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A car fell into precipice in the Untsukul District of Dagestan. Photo http://www.riadagestan.ru/news/disasters_and_catastrophes/poyavilas_informatsiya_po_povodu_dtp_v_untsukulskom_rayone_respubliki/

10:36, 11 November 2016

11 Dagestani rescuers search for driver of car fallen into precipice

This morning, rescue teams have resumed their activities suspended at nightfall in the Untsukul District of Dagestan, where on November 10, a car fell into precipice. The searches take place on the Andean Koisu River.

The relatives of the persons killed on October 13, 2005. Kabardino-Balkaria, Nalchik, October 2012. Photo by Anna Arsenyeva for the "Caucasian Knot"

02:45, 11 November 2016

SC dismisses appeal on claim for disclosure of burial places of killed attackers on Nalchik

The Supreme Court (SC) of Kabardino-Balkaria has upheld the decision of the court of Nalchik, which dismissed the request to disclose the burial place of the killed suspects involved in the attack on the capital of the republic in 2005.

Vaccinating children against hepatitis A in Makhachkala, November 2016. Photo by the Dagestani Ministry for Public Health, http://minzdrav.e-dag.ru/images/ministerstvo7/NR091e6b2641a44382c0e128b91b63568e.jpg

01:51, 11 November 2016

In Makhachkala, more than 39,000 people vaccinated against hepatitis A

As of November 10, more than 39,000 residents of Makhachkala, including more than 34,000 children, are vaccinated against hepatitis A. This was reported by the Dagestani Ministry for Public Health.

Khachik Takmazyan, the director of the driving school. Sochi, November 2016. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"

20:43, 10 November 2016

In Sochi, director of driving school files a lawsuit against policemen

In Sochi, policemen unfoundedly seized a hard drive from the office of the first driving school registered in the city and thus paralyzed its activities for two months. This was stated by Khachik Takmazyan, the director of the driving school. He asked the court to bring the policemen to responsibility.

Murtuzali Gasanguseinov. Screenshot of a video by the user Nastoyascheye Vremya https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXgji_xizaU

19:49, 10 November 2016

Father of killed Gasanguseinov brothers complains about passivity of investigators

Investigators do not question residents of the village of Goor-Khindakh, who are ready to confirm that the Gasanguseinov brothers, Dagestani shepherds, killed during a special operation, had no relation to militants. This was told by the father of the killed brothers.

Ramazan Djalaldinov. Screenshot of a video by the user gazetachernovik https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIe7JKRLRXo

18:33, 10 November 2016

Ramazan Djalaldinov reports about threats from Chechen law enforcers

Today, Ramazan Djalaldinov, a disappeared resident of the village of Kenkhi, has contacted Svetlana Gannushkina, the head of the Committee "Civil Assistance". He has told her that he had left the republic after Chechen law enforcers voiced threats against him and asks not to look for him.

The project "The Wall of Sorrow". Nalchik, November 10, 2016. Photo by Lyudmila Maratova for the "Caucasian Knot"

18:00, 10 November 2016

Project "The Wall of Sorrow" presented to residents of Kabardino-Balkaria

Today, Nalchik has opened the exhibition of the State Museum of the GULAG's History and the Remembrance Foundation, dedicated to the creation of a monument to victims of political repressions.

The employees of the "Nairit" plant at the rally in front of the building of the Armenian government. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"

17:45, 10 November 2016

"Nairit" security workers demand to preserve their jobs

Activists held an action protest in front of the building of the Armenian government. The protestors demand from the top managers of the "Nairit" plant to pay off wage arrears to the workers and to abandon plans on reduction of staff.

Giyas Ibragimov. Photo: http://www.azattyq.org/a/28077559.html

17:00, 10 November 2016

Sentence to Azerbaijani activist Giyas Ibragimov challenged

The defence of activist Giyas Ibragimov requests to completely cancel his sentence on the charge of drug trafficking.

Special equipment during CTO. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/v-dagestane-v-hode-kontrterroristicheskoy.html

15:55, 10 November 2016

CTO legal regime in Baksan lifted

Law enforcers have completed a special operation in Baksan. The killed man has been preliminary identified as Akhmed Shevkhuzhev, who was wanted on suspicion of attacking policemen at night of October 9.

Ilyas Bogatyrev. Photo: http://kunakifest.ru/?p=1393

14:21, 10 November 2016

Organizers of film festival "Kunaki" promise to protect programme from propaganda

On November 19-24, Sukhumi, the capital of Abkhazia, is expected to host the 10th North-Caucasian Open Festival of Film and TV "Kunaki". The contest programme shall include 57 films. According to organizers of the festival, at the selection of films, the main criterion was their professionalism.

Kitchen in a kindergarten. Photo: http://bloknot-volgograd.ru/news/deputaty-gorodskoy-dumy-odobrili-proekt-autsorsing-793628

13:45, 10 November 2016

Volgograd City Duma deputies approve outsourcing in kindergartens

Deputies of the City Duma of Volgograd have approved by majority the concept of outsourcing for catering in kindergartens. Meanwhile, the petition against outsourcing in kindergartens posted on the website "Change.org" has already collected 452 signatures.

Repair of a sewage system. Dagestan. Photo http://www.riadagestan.ru/

10:11, 10 November 2016

New director of "Makhachkalavodokanal" appointed in Makhachkala

In Makhachkala, after the mass poisoning of city residents and the arrest of the former head of the Joint-Stock Company (JSC) "Makhachkalavodokanal", Timur Magomedov is appointed the acting director of the JSC. This was reported by the Mayor's Office of the capital of Dagestan.

A volonteer with a stray dog. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"

05:34, 10 November 2016

In Sochi, animal rights activists criticize draft pet regulations

In Sochi, the City Mayor's Office has developed draft pet regulations, including the procedure for capture and disposal of stray animals in the city. The animal rights activists believe the regulations need to be improved.

A tanker truck in the village of Semender, November 9, 2016. Photo by Ilyas Kapiev for the "Caucasian Knot"

01:57, 10 November 2016

Dagestani authorities need to introduce external management at "Makhachkalavodokanal"

After the mass poisoning with water of residents of Makhachkala, Dagestani Prime Minister Abdusamad Khamidov announced the need for introduction of external state control over the "Makhachkalavodokanal". Musa Musaev, Mayor of Makhachkala, also believes that the company needs a radical change in the control system.

21:45, 9 November 2016

Advocate states worsening of Faig Amirov's health

Faig Amirov, the Chief Financial Officer of the newspaper "Azadlyg", arrested in Azerbaijan, has lost 20 kilos of body weight and needs serious treatment, said his advocate.

Valentina Tomchak. Photo by Tatyana Filimonova for the "Caucasian Knot"

20:34, 9 November 2016

Witnesses confirm bruises on pensioner Tomchak

The Court of the Gorodische District of the Volgograd Region, which considered the case of beating the pensioner Valentina Tomchak, has found contradictions in testimonies of one woman-witness.

18:36, 9 November 2016

HRC members meet natives of Chechnya, who complained about beatings at IK-7

The natives of Chechnya Anzor Mamaev and Khazbulat Gabzaev, kept in Colony No. 7 in the town of Segezh, have been questioned about the use of violence to them, said the rights defenders, who checked the complaint of the convict Ildar Dadin about torture and beatings.

In the gym at Beslan school No. 1 during the collective grieving. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the "Caucasian Knot"

16:57, 9 November 2016

"Beslan Mothers" announce creation of counter-terrorist centre

Aneta Gadieva, a co-chair of the "Beslan Mothers" Committee, has announced plans to create an international counter-terrorist centre in the territory of the destroyed School No. 1 in Beslan.

The equipment of the participants of the Kuban "tractor march". Rostov Region, August 2016. Screenshot of a video by the user Radio Svoboda https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9smCFTYuT0

15:30, 9 November 2016

Participant of Kuban "tractor march" complaints about pressure from authorities and Cossack leaders

Nikolai Borodin, the Ataman of the Kazan Cossack Army was dismissed from his post "for poor performance" and deprived of his deputy status. In the Kavkaz District authorities banned a Cossack rally in his support by warning the organizers about its illegality. Borodin himself treats these actions as pressure on him after the "tractor march".

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