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October 16, 2017 09:05

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of October 9-15

  Entry into force of the verdict in the Nemtsov murder case; ECtHR’s decision on the complaint of relatives of the murdered residents of the Chechen village of Novye Aldy; overcoming the Georgian President’s veto on country’s draft constitution; appointment of a new head of Abkhazian MIA; detention of officer Khudyakov, who had been hiding for almost a decade; major fire in the commodity marketplace in Rostov-on-Don, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of October 9-15, 2017, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

October 16, 2017 05:52

• ICRC launches business programme for refugees from Talish village

  The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), which provides assistance to internally displaced persons (IDPs) from the Karabakh village of Talish, has decided to reduce the dependence of refugees' family members from financial assistance and invited them to take part in collective microeconomic projects.

October 15, 2017 20:25

• Relatives of prisoners sentenced for attack on Nalchik emphasize need for reconciliation

  Twelve years after the attack on Nalchik, the reconciliation between relatives of the killed law enforcers and militants is needed, emphasize relatives of the people sentenced for the attack. They complained of pressure on their families and violation of the rights of prisoners in penal colonies.

October 15, 2017 17:17

• NAC releases a video with interrogation of four detained Dagestanis

  Natives of Dagestan suspected of involvement in the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS) banned in Russia have voiced the confessions. This is evidenced by a video record released by the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).

October 15, 2017 14:46

• Relatives of pilot who disappeared in Congo hold a rally in Tbilisi

  Participants in a protest action in Tbilisi have demanded from the Georgian authorities to provide the information about the fate of Joseph Osiurauli, a Georgian military pilot, who was captured in the Republic of the Congo.

October 15, 2017 02:45

• Georgian film wins a prize at international festival in Belgrade

  The documentary film "Listen to the Silence" by Georgian film director Mariam Chachiya has won the prize for the best script at the International Film Festival for People with Disabilities.

October 15, 2017 01:46

• Residents of Dagestani village complain about extortion voiced by officials

  In Dagestan, residents of the Khazar village in the Derbent District held a meeting of owners of land plots allocated for personal households. According to the participants of the meeting, they have paid money to registration of their land plots, but now officials state that the villagers got the documents illegally.

October 14, 2017 23:55

• Azerbaijani opposition journalist detained in Kiev

  The journalist Fikret Guseinli, who lives in political emigration in the Netherlands, has been detained today at the "Borispol" Kiev Airport, when he tried to fly to Dusseldorf.

October 14, 2017 22:22

• Power agents report detention of four IS* members-natives of Dagestan

  Four natives of Dagestan were detained in Moscow and Makhachkala on October 13 and 14. They are members of the so-called “dormant unit” of the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court, the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) reports.

October 14, 2017 16:54

• Karachay Elders call on for return of direct elections in Northern Caucasus

  The abolition of the practice of direct elections at the republican and local levels is a restriction of the constitutional rights of residents of Northern Caucasus. This has been stated by the appeal of the Karachay Elders which became available to the "Caucasian Knot".

October 14, 2017 16:48

• Moscow exhibition provokes interest in Kabardian culture

  Today, the Moscow State Museum of Oriental Art has opened the exhibition "Kabarda: From Antiquity to Our Days", which presents to visitors cold arms, gold embroidery items, and other artefacts from Kabardino-Balkaria.

October 14, 2017 15:17

• Arrested Azerbaijani oppositionist sent to psychiatric hospital

  Fizuli Guseinov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), is serving his administrative arrest. On October 13, he was sent to a psychiatric hospital. According to an advocate, starting from October 6, Fizuli Guseinov was on a dry hunger strike.

October 14, 2017 13:55

• IED discovered in Makhachkala

  In Makhachkala, law enforcers have discovered an improvised explosive device (IED) in the same building in which two IEDs were already found on October 5. This has been reported today by the FSB.

October 14, 2017 13:09

• Defence appeals against arrests of two Azerbaijani activists

  On October 13, advocates demanded to release from custody two activists of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) arrested on the charge of disobeying the police. Activists Alifag Abdullaev and Eldaniz Samedov themselves believe they are being prosecuted for their participation in an opposition rally.

October 14, 2017 12:06

• Chechnya: child found dead in kindergarten

  Investigators have launched an investigation into a death of a child in one of the kindergartens in the Urus-Martan District.

October 14, 2017 09:42

• Employees of three bank offices evacuated in Rostov-on-Don

  Experts did not find any dangerous items in any of three "Raiffeisenbank" offices in Rostov-on-Don, evacuated after a report about bombs planted.

October 14, 2017 05:58

• Armenian authorities ignore Nerses Pogosyan's hunger strike

  The authorities have ignored the hunger strike of Nerses Pogosyan in the Nubarashen prison. This has been reported by advocate.

October 14, 2017 02:01

• Defence of Sochi resident demands to stop case on reposting caricatures with Christ

  The court of appeal has sent the caricatures with images of Jesus Christ to additional examination; for reposting these caricatures Victor Nochevnov, a Sochi resident, was fined for insulting believers’ religious feelings.

October 14, 2017 00:58

• Sochi: Navalny’s supporter summoned to court

  On October 13, Konstantin Gudimov, an activist, detained in Sochi with a balloon, was accused of violating the procedure of holding a public action.

October 13, 2017 19:23

• Grozny students and teachers report enforcement to attend football match

  University staff and students were instructed to attend the "Akhmat"-"Spartak" (Moscow) football match held in Grozny today. The visit is strictly obligatory for young men, not for girls, students and teachers told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.