The director worked in the North Caucasus for many years and founded a film workshop in Nalchik whose graduates include Kantemir Balagov and Kira Kovalenko.
Ingushetia — Russia’s poorest region — has received the largest share of the funds.
Balkar director Said Tolgurov’s second film works to ground the viewer through the breathtaking, mountain landscape of Kabarda–Balkaria.
The court found Alina Taimakulova and Asiyat Kaigermazova to be guilty of organising an unauthorised public event.
The only region where losses exceed the national average is North Ossetia.
The Circassian New Year, once an important occasion marking the beginning of spring, has resurfaced — but does it have a place in today’s society?
Nikolai Khozumov allegedly blew himself up on a mine at least four times of his own accord.
