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October 17, 2019 08:59

• Chechnya loses land dispute with Kizlyar at Dagestani SC

  On the website of the Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan, Rasul Kadiev, a Dagestani lawyer, has found a decision on a lawsuit on the lands of the Borozdinovskaya Forestry. The court ruled that the disputed lands belong to Dagestan, but Chechnya still claims to them.

October 17, 2019 08:55

• Ingushetia: convict in "Ordzhonikidze Jamaat" case complains of torture

  Bagaudin Opiev, a resident of Ingushetia, convicted for helping militants, has sent a video to the "Caucasian Knot", in which he told about torture after his detention and during the investigation within the case of the "Ordzhonikidze Jamaat".

October 16, 2019 23:59

• Tskhinvali City Court: activist Tamara Mearakishvili not guilty

  The Tskhinvali City Court has fully acquitted Tamara Mearakishvili. The activist intends to seek her rehabilitation and punishment of law enforcers for prosecuting her unlawfully.

October 16, 2019 23:51

• Advocate claims obstacles while attempting to visit Azerbaijani journalist in penal colony

  The Azerbaijani Penitentiary Service refused advocate Elchin Sadygov to visit his client journalist Ikram Ragimov. The Penitentiary Service explained its refusal by the fact that in his appeal, the defender did not indicate the title of the Penitentiary Service's head.

October 16, 2019 20:45

• Activists support Kurdish rally at US Embassy in Armenia

  The US authorities should force Turkey to stop its military operation in Syria, declare members of the Kurdish community at a rally in Yerevan. Citizens of Armenia joined the protest action.

October 16, 2019 20:30

• Social network users dispute authorities' response to reports about clean-ups among Ramzan Kadyrov's subordinates

  The Chechen authorities have grudgingly reacted to the information about detentions and torture of Chechen officials. Minister Djambulat Umarov called the information "fake", and then users of social networks found the version about clean-ups credible.

October 16, 2019 17:53

• Defence treats investigation into Dagestani journalist Gadjiev's case as ineffective

  Investigative actions in the case against journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev have not been carried out for at least a month, but an investigator refers to them as grounds for an extension of the journalist's arrest.

October 16, 2019 17:51

• Historians explain contradictions between Baku and Tbilisi on border at "David Gareja"

  At the beginning of the activities on determining the Georgian-Azerbaijani border, Georgia proposed to use the map of 1938, and Azerbaijan the official maps of the republics compiled in the 1960s. According to the first map, the monasteries of Udabno and Chichkhituri are on the Georgian territory, while according to the second option, they are on the Azerbaijani side.

October 16, 2019 11:29

• Journalists urge Azerbaijani authorities to release their colleague Afghan Mukhtarly

  The advocate has stated health problems of Afghan Mukhtarly and called on the authorities to have mercy on him and other political prisoners. The founders of the Baku Press Club have joined this call.

October 16, 2019 11:26

• Political analysts exclude any independent opposition to Kadyrov in Chechnya

  Local officials may be really unhappy with Kadyrov, but any opposition to him is possible only with the support from Moscow, the interviewed political analysts are sure.

October 16, 2019 08:57

• Case of marriage with minor in KBR gets to court

  A resident of the Cherek District is accused of having entered into sexual intercourse with a minor. According to investigators, the Imam of the mosque contributed to the crime, since the couple managed to make a religious marriage.

October 16, 2019 08:55

• SC upholds verdict to North-Ossetian resident convicted for taking part in Syrian war

  The Panel for Militaries' Cases of the Russia's Supreme Court (SC) has upheld the verdict to Timur Tumgoev, a native of Vladikavkaz, sentenced to 18 years in colony within the case of participation in Syrian fighters' groupings.

October 16, 2019 08:52

• Law enforcers search home of father of Ingush activist Katsiev

  During a search conducted in the house of Khasan Katsiev's father in the city of Karabulak, law enforcers examined a laptop and all the phones, the activist's sister has stated. According to the advocate, on October 17, a court in Stavropol will consider a complaint against the extension of Katsiev's arrest.

October 15, 2019 22:19

• Courts extends arrest of Dagestani journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev

  In Makhachkala, a court left journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev in custody until November 13.

October 15, 2019 22:10

• In Chechnya, police chief explains information about a slap to Ramzan Kadyrov's portrait

  Apti Alaudinov, the chief of the Chechen police, denied the information that he fell into disgrace because of a comic slap to a portrait of Ramzan Kadyrov. The police chief called on people not to believe "every gossip."

October 15, 2019 20:48

• Orientalists treat new title of Chechen Mufti as formal

  Chechen Mufti Salakh Mezhiev got in Jordan not the title of academician, but symbolic membership in the Institute for Islamic Thought, which does not provide any advantage in the Muslim world, note Arabists and Caucasian scholars.

October 15, 2019 20:39

• Two Georgian residents detained for bride kidnapping

  A resident of Georgia and his alleged accomplice are suspected of kidnapping a 19-year-old girl in the south of the country, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Georgia reports.

October 15, 2019 15:44

• Law enforcers begin searching activists' houses in Rostov-on-Don and Krasnodar

  Searches in a case against the Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF) have been started in 30 regions of Russia, including at homes of an employee of the oppositionist Alexei Navalny's office in Rostov-on-Don and Yana Antonova, the former coordinator of the Krasnodar branch of the Open Russia (recognized in Russia as undesirable organization).

October 15, 2019 15:40

• Azerbaijan reports shelling attacks on its three villages

  The positions of the Azerbaijani troops were shelled 21 times within 24 hours, including in the areas bordering Armenia, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported.

October 15, 2019 11:25

• Baku court refuses to release journalist Polad Aslanov

  The court has rejected all the arguments of his advocates and left the Azerbaijani journalist, Polad Aslanov, under arrest. However, the defence will seek his liberation due to a sharp deterioration of his health.