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Russian senator for Karachay–Cherkessia arrested over double murder

7 February 2019 by OC Media

Rauf Arashukov being arrested in the Fed­er­a­tion Council (Sergey Bobylev / TASS)

Russian senator Rauf Arashukov has been arrested inside the Fed­er­a­tion Council, the Russian parliament’s upper chamber in Moscow, over the murder of two people in his native Karachay–Cherkessia. [Read more…]

Filed Under: News Stories Tagged With: corruption, federation council, karachaevo-cherkessia, karachay–cherkessia, karachayevo-cherkessia, murder, Rauf Arashukov, Raul Arashukov, russia

North Caucasus State Academy ‘illegally evicting’ families

30 November 2018 by OC Media

Dormitory buildings of the North Caucasus State Academy (ncshta.ru)

The admin­is­tra­tion of the North Caucasus State Academy in Cherkessk, the capital of the Russian Republic of Karachay–Cherkessia, is attempt­ing to ‘illegally evict’ former teachers and staff and their families from their homes, a number of families have told OC Media.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: News Stories Tagged With: cherkessk, karachay–cherkessia, north caucasus, North Caucasus State Academy, Ruslan Kochkarov, russia

Circassians and Abaza in Karachay–Cherkessia appeal to Putin over ‘discrimination’

23 November 2018 by OC Media

(Echo Moskvy)

Three Cir­cass­ian and Abaza organ­i­sa­tions in the Russian Republic of Karachay–Cherkessia have appealed to President Vladimir Putin over what they say is a dis­pro­por­tion­ate allo­ca­tion of power amongst the republic’s ethnic groups. [Read more…]

Filed Under: News Stories Tagged With: abaza, circassia, circassians, karachay, karachay–cherkessia, nogays, north caucasus, putin, temrezov

Russia’s North Caucasus: buried in gas debts

7 October 2018 by Aslan Urumov

(kbrria.ru)

Russia’s Minister of North Caucasus Affairs has accused the subjects of the North Caucasus Federal District of stealing gas and elec­tric­i­ty and chronic non-payment. But many locals say the utility bills are beyond what they can pay.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Society, Top Tagged With: debt, electricity, gas, kabardino-balkaria, karachaevo-cherkessia, karachay–cherkessia, karachayevo-cherkessia, north caucasus, russia

Ingush Mufti unexplainedly absent from North Caucasus Muftiate conference

19 September 2018 by OC Media

Mufti of Karachay–Cherkessia Ismail Berdiyev and head of the Coor­di­na­tion Centre for Muslims of the North Caucasus speaking at the centre’s con­fer­ence (/Muftiate of Tatarstan)

Ingushetia’s Muftiate was absent on Saturday at a con­fer­ence of Muslim religious author­i­ties from through­out the Russian North Caucasus, OC Media has learnt. While the Muftiates of all other republics attended, Ingushetia was rep­re­sent­ed by the state religious author­i­ties, who have been in public conflict with the Mufti since 2015.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: News Stories Tagged With: chechnya, cherkessk, coordination centre, ingushetia, isa khamkhoyev, isa-khadzhi khamkhoyev, islam, karachaevo-cherkessia, karachay–cherkessia, karachayevo-cherkessia, muftiate, north caucasus, russia, salafism, sufism, wahhabism, yunus-bek yevkurov

Relatives of slain public figures in Karachay–Cherkessia demand senator be brought to justice for ordering killings

7 September 2018 by OC Media

Pro­test­ers held signs reading: ‘Stop covering the killers of Fral Shabzukhov’, ‘Mr Putin, clean up the inves­ti­ga­tion committee in Karachay–Cherkessia’, ‘We demand only truth and justice’. (mockvanews.ru)

The relatives of two high-profile figures in Karachay–Cherkessia who were murdered in 2010 have began a protest in Cherkessk demanding their killers be brought to justice. Pro­test­ers said Fral She­bzukhov, an adviser to the then–president of Karachay–Cherkessia, and public figure Aslan Zhukov were gunned down in separate incidents over disputes with Russian senator Rauf Arashukov. [Read more…]

Filed Under: News Stories Tagged With: cherkessk, human rights, karachay–cherkessia, murder, north caucasus, protest, russia, Shebzukhov, Zhukov

Protesters rally across North Caucasus against Russian pension reforms

4 September 2018 by OC Media

Protest in Nalchik (Repub­li­can news agency)

Demon­stra­tions were held in several North Caucasian cities on Sunday as part of a nation­wide protest against Russia’s upcoming pension reforms. Rallies in Cherkessk, Makhachkala, and Nalchik, the capitals of Karachay-Cherkessia, Kabardino-Balkaria, and Daghestan, were organised by the regional branches of the Communist Party of Russia. [Read more…]

Filed Under: News Stories Tagged With: cherkessk, communist party, daghestan, human rights, kabardino-balkaria, karachay–cherkessia, makhachkala, nalchik, north caucasus, pension, pensions, prokhladny, protest, russia

Case opened against Karachay-Cherkessia revenue service head for ₽2.2 billion fraud

27 August 2018 by OC Media

Khazret Nirov, head of the Federal Revenue Service of Karachay-Cherkessia (kavpolit.com)

The North Caucasus Federal District Inves­tiga­tive Committee opened a criminal case on Wednesday against Khazret Nirov, head of the Federal Revenue Service of Karachay-Cherkessia. Nirov is suspect of ‘abuse of official powers’ costing the state budget ₽2.2 billion ($33 million). [Read more…]

Filed Under: News Stories Tagged With: cherkessk, corruption, karachay–cherkessia, khazret nirov, russia

Circassian scholars call for creation of single alphabet

24 August 2018 by OC Media

The 19 August con­fer­ence in Nalchik (/kbr.ru)

A con­fer­ence took place in Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, on Sunday on the preser­va­tion of the Cir­cass­ian language. Par­tic­i­pants voiced a hope that a long-running issue over the creation of a single alphabet for East and West Cir­cass­ian, the language’s two primary dialects, could soon be resolved.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: News Stories Tagged With: adygea, adyghe, circassian, circassian language, kabardian, kabardino-balkaria, karachaevo-cherkessia, karachay–cherkessia, karachayevo-cherkessia, nalchik

How Russian state pressure on regional languages is sparking civic activism in the North Caucasus

13 June 2018 by Open Democracy Russia

Photo: Ruslana Alibekova. Source: chernovik.net. All rights reserved.

New leg­is­la­tion that makes studying minority languages voluntary in Russian schools comes as signs of decreas­ing usage emerge.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Minorities Tagged With: adygea, chechnya, dagestan, daghestan, ingushetia, kabardino-balkaria, karachaevo-cherkessia, karachay–cherkessia, karachayevo-cherkessia, language policy, languages, minority languages, north caucasus, north ossetia

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