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Repair works on water pipes, Dagestan. Photo: http://www.mkala.ru/info/news/news_12020.html

22:16, 2 November 2016

Sewage failure declared as reason of mass poisoning in Dagestan

In Dagestan, Magomed Murtazaliev, Director General of the OJSC "Mahachkalavodokanal", has been detained on suspicion of providing services that violate consumers' safety.

21:08, 2 November 2016

Group of Chechen natives detained in Germany

Sixteen alleged members of a criminal grouping have been detained in Germany. Most of them are natives of Chechnya seeking asylum in the Federal Republic of Germany.

Ogtai Gyulyalyev. Photo: Turkhan Kerimov, RFE/RL, http://www.radioazadlyg.org/a/26639014.html

16:48, 2 November 2016

Authorities ban rights defender Gyulyalyev to leave Azerbaijan

The court has allowed Ogtai Gyulyalyev, the head of the Public Alliance "Azerbaijan Without Political Prisoners", to leave the country, but today officials refused to give him a passport, saying that the ban on his travels abroad is still in force, Ogtai said himself.

Gezyal Bairamly. Photo: screenshot of video: http://www.radioazadlyg.org/a/gozel-bayramli-polise-chagirildi-/28053199.html

15:20, 2 November 2016

PFPA's deputy chair Gezyal Bairamly claims receiving threats

According to Gezyal Bairamly, the deputy chair of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), she got the death threats voiced by unidentified people on the phone and posted on the social networks.

14:40, 2 November 2016

In Moscow, AI's office sealed off

Today, staff members of the human rights organization "Amnesty International" (AI) have failed to get to their office in Moscow, since it appeared to be sealed off. According to Alexander Artemiev, a staff member of the AI, locks at the office are changed, and the electricity is cut off.

14:12, 2 November 2016

Petition to investigate poisoning with water becomes most popular in Dagestan for 2016

The number of signatures under the petition, posted on October 29 on the website "Change.org", proves that the main topic voiced in it - the mass poisoning with drinking water in Makhachkala - is the most important one for residents of Dagestan. During four days, the petition raised more than 26,000 signatures, while other petitions relating to the situation in Dagestan gain much less number of signatures.

Zhalaudi Geriev. Photo by Magomed Tuayev for the 'Caucasian Knot'.

13:31, 2 November 2016

Zhalaudi Geriev nominated for "Freedom of Expression Awards 2017"

Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent in Chechnya, has been nominated in the category "Journalism" for the "Freedom of Expression Awards 2017" of the British human rights organization "Index on Censorship".

Ambulance car. Photo: http://www.riadagestan.ru/

12:10, 2 November 2016

In Makhachkala, number of victims of poisoning reaches 675 people

During the past day, 102 people, including 63 children, have been brought to hospitals of Makhachkala and Kaspiysk with signs of acute intestinal infection. This has been reported today by the Dagestani Ministry for Public Health.

Islam Kadyrov. Photo: http://www.grozny-inform.ru/news/politic/57894/

10:06, 2 November 2016

Ramzan Kadyrov's nephew appointed Vice Prime Minister of Chechen government

29-year-old Islam Kadyrov is appointed the Vice Prime Minister of the Chechen government for cooperation with the security agencies, the law enforcement authorities, and municipalities.

Natalia Zubarevich. Photo: http://ikunak.ru/news/2015/1/1/161750

06:11, 2 November 2016

Experts claim Chechnya's privileged position with regard to transfers

The budget process should take into account all aspects and not only the interests of some regions. This was stated by Dmitry Peskov, Spokesman for the Russian President, when he commented on the dissatisfaction voiced by Ramzan Kadyrov about the fact that the Russian Ministry of Finance had proposed to cut the region's budget for 2017. According to the Independent Institute for Social Policy, with regard to allocation of transfers, Chechnya is in a better position than most Russian regions.

Varvara Karaulova in the court room. Photo: screenshot http://www.svoboda.org/a/28033633.html

02:08, 2 November 2016

Varvara Karaulova explains her correspondence in social networks about IS by her desire to maintain conversation with her fiancé

At the trial in the case against Varvara Karaulova, a student of the Moscow State University (MSU), the court has read out her correspondence in social networks. In the posts, one of the key themes was related to construction of the "Islamic State" (IS), recognized as a terrorist organization and banned in Russia by court. The defendant has claimed she did not understand the meaning of her words, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

Tums Abdurakhmanov. Photo is provided to the 'Caucasian Knot' by Abdurakhmanov

21:38, 1 November 2016

Georgian authorities deny refugee status to Tums Abdurakhmanov, native of Chechnya

The Ministry for Refugees' Matters of Georgia refused to grant political asylum to the 31-year-old resident of Grozny Tums Abdurakhmanov, put in Russia on the federal wanted list. This decision was made on October 31.

17:27, 1 November 2016

Investigators identify self-exploded resident of Nalchik

On October 21, at an explosion of an improvised explosive device (IED), in a wooded area, Vitaly Yaganov, a resident of Nalchik, regarded as missing, was killed, investigators have reported.

Relatives of missing Dagestanis hold rally in front of Russian Theatre in Makhachkala, October 31, 2016. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the 'Caucasian Knot'.

15:11, 1 November 2016

Relatives of Shamil Djamalutdinov, who disappeared in Dagestan, state his non-involvement with militants

Relatives of the missing Shamil Djamalutdinov told the "Caucasian Knot" that his disappearance occurred after his return from vacations from Turkey, when he was put on "prophylactic registration".

Rally in Baku, March 15, 2015. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the 'Caucasian Knot'.

14:38, 1 November 2016

ECtHR starts communication on cases of 25 Azerbaijani NGOs

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has started the communications on complaints of 25 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) of Azerbaijan, who asked to recognize as illegal the rejections to register the NGOs established by them.

Oleg Kirichenko, the chairman of the commission and a senior priest of the local religious organization "Parish Church of St John the Baptist of Volgograd", Volgograd Region, October 31, 2016. Photo by Tatiana Filimonova for the 'Caucasian Knot'.

13:40, 1 November 2016

Volgograd sitting offers attracting theatre and clergy to counter IS ideology

A sitting of the Commission on Harmonization of Interethnic and Interreligious Relations, and Cossack Affairs on the topic "ISIL – a Threat to Mankind" took place at the Public Chamber of the Volgograd Region on 31 October. The pretext of the sitting was a release of the brochure by Sergey Ordzhonikidze "ISIL – Threat to Mankind: Why It Is Necessary to Destroy Terrorism". (ISIL is one of the names of the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS), banned in the Russian Federation).

13:28, 1 November 2016

Azeri journalist Mirkadyrov asks for political asylum in Switzerland

The journalist Rauf Mirkadyrov, who is currently in Switzerland, has asked the government of this country for political asylum, said his advocate.

Ballot station, Dagestan. Photo: http://er.ru/news/146204/

11:45, 1 November 2016

Pamfilova recommends add "Golos" representative to Dagestani CEC

On October 31, the Russia's Central Election Commission (CEC) defined its candidates to be recommended into the new CEC of Dagestan. Ella Pamfilova, the Chair of the federal CEC, offered Eduard Ataev, the coordinator of the independent movement of observers "Golos" (Vote), for inclusion into the Dagestani CEC.

Voting at elections in Adygea. Photo: http://adigeatoday.ru/?article_id=24136

06:56, 1 November 2016

Almost 3700 signatures collected to petition on return of direct election of head of Adygea

The petition has been sent to the Russian Premier Dmitri Medvedev. As of 6:55 a.m. Moscow time on November 1, 2016, the online petition had been signed by 3698 persons.

Repair works in Makhachkala. Photo: http://www.mkala.ru/info/news/news_12020.html

03:36, 1 November 2016

"Rospotrebnadzor" blames "Vodokanal" for mass poisoning in Makhachkala

Eleven administrative cases have been instituted against the legal entities, which, in the opinion of "Rospotrebnadzor" (Russian Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing) bosses, are guilty of the recent mass poisoning in Makhachkala. A lawsuit is being drafted to liquidate at least one company – the "Mahachkalavodokanal".

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