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Voting in Elista, September 9, 2018. Photo by Badma Byurchiev for the Caucasian Knot

21:50, 11 September 2018

Kalmykia: observer disappears after talking to investigator

For the last time, Aisa Khulaeva, who shot a video about ballot-stuffing at a polling station, was seen in the investigator's office; she is out of contact for the second day, the Kalmyk branch of the "Spravedlivaya Rossiya" (Fair Russia) Party has informed.

21:41, 11 September 2018

Azerbaijani activist placed in dungeon after going on hunger strike

Murad Adilov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), who is on the fifth day of his hunger strike in colony, was placed into the dungeon (a punishment cell), his brother, Natig Adilov, has reported. In its turn, the Penitentiary Service asserts that Adilov refused from his hunger strike.

Timati and Khabib Nurmagomedov. Collage by the Caucasian Knot. Photo: Kremlin.ru https://ru.wikipedia.org, Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports/REUTERS

21:31, 11 September 2018

Timati-Nurmagomedov conflict sparks disputes on radicalism in Dagestan (+video)

The virtual dispute of the performer and producer Timati with the Dagestani fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov that broke out after the cancellation of the concert of singer Yegor Krid in Makhachkala caused a heated discussion among social network users about the admissibility of banning the music, which fails to meet religious and traditional values of Dagestan.

17:41, 11 September 2018

Appeal to Kadyrov raises problem of extortions in Chechen schools

An appeal to Ramzan Kadyrov with a complaint about money extortions from parents at schools was spread on the WhatsApp by a user who introduced herself as a resident of the village of Starye Atagi of the Grozny District.

Polling station. Photo by Nina Tumanova for the Caucasian Knot

17:35, 11 September 2018

Oppositionists report ballot-stuffing at polling stations in Volgograd

Observers from oppositional parties told the "Caucasian Knot" about ballot-stuffing, falsifications during vote tabulation and threats of physical execution, which they fixed during the recent elections in Volgograd; they filed complaints about violations.

14:32, 11 September 2018

"Vayfond" head stops hunger strike against Chechen's extradition to Russia

Mansur Sadulaev, the head of the "Vayfond" Swedish charitable association, has stopped, after a deterioration of his health condition, the hunger strike announced on September 6 in protest against the decision of Bosnian authorities to extradite Akhmed Altamirov, an ethnic Chechen and a native of Ingushetia, to Russia.

OSCE monitoring at the contact line in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo: https://mod.gov.az/ru/news/na-linii-soprikosnoveniya-vojsk-azerbajdzhana-i-armenii-budet-proveden-ocherednoj-monitoring-24123.html

14:28, 11 September 2018

Azerbaijan reports machine-gun fire in conflict zone

During the last 24 hours, Armenian Armed Forces violated the ceasefire in the Karabakh conflict zone for 84 times, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated today.

Hospital hall in Tbilisi. Photo: © Sputnik / STRINGER
https://sputnik-georgia.ru/incidents/20180911/242046886/Obrushenie-garazha-v-Tbilisi---odin-iz-podrostkov-v-kriticheskom-sostoyanii.html

14:20, 11 September 2018

Three teens injured at building collapse in Tbilisi

The health condition of one of the three children who received traumas, when a wall of the garage located in Gardabani Highway in Tbilisi collapsed, is grave, the Georgian Ministry of Public Health has reported.

Albert Khamkhoev (left) in the court. Photo by Umar Yovloi for the Caucasian Knot

14:08, 11 September 2018

Human rights defenders criticize Albert Khamkhoev's verdict

In the course of judicial investigation, no proofs of Khamkhoev's guilt, accused of possessing weapons, were presented; and the sentence rendered on him is unfair, Timur Akiev, the head of the Ingush office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", believes.

Ilgar Mamedov at home. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot

09:52, 11 September 2018

Azerbaijani oppositionist Ilgar Mamedov demands to punish judges

Ilgar Mamedov, the Chairman of the Republican Alternative (ReAl) Party has appealed to the Azerbaijani Prosecutor's Office demanding to punish the judges involved in his arrest and imprisonment.

Mikhail Benyash. Photo: personal FB account at https://www.facebook.com/mbenyash

09:37, 11 September 2018

Lawyer Benyash arrested for 14 days

Lawyer Mikhail Benyash, detained in Krasnodar at an unsanctioned march against the pension reform, was arrested for 14 days and sentenced to 40 hours of compulsory works.

Head of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov, Photo: press service of the Government of Ingushetia, http://pravitelstvori.ru/

09:29, 11 September 2018

Four Ingush Vice-Premiers dismissed

Yunus-Bek Evkurov, who was elected to the post of the head of Ingushetia for the third time, reduced the number of Vice-Premiers in the republic's government.

Zaza Saralidze. Photo: Mzia Saganelidze (RFE/RL)

08:38, 11 September 2018

Father of schoolboy killed in Georgia goes on hunger strike

At the protest actions "Don't kill – together on guard of justice" in Tbilisi, Zaza Saralidze announced a hunger strike demanding resignation of the Georgian government.

Advocate Mikhail Benyash after he was detained and beaten up. Screenshot from video posted by advocate Alexei Avanesyan in Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/100005066893432/videos/1039600016218885/

08:27, 11 September 2018

Lawyer Benyash tells he was beaten up after arrest

Doctors have fixed numerous bruises on the lawyer Mikhail Benyash, detained in Krasnodar. About 200 lawyers from various Russian regions have signed an appeal to the Federal Bar Association demanding to investigate the beating of their colleague.

08:19, 11 September 2018

Participants of "Don't kill!" action demand resignation of Georgia's Govt

In Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, at the action "Don't kill – together on guard of justice", protesters have demanded to punish those guilty of killing the schoolboy, David Saralidze, and create an interim government.

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

22:10, 10 September 2018

Khazbiev complains to ECtHR about his custody conditions

The Ingush oppositionist Magomed Khazbiev has complained to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) about inhuman treatment and unjustified isolation, said his advocate.

Elections to the People's Khural of Kalmykia. Photo: press service of the Republican news agency of Kalmykia, http://riakalm.ru/

22:00, 10 September 2018

Investigators get interested in ballot stuffing in Kalmykia

The spokesman of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has informed about the start of checking the video record of the incident at the elections to the People's Khural of Kalmykia. The female-observer, who shot the video, is out of contact for the second day, the office of the regional branch of the "Spravedlivaya Rossiya" (Fair Russia) Party informs.

Action in support of Titiev and Sentsov at the OSCE conference in Warsaw, September 10, 2018. Photo from channel of the HRC "Memorial", https://web.telegram.org/#/im?p=@hrcmemorial

17:31, 10 September 2018

At OSCE conference, activists demand to release Titiev

Activists dressed in T-shirts with inscriptions in support of Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", and film director Oleg Sentsov came today to the OSCE conference in Warsaw.

Hayk Sargsyan (right). Photo: press service of RFE/RL

17:23, 10 September 2018

Serzh Sargsyan's nephew released on bail

The court has ruled to release Hayk Sargsyan, a nephew of Serzh Sargsyan, the third president of Armenia, from custody, the defence has stated.

Zaur Dadaev. Photo: REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva

15:38, 10 September 2018

Zaur Dadaev transferred to another penal colony for violating custody regime

Zaur Dadaev, sentenced in the case on the Nemtsov's murder, was transferred from a penal colony in Irkutsk to a penitentiary institution in Angarsk, where he would serve his sentence in more severe conditions, the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) reports today.

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