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The Dattykh village on the "Yandex Maps" service

18:56, 12 November 2018

Ingush authorities announce restoration of a village on border with Chechnya

The government of Ingushetia has announced launching the improvement works at the border village of Dattykh. The authorities made a decision to revive the Dattykh village, noted the Ingush Prime Minister during his visit to the village amid public confrontation provoked by the change in the border with Chechnya.

A special operation. Photo http://nac.gov.ru/terrorizmu-net/federalnoy-sluzhboy-bezopasnosti-rossiyskoy-federacii-sovmestno-s.html

18:55, 12 November 2018

On November 5-11, 2018, two persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

During the week of November 5-11, 2018, at least two persons were killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Law enforcers during detention. Photo by the press service of Russia's National Anti-Terrorism Committee http://nac.gov.ru/

18:52, 12 November 2018

Activist accuses Ingush authorities of kidnapping his nephew

In Ingushetia, unidentified people in masks kidnapped Rustam Lyanov, a nephew of Ibragim Lyanov, the head of the European Ingush Association in Brussels, reported activists. Ibragim Lyanov associated the incident with his activities.

An updated version of the map of the border between Chechnya and Dagestan. Screenshot made on November 11, 2018, on the website of the Chechen Parliament http://www.parlamentchr.ru/republic/karta-chr

13:43, 12 November 2018

Chechen authorities change republic's map after "Novoe Delo" publication

The new map of the region posted on the website of the Chechen Parliament has been updated after the critical article of the edition named "Novoe Delo" (New Case), which pointed out a mismatch with the cadastral data on the border with Dagestan, a part of which was ascribed to Chechnya.

Baku. Photo: © Sputnik / Vladimir Pesnya, https://ru.sputnik.az/news/20181110/417837630/norway-azerbaijan-zakrytie-posolstva.html

13:41, 12 November 2018

Opposition links closure of Norwegian Embassy in Baku with democracy regress

The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has announced its plans to close its Embassy in Baku and open it in Tbilisi. The Embassy in Turkey will be in charge of relationships with Azerbaijan, the MFA has stated. According to the opposition, the closure of the Embassy has to do with a regress of democracy in Azerbaijan.

Zaza Saralidze's supporters set up tents near the parliament building in Tbilisi. Photo by Inna Kukudjanova for the "Caucasian Knot"

13:40, 12 November 2018

Six thousand sign petition in Saralidze's support

The signatories to the petition have called on Georgian authorities to allow Zaza Saralidze, the father of the murdered schoolboy, to hold his protest action at the parliament building, where Tbilisi Mayoralty plans to set up a New Year Tree.

By Photo: Marcin Konsek / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=48830914

11:27, 12 November 2018

Political analysts treat parties' efforts before second round of presidential election in Georgia as vain

The ruling "Georgian Dream-Democratic Movement" Party has launched an active campaign on the eve of the second round of presidential election; while the opposition has reported violations. Political analysts do not expect any significant increase in voter turnout.

The Azerbaijani Army. Photo https://mod.gov.az/ru/foto-arhiv-045/?gid=24837

11:24, 12 November 2018

Azerbaijan report 28 shelling attacks in conflict zone

Within the past 24 hours, positions of the Azerbaijani Army in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled for 28 times, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

Fragment of the map of Chechnya studied by "Novoe Delo". Source: https://ndelo.ru/detail/novaya-karta-chechenskoj-respubliki-zatronula-i-dagestan

11:13, 11 November 2018

Chechen authorities ascribe Dagestani territories in a new map

The new map of Chechnya, posted with account of the agreement on the Chechen-Ingush border, show Lake Kezenoy-Am, located on the Chechen-Dagestani border, as well as a part of the territory near the Dagestani village of Ansalta, within the territory of Chechnya, the "Novoe Delo" wrote on November 10.

Zaza Saralidze at the beginning of the protest action, Tbilisi, November 10, 2018. Photo by Beslan Kmuzov for the Caucasian Knot

11:03, 11 November 2018

Saralidze hospitalized from protest action in Tbilisi

In the course of a clash with policemen, who prevented protesters in Tbilisi from setting up tents, Zaza Saralidze felt bad and was taken to a hospital. His supporters started a rally.

10:56, 11 November 2018

Azerbaijan: colony bosses fail to hand support letters over to Seymour Khazi

For a week already, the journalist Seymour Khazi, convicted in Azerbaijan, cannot receive letters collected by activists in his support, his wife has stated.

'Typography' Centre for Contemporary Art in Krasnodar, opening of 'Realism' exhibition, November 9, 2018. Photo by Tatiana Ukolova for the Caucasian Knot

17:02, 10 November 2018

Krasnodar exhibition highlights problems faced by veterans of Chechen wars

The exhibition "Realism" of video works by Polish film director Artur Żmijewski has been opened in Krasnodar. Heroes of the videos are soldiers who became disabled during the wars in Chechnya.

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

16:47, 10 November 2018

Azerbaijan claims 30 attacks on its positions

Over the past day, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan has registered 30 cases of violation of the ceasefire regime on the contact line of troops in the Karabakh conflict zone.

Meeting of CSTO Council in Astana, November 8, 2018. Photo: website of Armenia prime minister, http://www.primeminister.am/hy/press-release/item/2018/11/08/Nikol-Pashinyan-attended-CSTO-meeting/

16:35, 10 November 2018

Armenian political analysts report on struggle for post of CSTO Secretary General

The state leaders have not agreed on a new candidate for the post of the CSTO Secretary General at the CSTO summit in Astana. On December 6, discussion of the issue will be continued. Kazakhstan and Belarus are struggling behind the scenes in attempts to use the situation with the appointment of the CSTO Secretary General and to get benefits for themselves, analysts say.

Fighters of 'Vostok' battalion in Georgia. Photo: Yana Amelina, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Battalion_Vostok_3.jpg

16:29, 10 November 2018

Georgian authorities use in presidential campaign videos with Saakashvili made during Five-Day War

A video from the period of the ruling of Mikhail Saakashvili, the third President of Georgia, with his confession to unleashing the Five-Day War, has been made public on the eve of the second round of the presidential election in the country. The video will not have a serious impact on the will of voters with their attraction to the side of Salome Zuraishvili, believe Georgian political analysts.

12:36, 10 November 2018

Chechen Parliament publishes republic's map with new border

A new map of Chechnya, indicating the territories that the republic should take over from Ingushetia under the border agreement, has been posted by the Chechen Parliament on its website, on the page "Map of the Chechen Republic" of the section "Chechen Republic", the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

Rally in Magas, October 2018. Photo: courtesy of Yakub Gogiev

12:23, 10 November 2018

Ingush activists intend to move their protests to Moscow

Ingush oppositionists are ready to resume their rally, as well as to hold a protest action in Moscow, if the Russia's Constitutional Court (CC) finds the border agreement legal, activists told the "Caucasian Knot".

Picket of Nartan residents demanding equal distribution of land, April 24, 2018. Screenshot of the video posted at TV Channel "Other Nalchik" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25kCDFJpQCI

12:08, 10 November 2018

Nartan conflict recalls the need for land reform

On November 9, a press conference was held at the Human Rights Centre (HRC) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) on problems in the sphere of land relations; activists associate the attack on Adam Medaliev and the arson of his car with these problems.

08:29, 10 November 2018

Picketer demands fair inquiry into Gasanguseinovs' murder

Kerim Gamidov, outraged by the words of the head of the Dagestani MIA about the non-involvement of MIA's agents in the murder of brothers Nabi and Gasangusein Gasanguseinov, held a picket at the State Duma building in Moscow.

08:22, 10 November 2018

Journalist Ilkin Mamedli detained in Azerbaijan

Policemen detained a freelance journalist Ilkin Mamedli; his advocate has failed to figure out the reasons.

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