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August 27, 2019 20:35

• ECtHR awards 170,000 euros to relatives of people kidnapped in Ingushetia

  The European Court obliged the Russian authorities to compensate families of the kidnapped people for moral damage.

August 27, 2019 20:28

• Head of Dagestani village reports details of conflict near border with Chechnya

  At the "Gerzelsky Bridge" checkpoint, a driver of a car did not stop at the request of law enforcers, and they started a chase, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan reported.

August 27, 2019 16:14

• Kadyrov notes media's biased attitude in incident with Chechen Prime Minister's brother

  The reaction of the media to the incident with prosecutor Denis Khuchiev, in whose belongings a parcel with unknown substance was found, testifies to a biased attitude towards natives of Chechnya, states Ramzan Kadyrov.

August 27, 2019 16:07

• Investigators soften charges against two Ingush activists

  Investigators came to conclusion that actions of Zelimkhan Tomov and Magomed Ozdoev, who were arrested after a rally in Magas, did not threaten the policemen's lives, reported advocate Kaloi Akhilgov on Twitter.

August 27, 2019 11:15

• Political analysts criticize Georgian President Zurabishvili for her passivity

  The Georgian President, Salome Zurabishvili, has stated that she is trying not to comment on high-profile criminal cases and protest actions, as she is trying to stick to neutrality. Political analysts have accused her of indifference.

August 27, 2019 10:46

• Invitation of Kadyrov to duel triggers wave of Chechens' appeals to Dagestani resident

  A resident of Makhachkala posted a video appeal to Ramzan Kadyrov, calling him to a duel because of his words about Imam Shamil. Kadyrov did not answer the call, but at least three residents of Chechnya volunteered to take the fight instead of the head of the republic. Social media users have criticized the exchange of provocative appeals.

August 27, 2019 09:43

• Conflict in Krasnodar raises the blood feud issue

  Historically, Chechnya and Dagestan adhere to different principles of blood feud, but outside the republics this custom is not always applied, Orientalists have stated.

August 27, 2019 09:41

• Advocate tells about treatment of KBR resident after torture

  The health of Rustam Kuchmenov, a resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), sharply worsened after he was beaten up by law enforcers in 2017, said his advocate, adding that they could achieve the restart of the inquiry into the case of Kuchmenov's torture after complaints to the Chief Investigating Department for the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD).

August 26, 2019 23:54

• Complaint in the case of Dagestanis killed in Chechnya sent to ECtHR

  Human rights defenders have complained to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) about an inefficient inquiry into the case of the eight young people, who disappeared in Dagestan and were declared killed in a shootout in Chechnya.

August 26, 2019 23:51

• Azerbaijani journalist tells about health problems due to hunger strike

  On his 20th day of hunger strike, the Azerbaijani journalist, Ikram Ragimov, convicted of extortion, cannot move, his cousin said. He hopes for the reaction of the Red Cross doctors who visited the journalist.

August 26, 2019 19:41

• On August 19-25, 2019, one person fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of August 19-25, 2019, one person was killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

August 26, 2019 19:36

• 16 countries refuse to recognize elections in Abkhazia

  The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Azerbaijani declared the election of the President of Abkhazia illegitimate and expressed its support for the sovereignty of Georgia. Similar statements were released by 15 western countries.

August 26, 2019 16:07

• Resident of Kabardino-Balkaria demands to punish judges for unjustified arrests

  Former law enforcer Denis Irza, who won the case on his unlawful arrest in the Kabardino-Balkaria at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), demanded to institute criminal proceedings against the judges who extended his arrest.

August 26, 2019 16:02

• In Berlin, Chechen native arrested in case on Zelimkhan Khangoshvili's murder

  A 49-year-old Russian citizen suspected of killing Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, a native of the Pankisi Gorge, is arrested, reports the Prosecutor's Office in Berlin. The arrested person is a native of Chechnya, sources report.

August 26, 2019 15:49

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 19-25, 2019

  Presidential election in Abkhazia; conflict with shooting in Krasnodar of natives of Chechnya and Dagestan; disputes around a large mosque opened in Chechnya, – read about these and other events in the weekly review of major events in the Caucasus that happened on August 19-25, 2019, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

August 26, 2019 11:52

• Rights defenders call on Georgian govt to reform labour legislation

  The Human Right Watch (HRW) has studied the miners' working conditions in Georgia. The government should seek clear regulation of working hours, observance by employers of rest and night work regimes, and of payment for overtime and work on holidays, human rights defenders have stated.

August 26, 2019 11:49

• Son of PFPA activist arrested in Azerbaijan

  Imameddin Geidarov, a son of Kyamal Geidarov, the head of the Hajiqabul district organization of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was sentenced to 30 days of arrest. The PFPA believes that the young man is persecuted for his civil activism and criticism of the authorities in social networks.

August 26, 2019 11:46

• Georgia would not recognize presidential election in Abkhazia

  The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Georgia has protested against the presidential election in Abkhazia treating it as another illegal action directed against the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia.

August 25, 2019 11:49

• Mukhtarly complains about unjustified restrictions in colony

  The Azerbaijani journalist, Afghan Mukhtarly, said that in the colony he is denied meetings with friends and phone calls to his advocate. The latter has pointed to the illegality of these restrictions.

August 25, 2019 11:46

• Georgian oppositionists treat Tsereteli's case as part of campaign against "Pirveli"

  The case of Avtandil Tsereteli has become another link in the chain of authorities' attempts to eliminate rivals at the upcoming parliamentary elections, the Georgian oppositionists assert.