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Participants of a roundtable on the factors radicalizing residents of Northern Caucasus believe an increase in the number of armed incidents in Chechnya results from the authorities' repressive policy and formal approach to the prevention of extremism.

The "Committee against Torture" (CaT) has appealed to the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), asking to bring the head of Dagestan, Vladimir Vasiliev, as a witness to the murder case of Gasanguseinov brothers.

At a protest rally in support of Robert Kocharyan, held in front of the German Embassy in Yerevan, activists handed over to the ambassador a letter to the country's Chancellor Angela Merkel, in which they spoke about the political motives for the prosecution of the second president of Armenia.

Information about the arrest of Rafael Guseinzade, detained after an action in support of political prisoners, became known to his relatives only on the fifth day after detention, his father, Fizuli Guseinov, an oppositionist, has stated.

Rauf Arashukov, a Senator (Member of the Russia's Federation Council) from the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), who was detained on suspicion of involvement in resonant murders, is also suspected of attacking Ruslan Kardanov, a deputy of the City Duma of Cherkessk, in October 2018, a source said.

Afghan Mukhtarly has asked his wife to voice out his appeal to Fikret Mamedov, the Azerbaijani Minister of Justice, inviting him to visit the colony, where the journalist is serving his sentence, and personally ask about the quality of prisoners' food.

Mass evacuations from schools and hospitals took place in Ingushetia and in Stavropol after receiving reports about mining; visitors to the marketplace and shopping centres were also evacuated.

Anonymous warnings about the bombs planted in schools, hospitals and local administrations in Krasnodar and other cities of the territory have proved to be false, authorities report. In the city of Ust-Labinsk only 5000 people were evacuated today.

The mobile police post was located in the outskirt of the village of Sernovodskaya, local residents report, noting that an attack of one person on law enforcers raises many questions.

To reduce the impact of radical ideas on residents of Northern Caucasus, the authorities of Chechnya, Ingushetia, Dagestan and Kabardino-Balkaria should use a more creative approach, participate in solving family conflicts and support youth projects, says the report of the Conflict Analysis and Prevention Centre released today.

Rauf Arashukov, Senator (Member of the Russia's Federation Council) from the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), has been detained today during a plenary session of the Council. He is accused of involvement in two murders, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports.

The Dagestani MMA (mixed martial arts) fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov, disqualified for nine months, refused to appear at the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) until the expiration of the one-year disqualification of Abubakar Nurmagomedov and Zubaira Tukhugov, members of his team. He also intends to pay the fines awarded to them, the fighter's managers have stated.

About fifty people attended a lecture dedicated to the ancient state of Urartu and organized at the State Museum of Oriental Art in Moscow. It was the first one in a series of lectures "Culture and Arts of the Caucasus". The listeners have noted that a cycle of nine lectures had interested them, as they want to expand their knowledge of the culture and arts of Armenia and Georgia.

In Chechnya, in the course of a new wave of detentions and torture of homosexuals, Bekkhan Yusupov was detained, the Russian LGBT Network has reported. This resident of the republic had earlier received asylum in France, but came to visit his relatives at homeland, the "Novaya Gazeta" has explained.

The "Transparency International" (TI) has downgraded Azerbaijan in the 2018 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) – by six points against 2017.

The clarification of regions' borders is a routine task for the "Rosreestr" (Russian Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography), but the Ingush-Chechen territorial dispute has forced the Kremlin to intensify the work. The federal centre is seeking to prevent new territorial conflicts, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

More than 80% of residents of Georgia are supporting the idea of joining the European Union (EU), while the share of opponents of Georgia's membership in the NATO dropped over the last six months from 17% to 13%, showed the survey conducted by the NDI (National Democratic Institute) and the CRRC (Caucasus Research Resources Centre).

The video showing the oath of allegiance to the leader of the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court, taken by the attackers on law enforcers in Dagestan, was intended to indicate their adherence to the ideas of the terrorist organization, the orientalists, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", believe.

Eldar Iraziev, who was beaten up in Makhachkala and received a trauma, has left the republic to undergo treatment outside it, Shamil Khadulaev, the head of the coordination council of non-commercial organizations of Dagestan, has informed.

Twelve persons accused of being involved in the Aslan Gagiev's grouping have been taken to Moscow, where the trial was moved for the sake of the safety of the litigation parties.