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Special operation in Kabardino-Balkaria. Photo: press service of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btU6LQaAeZ0

21:57, 21 October 2019

Defence claims pressure on figurant in Baksan fund case

Investigators have evidence that people from militants' encirclement transferred money to Khamukovs, residents of Baksan, but there are no proofs that the "One Body" Fund used these funds for criminal purposes, said the advocate. He explained Lianna Khamukova's testimony against her brother Asker by law enforcers' pressure.

18:58, 21 October 2019

On October 14-20, 2019, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

During the week of October 14-20, 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.

Video message of the deputy Qadi of the Shatoi District. Screenshot from Instagram video: https://www.instagram.com/p/B3tmmJslyZw/

18:43, 21 October 2019

In Chechnya, new version of genie attack surprises Instagram users

The Deputy Qadi of the Shatoi District of Chechnya, who had earlier called on people not to believe reports of a genie attack on a local resident's house, admitted that Alims had to confront genies in the village of Vashendaroi. Instagram users were surprised by the inconsistency in the statements voiced by the religious leader.

18:19, 21 October 2019

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of October 14-20, 2019

Denial of information about a conspiracy against Ramzan Kadyrov; unsanctioned protest action in Baku; completion of the protest action of Afghan war veterans in Makhachkala, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of October 14-20, 2019, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Brides, Grozny. Photo: REUTERS/Said Tsarnayev

14:34, 21 October 2019

Resonance video provokes disputes about wedding party traditions in Chechnya

The Prosecutor's Office has launched a check after a video was posted on the Internet in which children requested a "ransom" from participants of a wedding party procession in a street in Grozny. Local residents and Instagram users have expressed conflicting views on the appropriateness of the ancient wedding party tradition in modern traffic conditions.

Armenian soldiers. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Armenia, http://www.mil.am/hy/news/7010

14:24, 21 October 2019

Azerbaijan claims shelling attack on its border village

The positions of the Azerbaijani troops were shelled 22 times in the conflict zone within 24 hours, and a village in the area bordering Armenia fell under fire, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported.

Jehovah's Witnesses praying at the regional Jehovah's Witnesses Congress. Photo: REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko

14:12, 21 October 2019

In Sochi, arrests of Jehovah's Witnesses* become an act of intimidation

Jehovah's Witnesses* from Sochi plead not guilty of participating in an extremist organization, and their arrests are an act of intimidation of believers, notes advocate Anton Bogdanov.

Police disperse participants of a rally in protest against using violence to women, Baku, October 20, 2019. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot

11:25, 21 October 2019

Baku: activists protest against using violence to women

On October 20, in central Baku, about fifty people held, despite policemen's counteraction, a rally in protest against using violence to women, and agreed to end it only after the detainees were released.

11:13, 21 October 2019

Georgian oppositionists demand to let them in border village of Atotsi

The Georgian party has accused Russian border guards of installing barbed wire near the village of Atotsi, bordering on South Ossetia; and observers and policemen arrived at the venue. Oppositionists staged a protest at the "Shakshaketi" checkpoint, demanding to let them into the village.

Residents of the Kurchaloi District at the police station. Screenshot: https://www.instagram.com/p/B3z8sDaFCaJ/

11:02, 21 October 2019

Chechnya: law enforcers publicly reprimand detainees for drinking alcohol

The use of alcohol and psychotropic drugs became the reason for a "prophylactic talk" of law enforcers with the men detained in Chechnya. Local residents and Instagram users have treated the public warning of the detainees as excessive.

Detention of Ali Kerimli (centre). Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot

10:52, 21 October 2019

Ali Kerimli says he was beaten up after detention

Ali Kerimli, the leader of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has stated that after he was detained at a rally, he was beaten up several times.

The hunger strike held by the Afghan War veterans in the Makhachkala park. Octboer 7, 2019. Photo by Rasul Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"

11:22, 20 October 2019

Veterans of Afghan War stop their picket in Makhachkala

The picket of Dagestani Afghan War veterans in Makhachkala ended after they managed to get promises from the authorities to solve their problems, Gasaini Gasainiev, the head of the initiative group of veterans, has informed.

Elena Milashina. Photo by Anna Artemyeva / "Novaya Gazeta"

11:18, 20 October 2019

Journalist Milashina refuses to comment on Kadyrov's rude joke

Elena Milashina, a journalist, refused to discuss the proposal for marriage instead of human rights violations in Chechnya. Social network users' opinions about the appropriateness of such humour on the part of Kadyrov diverged; some commentators have treated it as a veiled threat.

Detentions at an oppositional rally in Baku on October 19, 2019. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"

11:14, 20 October 2019

Police conduct harsh detentions at rally in Baku

60 people were detained at an oppositional rally in Baku; 42 were released after warning; materials on the remaining 18 will be sent to courts, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has informed. Oppositionists claim that there were "much more" detainees.

Abubakar Yangulbaev. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the "Caucasian Knot"

20:13, 19 October 2019

Representative of Gasanguseinovs killed in Dagestan demands to punish policeman for insult

Abubakar Yangulbaev, a lawyer of the Committee against Torture (CaT), has filed a complaint to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan, demanding to punish Ibrahim Aliev, a former police chief of the Shamil District.

The match of the "Akhmat" Football Club (FC) with the Moscow "Lokomotiv" FC in front of the half-empty stands. Photo by the press service of the "Akhmat" FC

20:08, 19 October 2019

Chechen budget-funded employees report forced visit to "Akhmat Arena"

The stands at the match of the "Akhmat" Football Club (FC) were again filled with the use of administrative resources. Fans of the club are disappointed with the game of the team.

Shamil Khadulaev. Screenshot of the video by ННт TV channel: https://youtu.be/r-X4__H0XEc

20:00, 19 October 2019

Dagestani rights defender excluded from POC for his active work

Only two out of nine members of the Public Oversight Commission (POC) of Dagestan are included into its new membership. Shamil Khadulaev is sure that he was not invited there for his active human rights activities.

Tumso Abdurakhmanov (on the left) and Chingiz Akhmadov. Screenshots of the videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0d3Li-O6oA, https://www.instagram.com/p/B05ghk9oGeE/

19:48, 19 October 2019

Critic of Chechen blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov wins promotion

Chingiz Akhmadov, a journalist of the "Grozny" TV Channel, has been appointed director of the "Chechnya Today" Agency. Akhmadov is regularly posting video replies to the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, in social networks in defence of Chechen authorities.

Barbed wire. Photo by Nina Tumanova for the "Caucasian Knot"

12:27, 19 October 2019

South Ossetia claims attempt of Georgian scouts to cross the border

Border guards have stopped an attempt of Georgian intelligence agents to get into South Ossetia's territory, the official Tskhinvali has stated.

Girls in Grozny. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"

12:24, 19 October 2019

Caucasian traditions of early marriages break Russian laws

Northern Caucasus preserves early marital relations; however, these traditions violate the laws of the Russian Federation, lawyers believe.

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