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Chechnya and Daghestan suspend border demarcation

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(vesti95.ru)

Chechnya and Daghestan have suspended the border demar­ca­tion process between the two Russian republics a month after Chechnya ‘uni­lat­er­al­ly’ reg­is­tered parts of Daghestan as within their own territory. [Read more…]

Opinion | It’s time for North Caucasian men to stop trying to put women ‘in their place’

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The most vocal crit­i­cisms of suc­cess­ful women in the Russian North Caucasus often come from abroad. It’s time for these ‘keyboard mujahideen’ — refugees from Chechnya, Daghestan, and Ingushetia living in western countries — to realise that following tradition and religion need not preclude an active, empowered role for women in society. [Read more…]

Creator of ‘Imamat of Daghestan’ Instagram account detained by FSB

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Akhmed Israfilov (MIA Daghestan)

Police and FSB agents in the Russian Republic of Daghestan have detained the admin­is­tra­tor of an Instagram page for organ­is­ing protests against concerts and other cultural events. [Read more…]

Court in Ingushetia considers ‘falsified’ vote on Chechnya land deal

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Ramzan Kadyrov and Yunus-Bek Yevkurov sign the border agreement on 26 September (ingushetia.ru)

A court in the Russian Republic of Ingushetia has begun con­sid­er­ing alle­ga­tions that the par­lia­men­tary vote approving a land deal with neigh­bour­ing Chechnya was falsified. [Read more…]

Voice | The bitterness of the Kvankhidatli salt — the women salt miners of Daghestan

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(Magomed Gadzhidadayev/Daptar)

The women of Kvankhi­datli, a village in the mountains of south-west Daghestan, are known as the people who mine salt. The women recall gathering sand by hand to dissolve the salt since the beginning of the 20th century but say the tradition is now dying out. [Read more…]

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