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September 25, 2018 17:11

• Ingush activists bring Chechen border issue to public debate

  The absence of reaction of republic's and federal authorities to the problem of the Chechen-Ingush border has forced Ingush public organizations to convoke a general civil forum on the republic's territorial integrity.

September 25, 2018 16:58

• Azerbaijan counts 82 shelling episodes within the last 24 hours

  The Azeri Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported today that during the last 24 hours Azerbaijani positions in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled for 82 times.

September 25, 2018 14:24

• Kocharyan goes to court against Premier Pashinyan

  Robert Kocharyan, the second Armenian president, demands from the court to recognize Nikol Pashinyan's statements as slander.

September 25, 2018 14:15

• Saralidze asks Mayoralty to allow setting up tents at Georgian Parliament

  Zaza Saralidze, the father of the murdered schoolboy, has applied to Tbilisi Mayoralty for an official permit to install tents in front of the parliament building in order to keep holding protests regardless of weather.

September 25, 2018 11:17

• Authorities of Dagestan do not react to Gasanguseinov parents' action

  The father and mother of the Gasanguseinov brothers killed in the Dagestani village of Goor-Khindakh held a five-hour picket in Makhachkala, but did not succeed in meeting the leader of Dagestan. The parents of the killed brothers say they will hold daily pickets until the leader of the republic accepts them. 

September 25, 2018 11:14

• Azerbaijani activist placed into dungeon for reading a book, his mother says

  In Azerbaijan, imprisoned activist Giyas Ibragimov has complained of being placed into a dungeon (punishment cell) because of reading a book after the beginning of the night's sleep regime time. The Penitentiary Service claims that Giyas Ibragimov violated the regime, but denies the fact of his placement to the punishment cell.

September 25, 2018 11:06

• In Azerbaijan, a minor activist suspected of unsanctioned action

  A 17-year-old Azerbaijani activist, who earlier claimed she was persecuted for participating in the campaign "Let's tell about a dictator", became a suspect in the case on unsanctioned action after posting a video from a polyclinic.

September 25, 2018 08:40

• Wetteland about elections in Armenia: boring, but honest

  The voting at elections to the Council of Elders of Yerevan showed the increased confidence of Armenian residents in the process. This was stated by Lene Wetteland, an adviser of the Norwegian Helsinki Committee, in her interview published by the "Caucasian Knot".

September 25, 2018 08:32

• Organizer of equestrian march criticize authorities for conflict in Kendelen

  Should officials started dialogue with public activists and acted professionally, the confrontation in Kendelen could have been avoided, Aslan Kudaev, the organizer of the equestrian march in honour of the 310th anniversary of the Kanjali Battle, has stated today.

September 25, 2018 08:25

• Kuban FSB reports detention of Ukrainian spy

  Law enforcers have announced Sergey Stefanenko, a citizen of Ukraine, who was detained in the Krasnodar Territory (also named Kuban by the main river), to be an exposed agent of the Ukrainian Security Service (known as the SBU).

September 24, 2018 22:47

• A resident of Kabardino-Balkaria disappears after clashes, his relatives report

  Since the morning on September 19, relatives of Rashid Pugoev from Prokhladny cannot contact him, reports a local group in Instagram. Users of the social network have expressed the opinion that the disappearance of the young man may be related to the conflict between Kabardian and Balkar people in the village of Kendelen.

September 24, 2018 22:32

• Parents of Gasanguseinov brothers demand a meeting with Vladimir Vasiliev

  Today, in Makhachkala, a father and a mother of the brothers-shepherds killed in the Dagestani village of Goor-Khindakh, have held a picket in the hope to meet the leader of the republic. The parents demanded to punish the persons who killed their sons, but no officials came out of the building to meet the Gasanguseinov spouses.

September 24, 2018 19:29

• Economists report about unsolved conflict between Ramzan Kadyrov and Igor Sechin

  After handing over the low-liquid "Chechenneftekhimprom" to the Chechen authorities, the "Rosneft" will retain its main asset in the republic, therefore the dispute between Ramzan Kadyrov and Igor Sechin will continue, economists reported.

September 24, 2018 18:51

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of September 17-23, 2018

  Interethnic conflict in Kabardino-Balkaria; actions in Southern Russia against pension reform, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of September 17-23, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

September 24, 2018 18:44

• Interpol accepts Aslan Yandiev's complaint about his search

  The Commission for the Control of Interpol's Files (the CCF) has accepted for consideration the complaint filed by Aslan Yandiev, a native of North Ossetia, extradited from Slovakia to Russia. The complainant believes the search for him after the UN demand to suspend his extradition was ungrounded, the association "VayFond" reports today.

September 24, 2018 18:35

• Residents of Grozny criticize results of million-rouble expenses for city improvement

  In the centre of Grozny, builders have completed the reconstruction of yard areas and are to finish the improvement of streets till the 200th birthday of the city, the authorities reported. The construction works, which took 1.3 billion roubles only from extrabudgetary sources, are being conducted in a hurry, and that fact affects their quality, the local people complain.

September 24, 2018 14:19

• Azerbaijan claims shelling of its six villages in Karabakh conflict zone

  Over the past day, the Azerbaijani positions in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled 89 times, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reports today.

September 24, 2018 14:08

• "My Step" bloc wins elections to Council of Elders in Yerevan

  The "My Step" bloc headed by comedian Hayk Marutyan gained 81.06% of the votes at the elections to the Council of Elders of Yerevan, the Central Election Commission (CEC) reported.

September 24, 2018 11:44

• On September 17-23, 2018, three persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of September 17-23, 2018, three persons fell victim to 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.

September 24, 2018 11:37

• Advocate Benyash detained for 48 hours in a criminal case

  After the expiration of his administrative arrest, advocate Mikhail Benyash was not released from the special detention facility in Ust-Labinsk and was sent to Krasnodar. A criminal case was instituted against Mikhail Benyash under the article on using violence against a public official.