Kabardino-Balkaria

June 16, 2018 04:10

• State Department warns US citizens against visiting Northern Caucasus

  The US State Department has warned American tourists about the terrorist threat that exists in the regions of Northern Caucasus and the cities hosting the FIFA World Cup.

June 15, 2018 16:32

• ECtHR registers a complaint about ban of LGBT action in Nalchik

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has registered complaints filed by LGBT activists from the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria and six other Russian cities about a refusal to hold LGBT actions. This was reported by Nikolai Alekseev, a rights defender and an LGBT activist.

June 13, 2018 19:39

• Complaint about death of journalist Kuashev submitted to ECtHR

  The cause of the death of Timur Kuashev, a journalist and activist from Kabardino-Balkaria, was not duly studied against the background of the threats received from law enforcers, Timur's parents have stated.

June 11, 2018 19:46

• Film by director from Nalchik causes critics' controversy at "Kinotavr"

  A film in the Kabardian language "Deep Rivers" made by Vladimir Bitokov, a film director from Nalchik, received the prize of the "Kinotavr" Film Festival for the best debut and polar opinions of critics. The film director himself believes that residents of Kabardino-Balkaria can give a strict assessment of his film.

June 06, 2018 06:04

• Refusal to study national languages threatens youth's radicalization

  Many residents of Adygea and Kabardino-Balkaria are against the transfer of studying their native languages to the voluntary basis, the Adyg scientists, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", have stated. In their opinion, people's discontent can lead to the creation of a new social movement.

June 05, 2018 06:53

• Rights defenders treat Islam Gugov's case as unprecedented

  A case of Islam Gugov, involved in the third trial after his voluntary return from Syria, is a precedent when the law enforcement bodies ignore the guarantees given by the authorities, believes Oleg Orlov, a member of the Council for the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial". Depreciation of the authorities' promises inflicts great damage to the prevention of extremism and terrorism, believes Valery Khatazhukov, head of the movement "For Human Rights" in Kabardino-Balkaria.

June 04, 2018 15:41

• Observers prove the overstated voter turnout at election in NCFD regions

  The official voter turnout at the election of the Russian president in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) were overstated, volunteers report, who compared the data of video records from some polling stations with the official data of the Central Election Commission (CEC), the "Novaya Gazeta" reports today.

June 01, 2018 06:36

• Chechen schoolchildren stay at home for summer vacations

  About 20,000 schoolchildren will go on vacation to summer camps in the territory of Chechnya. The number of vouchers for spending vacations outside the republic has decreased noticeably. Parents of the schoolchildren, who have visited the Crimea, regret that this year will not be able to send them there.

May 28, 2018 10:43

• On May 21-27, 2018, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of May 21-27, 2018, 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.

May 26, 2018 05:48

• Islam Gugov rejects charge of involvement in "Imarat Kavkaz"*

  On May 25, the North-Caucasian District Military Court proceeded to consider the second case against Islam Gugov, accused of involvement in illegal armed formations (IAFs). This is the third trial in the case against Islam of Gugov. However, this time he faces the charge of a different version.

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