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A deportation camp in Turkey. Photo: screenshot of the video by Channel One Russia

06:22, 29 October 2017

Natives of Northern Caucasus massively detained in Turkey, Diaspora members report

Mass arrests of people from Northern Caucasus began in Turkey. Members of the North-Caucasian Diaspora collect signatures under an appeal to the Turkish authorities with a demand to stop the persecution of migrants and release the detainees.

Bella Shakhmirzova. Photo from her personal page on "VKontakte"

04:21, 29 October 2017

Summer school project for Nogai District of KChR enters final of Google contest

In the summer, under the "Balapanal" project, which claims to win the Google contest "Far from capital", children from the Nogai District of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) learned for free their native language, learned to play national instruments, and practiced jujitsu.

Law enforcers. Grozny. Chechnya. Photo: REUTERS/Alkhan Gargayev

02:32, 29 October 2017

Residents of Chechnya report mass detentions of young people

Mass detentions of people suspected of the use of narcotic and psychotropic substances are being carried out in Chechnya. The raids are of operational and preventive nature, the police explained.

Participants of opposition rally in Baku, October 28, 2017. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot.

20:59, 28 October 2017

Opposition rally blames Azerbaijani authorities for corruption

Azerbaijan is experiencing an economic downturn, and most people live in poverty. At the same time, the country has 160 political prisoners and sees continued repressions, the participants of the opposition rally in Baku have stated.

Arc de Triomf in Barcelona, October 14, 2017. Photo by Yulia Kasheta for the Caucasian Knot.

18:23, 28 October 2017

Abkhazia announces conditions for recognition of Catalonia's independence

Abkhazia is ready to consider the issue on recognition of the Catalonia's independence in case it receives an appropriate address and sees that Catalonia needs that. This has been announced by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Abkhazia.

Lari. Photo from website pirveliradio.ge

17:38, 28 October 2017

Economists associate drop of lari with negative expectations and stronger dollar

The exchange rate of the Georgian lari against the US dollar has been steadily dropping since the start of the week; while on October 27 the lari/euro exchange rate fell below the historical minimum. Economists link the lari weakening with the end of the tourist season, post-election recession of economic activities and the trend that has forced people to expect for the lari devaluation this autumn.

Barcelona at night. Photo by Yulia Kasheta for the Caucasian Knot.

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.

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