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Participants of a press conference of the Ingush Committee of National Unity, October 28, 2018. Photo by Umar Yovloy for the "Caucasian Knot"

13:28, 29 October 2018

Activists tell about the authorities' role in organizing Congress of the Ingush People

On the instruction of Yunus-Bek Evkurov, the Mayor of Nazran has provided the organizers of the World Congress of the Ingush People with the premises of the House of Culture, an activist Barakh Chemurziev said at a press conference. The organizers of the congress found it necessary to give the head of the republic an opportunity to speak, said Musa Malsagov.

Salome Zurabishvili. Photo © Sputnik / Alexander Imedashvili
https://sputnik-georgia.ru/election-2018/20181028/242709693/Lidery-prezidentskoy-gonki-v-Gruzii-prokommentirovali-ekzitpoly.html

13:28, 29 October 2018

Zurabishvili in the lead at presidential election in Georgia

According to the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Georgia, about 90% of all the votes have been tabulated. The independent candidate Salome Zurabishvili, supported by the "Georgian Dream" Party, has won 38.61% of the votes. Grigol Vashadze from the "United National Movement" (UNM) has 37.69%.

Zaza Saralidze. Photo by Inna Kukudjanova for the "Caucasian Knot"

12:57, 29 October 2018

Zaza Saralidze accused of beating policeman

Zaza Saralidze, the father of a schoolboy killed in Tbilisi has been charged with assaulting a policeman. His defence has disagreed with the prosecution.

Participants of the emergency congress of members of Ingush clans (teips), Nazran, October 27, 2018. Photo by Magomed Mutsolgov for the Caucasian Knot

11:37, 28 October 2018

Clan members elect their delegates to World Congress of Ingush People

On October 27, the city of Nazran, Ingushetia, hosted an emergency congress of members of Ingush clans (teips). The main topics were the Ingush-Chechen border, and the nomination of delegates to the World Congress of the Ingush People.

11:28, 28 October 2018

Man detained for threatening to blow up building of Armenian government

A man armed with a grenade tried to break into the building of the Armenian government and threatened to blow it up, the National Security Service (NSS) of Armenia has reported.

Isa Khamkhoev. Photo: Spititual Administration of Muslims of Ingushetia, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVsmQCWdgFA

11:18, 28 October 2018

Khamkhoev condemns Daudov for his visit to Ingushetia

Isa Khamkhoev, the Mufti of Ingushetia, has stated that he would not be responsible for the local youth, if Magomed Daudov, the Speaker of the Chechen Parliament came to him again, as follows from the video posted on October 27 in social networks.

Marina Begadze takes part in protest action on September 17, 2018. Photo by Inna Kukudzhanova for the Caucasian Knot

11:07, 28 October 2018

Grandmother of killed schoolboy heads protest in Tbilisi

Marina Begadze, Zaza Saralidze's mother, has headed an action demanding to punish those responsible for the murder of her grandson. The protesters criticized the actions of the police who forbid them to set up tents in front of the Parliament in Tbilisi.

10:57, 28 October 2018

NKR accused Azerbaijan of 100 shelling attacks per week

During the week of October 14-20, Azerbaijani militaries fired a thousand shots at the positions of the Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), the NKR's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

Azerbaijani soldiers take part in military drills, October 2018. Photo: Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan, https://mod.gov.az/ru/news/motostrelkovye-podrazdeleniya-vypolnili-uprazhneniya-po-strelbe-video-24652.html

16:45, 27 October 2018

Azerbaijan reports 23 shelling attacks in the conflict zone

Positions of the Azerbaijani Army in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled from Armenia and from territories near the "occupied villages", the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated today.

Akhmed Barakhoev tells Ingush residents about his talks with Kadyrov. Photo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzE-uQbNeRU

16:36, 27 October 2018

Ingush opposition treats Kadyrov's visits as diversion

The authorities of Ingushetia are ignoring the initiative trips of Kadyrov's people over the republic; while the apologies and reconciliations that accompany the visits will not make the residents of Ingushetia forget about the land issue, Ingush oppositionists have stated.

Flooded backyard in Krasnodar Territory. Photo taken from the website of the Krasnodar Administration, https://admkrai.krasnodar.ru/content/1131/show/448615/

16:28, 27 October 2018

Count of victims of Kuban flooding reaches 66

During the flooding in the Krasnodar Territory, six people perished and 60 others were injured, the fate of two persons remains unknown, the local emergency services have stated today.

Akramjon Abdullaev and Nematjon Isroilov in the courtroom. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the Caucasian Knot

16:19, 27 October 2018

Kyrgyz natives convicted in Rostov-on-Don for belonging to Hizb ut-Tahrir*

The North-Caucasian District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don has sentenced two citizens of Kyrgyzstan to 15 and 13 years of imprisonment, claiming their membership in the Hizb ut-Tahrir (an organization recognized as terrorist and banned in Russia by the court).

Grozny. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the Caucasian Knot

11:00, 27 October 2018

Chechen authorities evicted about 20 people from hostels in three days

The campaign, initiated by Ramzan Kadyrov, resulted in the eviction of about 20 people from hostels; several dozen other tenants should leave their rooms in the coming days, the office of the head of Chechnya has stated.

10:55, 27 October 2018

Djeikhun Nabi tells about interrogation in context of his Facebook posts

After three days in custody, Djeikhun Nabi was released from the police and said that he was interrogated in connection with his publications on the Facebook, as well as about his relations with political emigrants in Europe.

Ikram Ragimov. Photo: https://www.irfs.org/news-feed/journalist-ikram-rahimov-released-from-jail/

10:49, 27 October 2018

Editor-in-chief of "realliq.info" website detained in Azerbaijan

Ikram Ragimov, the editor-in-chief of the "realliq.info" website has been detained in Baku. According to the advocate Elchin Sadygov, he was detained by agents of the State Security Service (SSS) of Azerbaijan.

Zaza Saralidze. Photo by Inna Kukudzhanova for the Caucasian Knot

10:40, 27 October 2018

Zaza Saralidze hospitalized after being detained in Tbilisi

Zaza Saralidze, the father of one of the two murdered schoolboys, who had been holding a protest action near the Georgian Parliament since October 10, was hospitalized from a police station, where he was taken for beating a policeman.

Meeting in Karabulak. October 26, 2018. Photo from the blog of Magomed Mutsolgov on the Caucasian Knot

01:05, 27 October 2018

Karabulak rally is against border agreement with Chechnya

About two hundred participants of a rally held in the city of Karabulak, Ingushetia, have unanimously demanded the cancellation of the agreement on changing the Ingush-Chechen border and elected delegates to the World Congress of the Ingush People.

Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

01:00, 27 October 2018

Kadyrov's visits exacerbate situation in Ingushetia

The visits of Ramzan Kadyrov and his closest officials to Ingush activists, who had criticized the head of Chechnya, are causing tensions in Ingushetia and can lead to bloodshed, Magomed Mutsolgov, a human rights defender, believes.

Ramzan Kadyrov visits Akhmed Pogorov, October 26, 2018. Screenshot from the video posted by user INGNEWS24 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqi4JhFqX9A

21:53, 26 October 2018

Pogorov states reconciliation with Kadyrov

The head of Chechnya and a number of his close associates have "warmly communicated" with the Ingush activist Akhmed Pogorov; the Chechen leaders apologized to Ingushes, Pogorov himself have stated.

Miners take part in protest action, October 26, 2018. Photo by Vyacheslav Prudnikov for the Caucasian Knot

21:46, 26 October 2018

At rally in Gukovo, miners demand the promised coal

Today, at their protest action, former employees of the "Kingcoal" Company have stated the absence of the promised payments and coal; and that with the onset of cold weather they have nothing to heat up their homes.

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