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September 02, 2019 22:55

• In his new film, well-known blogger tells about life of Beslan terror act victims

  Yuri Dud, a video blogger, has posted a documentary about the terror act in Beslan, in which former hostages, their relatives, politicians and journalists shared their memories and opinions about the causes and consequences of the tragedy.

September 02, 2019 22:51

• Azerbaijani journalist Ragimov complains about pressure in SIZO

  The journalist, Ikram Ragimov, is on the 27th day of his hunger strike at the Baku SIZO (pre-trial prison). According to his relatives, he is pressed in custody to stop his protest action. However, the SIZO staff denies the pressure.

September 02, 2019 18:29

• On August 26-September 1, 2019, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of August 26-September 1, 2019, no one fell victim to 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.

September 02, 2019 18:20

• In Chechnya, public sector employees describe ways to evade role of fans of "Akhmat" FC

  Public sector employees, who were obliged to visit a match of the "Akhmat" FC on August 31, were able to leave the stadium before the match after registration by a supervisor. Some residents of Chechnya, indifferent to football, convinced their friends to go to the match instead of them.

September 02, 2019 16:55

• Ingush authorities call on people not to comment on PC game about war in Caucasus

  A PC game about battles between Ossetian and Ingush troops can lead to a new round of ethnic hatred, believes Akhmet Yarlykapov, a researcher engaged in oriental studies.

September 02, 2019 16:51

• Human rights defenders claim failure of Khasavyurt agreements

  Human rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" expressed different opinions concerning who was to be blamed for the disruption of the Khasavyurt agreements signed in 1996 by Alexander Lebed and Aslan Maskhadov.

September 02, 2019 13:24

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events from August 26 to September 1, 2019

  Fifteen years after hostage-taking in Beslan school; outcomes of presidential election in Abkhazia; increased tension on Georgian-South-Ossetia border – read about these and other events in the Caucasus that happened from August 26 to September 1, 2019, in the weekly review prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

September 02, 2019 10:58

• Rights defenders update list of Azerbaijani political prisoners

  Now, the list of political prisoners in Azerbaijan includes 117 persons, including one human rights defender, six journalists and 55 believers, the "Union for the Freedom of Political Prisoners of Azerbaijan" (UFPPA) has informed.

September 02, 2019 10:54

• Heroization of law enforcers after Beslan terror act raises issue of historical memory

  The authorities' desire to heroize the law enforcers who had stormed the school is unacceptable, Ella Kesaeva, the head of the "Voice of Beslan" Committee, is convinced.

September 02, 2019 10:47

• Blogger who criticized Azerbaijani authorities deprived of Russian citizenship

  Elvin Isaev, 39, a video blogger who criticized Azerbaijani authorities, has been stripped of Russian citizenship and will be deported from the country, a court in Saint Petersburg has ruled. His wife has urged Russian President Putin to interfere in the case.

September 01, 2019 11:43

• Putin refuses to recognize the Shali mosque the most beautiful in the world

  At his meeting with the head of Chechnya, the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, disagreed with Ramzan Kadyrov's words that the new "Muslims' Pride" Mosque is the most beautiful in the world. Kadyrov did not argue.

September 01, 2019 10:26

• Rights defenders tell about identification of remains of missing residents of Northern Caucasus

  The work of searching for the remains of the people who disappeared during the military campaigns in Chechnya is too slow, local residents said on the occasion of the Day of Missing People. Methods for identifying the remains are being improved, but there is no progress in investigating the deaths of these people and similar crimes in other regions of Northern Caucasus, human rights defenders have stated.

September 01, 2019 10:19

• Ombudsman confirms complaint of Chechen detainee about torture

  A native of Chechnya, detained after a mass brawl with gunfire in Krasnodar, has complained to the territorial ombudsman about beatings and tortured with electric shock during detention. As stated by Ruslan Kutaev, the head of the "Assembly of Caucasian Nastions", an office has been set up to any further torture of the detainees within this case.

August 31, 2019 23:42

• Morality fighter's blackmailing Dagestani women causes disputes in social networks

  A young man filmed Dagestani girls to the camera with angry comments about their wrong behaviour and blackmailed them by promising to post videos on the Internet, claiming money. Some social network users have supported the guy who "had been engaged in moral upbringing," while others condemned him.

August 31, 2019 23:34

• Military School in Grozny named after Akhmat Kadyrov

  The head of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has ordered to name the Grozny Suvorov School after the first president of Chechnya, Akhmat Kadyrov. This was done in agreement with Ramzan Kadyrov, the incumbent head of the republic, said the school commander.

August 31, 2019 23:21

• Social network users criticize Dagestani after his apology for inviting Kadyrov to duel

  Instagram users have condemned the act of Gadjimurad Isabekov, a resident of Makhachkala, who had first invited Ramzan Kadyrov to a duel and then apologized to him.

August 31, 2019 13:19

• Parishioners tell about the consequences of law enforcers' raid on Moscow mosque

  There were fewer believers at the Friday prayer in the Moscow mosque after a raid with detentions undertaken by law enforcers, who detained also natives from Northern Caucasus. Many parishioners decided not to complain about the raid for security reasons.

August 31, 2019 13:15

• Georgia refuses to remove checkpoint from South-Ossetian border

  In its turn, South Ossetia will continue striving for fulfilment of its demand to liquidate the checkpoint, the presidential plenipotentiary for post-conflict settlement has assured.

August 31, 2019 12:11

• Doctors treat Ragimov's health condition as critical

  Medical examination has confirmed the grave condition of the journalist, Ikram Ragimov, his cousin Galib Gasanov said.

August 31, 2019 10:35

• Journalists tell about Russian special services' trace in Khangoshvili's murder

  The alleged killer of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, a native of the Pankisi Gorge, arrived in Germany by the passport to the name of Vadim Sokolov, a resident of Saint Petersburg, but there is no such person in the databases, the authors of an international journalistic investigation have stated.