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Author of travel book compares Northern Caucasus with Western Europe
Stories about travels in Northern Caucasus have become an important part of the book "People on the Map. Russia: From Edge to Extremity" by a Moscow journalist, Vladimir Sevrinovsky. The Caucasus seems monolithic only from outside, but the difference among the Caucasian republics is no smaller than among the countries of Western Europe, the author has noted.
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Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of November 18-24, 2019
Power dispersal of demonstrators in Tbilisi; termination of the protest action held by a father of the shepherds killed in Dagestan; story with the involvement of a Stavropol law enforcer in the murder of a Syrian man; release from SIZO of Ingush journalist Rashid Maisigov; arrest of former Elista Mayor Vyacheslav Namruev, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of November 18-24, 2019, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
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Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of November 11-17, 2019
Protests in Tbilisi related to the MPs' failure to pass a bill to change the electoral system; pickets in Makhachkala held by a father of killed shepherds; opening of checkpoints on the border between Chechnya and Dagestan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of November 11-17, 2019, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
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Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of October 21-27, 2019
Shootout between Chechen farmers in the Rostov Region; Magomed Daudov's removal from the supervision of the territorial sector in Chechnya and information on checking a video about the brutal actions of the former mayor of Grozny; railway workers' strike in Armenia; unusual personnel decisions made by President of Azerbaijan; mass protest rally in Elista, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of October 21-27, 2019, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
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Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of October 7-13, 2019
Death of an MMA athlete after a fight in Grozny; inauguration of Raul Khadjimba as President of Abkhazia amid opposition protests; closing of the "Kunaki" film festival in Nalchik; completion of a trial in an advocate Mikhail Benyash's case and beginning of the consideration of the lawsuit filed by businessman Oleg Deripaska in Krasnodar; rally in Elista held in protest against the appointment of Dmitry Trapeznikov as the city mayor, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of October 7-13, 2019, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
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Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of September 23-29, 2019
Resonant appointment of the former DPR's leader the acting city manager in Elista; miners' strike in Georgia; ECtHR's decisions on complaints filed by relatives of disappeared residents of Chechnya and Ingushetia and Azerbaijani activists; public apologies of four wedding party participants in Chechnya; change of the protest form by Afghan War veterans in Dagestan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of September 23-29, 2019, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
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Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of September 9-15, 2019
Election results on unified voting day in Southern Russia; claim to court after summing up of the voting results at the presidential election in Abkhazia; closing of the border of South Ossetia with Georgia for an indefinite period; searches at offices and homes of Navalny's activists in Southern Russia; President Putin's trip to Dagestan on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the defeat of militants – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of September 9-15, 2019, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
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Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of September 2-8, 2019
Single voting day in Southern Russia; election of Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov as the leader of Ingushetia; the second round of the presidential election in Abkhazia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of September 2-8, 2019, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
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Governments of North-Caucasian republics are recognized as most closed in Russia
The official portal of the government of the Rostov Region was the most open for users, while the websites of the authorities of Chechnya, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria and Ingushetia took the last places in the rating of the "Infometr" Project Centre.
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Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of July 29-August 4, 2019
Completion of registration of candidates for the posts of heads in four regions of Southern Russia; rise in prices for food and gasoline after the fall of lari in Georgia; emergency situations caused by bad weather in Southern Russia; start of Russian pilgrims' journey to Hajj, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 29-August 4, 2019, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
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Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of July 22-28, 2019
New information about the Chechen "execution list"; adoption of the law on the Dagestani volunteer militia; Agile Spirit 2019 multinational military exercises, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 22-28, 2019, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
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Elista policemen detained after death of pensioner
In Kalmykia, three policemen are suspected of involvement in the death of a pensioner, and two of them are detained, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reports.
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Two residents of Volgograd Region tell about slave labour in Kalmykia
Alexander Kozlov and Alexander Kolesnikov, residents of the Volgograd settlement of "Zarya", said that they had been kept against their will at livestock farms in Kalmykia.
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Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of April 29-May 5, 2019
Demonstrations on May Day; release of journalist Zhalaudi Geriev; aggravation in the Karabakh conflict zone, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of April 29-May 5, 2019, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
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Week in the Caucasus: review of main events for April 15-21, 2019
Events to mark 10th anniversary of CTO cancellation in Chechnya; suspending of Chechen-Dagestani border demarcation, – read about these and other events that happened during the week from April 15 to April 21, 2019, in the Caucasus in the review, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
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