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In Tbilisi, residents of the Pankisi Gorge have joined the protest action held by Zaza Saralidze, the father of a schoolboy killed in Tbilisi, and Malkhaz Machalikashvili, whose son perished in a special operation in Pankisi.

The court has released eight out of 11 activists detained on November 17 in Baku, after fining them. Three participants of the oppositional march were arrested for 20 days each.

The woman, who blew herself up at a checkpoint in Grozny, has been recruited by members of the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court, Djambulat Umarov, the Chechen Minister for National Policy, External Relations, Press and Information, believes.

About 50 residents of the village of Berdavan and students of the Yerevan State University (YSU) came out to protest, demanding that the authorities ensure the release of Karen Kazaryan, who was captured in Azerbaijan.

Oyub Titiev, the head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" office in Grozny, has testified in court. He has described in detail the events of January 9, when he was detained on suspicion of drug possession. Oyub Titiev reported about his first detention by fighters from a rapid response team (known as GBR) and the second detention, staged "under the law" with participation of inspectors from the road-and-patrol service (known as DPS) and from the investigative team.

Over 562 million US dollars of Georgian citizens' debts to banks, online organizations, and other financial institutions will be cleared off, reports today Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze.

During the week of November 12-18, 2018, at least one person was killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded were reported. These are the results of calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Today, the court has released from custody Ali Kerimli, the leader of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), and obliged him to pay 1500 US dollars of fine for organizing an unsanctioned march in Baku.

Oyub Titiev, the head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" office in Grozny, led a healthy lifestyle, helped people; he was a Muslim believer and could not be involved in the possession of marijuana. This has been reported today at trial by fellow villagers and rights defenders.

Today, Madina Omarova, Judge at the Soviet District Court of Makhachkala, has recognized Karim Kasumov guilty of assaulting a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent and sentenced him to 1.5 years of conditional imprisonment on probation for two years.

Information about bombing committed by a female suicide bomber in Grozny; failed subbotnik on Ingush lands handed over to Chechnya, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of November 12-18, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

An Austrian lawyer, chosen from among OSCE experts has taken up the checking reports about human rights violations in Chechnya, said Igor Kochetkov, the executive programme director of the Russian LGBT Network.

The shelling of military positions was carried out from the territories that Azerbaijan regards as occupied, states the report of the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD), not specifying, however, any shelling on the border with Armenia.

Members of Georgian motor clubs have organized a motor rally from Mtskheta to the village of Atotsi, Kareli District, in order to show their negative attitude to Russia's actions in Georgia. Up to 150 cars arrived to the border line from Tbilisi.

An employee of the "Rosgvardia" (Russian National Guard), who interfered into a conflict that broke out among visitors of a cafe in Makhachkala, was killed during a shootout. Two more men were wounded.

Ali Kerimli, the leader of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), and ten activists detained along with him have been accused of violating the rules of mass actions; they face up to two months of administrative arrest, the MIA has reported, while oppositionists assert that the detention of activists and the charges against them are unjustified.

Karina Spiridonova, the alleged suicide bomber, who blew herself up 75 meters from a checkpoint in Grozny, attended a school in a village in the Chelyabinsk Region, was raised in an incomplete family and was fond of pedagogy, some media have stated.

After the woman's self-explosion at a checkpoint in Grozny, the Russian and two foreign passports of Karina Spiridonova, a citizen of Adygea were posted on the Internet, as well as a note addressing Allah.

Ruslan Yandiev, a blogger, and Magomed Mutsolgov, a namesake of the head of the "Mashr" organization, were awarded with 5 days of administrative arrest, Ruslan Mutsolgov, the leader of the Ingush branch of the "Yabloko" Party, has stated.м

On Saturday, near the checkpoint in the outskirt of Grozny, an explosion occurred. In 2018, it was preceded by two other terror acts committed in Chechnya. The responsibility for the both earlier incidents was claimed by the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization banned in Russia by the court.