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January 18, 2022 18:07

• Three solo pickets held in centre of Makhachkala

  On January 17, activists held three solo pickets in the centre of Makhachkala, where they demanded to release journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev and political prisoners.

January 18, 2022 13:47

• Tbilisi: protesters demand not to raise electricity tariffs

  On January 17, in Tbilisi, near the office of the Georgian National Energy and Water Supply Regulatory Commission (GNERC), an action was held by several dozen people, who protested against the increase in electricity tariffs.

January 18, 2022 13:36

• Analysts discuss Kadyrov's attempts to smooth out disputes with Ingushes

  Ramzan Kadyrov, who has declared that Ingushes have no claims against him, has deliberately ignored the appeals of the Ingush party, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe. In their opinion, the head of Chechnya is trying to reduce the level of the confrontation that he himself had initiated.

January 18, 2022 11:13

• Six servicemen arrested in Armenia after returning from captivity

  None of the military servicemen, who were taken prisoners of war (POWs) by Azerbaijan on November 16, 2021, was recognized as a victim; six of them, including three officers, have been arrested on charges of violating the order of service.

January 18, 2022 10:53

• ECtHR refuses to revise Natalia Estemirova's murder case

  The decision in the case of the murder of Natalia Estemirova, a Chechen human rights defender, has been declared final by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR); the Grand Chamber thereof has rejected the revision request.

January 18, 2022 08:30

• Scandal with undressed female tourist in Dombai speeds up creation of memo for visitors to KChR

  The code of rules for the tourists visiting the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) is ready and is now agreed with the republic's government.

January 18, 2022 08:14

• Tumso reports release of all kidnapped relatives

  All the relatives of Tumso Abdurakhmanov, kidnapped in Chechnya in December, are back at large, according to the blogger. The "Vayfond" Association has unconfirmed information about the release of the relatives of Mansur Sadulaev, its founder.

January 17, 2022 22:55

• Spouse of Polad Aslanov reports deterioration in his health state

  Azerbaijani journalist Polad Aslanov has been continuing his hunger strike for 12 days already, His health state deteriorated, and his weight has fallen to 40 kilograms, said Gyulmira Aslanova, a spouse of the activist.

January 17, 2022 22:37

• Telegram posts a video with details of conflict between a Dagestani and a Moscow bus driver

  A native of Dagestan demanded from a driver to stop a bus in a wrong place and began to insult the driver, who responded in the same way, using foul language. After that, the young man entered into a dispute with bus passengers, reports a video made from a cab of the bus driver and released today on the Internet.

January 17, 2022 19:03

• Instagram administrators obey Kadyrov’s demand to remove criticism of Ingush people

  The “Grozny” state-run TV Channel and administrators of Instagram public accounts removed a number of posts after Ramzan Kadyrov had ordered to remove from social media all hostile remarks against the Ingush people.

January 17, 2022 18:36

• On January 10-16, 2022, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of January 10-16, 2022, no killed or wounded in the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the “Caucasian Knot” based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

January 17, 2022 16:57

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of January 10-17, 2022

  Kadyrov’s ultimatum to the Ingush people; short-term aggravation of the situation near the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan; decisions of the European Court on the complaints filed by victims of the terror act in Beslan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of January 10-17, 2022, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

January 17, 2022 14:44

• Native of Dagestan apologizes for insulting bus passengers in Moscow

  The native of Dagestan, who was detained for insulting passengers in a Moscow bus, has expressed regret about his words, as it follows from the video released today.

January 17, 2022 14:29

• Law enforcers prevent picket of Aslanov's wife in Baku

  The wife of the convicted journalist, Polad Aslanov, went out to a picket near the building of the Azerbaijani General Prosecutor's Office (GPO), demanding a meeting with the GPO head. Law enforcers pushed the picketer away from the entrance to the building.

January 17, 2022 14:18

• Soldier perishes in Azerbaijan

  Djavidan Mamedli, a conscript soldier, has perished due to careless handling firearms; an investigation has been launched, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported, not specifying the dwelling settlement where the accident occurred.

January 17, 2022 11:56

• Tbilisi: Refugees' protest ends in death of one of them

  In a dwelling settlement in an outskirt of Tbilisi, a man perished during an action held by forced migrants, who demanded to remove them from an emergency building. The police are investigating the case about bringing the man to suicide.

January 17, 2022 11:42

• Melikov demands from Dagestani to apologize for behaviour in Moscow

  The native of Dagestan, who rudely insulted bus passengers in Moscow, must apologize to them and to his fellow countrymen, on behalf of whom he had tried to speak, Sergey Melikov, the head of Dagestan, has stated.

January 17, 2022 11:26

• Social network users challenge Kadyrov's words about no conflict with Ingushetia

  The statements of the Chechen party about a new page in the Chechen-Ingush relations remain groundless, until the border agreement is revised; and while Kadyrov is trying to hush up the conflict, and not solve it, Ingush users of Instagram publics have pointed out.

January 17, 2022 11:12

• Kadyrov orders to remove all negative data about Ingushes from social networks

  The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has instructed to remove any hostile statement against residents of Ingushetia posted in social networks, Akhmed Dudaev the Minister for National Policy, Foreign Relations, Press and Information of Chechnya, has stated.

January 16, 2022 18:34

• Activists criticize court ruling in case of Azerbaijani oppositionist

  Politicians and human rights defenders in Azerbaijan have condemned the conviction of Ali Aliev, the leader of the "Citizens and Development" Party, on charges of defamation. They treat the case as a "political order" and demanded the release of the oppositionist.