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17:32, 28 October 2017

Azerbaijan supports territorial integrity of Spain

The Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has commented on the independence from Spain declared by the Catalan Parliament and mentioned the origin of the Karabakh conflict.

Participant of the rally holds flag of Azerbaijan with inscription demanding to stop corruption and to free political prisoners, Baku, October 28, 2017. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot.

15:05, 28 October 2017

In Baku, about 1000 people come to rally against corruption

Participants of the Azerbaijani opposition's rally organized under the slogan "No robbery and lie!" came to the stadium in the Yasamal District of Baku with portraits of political prisoners and socio-political posters.

Picket in support of Catalonia independence at Barcelona City Council, October 14, 2017. Photo by Yulia Kasheta.

14:05, 28 October 2017

South Ossetia expresses its willingness to recognize Catalonia as an independent state

South Ossetia will consider the issue on recognition of the Catalonia's independence. This was announced by Dmitry Medoev, South-Ossetian Minister of Foreign Affairs, in connection with the resolution on independence from Spain adopted by the Parliament of Catalonia on October 27.

Raisa Pogodaeva. Photo from personal Facebook page.

13:15, 28 October 2017

Kuban activist arrested for reposting video with swastika

Raisa Pogodaeva, an opposition activist from the town of Goryachiy Klyuch, has been sentenced to 10 days of administrative arrest for reposting a video of Kuban blogger Leonid Kudinov with a swastika. This has been reported by activist Darya Polyudova.

Zhirair Sefilyan. Photo: http://minval.az/news/123583985

11:48, 28 October 2017

Zhirair Sefilyan's advocate calls on Armenian General Prosecutor to resign

At a court hearing held on October 27, in the Zhirair Sefilyan's case, the judge announced the completion of questioning the witnesses and the beginning of a new stage to study the evidence, reported the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

04:26, 28 October 2017

Victims criticize judgement on Dmitry Batyrev's death case

Some of those convicted in the case of Dmitry Batyrev's death in Kalmyk Colony No. 1 received unduly short prison terms, the victims' advocate has stated.

Ekaterina Voloshina holds solo picket in Sochi, October 27, 2017. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the Caucasian Knot.

03:26, 28 October 2017

Sochi: activist holds picket demanding to release Gudimov and Khristosenko

Ekaterina Voloshina, an employee of one of Sochi legal firms, has held a solo picket in protest against the actual ban on opposition protests and with a demand to release the arrested activists Konstantin Gudimov and Olesya Khristosenko.

02:31, 28 October 2017

Volgograd activist appeals against Mayoralty's refusal to sanction picket

Anatoly Eldyrkin, a member of the Volgograd Human Rights Council (HRC) and a participant in "Strategy-31" actions, has filed a lawsuit demanding to recognize illegal the Mayoralty's refusal to sanction a picket scheduled by activists for October 29.

23:19, 27 October 2017

Resident of Mozdok found in IVS after kidnapping

Alim Chervaev, a resident of Mozdok, who was kidnapped by armed people from the city marketplace on October 26, is kept at the temporary isolation facility (known as IVS) of the Mozdok District, his relatives have reported. Power agents assert that they had found firearms and drugs on him, but his friends and relatives are sure that he is innocent.

Mikhail Saakashvili (right). Photo: REUTERS/Vitaliy Hrabar

19:32, 27 October 2017

Saakashvili repeatedly asks asylum in Ukraine

The former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has repeatedly, this time in person, filed an application for granting him additional protection status in Ukraine, Markiyan Galabala, his advocate, has stated today.

Azerbaijani activist Yalchin Gakhramanogly and journalist Fikret Guseinov (right). Photo: Yalchin Gakhramanogly, RFE/RL

16:26, 27 October 2017

Azerbaijani journalist Guseinli released in Ukraine

Today, the court has released the journalist Fikret Guseinli, arrested in Ukraine at the request of Azerbaijan, on bail, said People's Deputy Nikolai Knyazhitsky.

15:45, 27 October 2017

Migrants go on hunger strike in Makhachkala special detention facility

Eleven persons are on hunger strike; they have sent 11 applications to the Dagestani Prosecutor's Office, the Russian General Prosecutor's Office (GPO), the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), and Vladimir Vasiliev, the acting head of the republic, demanding attention and a check of their detention centre, the "Chernovik" writes.

Poster reading "Putin will answer for 'Nord-Ost'!" outside the White House, https://twitter.com/navalnylive

13:38, 27 October 2017

Activists detained in Moscow for "Nord-Ost" poster

Three persons, who stuck a poster reading "Putin will answer for 'Nord-Ost'!" outside the White House were sent to a police station, said the coordinator of the Moscow Navalny's office.

At the memorial to the victims of Dubrovka terror attack. Photo: RFE/RL

12:05, 27 October 2017

Relatives of victims of Dubrovka terror act treat it as most terrible tragedy for last 15 years

In Moscow, on October 26, at the Dubrovka Theatrical Centre, 130 white balloons were released into the sky – equal to the number of casualties of the 2002 terror act. The participants of the action told about the pain that they still feel when recollect the events of 15 years ago.

Marat Ismailov, organizer of the anti-corruption rally in Makhachkala. Photo: RFE/RL

10:13, 27 October 2017

Makhachkala: rally organizer adjudges 25,000 roubles from MIA

The Sovietsky District Court of Makhachkala has partially satisfied the claim lodged by Marat Ismailov, the organizer of the anti-corruption rally on March 26, by collecting 25,000 roubles from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) as compensation for his moral harm.

Rosgvardia fighters. Photo: https://socmedia.enisey.tv/news/post-3036/

09:15, 27 October 2017

Commander of "Rosgvardia" fighters who perished in Chechnya dismissed

The commander of the unit of the "Rosgvardia" (Russian National Guard), where on October 23 an officer shot dead four of his colleagues, was dismissed and is giving testimonies within the service check.

Halloween celebration by students in Dagestan. Photo: http://derbent.bezformata.ru/listnews/prazdnik-halloween/26333003/

06:49, 27 October 2017

Journalists criticize calls for boycotting Halloween in Dagestan

The topic of boycotting Halloween is artificially inflated, the journalists, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", believe.

Law enforcers, Grozny. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the Caucasian Knot.

05:45, 27 October 2017

Chechnya: kidnappings become systematic

The situation with people's disappearances in Chechnya is similar to the one observed during the second Chechen campaign, and kidnappings committed by law enforcers have turned into a system, rights defenders assert. According to the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot", since the start of this year, relatives of at least 43 people have reported their kidnappings.

01:43, 27 October 2017

Lawyers criticize Dagestani power agents for arresting Russian women-returnees from Syria

A complaint has been filed against the decision to arrest Zagidat Abakarova and Muslimat Kurbanova after their voluntary return from the warfare zone in Syria, Djuma Magomedova, an advocate, has stated.

Rally in Baku, March 15, 2017. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot.

21:04, 26 October 2017

Azerbaijani oppositionists doubt terror act version at the rally

The report of special services that the liquidated militants had been plotting a terror act at an opposition rally in Baku is able of intimidating the protesters and thereby affecting the number of them, the politicians and experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

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