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Soviet District Court of Makhachkala. Photo: RFE/RL

20:45, 15 November 2017

Resident of Dagestan convicted for links with militants

The court has found a resident of Dagestan to be a member of the armed underground and sentenced him to eight years in prison.

Georgian-Abkhaz conflict. Photo: Sputnik, Tsagareli.

19:43, 15 November 2017

Monument to perished Sukhumi residents dismantled in Scotland

The memorial to the residents of Sukhumi, who perished in the 1992-1993 armed conflict, will be restored after making changes to the inscription on the stone. This was reported by the Council of Eastern Ayrshire, which includes the Scottish city of Kilmarnock.

Screenshot of the video with a song performed by Anna Kuvychko and pupils of the cadet classes in Volgograd

17:46, 15 November 2017

Social network users dispute about song of Volgograd schoolchildren about Putin

Anna Kuvychko, a State Duma MP from the Volgograd Region, has shot a video with pupils of the cadet classes. In the video, the children are singing about their willingness to be led by President Vladimir Putin in the last battle. Children should not be involved in recording of songs about the willingness to fight, wrote participants of the discussions in social networks.

Vladikavkaz. Photo: Sputnik / Anna Kabisova

17:05, 15 November 2017

Three Vladikavkaz residents accused of attacking gays

Three residents of Vladikavkaz are involved in the case on a series of extortions and attacks on gays. The defendants have explained their actions by homophobia.

The Ali Aliev Wrestling Training Center (Sport Complex) in Kaspiysk. Photo www.riadagestan.ru

13:51, 15 November 2017

Volunteers needed for European Wrestling Championships in Dagestan

Organizers of the European Wrestling Championships to be held in Kaspiysk will recruit 300 volunteers, reported the Dagestani Ministry for Sports.

Berkat market, Grozny, July 2015. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the Caucasian Knot.

12:52, 15 November 2017

Fire victims of Grozny marketplace stop trading due to compensation denial

Builders have restored the pavilion that got burnt down in September, an official of the "Berkat" marketplace in Grozny has stated. However, the tenants of pavilion received no compensations for their suffered losses; therefore, some of them could not resume their business.

Ksenia Sobchak. Photo https://sobchakprotivvseh.ru

12:35, 15 November 2017

Ksenia Sobchak not to organize her offices in Northern Caucasus

Supporters of Ksenia Sobchak send applications from the regions of Northern Caucasus. However, there are no people wishing to lead her pre-election office, reports the press service of the campaign "Ksenia Sobchak against all".

Flag of the LGBT community. Photo http://smi2.mirtesen.ru/blog/43944713353/Nad-posolstvom-SSHA-v-Estonii-budet-razvevatsya-LGBT-flag?page=1

09:04, 15 November 2017

A native of Chechnya apologizes to Ramzan Kadyrov for coming-out

On the air of the Chechen TV Channel, a native of Chechnya, who lives in Germany, has apologized to the authorities of the republic and explained that he was forced by Western journalists to announce his homosexuality.

Passengers brought from Syria to Grozny on November 13. Photo: grozny-inform.ru

08:01, 15 November 2017

Three Dagestani women detained after returning from Syria

Law enforcers have detained three women from Dagestan, who arrived to Chechnya from Syria on November 13. One of the women is on the Moscow wanted list.

A protest action of the fire victims of the 'Dagelektromash' Market in the centre of Makhachkala with the photo of Vladimir Vasiliev. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the "Caucasian Knot"

03:25, 15 November 2017

Journalists associate growth of protests in Dagestan with Vasiliev's appointment

In Dagestan, the growth of public activities can be explained by the people's attempts to attract the attention of Vladimir Vasiliev, the new head of the republic. This opinion has been expressed by Magomed Magomedov, a political commentator of the newspaper "Chernovik" (Draft).

A participant of the events in the city of Volgodonsk dedicated to the anniversary of deportation of Meskhetian Turks. November 14, 2017. Photo: screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EppgLP_KpCg

23:57, 14 November 2017

On anniversary of deportation, Meskhetian Turks demand rehabilitation

The city of Volgodonsk has held events dedicated to the 73rd anniversary of deportation of Meskhetian Turks from Georgia. They pointed to the absence of dialogue with the Georgian authorities on the issue of their return to their historical homeland. The nation's right to rehabilitation has not yet been realized, they assert.

Banner at the site of the construction of an Orthodox cathedral in a park near Ak-Gel Lake. Makhachkala. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the "Caucasian Knot"

20:13, 14 November 2017

Dagestani SC suspends construction of cathedral in Ak-Gel Park

Residents of Makhachkala have filed a claim against construction in a park near Ak-Gel Lake. Works on the construction of a cathedral are prohibited until the consideration of the claim is completed.

Statue of Themis. Photo: Yuriy Grechko / Yugopolis

18:09, 14 November 2017

In Kabardino-Balkaria, a woman accused of killing her newborn baby

In Kabardino-Balkaria, a woman from the village of Kishpek has confessed to killing her son. The woman has explained her act by her difficult financial situation. This has been reported by the Prosecutor's Office.

Meeting of the militants' relatives at the Grozny Airport. Photo: screenshot of the video https://www.instagram.com/p/BbcngYfHsgk/?taken-by=kadyrov_95

14:52, 14 November 2017

Chechen women return from Syria upon their consent to criminal prosecution

Chechen women, brought from Syria on November 13, have confirmed to their relatives that they could return to Russia after consenting to criminal prosecution. All women were first offered to stay in the Middle East and send only children to their homeland, the authorities of Chechnya reported.

Victims of the fire at the Dagestani market "Dagelektromash" gathered at the protest action in the centre of Makhachkala. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the "Caucasian Knot"

12:38, 14 November 2017

Fire victims from Mokok receive administrative warnings

Today, a Makhachkala court has considered administrative cases of 13 residents of the village of Mokok, who on November 13 tried to meet Vladimir Vasiliev, the acting head of Dagestan. The court issued warnings about the violation of the order of holding a public event to all the detainees.

09:40, 14 November 2017

Chechen authorities report militant families' return from Syria

On November 13, women and children were brought by air from Syria to Grozny; among them there are 34 Russian citizens and seven citizens of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has stated.

A military police officer. Photo https://vsevesti24.ru/politika/batal-on-voennoj-politsii-minoborony-perebroshen-iz-hmejmima-v-aleppo/

08:45, 14 November 2017

Head of Dagestan announces militaries' return from Syria

On November 13, Vladimir Vasiliev, the acting head of Dagestan, said that the battalion of military police will be stationed, after its return from the Middle East, in the village of Botlikh.

A destroyed house in the Agdam District of Azerbaijan. Photo https://ru.sputnik.az/karabakh/20171112/412717929/oborona-obstrel-front-azerbajdzhan-armenija.html

08:35, 14 November 2017

Azerbaijan claims 114 cases of shelling on contact line

During shelling on November 13-14, the Armenian armed forces used large-calibre machine guns. This was reported by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD).

The awarding ceremony at the 11th North-Caucasian Open Cinema and Television Festival "Kunaki" (Friends). Photo © Sputnik / Tomas Tkhaytsuk http://sputnik-abkhazia.ru/Abkhazia/20161125/1019945582/gran-pri-kunakov-iz-suxuma-uexal-v-ekaterinburg.html

01:11, 14 November 2017

Organizers of "Kunaki" Film Festival refuse to show feature films

The 11th North-Caucasian Open Cinema and Television Festival "Kunaki" (Friends) will screen 51 films. This year, the organizers rejected all the feature films, treating the last year's experience as "unsuccessful."

18:24, 13 November 2017

In Austria, a native of Chechnya opens fire from a wedding party cortege

Austrian policemen seized a pistol from a native of Chechnya who opened fire at his own wedding party.

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