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April 23, 2019 18:53

• Activists treat decision on Tariq Topçu's case as positive signal for Circassian Diaspora

  The verdict pronounced by the Supreme Court (SC) of Russia in favour of Tariq Topçu, deprived of his residence permit, will receive a positive response among members of the Circassian Diaspora, activists believe.

April 23, 2019 18:34

• Muslims voice problem with return of historic mosques to communities in Kuban and Adygea

  The decision made by the Arbitration Court of Adygea on transferring the building of the first Maikop mosque from the property of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Russian Federation to the property of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of Adygea and the Krasnodar Territory is a historically important event, believes Asfar Myss, the head of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims for the Takhtamukai District.

April 23, 2019 15:01

• Azerbaijan registers 25 shelling attacks in conflict zone

  The truce in the Karabakh conflict zone was broken, and fire came from the side of Nagorno-Karabakh, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan has reported today.

April 23, 2019 14:39

• Officials suggest restricting foreign TV channels in Armenia

  Foreign TV channels should be removed from the package of state TV channels and transferred to private digital TV channels, said Tigran Akopyan, the head of the Armenia's National Commission on TV and Radio.

April 23, 2019 11:16

• Relatives demand to release those accused for riots in Ganja

  At a rally in the city of Ganja, family members of those arrested in connection with the July 2018 events have demanded to release them.

April 23, 2019 11:07

• Georgian activists support Pankisi residents

  Three solidarity actions with the residents of the Pankisi Gorge, who are protesting against the construction of a chain of hydropower plants (HPPs), have been held in Tbilisi and Batumi. Activists called on the authorities to abandon the construction and punish the policemen for an excessive use of force.

April 23, 2019 10:54

• Georgia reports release of border villager

  Gocha Fidiuri, a resident of the village of Medjvriskhevi, located on the border with South Ossetia, was released after paying a fine for violating the border and handed over to Georgian law enforcers.

April 23, 2019 10:43

• Nazran Mayor reconciles with his son's offender

  Aslanbek Tumgoev, the head of the city administration (Mayor) of the city of Nazran, has decided to forgive Isropil Barkinkhoev, a resident of Ingushetia, who had wounded his son during an armed conflict. The reconciliation ceremony took place in the central mosque in the presence of about 200 people.

April 23, 2019 08:21

• Man accused of assaulting Pskov paratroopers in Chechnya sentenced to 16 years in jail

  Shamil Kazbulatov, a resident of the Stavropol Territory, was found guilty of encroaching on the life of servicemen as a member of the gang of Basaev and Khattab in Chechnya, and sentenced to 16 years in a high security colony, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reported on April 22.

April 23, 2019 08:16

• Rights defenders and opposition criticize Georgian authorities for aggravation in Pankisi

  The protest against the construction of hydropower plants (HPPs) in the Pankisi Gorge has demonstrated the authorities' inability to conduct dialogue with the population, activists of oppositional parties have stated. Georgian human rights organizations demanded the resignation of the newly appointed head of the Ministry of Economy.

April 22, 2019 22:11

• Armenian MPs are considering bill on help to victims of 2008 riots

  The bill put forward today for consideration by Armenian MPs envisages to render help to the victims and successors of those ten persons who perished during clashes on March 1-2, 2008, Lena Nazaryan, the Vice-Speaker has informed.

April 22, 2019 21:56

• Pankisi residents warn authorities about protests if activists are arrested (+video)

  33 policemen and three residents of the Pankisi Gorge, who received traumas during the protest action against the construction of hydropower plants (HPPs) in the gorge, have been discharged from the clinic in Telavi. The participants of the rally in the village of Birkiani have warned the authorities that an attempt to arrest activists will result in intensified protests.

April 22, 2019 19:16

• Afghan Mukhtarly's health gets worse in prison, his wife reports

  Opposition journalist Afghan Mukhtarly, who was sentenced to six years of imprisonment, complained of severe pains, reported his wife Leyla Mustafaeva. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) for Azerbaijan claims that Afghan Mukhtarly has the opportunity to undergo all necessary medical examinations.

April 22, 2019 18:50

• Mikhail Benyash to get compensation for his arrest

  Today, advocate Mikhail Benyash has succeeded in seeking a penalty of 100,000 roubles to be imposed on the federal treasury for his two-week administrative arrest after a rally in Krasnodar.

April 22, 2019 18:41

• On April 15-21, 2019, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of April 15-21, 2019, no victims to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus 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.

April 22, 2019 15:24

• Ingushetia and Chechnya become leaders of demographic rating

  Ingushetia, Chechnya, the Krasnodar Territory, and Dagestan are included in the top twenty in terms of population in the list of regions of Russia compiled by the RIA "Rating". Meanwhile, Ingushetia and Chechnya are ranked the second and third in the rating, respectively.

April 22, 2019 14:57

• Doctors report state of victims to clashes in Pankisi

  There are no threats to the lives of the policemen hospitalized after clashes with opponents of the construction of a hydroelectric power plant (HPP) in the Pankisi Gorge, reported the spokesperson of the Telavi Hospital.

April 22, 2019 14:45

• Grozny residents claim being forced to participate in boxing event

  In Grozny, employees of public sector institutions reported about being forced to attend a boxing tournament. In Chechnya, the power penetrates deeply into a personal space of people, their families, and personal leisure time, human rights defenders note.

April 22, 2019 14:45

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events for April 15-21, 2019

  Events to mark 10th anniversary of CTO cancellation in Chechnya; suspending of Chechen-Dagestani border demarcation, – read about these and other events that happened during the week from April 15 to April 21, 2019, in the Caucasus in the review, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

April 22, 2019 11:48

• Residents of Chechnya treat video criticizing Abdurakhmanov as staged one

  On April 20, the "Chechnya Today" News Agency posted a video entitled "Chechen youth addresses pseudo-patriotic bloggers". In the video, four young people express their negative attitude to an indefinite number of bloggers who criticize the authorities of Chechnya, and, in particular, to Tumso Abdurakhmanov. Social network users have found the clip to be a staged one.