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September 30, 2021 10:56

• Saakashvili's promise to return exacerbates risk of political crisis in Georgia

  The announcement by Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, a former Georgian president, to return to the country has sparked controversy among experts over whether or not he should be expected to arrive.

September 30, 2021 08:42

• Rights defenders treat outcomes of "Edinaya Rossiya" at one precinct in Chechnya as fair elections case

  The voting outcomes for "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia) Party at a polling station in the Urus-Martan District, where the party received less than 50 percent of the votes, may illustrate the real voters' opinion in Chechnya, human rights defenders believe, adding that releasing such data was a bold act.

September 30, 2021 08:26

• Ali Bakaev posts video on attack on "Rosgvardiya" servicemen in Chechnya

  Ali Bakaev, a native of Chechnya, whom law enforcers treat as the organizer of the attack on "Rosgvardiya" (Russian National Guard) servicemen committed in the village of Naurskaya, has started a YouTube channel and in his first posted video announced a series of video materials, in which he would present his version of events in order to prevent his extradition from Ukraine to Russia.

September 29, 2021 23:39

• Rauf Arashukov goes on hunger strike in SIZO

  Rauf Arashukov, a former senator from Karachay-Cherkessia, went on a hunger strike in a SIZO (pre-trial prison) with the demand to let him call his relatives and be visited by them, his advocate reported.

September 29, 2021 23:17

• A woman from Novoshakhtinsk sentenced to four years of imprisonment for torturing her daughter

  A court sentenced to imprisonment in a high-security penal colony a mother of a seven-year-old girl from Novoshakhtinsk, who was regularly tied up and beaten. A child’s stepfather was sent for compulsory medical treatment.

September 29, 2021 19:14

• Blogger Khalitov accuses Chechen authorities of organizing blood feud

  Khasan Khalitov, a critic of Ramzan Kadyrov, claims that the republic’s authorities stand behind a series of declarations of blood feud in Chechnya.

September 29, 2021 18:59

• Nagorno-Karabakh reports death toll in 2020 autumn war

  At the today’s meeting in the Parliamentary Commission of Armenia on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs, Permanent Representative of Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia Sergey Gazaryan has presented the updated figures concerning victims of the Karabakh war.

September 29, 2021 15:47

• Georgia: oppositionist treats his son's detention for beating up transgender as political

  Levan Bidzinashvili, a Georgian oppositionist and candidate for Mayor of the city of Gori from the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party, has stressed a political component in the detention of his son for attacking a transgender woman in Tbilisi.

September 29, 2021 15:31

• Peacemakers conduct exercises in Nagorno-Karabakh

  In Nagorno-Karabakh, Russian militaries have mastered their skills aimed at preventing provocations and repelling attacks on observation posts, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

September 29, 2021 11:49

• Azerbaijan hands remains of three Armenian militaries over to Nagorno-Karabakh

  The remains of the servicemen who perished during the hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh have been handed over to Karabakh rescuers. The total number of the remains of the Armenian militaries found has reached 1673, the Nagorno-Karabakh Emergency Service has informed.

September 29, 2021 11:30

• Abdurakhmanov brothers treat threats to their relatives as Chechen authorities' revenge for failed assassination attempts

  By threatening their relatives, Chechen authorities want to avenge the failure of the attempts to kill the blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov and his brother Mukhammad, the brothers themselves believe.

September 29, 2021 11:17

• Suffered party demands tougher punishment for murderer of activist in Tarki

  The verdict handed down to a resident of the Makhachkala settlement of Tarki for the murder of Vali Abduragimov, a local activist and fighter against drug dealers, is too lenient, Vali's father has stated.

September 29, 2021 08:38

• News about Saakashvili's arrival in Tbilisi sparks resonance in Georgian society

  The return of Mikhail Saakashvili will benefit the country, the followers of the former Georgian president have commented on his Facebook message about his intention to fly to Tbilisi on October 2. Saakashvili will face criminal cases, their opponents have noted.

September 29, 2021 08:22

• In Chechen village, "Edinaya Rossiya" wins less than 1% of votes

  In the village of Koren-Benoy, Nozhai-Yurt District of Chechnya, the "New People" Party has won the elections to the Russian State Duma. Only 0.92 percent of the village voters cast their ballots for the "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia) Party, the local election commission has reported.

September 28, 2021 22:53

• Human rights defenders assess reality of threats to Tumso Abdurakhmanov’s relatives

  The blood feud declared to relatives of Tumso Abdurakhmanov contradicts adats (local customary practices observed by a Muslim community, – note of the “Caucasian Knot”), but serves as a tool for intimidating critics of the authorities and forcing their relatives out of Chechnya, human rights defenders interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot” noted.

September 28, 2021 21:08

• Armenian soldier wounded at border with Azerbaijan

  Conscript soldier Garnik Abraamyan was wounded in the Gegarkunik Region as a result of a shelling attack from Azerbaijan, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia reports today.

September 28, 2021 19:05

• Two protesters against mandatory tests for COVID-19 detained in Yerevan

  Today, in Yerevan, several dozen people have come out to a protest action against the introduction of mandatory coronavirus tests for employees starting from October 1. The police detained two protesters.

September 28, 2021 17:34

• Prosecutor’s Office responds to reports about an oil spill in Black Sea near Gelendzhik

  The Prosecutor’s Office began a check after reports on social media about an oil spill in the Black Sea near Gelendzhik. The local authorities ruled out the version of an oil leak from a dry cargo ship, and Instagram users demanded to find and punish the guilty persons.

September 28, 2021 14:42

• Tbilisi residents demand to stop developing earthquake zone

  High-rise buildings are being erected in the earthquake-prone zone in Shartava Street in Tbilisi, which threatens the collapse of both the buildings and the hill where they are being built, protesters assert. The construction violates no safety requirements, the Mayoralty has assured.

September 28, 2021 14:30

• PACE calls on Azerbaijan and Armenia to investigate crimes of last fall's war

  The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has adopted a resolution demanding from Azerbaijan to release all the Armenian prisoners of war (POWs), and urging both parties to conduct an inquiry into the committed war crimes.