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The border between South Ossetia and Georgia. Photo: REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili

10:50, 21 October 2018

Georgia reports kidnapping two citizens near the border with South Ossetia

The EU's observation mission has been informed about the kidnapping of two residents of the Georgian village of Okami near the border with South Ossetia, Georgian authorities report.

Salakh-Khaji Mezhiev. Photo: screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q56Q3Xvs9k0

10:46, 21 October 2018

Network users react to Chechen Mufti's criticism of Ingush activists

Salakh-Khaji Mezhiev, the Mufti of Chechnya, has criticized the organizers of the protests in Magas and said about his failed attempts to hold a dialogue with Isa Khamkhoev, the Mufti of Ingushetia. Mezhiev's statements triggered mixed reactions among Internet users.

Zurab Djaparidze at the rally in support of a marijuana legalization. Photo © Sputnik/Shota Nozadze, https://sputnik-georgia.ru/incidents/20181020/242581380/Kandidat-v-prezidenty-Gruzii-zaderzhan---MVD-sdelalo-zayavlenie.html

10:44, 21 October 2018

Police detain Georgian presidential candidate

Zurab Djaparidze, the candidate for the presidency of Georgia from the "Girchi" Party, was detained and released after questioning.

A soldier of the Azerbaijani army. Photo https://mod.gov.az/ru/foto-arhiv-045/?gid=24581

18:18, 20 October 2018

Nagorno-Karabakh accuses Azerbaijan of 80 cases of shelling per week

In the period from October 14 to 20, Azerbaijani soldiers made 500 shots against the positions of the Defence Army, reported the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh.

The electoral campaign in the streets of Tbilisi. Photo: SPUTNIK / LEVAN AVLABRELI https://sputnik-georgia.ru/election-2018/20181006/242387830/Predvybornye-strasti-v-Gruzii---reklamu-oppozitsii-vnov-zabrakovali.html

18:12, 20 October 2018

Georgian opposition reports disorientation of voters

The pre-election office of Grigol Vashadze, a Georgian presidential candidate, whose pre-election campaign is being led by the movement "United Opposition-Strength is in Unity", has expressed his dissatisfaction about being listed on the ballots as a candidate promoted by the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party.

18:06, 20 October 2018

Ramzan Kadyrov forbids allocating farmlands for construction

Ramzan Kadyrov has forbidden transferring agricultural lands to other categories. The leader of Chechnya has explained his decision by the need to extend the cultivated areas in Chechnya.

Participants of the rally during a prayer. Magas, October 2018. Photo courtesy of Yakub Gogiev for the "Caucasian Knot"

17:56, 20 October 2018

Thousands of people come to namaz in Magas

Residents of Ingushetia have responded to a call voiced by the organizing committee of the rally held against the change in the border with Chechnya and gathered for a Friday prayer in the centre of Magas.

A law enforcer. Photo: Russia's National Anti-Terrorism Committee http://nac.gov.ru/

17:42, 20 October 2018

In Ingushetia, law enforcers find a hiding with weapons

Weapons and ammunition hidden by a militant were found in a quarry in the territory of the Malgobek District.

17:41, 20 October 2018

Azerbaijani advocate Yalchin Imanov reports violations during consideration of his case

The Azerbaijani Bar Association seeks to deprive lawyer Yalchin Imanov of his authority. The lawsuit will be considered by two courts at once. Yalchin Imanov treats the incident as one of the violations committed by the courts in his dispute with the Azerbaijani Bar Association.

Azerbaijani police. Photo: http://minval.az/news/84405

17:35, 20 October 2018

Foreigner arrested in Azerbaijan on espionage suspicion

A court in Azerbaijan decided to arrest Bakhram Khasanzade, suspected of collecting military information and recruiting local residents.

Ramzan Kadyrov at a meeting with residents of the Ingush village of Surkhakhi. October 19, 2018. Photo: screenshot of the video CHECHEN WHATSAPP 3 on YouTube channel

16:32, 20 October 2018

Social network users treat Kadyrov's visit to Ingushetia as Evkurov's "tripping"

Ramzan Kadyrov came to the Ingush elder Mukhazhir Nalgiev, who had criticized the head of Chechnya at the rally in Magas, and called on the Ingushes to give up claiming him. Kadyrov laid all the responsibility for the border agreement on Yunus-Bek Evkurov, Ingushetia residents have noted in social networks.

Man in handcuffs. Photo: © Sputnik / Anar Mustafayev https://ru.sputnik.az/incidents/20180220/414125415/byvshij-zek-avtomat-zaderzhan-baku.html

16:31, 20 October 2018

Azerbaijani oppositionist Gasanov denies confessions

The Baku Court of Appeal (CoA) has left Azad Gasanov, an activist of the "Musavat" Party, accused of drug dealing, in custody. The oppositionist has stated that he had given his confessions at the police station under a threat of torture.

16:30, 20 October 2018

Chechen Muftiate joins World Islamic League

The accession of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM), or Muftiate, of Chechnya to the World Islamic League is another trump card in the hands of the Chechen leadership, which is positioning itself as a promoter of Islamic ideas in Russia, observers assert.

Residents of Ingushetia gathered before the Friday namaz (prayer). Photo https://www.facebook.com/zariffeli/posts/1953430038047640

16:30, 20 October 2018

Members of various Muslim communities forget disagreements for the sake of common namaz in Magas

The Friday namaz (prayer) held in the city of Magas, the capital of Ingushetia, united both supporters of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM), and communities whose Imams are not SAM members. Residents of the republic, who took part in the namaz, noted that such unity is an extremely rare case.

16:27, 20 October 2018

Sportive reporters welcome potential joining of Khabib's friend "Akhmat" Club

Zubair Tukhugov has not become a "superstar", but his performances for the "Akhmat" Club can be beneficial both for him and for the club, sports journalists assert. Although due to the scandal with the UFC, his situation is not the best, the "Akhmat" may benefit from his move.

The People's Assembly of the Republic of Ingushetia. Photo from the official website of the Ingush parliament https://www.parlamentri.ru/

15:18, 19 October 2018

Ingush Constitutional Court to check law on border with Chechnya

On October 25, a case on verification of the constitutionality of the law on the Chechen-Ingush border will be considered at the request of MPs and residents of the republic. This was announced by the Constitutional Court of Ingushetia on Thursday.

Zubair Tukhugov (from the right) during his featherweight fight with Ernest Chavez of USA at the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) gala at the Globe Arena in Stockholm, October 4, 2014. Photo: REUTERS / Anders Wiklund

15:14, 19 October 2018

Ramzan Kadyrov invites Khabib Nurmagomedov's assistant to "Akhmat" Club

The leader of Chechnya supported his fellow villager Zubair Tukhugov, who was dismissed from a battle at the UFC tournament after slapping fighter Conor McGregor. Ramzan Kadyrov advised Zubair Tukhugov to beat his offenders more strongly next time and invited him to fight for the "Akhmat" Club.

Malsag Uzhakhov, a member of the organizing committee of the rally in Magas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MP8DuZa47aQ

12:30, 19 October 2018

Ingush oppositionists report their plans to fight for lands (+video)

The resolution of the World Congress of the Ingush People on the border agreement will force the authorities of Ingushetia to listen to the protesters' demands, activists believe. There will be no active response to the Congress resolution, believes political analyst Alexei Malashenko.

Nikol Pashinyan delivering a speech at the square of Yerevan on October 2, 2018. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"

12:26, 19 October 2018

Armenian parliament announces date of premier elections

In Armenia, the first round of voting in parliament for the election of the Prime Minister is scheduled for October 24. This is reported by the administration of the Armenian National Assembly.

MGIMO University in Vernadsky Avenue, Moscow. Photo: Victoria 959 https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/МГИМО

11:54, 19 October 2018

Orientalists tell about Chechnya vs. Dagestan fight for leadership in Russian Ummah

New political and ideological trends in the Russian Muslim community was the topic of Orientalists' discussion at the seminar "Caucasus in the Past and Present" held in Moscow.

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