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October 19, 2021 23:57

• Young women from shelter in Kazan returned to Makhachkala

  Aishat Saigidguseinova and Fatima Saigitova left a shelter apartment in Kazan and returned to Dagestan of their own free will, says a father of one of them. The man accused human rights defender Svetlana Anokhina of the young women’s escape from home and voiced threats against her.

October 19, 2021 23:54

• ECtHR finds Russian authorities responsible for torture of Chechen native Tepsurkaev

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found the Russian authorities responsible for the disappearance and torture of Salman Tepsurkaev, a native of Chechnya, and obliged him to pay the compensation in the amount of 26,000 euros.

October 19, 2021 23:50

• Resident of Chechnya sentenced for financing Syrian militants

  In Rostov-on-Don, a court found Chechen resident Magomed Dakaev guilty of transferring money to terrorists in Syria and sentenced him to 5.5 years of imprisonment.

October 19, 2021 15:22

• Azerbaijan hands military's remains over to Nagorno-Karabakh

  In the city of Shusha (the Armenian name is Shushi), the Azerbaijani party has handed the remains of a military who perished during the hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh over to Karabakh rescuers. Thus, the total number of found remains of Armenian militaries has reached 1686.

October 19, 2021 15:19

• Practice of apologizing to Kadyrov leads to TNT parody

  Participants in a humorous show on the TNT TV Channel have reacted to the practice of public apologies widespread in Chechnya by staging an apology of a dog that barked at the Chechen leader. Internet users have found the miniature to be unsuccessful.

October 19, 2021 15:12

• Details of abduction of Dagestani girls from shelter become known

  "The girls from Dagestan, who were forced away from the shelter in Kazan, had complained about persecutions by their husbands and relatives; and one of them of beatings," said Svetlana Anokhina. According to her story, the ties of the father of one of the girls, a well-known Dagestan religious preacher, helped to find them.

October 19, 2021 15:02

• Military court upholds verdict to four Dagestanis-figurants in terrorism case

  The Military Court of Appeal has upheld the sentences to four residents of the Agul District of Dagestan convicted on charges of involvement in a terrorist community and an illegal armed formation (IAF).

October 19, 2021 14:35

• Rights defenders claim threats in Chechnya to relatives of native of Dagestan

  After four inquiries, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation failed to provide the court with materials on the complaint about investigators' inaction on the complaint about the kidnapping of Ibragim Selimkhanov, a native of Dagestan, by Chechen law enforcers. They threatened Selimkhanov's relatives who live in Chechnya.

October 19, 2021 14:14

• Kadyrov's relative failed at high-profile tests for maroon beret

  The check has showed that there were no brawl at the "Tambukan" test site of the "Rosgvardiya" (Russian National Guard) during the tests for maroon berets, Sergey Lysyuk, the head of the Association of the "Vityaz Maroon Berets' Brotherhood", asserts. According to his version, a relative of the head of Chechnya was removed from the tests.

October 19, 2021 11:44

• Thirty years of Azerbaijan's independence marked without celebrations

  The absence of celebrations of the 30th anniversary of Azerbaijan's independence suggests that authorities are belittling the significance of this event, Fuad Gakhramanly, the spokesman of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has stated. During these 30 years, Azerbaijan has failed to become a democratic state, Nasimi Mamedli and Zardusht Alizade, political analysts, assert.

October 19, 2021 11:40

• Two Dagestani girls abducted from Kazan shelter

  Law enforcers have forced two girls who had arrived from Dagestan away from the "Mother's House" crisis centre located in the city of Kazan.

October 18, 2021 23:11

• General Prosecutor’s Office of Armenia reports about scale of violations at elections

  The General Prosecutor’s Office received 31 reports about violations in the local elections in Armenia, and based on one of them, an investigation into a criminal case on giving a pre-election bribe was launched, the General Prosecutor’s Office of Armenia reported. Other 25 reports about violations are being checked.

October 18, 2021 23:01

• Social media users forward to Kadyrov their questions about Chechen “maroon berets”

  Seven special forces fighters got maroon berets after passing an exam in the Stavropol Territory, Ramzan Kadyrov announced. Social media users pointed out to the leader of Chechnya that a scandal with the Chechen fighters, who were transported in cars during an examination march, casted doubt on their right to wear maroon berets.

October 18, 2021 15:44

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of October 11-17, 2021

  Armed incidents in the Karabakh conflict zone; election of the leader of Dagestan; riot in a Vladikavkaz penal colony; actions of Saakashvili’s supporters and opponents in Georgia; communication by the ECtHR of a case on the murder of Akhmednabiev, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of October 11-17, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

October 18, 2021 15:42

• On October 11-17, no victims of North-Caucasian armed conflict were recorded

  During the week of October 11-17, 2021, during the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, no information about the perished or wounded persons was reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.

October 18, 2021 15:40

• Saakashvili's opponents hold protest action in Rustavi

  At a protest action staged near the Rustavi Prison, where Mikhail Saakashvili, a former Georgian President, is kept, several dozen of his opponents recalled the law violations committed during his presidency.

October 18, 2021 11:43

• After riots in Vladikavkaz colony, 36 inmates transferred to Dagestan

  A group of the most active rioters in the Vladikavkaz colony was transferred to a correctional facility in Dagestan.

October 18, 2021 11:41

• Armenian Ombudsperson claims shelling of border village

  In the village of Yeraskh, Ararat Region, civilians' houses were shelled from the side of Azerbaijan, as a result bales of a villager's hay were burned down, Arman Tatoyan, the Ombudsperson of Armenia, has stated.

October 18, 2021 11:39

• Observers report violations at local elections in Armenia

  The country has finished voting at local elections. Observers have noted the use of administrative resources, recorded cases of transporting voters to polling stations by supporters of the ruling party, and violations of the requirements for visual campaigning.

October 17, 2021 10:49

• Three Saakashvili supporters detained during clashes with police

  The police prevented the protesters from placing stickers in support of Mikhail Saakashvili near the Tbilisi residence of the creator of the "Georgian Dream" Party; three activists were detained.