Kabardino-Balkaria

December 07, 2021 14:01

• Film of KBR director put on long-list of nominees for Oscar

  The film "Unclenching the Fists" directed by Kira Kovalenko and filmed in North Ossetia was put on the long list of films nominated for the Oscar in the category "Best Foreign Film".

December 07, 2021 11:15

• Over 500 KBR residents oppose introduction of QR codes

  Residents of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) have supported the letter of the initiative group against compulsory vaccination, the introduction of QR codes and other restrictions imposed because of the coronavirus pandemic. They stressed that such decisions should be made after extensive public discussions.

December 03, 2021 23:52

• Relatives of suspects killed in Kabardino-Balkaria refuse to cooperate with HRC “Memorial”

  The Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”* stopped working on the complaints filed by relatives of the suspects killed in the counterterrorist operation (CTO) in Kabardino-Balkaria, as they stopped cooperating with the human rights defenders. The complainants might refuse any attempts to reveal the real reasons for the deaths of their relatives because of pressure on families, the HRC reports.

December 02, 2021 18:11

• Circassian activists stand up for Saakashvili

  When Mikhail Saakashvili was in power, Georgia officially recognized the Circassians' genocide, giving Circassian activists the opportunity to defend their rights within the international legal environment, Circassian activists have stated in their appeal to the Georgian President, Salome Zurabishvili. They have urged her to pardon Saakashvili.

November 29, 2021 14:29

• On November 22-28, two persons fall victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of November 22-28, 2021, during the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, at least two people perished; no information about the wounded ones was reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.

November 22, 2021 11:27

• Regions of Southern Russia are outsiders in wage level

  In the ranking of Russian regions in terms of wages, Kalmykia took the last place. Only 1.2% of residents of this republic get salaries over 100,000 roubles per month, while 19.6% residents get less than 15,000 roubles. The ten outsiders also include Karachay-Cherkessia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Chechnya, Ingushetia and Dagestan.

November 21, 2021 12:29

• GPO's claims to "Memorial" threaten human rights defence in Northern Caucasus

  The closure of the "International Memorial" and the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", which the Russian General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) insists on, will seriously damage the defence of human rights in Northern Caucasus. Important projects will stop, and people will lose hope for help, human rights defenders, lawyers and journalists assert.

November 18, 2021 23:46

• Film by KBR director awarded by European Film Academy

  The Ossetian-language film "Unclenching the Fists" by Kira Kovalenko, a director from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has won the prize of the European Film Academy for the best film editing.

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