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South Ossetia-Georgia border. Photo: Sputnik / Natalia Airiyan

00:59, 25 October 2018

Two Georgian residents set free after detention at South-Ossetian border

Law enforcers of South Ossetia have released two residents of the Georgian village of Okami, who were detained on October 20 on suspicion of violating the border.

Nikol Pashinyan (centre). Photo: © Sputnik / Asatur Yesayants https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/politics/20180508/11642070/nikol-pashinyan-armenia-biografiya.html

21:29, 24 October 2018

Parliament doesn't elect Nikol Pashinyan as Premier

Not a single MP has voted today for the appointment of Nikol Pashinyan as Prime Minister of Armenia. The next vote is scheduled for October 31.

Flooding. Photo: © Olga Gromova / Yuga.ru

21:23, 24 October 2018

Tuapse residents tell about flooding of the city and nearby settlements

As a result of heavy rains, in Tuapse, the bridge over the Tsypka River was destroyed. The central part of the city turned into a swirling stream that carries away cars, townspeople report.

Nikol Pashinyan. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the Caucasian Knot

18:11, 24 October 2018

Supporters of Pashinyan hold rally at parliament building

Supporters of Nikol Pashinyan have held an action in the yard of the building of the National Assembly of Armenia (Parliament) with posters "Immediate dissolution of parliament and judiciary".

Meeting of the tenants of one of Grozny dormitories. Screenshot from the "Grozny" TV Channel broadcasting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=90&v=qg4-Icfq8QA

18:01, 24 October 2018

Chechen authorities deny housing to critics of hostel inspections

The video clip with a woman, who, according to the author of the video, fainted when a hostel in Grozny was inspected, irritated Ramzan Kadyrov. For the "unethical behaviour" it was decided not to provide new housing to those who filmed and posted the video, a source from the city Mayoralty has stressed.

Military vehicles of the Azerbaijani Army. Photo: https://mod.gov.az/ru/foto-arhiv-045/

14:19, 24 October 2018

Azerbaijan claims 30 bombardments in conflict zone

The positions of the Azerbaijani Army in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled at different sections of the frontline, including the territories "near the occupied villages," the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported today.

Fire at the "Electrozinc" Factory in Vladikavkaz, October 22, 2018. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the Caucasian Knot

14:09, 24 October 2018

ICRF voices out reason of "Electrozinc" fire

According to preliminary data of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), the fire that occurred at the "Electrozinc" Factory in Vladikavkaz was a result of violations of the industrial safety regulations, investigators have stated.

Metallurgical District Court of Chelyabinsk. Photo: Yandex-maps

10:59, 24 October 2018

Chelyabinsk operative agents accused of native of Chechnya's death in colony

The Metallurgical District Court of Chelyabinsk has held parties' debates on a criminal case initiated against four staff members of a correctional colony accused of beating up convicts and involvement in the death of a Chechen native. The prosecutor demanded from six years to 12.5 years in prison for them.

Djeikhun Nabi. Photo: Djeikhun Nabi, contact.az

10:42, 24 October 2018

Oppositionist Djeikhun Nabi detained in Azerbaijan

Law enforcers have detained the activist Djeikhun Nabi in Shamkir and brought him to Baku. The detention may have to do with Nabi's posts on the Facebook, in which he criticized Azerbaijani authorities, Sardar Nabiev, Djeikhun's father, and Ogtai Gyulyalyev, a rights defender, have stated.

10:29, 24 October 2018

Georgian MPs offer criminal liability for country's maps without Abkhazia and South Ossetia

A draft law on criminal liability for making and spreading "maps of Georgia, which violate the territorial integrity" was registered at the Georgian Parliament.

Yandare village. Photo: Adam Sagov https://ru.wikipedia.org

08:41, 24 October 2018

Residents of Yandare and Kantyshevo support opponents of border agreement

Ingush officials are organizing meetings, where they try to convince residents of the republic of the legitimacy of the agreement on fixing a new border. The meetings also involve members of the organizing committee of the Magas rally; the participants of the meetings in the villages of Yandare and Kantyshevo have already supported them, activists have stated.

At the contact line in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo: REUTERS/Staff

08:31, 24 October 2018

Soldier wounded in NKR

On October 23, as a result of a shot from Azerbaijani positions, a soldier of the Defence Army was wounded, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has reported.

European Court of Human Rights. Photo: REUTERS/Vincent Kessler

08:23, 24 October 2018

ECtHR awards 1.5 million euros to relatives of kidnapped residents of Chechnya

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ordered Russia to pay compensation to relatives of 21 residents of Chechnya who disappeared during special operations of federal troops.

23:20, 23 October 2018

Defence of Mikhail Benyash claims inaction of investigators

Over a month, investigators still did not question the only witness to the detention of Krasnodar advocate Mikhail Benyash and did not carry out any investigative actions, reported Alexei Avanesyan, a defender of Mikhail Benyash.

Kazbek District of Dagestan. Photo: Karamudin Ataev http://odnoselchane.ru

23:11, 23 October 2018

New Chechen-Ingush borders sharpen problem of disputed Dagestani villages

The scandalous agreement on the borders between Chechnya and Ingushetia and the creation by Ramzan Kadyrov of a state commission to determine and confirm the administrative border of the republic have actualized the problem of disputed territories in Dagestan and the Stavropol Territory. Observers have expressed their concern about possible conflicts over the lands around Chechnya.

Protest rally against violation of LGBT people's rights in Chechnya, London, June 2017. Photo: REUTERS/Neil Hall

17:58, 23 October 2018

LGBT activists tell about beatings and escape from Chechnya

Lesbian girls in Chechnya have to completely obey the will of their parents; they are forced to endure beatings from relatives and to marry forcibly. Three Chechen girls of non-traditional sexual orientation who fled from Russia, despite the attempts of families to bring them home by force, told in their interview to Radio Liberty.

People gather at the Dubrovka Theatrical Centre to pay tribute to the terror act victims, Moscow, October 2002. Photo: REUTERS/Anton Denisov (RUSSIA)

17:50, 23 October 2018

16 years since the capture of hostages at Dubrovka

People in Moscow are coming today to the building of the Dubrovka Theatrical Centre, where 16 years ago Chechen militants captured 916 people as hostages. On October 26, 2002, at least 130 hostages died during the storming of the building.

Court hearing in the case of Mikhail Benyash. Photo by Anna Gritsevich for the Caucasian Knot

17:40, 23 October 2018

Court agrees to release lawyer Benyash on bail

Mikhail Benyash will be able to leave the SIZO (pre-trial prison), when a deposit of 600,000 roubles is received to the account of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation, the court in Krasnodar has ruled today.

Servicemen of the Azerbaijani Army. Photo: https://mod.gov.az/ru/foto-arhiv-045/?gid=24612

13:27, 23 October 2018

Azerbaijan counts 29 attacks in the conflict zone

The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated today that the positions of its army deployed in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled from large-calibre machine guns.

Rally of the natives of Northern Caucasus in Turkey. Photo by Ali Viskhadjiev for the Caucasian Knot

13:16, 23 October 2018

TV series episode with Circassian woman triggers protests among Caucasian Diasporas in Turkey

The natives of Northern Caucasus living in Turkey found the phrase about the Circassian woman in the "One Hope" TV series as offensive and demanded, at a rally, to stop further show of the serial.

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