citizen of Turkey and Germany of Circassian origin, has complained that his permission to temporarily reside in Russia had been annulled.

October 29, 2018 23:52

• "Deep Rivers" highlights issue of national languages in films

  Viewers of the film "Deep Rivers" directed by a film producer from Nalchik left emotional comments in social networks. The people who liked the film especially noted that its characters spoke the Kabardian language. Critics expressed their claims to the author and stated that the described defects are not typical for the Adyg people.

October 29, 2018 23:49

• Georgian CEC announces second round of presidential election

  According to the results reported when 99.95% of the ballots had been calculated, a gap between Salome Zurabishvili and Grigol Vashadze, a candidate of the oppositional "United National Movement" (UNM) Party, was less than 1%. Since none of the candidates running for the presidency gains 50% required to win, the second round of the election will be held.

October 29, 2018 23:48

• A system of bringing apologies to Ramzan Kadyrov fails in Ingushetia

  The Ingush reaction to Ramzan Kadyrov's visits to the leaders of the protest in the republic forced the leader of Chechnya to abandon tactics of pressure on critics, and after that even the Mufti of Ingushetia, who was loyal to the Chechen authorities, became their opponent, the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" reports.

October 29, 2018 22:57

• Azerbaijan claims shelling of a village in conflict zone

  Over a day, the ceasefire regime in the Karabakh conflict zone was violated 29 times, and the positions of the Azerbaijani army in the village of Kokhnegyshlag came under fire, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) reported.

October 29, 2018 16:43

• Activists point to ineffectiveness of CE projects in Azerbaijan

  For three years, Council of Europe and European Union representative offices have spent over 5 million euros on projects to support freedom of expression, fight corruption, and improve the quality of justice in Azerbaijan. The projects not only failed to achieve their goals, but also exacerbated the situation in the field of human rights protection, activists believe.

October 29, 2018 15:46

• Film director from Nalchik gathers a full hall at premiere in Moscow

  In Moscow, the film "Deep Rivers" gathered a full hall in a cinema. Natives from Kabardino-Balkaria pointed to the skilfully highlighted Caucasian flavour in the film and the relevance of the raised problems of family interrelationships and of native language.

October 29, 2018 15:40

• Grozny residents reveal scheme obliging them to visit "Akhmat" FC match

  On October 28, Grozny hosted a match between the teams of the "Akhmat" and the Moscow "Dynamo" FCs in the Russian Football Championship. The match was held with enhanced security measures. Students had to attend the match under the threat of non-admission to the tests.

October 29, 2018 13:28

• Activists tell about the authorities' role in organizing Congress of the Ingush People

  On the instruction of Yunus-Bek Evkurov, the Mayor of Nazran has provided the organizers of the World Congress of the Ingush People with the premises of the House of Culture, an activist Barakh Chemurziev said at a press conference. The organizers of the congress found it necessary to give the head of the republic an opportunity to speak, said Musa Malsagov.

October 29, 2018 13:28

• Zurabishvili in the lead at presidential election in Georgia

  According to the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Georgia, about 90% of all the votes have been tabulated. The independent candidate Salome Zurabishvili, supported by the "Georgian Dream" Party, has won 38.61% of the votes. Grigol Vashadze from the "United National Movement" (UNM) has 37.69%.

October 29, 2018 13:25

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events on October 22-28, 2018

  Flooding as a result of heavy rains in Kuban; presidential election in Georgia; Nikol Pashinyan's non-election as Armenian Premier; preparations for the World Congress of the Ingush People; demand to stop "Electrozink" Factory in Vladikavkaz, – see the review on these events in the report on the week of October 22-28, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

October 29, 2018 12:57

• Zaza Saralidze accused of beating policeman

  Zaza Saralidze, the father of a schoolboy killed in Tbilisi has been charged with assaulting a policeman. His defence has disagreed with the prosecution.

October 28, 2018 11:37

• Clan members elect their delegates to World Congress of Ingush People

  On October 27, the city of Nazran, Ingushetia, hosted an emergency congress of members of Ingush clans (teips). The main topics were the Ingush-Chechen border, and the nomination of delegates to the World Congress of the Ingush People.

October 28, 2018 11:28

• Man detained for threatening to blow up building of Armenian government

  A man armed with a grenade tried to break into the building of the Armenian government and threatened to blow it up, the National Security Service (NSS) of Armenia has reported.

October 28, 2018 11:18

• Khamkhoev condemns Daudov for his visit to Ingushetia

  Isa Khamkhoev, the Mufti of Ingushetia, has stated that he would not be responsible for the local youth, if Magomed Daudov, the Speaker of the Chechen Parliament came to him again, as follows from the video posted on October 27 in social networks.

October 28, 2018 11:07

• Grandmother of killed schoolboy heads protest in Tbilisi

  Marina Begadze, Zaza Saralidze's mother, has headed an action demanding to punish those responsible for the murder of her grandson. The protesters criticized the actions of the police who forbid them to set up tents in front of the Parliament in Tbilisi.

October 28, 2018 10:57

• NKR accused Azerbaijan of 100 shelling attacks per week

  During the week of October 14-20, Azerbaijani militaries fired a thousand shots at the positions of the Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), the NKR's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.