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16:27, 20 October 2018

Sportive reporters welcome potential joining of Khabib's friend "Akhmat" Club

Zubair Tukhugov has not become a "superstar", but his performances for the "Akhmat" Club can be beneficial both for him and for the club, sports journalists assert. Although due to the scandal with the UFC, his situation is not the best, the "Akhmat" may benefit from his move.

The People's Assembly of the Republic of Ingushetia. Photo from the official website of the Ingush parliament https://www.parlamentri.ru/

15:18, 19 October 2018

Ingush Constitutional Court to check law on border with Chechnya

On October 25, a case on verification of the constitutionality of the law on the Chechen-Ingush border will be considered at the request of MPs and residents of the republic. This was announced by the Constitutional Court of Ingushetia on Thursday.

Zubair Tukhugov (from the right) during his featherweight fight with Ernest Chavez of USA at the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) gala at the Globe Arena in Stockholm, October 4, 2014. Photo: REUTERS / Anders Wiklund

15:14, 19 October 2018

Ramzan Kadyrov invites Khabib Nurmagomedov's assistant to "Akhmat" Club

The leader of Chechnya supported his fellow villager Zubair Tukhugov, who was dismissed from a battle at the UFC tournament after slapping fighter Conor McGregor. Ramzan Kadyrov advised Zubair Tukhugov to beat his offenders more strongly next time and invited him to fight for the "Akhmat" Club.

Malsag Uzhakhov, a member of the organizing committee of the rally in Magas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MP8DuZa47aQ

12:30, 19 October 2018

Ingush oppositionists report their plans to fight for lands (+video)

The resolution of the World Congress of the Ingush People on the border agreement will force the authorities of Ingushetia to listen to the protesters' demands, activists believe. There will be no active response to the Congress resolution, believes political analyst Alexei Malashenko.

Nikol Pashinyan delivering a speech at the square of Yerevan on October 2, 2018. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"

12:26, 19 October 2018

Armenian parliament announces date of premier elections

In Armenia, the first round of voting in parliament for the election of the Prime Minister is scheduled for October 24. This is reported by the administration of the Armenian National Assembly.

MGIMO University in Vernadsky Avenue, Moscow. Photo: Victoria 959 https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/МГИМО

11:54, 19 October 2018

Orientalists tell about Chechnya vs. Dagestan fight for leadership in Russian Ummah

New political and ideological trends in the Russian Muslim community was the topic of Orientalists' discussion at the seminar "Caucasus in the Past and Present" held in Moscow.

11:35, 19 October 2018

In Baku, Court confirms arrest of oppositionist Nemat Panakhly

The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) has dismissed a complaint filed by Nemat Panakhly, the chairman of the National Statehood Party of Azerbaijan, about his administrative arrest. The oppositionist associated his prosecution with the criticism of the authorities.

A memorial in Vladikavkaz dedicated to the victims to an attack at the Kerch Polytechnic College. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the "Caucasian Knot"

10:40, 19 October 2018

Residents of Vladikavkaz pay tribute to memory of victims killed in Kerch

In the centre of Vladikavkaz, more than 50 people gathered to light candles in memory of the people who fell victim to an attack at the Kerch Polytechnic College.

10:40, 19 October 2018

ECtHR awards compensation to convicts in Armenian "March 1 case"

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ordered the Armenian authorities to pay Grigor Voskerchyan and Masis Aivazyan 7500 euros in total in compensation for their unjustified arrest in the case on disorders on March 1, 2008.

A penal colony. Photo: Yelena Sineok, YUGA.ru

18:18, 18 October 2018

A man sentenced for killing a football fan complains of violation of his rights in prison

After the complaint had been filed about torture in a penal colony in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, inspections were carried out in a formal way, and violations of prisoners' rights still take place, said Aslan Cherkesov, a native of Nalchik, sentenced for killing football fan Yegor Sviridov.

Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: REUTERS/Yelena Fitkulina (RUSSIA)

18:13, 18 October 2018

Ramzan Kadyrov describes his role in freeing businessman Maxim Yakovlev

Adam Delimkhanov, a member of the State Duma, helped to return Maxim Yakovlev, kidnapped in Abkhazia, to his relatives. This was announced by Ramzan Kadyrov ten days after the report on the release of the businessman.

An anti-aircraft missile system "Osa" in the positions of the Azerbaijani army. Photo https://mod.gov.az/ru/foto-arhiv-045/

13:30, 18 October 2018

Azerbaijan counts 29 shelling attacks per day

Over the past 24 hours, units of the Armed Forces of Armenia violated the ceasefire regime for 29 times by using large-calibre machine guns, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.

The Iskander road mobile missile system. Photo Sputnik / Vitaly Timkiv
https://sputnik-abkhazia.ru/news/20180918/1025033639/iskandery-yuvo-likvidirovali-terroristov-unichtozhili-protivnika-gorax-abxazii.html

13:23, 18 October 2018

Over 500 militaries exercise in Abkhazia

At military exercises in Abkhazia, anti-aircraft gunners of the Russia's Southern Military District (SMD) repelled air strikes of a conditional enemy on important republic's facilities. The exercises involved more than 60 weapons and equipment units, the SMD has informed.

Nikol Pashinyan. Photo by the press service of the President of Armenia, http://www.president.am

11:06, 18 October 2018

Pashinyan retains control over situation in Armenia after resignation

Nikol Pashinyan has resigned, thereby initiating the procedure of early parliamentary elections, since he is confident in the predictability of outcomes thereof, political analysts believe.

11:00, 18 October 2018

South-Ossetian armrestler wins two gold medals at World Championships

Soslan Gassiev has won two gold medals in the weight category of 90 kg at the World Armwrestling Championships in Turkey. Athletes from South Ossetia have also won three silver medals.

08:22, 18 October 2018

CoA refuses to release Azerbaijani blogger Guseinov

The Baku Court of Appeal (CoA) refused to satisfy the complaint lodged by the blogger Mekhman Guseinov, who asked to release him under CER (conditional early relief). The defence will seek the abolition of this decision at the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan.

Ramzan Kadyrov discusses protes actions in Magas at the meeting with heads of ministries and departments of Chechnya. Photo: screenshot of the video by Grozny TV Channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy3Q0cVqCZA

08:19, 18 October 2018

Chechnya: residents criticize Kadyrov's threats to Ingush activists

Ramzan Kadyrov has expressed threats to the organizers of the rally in Magas, inviting them to hold a rally in the territory they treat as illegally transferred to Chechnya. His harsh statements against Ingush activists may cause another round of tension, observers in Chechnya have noted.

08:14, 18 October 2018

Omega Group owner blames Georgian authorities for 2000 unemployed

Over 1800 employees of the Omega Group and 200 more of the "Iberia" TV Company lost their jobs due to authorities' revenge for publicizing corruption information. This was stated by Nato Chkheidze, the founder of the above TV Company and a Georgian MP.

Vladimir Putin, Yunus-Bek Evkurov (from the right), protesters in Magas. Photo: REUTERS, REUTERS, photo courtesy of Yakub Gogiev. Collage by the "Caucasian Knot"

23:32, 17 October 2018

Putin's call to Evkurov does not clarify Kremlin's attitude to events in Ingushetia

Vladimir Putin entrusted Yunus-Bek Evkurov to solve the problem with protests in Magas, believes political analyst Azhdar Kurtov. His colleague Akhmet Yarlykapov believes the events in Magas illustrate the confusion of the authorities.

Yunus-Bek Evkurov (from the right) and Ramzan Kadyrov sign the agreement establishing the border between Chechnya and Ingushetia. Photo http://minselhozri.ru/news/yunus-bek-evkurov-i-ramzan-kadyrov-podpisali-soglashenie-ob-ustanovlenii-granitsy-mezhdu-ingushetiey-i-chechney.html

23:30, 17 October 2018

Lawyers mention conditions for cancellation of agreement signed by Evkurov and Kadyrov

A referendum on the issue concerning the border between Chechnya and Ingushetia is possible, and based on its results the agreement signed by the republics' leader can be challenged in the constitutional courts, experts report.

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