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18:51, 24 September 2018
Interethnic conflict in Kabardino-Balkaria; actions in Southern Russia against pension reform, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of September 17-23, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
- Adygea
- Armenia
- Astrakhan Region
- Chechnya
- Dagestan
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- Kalmykia
- Karachay-Cherkessia
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- North-Caucasian Federal District
- Rostov Region
- Russia
- South Caucasus
- South Federal District
- Stavropol Region
- Volgograd Region

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- Kendelen: A historic fight
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18:44, 24 September 2018
The Commission for the Control of Interpol's Files (the CCF) has accepted for consideration the complaint filed by Aslan Yandiev, a native of North Ossetia, extradited from Slovakia to Russia. The complainant believes the search for him after the UN demand to suspend his extradition was ungrounded, the association "VayFond" reports today.
11:27, 23 September 2018
Nato Chkheidze, the founder of "Iberia" TV Company, has left the "Alliance of Georgian Patriots" Party, explaining it by the fact that the party had failed to support the TV Company in its conflict with the authorities. Ms Chkheidze's threatens to ruin the whole party's parliamentary faction.
17:02, 22 September 2018
Makhmud Velitov, the Imam of the Moscow mosque "Yardyam", has filed to the administration of the penal colony in Astrakhan a motion to replace the remained part of his sentenced with a fine. The defence treats such an option for his release as more favourable than the conditional early relief (CER).
09:15, 22 September 2018
The protraction of the investigation into the bombing of the Chechen village of Katyr-Yurt in 2000 is caused by the reluctance to prosecute militaries, lawyers assert. In their opinion, Russian investigators, unlike the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), fail to take into account testimonies of victims from among civilians.
21:48, 21 September 2018
The Tbilisi-Batumi Highway was blocked for 20 minutes by residents of the village of Kheltubani, dissatisfied with the inquiry into the death of their 18-year-old fellow villager. After the police freed the roadway, protesters went to a rally in the city of Gori.
21:48, 21 September 2018
45 people were hospitalized as a result of clashes with policemen near the village of Zayukovo in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), the number of detainees reached 120, activists have stated.
21:45, 21 September 2018
Movsar Aleroev, a Chechen from the Ingush village of Psedakh, who was among the three alleged militants, killed on the Chechen-Ingush border, was not known for his ties with the underground. The unconvincing law enforcers' version gives rise to speculation about the falsification of the special operation, residents of the two republics have suggested.
14:32, 21 September 2018
On September 20, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) obliged the Armenian authorities to pay compensation of 52,000 euros to family members of Levon Gulyan, who died in the course of interrogation at a police station.
10:45, 21 September 2018
The explanation that the closed court sessions will ensure the safety of the law enforcers, interrogated as witnesses, fails to stand up to criticism, since almost all the witnesses gave their testimonies at open sessions, the International Society "Memorial" has stated.
08:22, 21 September 2018
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has satisfied the complaint, submitted by Intigam Aliev, an Azerbaijani rights defender, about his arrest in 2014. The Court has ruled that he deserves a compensation for the suffered moral harm in the amount of 20,000 euros.
23:40, 20 September 2018
The court has granted the prosecutor's request to question prosecution witnesses in the case of Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" behind closed doors of the courtroom.
18:42, 20 September 2018
Oyub Titiev, the head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" office in Grozny, always adhered to a healthy lifestyle, his cousin reported at trial. Public prosecutor requested the court to continue questioning witnesses behind closed doors.
14:45, 20 September 2018
Clashes occurred on the motorway "Kavkaz" after law enforcers stopped at a checkpoint of the road-and-patrol service (known as DPS) in Baksan a group of people who were going to support one of the parties to the conflict in the Kendelen village. At least 30 people were detained, the media report.
08:45, 20 September 2018
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) will consider the fourth complaint related to the bombing of the Chechen village of Katyr-Yurt in 2000. Until January 18, 2019, the Russian government should answer questions about the inquiry into events in Katyr-Yurt, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has stated.