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October 03, 2017 12:35

• In Grozny, first 73 theologians graduate from Islamic University

  Graduates of the Kunta-Khadji Kishiev University, who got their diplomas on October 2, will be able to work for the Muftiate of Chechnya and teach in madrassas.

October 03, 2017 10:45

• Georgian authorities confirm death of a Pankisi native in Syria

  The death of Muslim Kushtanashvili, an 18-year-old Georgian citizen, who left to fight in the Middle East in 2015, was reported on October 2.

October 03, 2017 03:44

• "Kommersant": militants try to assassinate Imam Khamzat Chumakov

  Three persons have been detained on suspicion of plotting an assassination attempt on Imam Khamzat Chumakov in Ingushetia. One more suspect managed to escape.

October 03, 2017 00:53

• Ruslan Gvashev diagnosed with a stroke

  A cardiologist has diagnosed Ruslan Gvashev with a stroke. However, the Circassian activist continues to refuse medical care. Relatives of Ruslan Gvashev demanded from the Sochi authorities to apologize to the activist.

October 02, 2017 23:31

• Houses of militants’ families blown up in Dagestan

  Power agents have blown up the houses of alleged militants in the village of Bolshaya Zadoyevka in the Kizlyar District, claiming that explosive devices were stored there. However, villagers doubt the fact.

October 02, 2017 20:44

• Azerbaijani power agents report liberation of all detained gays

  All the 83 LGBTs detained in Baku are back at large, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) and the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) have reported; however, advocates could not confirm this information.

October 02, 2017 20:25

• Activists regret about poor attendance of Nogais’ Remembrance and Sorrow Day

  On October 1, about 120 members of the Nogai communities of Moscow and Novy Urengoy took part in the Remembrance and Sorrow Day. After the battle on October 1, 1783, and tsarist raids, Nogai people were scattered; many of them were killed, said Ramil Ishmukhambetov, a historian.

October 02, 2017 19:22

• Turkish Circassians demand from Russia to stop persecuting Gvashev

  More than a hundred people gathered in Istanbul, demanding from Russian authorities to cancel the decision of the Sochi court and stop persecuting the Circassian activist Ruslan Gvashev.

October 02, 2017 16:29

• ECtHR communicates Khadija Ismayilova's complaint against ban on leaving Azerbaijan

  Journalist Khadija Ismayilova filed a complaint about the delay in the trial concerning the ban on her leaving Azerbaijan. Today, an advocate of the journalist has reported that the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) began communication on his client's complaint.

October 02, 2017 13:55

• Law enforcers prevent attempt on a preacher in Ingushetia

  The FSB reported the detention of two militants who planned to use a powerful bomb to blow up a religious figure in Ingushetia.

October 02, 2017 13:50

• MoD requests 500 recruits from Chechnya

  Out of the more than 80,000 Chechen residents of conscription age, 500 people will be selected within the autumn draft campaign which began on October 1. Local residents are attracted by military service with the opportunity to build a career.

October 02, 2017 12:21

• Caucasians detained near Moscow for preparing terror acts

  Members of the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS), banned in Russia, who planned to commit transport terror acts in September, have been detained near Moscow, the Russian FSB (Federal Security Bureau) reports. There are natives of Northern Caucasus among the detainees.

October 02, 2017 12:13

• Policeman wounded during CTO in Dagestan

  A policeman was wounded in a shootout with alleged militants that broke out in the Babayurt District of Dagestan, the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) reports.

October 02, 2017 11:19

• Alleged militants killed in Dagestan identified

  The men killed at night in Dagestan have been identified – they are suspected of killing a policeman in the Kizlyar District, a source said. Today, it has also become known about the murder of another policeman in the Babayurt District.

October 02, 2017 10:20

• Remains of 86 soldiers buried in Chechnya

  On October 1, in the Naur District of Chechnya, the remains of Soviet soldiers, who perished in 1942, including at least 14 Armenian natives, were reburied. The Armenia’s Ambassador to Russia took part in the ceremony.

October 02, 2017 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of September 25-October 1

  Ramazan Abdulatipov's announcement of his resignation from the position of the Dagestani leader; discovery in Ingushetia of the Doku Umarov's remains; actions held by Adygs from Kabardino-Balkaria and Abkhazia in defence of Ruslan Gvashev on hunger strike; bad weather in Poti, Novorossiysk, and the Kerch Strait crossing, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of September 25-October 1, 2017, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

October 02, 2017 08:04

• Two persons killed in CTO area in Dagestan

  This night, two militants involved in a murder of a district police inspector have been shot dead near the village of Kachalai in the Babayurt District of Dagestan.

October 02, 2017 01:08

• On September 25-October 1, 2017, one person killed in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of September 25-October 1, 2017, one person was killed 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 01, 2017 23:39

• North Ossetia wins Culture and Sport Festival of Caucasian Nations

  Athletes from North Ossetia have won the first place in the team event at the Culture and Sport Festival of Caucasian Nations. The second place went to Dagestan and the third to Ingushetia.

October 01, 2017 17:53

• In Baku, 2500 people donate blood on occasion of Ashura (+video)

  The Council of Kadis of the Caucasus Muslims Office (CMO) has urged believers to donate blood instead of self-torture on Ashura Day. In Baku, at least 2500 people responded to the call.