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December 21, 2021 11:01

• Russia responds to Germany's expulsion of diplomats after verdict in Khangoshvili's case

  Two German diplomats were declared persona non grata in Russia in response to similar German actions against Russian diplomats after the verdict in the case of the murder of Chechen field commander Zelimkhan Khangoshvili. The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has treated the sentence to a Russian citizen found guilty of assassinating Khangoshvili as a political order.

December 21, 2021 08:32

• Yerevan analysts doubt prospects for Armenian-Turkish dialogue

  Armenia and Turkey have appointed special representatives for normalizing the two countries' mutual relations; their meeting is planned for the near future.

December 21, 2021 08:20

• Makhachkala: Gadjiev's colleagues hold pickets in his support

  At their four solo pickets held in Makhachkala, Dagestani journalists demanded to release Abdulmumin Gadjiev, stop arrests without proofs and persecuting journalists; they also called for the release of political prisoners.

December 20, 2021 22:22

• Six residents of Dagestan convicted in case on terrorism

  Today, in Rostov-on-Don, the Southern District Military Court has found six residents of Dagestan guilty of organizing a terrorist community and plotting attempts on law enforcers and sentenced them to 6.5-8 years of imprisonment.

December 20, 2021 22:08

• Video of capture of two Azerbaijani militaries posted on YouTube

  Today, a video depicting capture of two Azerbaijani soldiers has been posted on YouTube. The soldiers were taken prisoner in the area of the Ishkhanasar village, reports Daniel Ionnisyan, a coordinator of the Union of Informed Citizens. The Ministries of Defence of Armenia and Azerbaijan did not comment on the information.

December 20, 2021 18:42

• Stavropol law enforcers disrupt a farmer’s picket on Chekist’s Day

  Today, law enforcers have disrupted a solo picket by farmer Mikhail Shevchenko in front of the FSB building in Stavropol. The picketer protested against ineffective investigation into threats and raider land seizure.

December 20, 2021 18:39

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of December 13-19, 2021

  Verdict of guilty against the leaders of the protest in Ingushetia; end of the Azerbaijani activist Salekh Rustamov’s hunger strike; arrival of migrant Rubati Mitsaeva in Chechnya, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of December 13-19, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

December 20, 2021 18:06

• Helicopter crash in Azerbaijan reportedly caused by pilot error

  In Azerbaijan, a crash of a helicopter of the State Border Guard Service, in which 14 people were killed, was caused by an error of the pilots during landing, the General Prosecutor’s Office of Azerbaijan reports today.

December 20, 2021 17:22

• Week of December 13-19 passed without victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week from December 13 to December 19, 2021, the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus brought no information about any casualties or wounded persons. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

December 20, 2021 17:05

• Native of Egypt accuses Kuban law enforcers of illegal criminal prosecution

  Karim Fuad and his wife, Anastasia Marchenko, has complained to the Russia's General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) about actions of law enforcers, who had falsified two criminal cases against Fuad, planted drugs and damaged property during a search of their house located in the Zelenchuk farmstead of the Gulkevichi District in the Krasnodar Territory (also known as Kuban by the name of the major river). In the complainants' opinion, the criminal prosecution has a xenophobic background.

December 20, 2021 11:39

• Former head of Georgia's General Staff detained in Germany

  In Berlin, at the request of Georgian authorities, Giorgi Kalandadze, a former head of the General Staff of the Georgian Armed Forces, has been detained.

December 20, 2021 11:25

• Georgian citizen released in South Ossetia

  The South-Ossetian authorities have released Gela Gochoshvili, who was detained in August for trespassing the border, the Georgian State Security Service (SSS) has informed.

December 20, 2021 11:11

• Armenia confirms return of ten POWs from Azerbaijan

  The Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has announced the names of ten military servicemen who were returned to their homeland; on November 16, they were taken prisoners of war (POWs) by Azerbaijan.

December 20, 2021 10:56

• Saakashvili's supporters urge policemen to stop politically motivated detentions

  Supporters of Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili have held a protest action in front of the building of the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). They called for the release of the oppositional politician and demanded from the police to stop political persecution of the opposition.

December 19, 2021 15:41

• Activist Salekh Rustamov is on the mend

  After he stopped his long hunger strike, the health condition of the Azerbaijani activist, Salekh Rustamov, began improving, said Adil Geibulla, a doctor.

December 19, 2021 15:37

• YouTube users treat appeal to Putin in support of Ingush activists as senseless

  Salman Geroev, a Kazakhstani public figure of Ingush origin, has called on the Russian president "not to be an enemy of the Ingush people" and to intervene in the situation with the verdicts rendered to seven Ingush activists. The verdicts were passed with authorities' awareness, while an appeal to Putin is doomed to failure in advance, commentators on the YouTube have noted.

December 19, 2021 15:32

• New inquiry into torture of figurants in "Terter Case" encourages rights defenders

  Azeri law enforcement bodies have announced a restart of criminal proceedings on complaints of torture of the Azerbaijani militaries suspected of treason.

December 19, 2021 11:51

• On complaint of Gyulyalyev's relatives, GPO finds no corpus delicti in doctors' actions

  The Azerbaijani General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has refused to initiate a criminal case against doctors on the complaint lodged by relatives of Ogtai Gyulyalyev, a human rights defender, about doctors' failure to provide him with proper medical care. The GPO sees no corpus delicti in doctors' actions, Mekhman Aliev, the director of the "Turan" News Agency, has informed.

December 18, 2021 15:11

• Rally in support of Ingush protest leaders ends with picketer's detention

  Law enforcers have detained Isa Bekov, a resident of Ingushetia, during his solo picket in support of the leaders of the republic's protests. After drawing up a protocol on violation of the mask regime, the picketer was released.

December 18, 2021 14:59

• After return from Syria, Dagestani children placed under quarantine

  After medical examination, nine children evacuated from Damascus, will be sent to their relatives in Dagestan, Maria Lvova-Belova, the plenipotentiary for children's rights under the Russian President, has informed. By the children's arrival, their relatives document custody and receive the right to benefits and social welfare, said Marina Yezhova, the children's Ombudsperson of Dagestan.