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November 17, 2014 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of November 10-16

  Incident with a military helicopter shot down in the Karabakh conflict zone; road traffic accident involving a motorcade of the Dagestani leader; law passed in the Astrakhan Region abolishing the direct election of the Mayor of Astrakhan; awarding Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to political prisoners of Azerbaijan; launch of the third power unit of Rostov NPP; attack on the Prime Minister of Abkhazia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of November 10-16, 2014, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

November 17, 2014 08:55

• Yunus-Bek Evkurov orders to perform anthems in Ingush schools on the monthly basis

  Every month schools of Ingushetia will hold solemn line-ups, which will mandatorily perform the anthems of Ingushetia and the Russian Federation, the head of the republic Yunus-Bek Evkurov has announced.

November 16, 2014 12:38

• Georgian experts rule out President's impeachment

  The ruling coalition "Georgian Dream" will not be able to initiate impeachment of President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili, who is now in confrontation with the Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, the experts questioned by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent believe.

November 16, 2014 00:29

• Abkhazia: customs officer detained after attack on Prime Minister

  Law enforcers have managed to detain in hot pursuit a car with people who committed an attack on the Prime Minister of Abkhazia Beslan Butba.

November 15, 2014 20:22

• Rally in Tbilisi demands to prevent signing Russian-Abkhazian treaty

  Today, an oppositional rally was held in Tbilisi in the square in front of the Parliament, which stated "annexation of Abkhazia by Russia." The action was organized by activists of the oppositional "United National Movement" (UNM). According to various estimates, the rally was from 3 to 20 thousand strong.

November 15, 2014 17:36

• In Makhachkala, head of "Flowers of Life" Centre reports policemen tried to disrupt the opening ceremony

  Today, Madina Magomedova, the head of the "Flowers of Life" Children’s Care Centre in Makhachkala, has stated about the pressure of law enforcement bodies and illegal actions of power agents, who tried to disrupt the opening of the Centre.

November 15, 2014 17:03

• Armenian experts predict Yerevan’s proportionate response to helicopter incident

  The liquidation by Azerbaijani militaries of the Mi-24 helicopter in the flight over Nagorno-Karabakh, will not go unpunished, experts in Armenia believe. The measures in response to the destruction by Azerbaijani militaries of the Armenian Mi-24 helicopter will be "more than proportionate," rmenian Defence Minister Seiran Oganyan says.

November 15, 2014 13:36

• Dagestani residents hold rally in memory of Eradil Asanov

  Today, about 400 people gathered at a rally in memory of Eradil Asanov, who was shot dead at the building of the ROVD (District Interior Division) for the Nogai District of Dagestan. The action took place in the village of Terekli-Mekteb, and its participants demanded to punish the persons responsible for the death of the young man.

November 15, 2014 12:18

• In Grozny, stores of Islamic goods subjected to large-scale inspections

  In Grozny, law enforcers and representatives of the Muslim clergy held a series of inspections in the stores selling Islamic products, where they searched for the banned religious literature.

November 15, 2014 08:59

• In Sochi, at trial in Mardiros Demerchyan's case, witness describes defendant's complaints about torture

  On November 14, at the trial in the case against Mardiros Demerchyan, a builder of the Olympic facilities, the court questioned Sergey Sobolev, the head of the surgical ward of the city hospital No. 3. According to the witness, the defendant was brought for his medical examination in a depressed state and with multiple injuries, and he told the doctor that he had been tortured.

November 15, 2014 07:25

• Advocate reports on court's failure to issue records of court hearings on Ruslan Kutaev's case

  The Supreme Court of Chechnya is delaying issuing the records of court hearings on consideration of the appeals against the verdict in the case against Ruslan Kutaev, the President of the Assembly of Peoples of the Caucasus. This was reported by Pyotr Zaikin, an advocate of Ruslan Kutaev.

November 15, 2014 07:14

• Chair of KChR’s POC claims local authorities block activities

  Asiyat Khabicheva, the Chair of the Public Oversight Commission (POC) of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) of new composition, has sent an appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin, in which she claims that local authorities put pressure to members of the newly formed POC.

November 15, 2014 05:10

• In Azerbaijan, relatives of detained mosque-goer Sokhrab Shikhaliev declare his innocence

  Allegations of the Azerbaijani police that Zokhrab Shikhaliev, a resident of the village of Djorat, was keeping weapons were untrue and unreliable. This was reported by relatives of the detainee.

November 14, 2014 22:18

• Meskhetian Turks hold picket at Georgia's Embassy in US demanding return to homeland

  Today, Meskhetian Turks have held a picket in front of the Georgia's Embassy in the United States, demanding to ensure conditions for their return to Georgia after their deportation 70 years ago.

November 14, 2014 19:45

• At trial on Volgograd terror acts defence witnesses claim Magomedov's innocence

  Today, six witnesses in the case of terror acts in Volgograd have confirmed the defence's version of the absence of any links of the defendant Ibragim Magomedov with militants.

November 14, 2014 18:02

• Sakharov Award handed over to Azerbaijani political prisoners in Oslo

  The Sakharov Prize, which has been awarded by the Norwegian Helsinki Committee (NHC) to Azerbaijani political prisoners, was handed over to laureates' relatives.

November 14, 2014 15:39

• NKR's authorities claim shelling of area of downed helicopter

  The Azerbaijani party would not allow organizing the search of the crew of the helicopter shot down in the Karabakh conflict zone by shelling the site, David Babayan, the press secretary of the office of the head of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), has stated today.

November 14, 2014 15:26

• ReAl leader Ilgar Mamedov appeals against his verdict at the SC of Azerbaijan

  Ilgar Mamedov, the leader of the Civil Movement "Republican Alternative" (ReAl) has challenged his conviction to the Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan. His defence insists on the abolition of decisions of lower courts in Mamedov's case and his acquittal. However, Mamedov refused to petition for clemency, said his colleague Azer Gasymly.

November 14, 2014 10:29

• Khajimba: results in international recognition of Abkhazia will appear in near future

  A progress can be expected in the near future in international recognition of Abkhazia's independence, said the head of Abkhazia Raul Khajimba in his interview to the "Caucasian Knot".

November 14, 2014 07:50

• Attack on military helicopter in Karabakh may lead to warfare resumption, Armenian political analysts suggest

  The liquidation of the Mi-24 in the course of its training flight in Nagorno-Karabakh, was a provocation of the official Baku, said Galust Sahakyan, Speaker of the Armenian Parliament.