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September 25, 2021 15:02

• Georgia: 70 families cut off from outside world by landslides

  Landslides caused by a heavy rainfall have blocked the road to a village in the Lanchkhuti District of Georgia, where 40 families live, and to a village in the Ozurgeti District, inhabited by 30 families.

September 25, 2021 14:59

• Analysts explain Kadyrov's threats to Chechen Zakaev

  Akhmed Zakaev's anti-Kadyrov rhetoric has became harsher; therefore, it was followed by new threats from Ramzan Kadyrov and video clips offensive to Zakaev, the administrators of the "1Adat" Telegram channel and the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, have noted.

September 25, 2021 14:55

• Dagestan resident convicted of video calling for extremism

  A court has sentenced a resident of the Buynaksk District to two years of conditional imprisonment for posting videos calling for extremism.

September 25, 2021 14:50

• Azerbaijan: bodies of two villagers found in minefield

  The villagers, who went missing in July, have been found dead in a mined area on the border of Goygol and Kelbadjar Districts, the Azerbaijan Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has informed.

September 25, 2021 01:05

• Azerbaijani authorities announce changes in anti-COVID measures

  On October 1, Azerbaijan lifts restrictions on operation of public transport on weekends, and clubs, cinemas, and entertainment centres will resume their activities. To travel between cities and regions of the country by public transport, passengers will be required to produce a COVID passport.

September 25, 2021 00:58

• Rights defenders criticize release of defendants in case on torture of a Chechen native

  The mitigation of punishment for former employees of the Yaroslavl penal colony, accused of torturing Abubakar Tsagalaev, a native of Chechnya, is not grounded, the “Public Verdict” human rights foundation* claims.

September 24, 2021 23:59

• Kadyrov invites Zakaev’s sons to come to Chechnya

  Ramzan Kadyrov addressed gross insults to Akhmed Zakaev, living in Great Britain, and invited his sons to come to Chechnya to avenge their father’s humiliation.

September 24, 2021 23:57

• Kadyrov gives his daughter one of most titled horses in Russia

  The leader of Chechnya bought the most titled tinker stallion in Russia for his stable, and the horse became a birthday present for his daughter.

September 24, 2021 23:46

• Pandemic threatens Kobuleti hoteliers' businesses

  Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, tourists would not visit Adjara; and the owners of small hotels suffer losses and cannot pay off their loans, entrepreneurs in the city of Kobuleti have complained, insisting that authorities should help hoteliers in solving their problems with banks.

September 24, 2021 22:57

• Witness in Gadjiev’s case speaks about fundraising for Hafiz school

  Aleksandra Katsaeva, a prosecution witness in a case against journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev, said that she was engaged in fundraising on her bank cards to help orphans, but did not track the spending of the raised money. The witness also said she never spoke with any of the three defendants.

September 24, 2021 22:47

• Court ignores Azerbaijani oppositionist Salaev’s complaint about torture in colony

  A court dismissed a complaint filed by oppositionist Alizamin Salaev about torture in a penal colony. Alizamin Salaev, who went on a hunger strike in protest against torture, was beaten for refusing to participate in discrediting the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, his colleague party member suggested.

September 24, 2021 14:32

• Azerbaijan files counterclaim to the UN International Court of Justice against Armenia

  Armenia is systematically violating the "International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination", Azerbaijan has claimed in a lawsuit lodged to the International Court of Justice, asking to bring the neighbouring state to justice.

September 24, 2021 14:26

• Remains of military serviceman found in Nagorno-Karabakh

  Near the city of Fizuli, Karabakh rescuers have found the remains of an Armenian military serviceman, thus bringing the number of casualties' bodies and remains found in the Karabakh conflict zone up to 1669.

September 24, 2021 14:18

• Daudov's threat of Zakaev's public condemnation comes true

  A video has been posted, in which the brothers of the emigrant, Akhmed Zakaev, living in Chechnya, insult him and threaten him with execution.

September 24, 2021 14:00

• Experts assess Syrian Circassians' problems at Russian universities

  Several groups of Circassian students from Syria have arrived in Russia; they will study at universities in Krasnodar and Nalchik. Students study both for fee and at the expense of the Russian state budget; through the Fund for Assistance to Repatriates, they receive humanitarian and financial support.

September 23, 2021 23:49

• Daudov threatens Zakaev with public condemnation by his relatives

  Relatives of Akhmed Zakaev, who lives in Great Britain, will be forced to publicly condemn him if he does not stop criticizing the Chechen authorities, claims Magomed Daudov, the speaker of the Chechen parliament. The threat was voiced against the background of the detention of Akhmed Zakaev’s relatives in the Urus-Martan District.

September 23, 2021 23:04

• Dagestani native sentenced to two years in prison for financing terrorism

  Ibragim Toleshov has been sentenced to two years in prison for sending money to a member of a terrorist grouping in Syria, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has reported.

September 23, 2021 22:58

• Court returns Inal Djabiev's death case to PO

  The Tskhinvali City Court has demanded from the Prosecutor's Office (PO) to add information in the case of Inal Djabiev's death.

September 23, 2021 12:23

• US Congress demands from Baku to release Armenian prisoners

  The US Congress has passed an amendment demanding an immediate release of all Armenian prisoners of war (POWs) and civilians kept by Azerbaijan, as well as conducting an inquiry into the use of American technologies in Turkish drones that were used during the 2020 escalation of the Karabakh conflict.

September 23, 2021 12:18

• Magdi Kamalov confirms innocence of those accused of murdering his brother-journalist

  Magdi, a brother of Khadjimurad Kamalov, the founder of the Dagestani "Chernovik" (Draft) weekly, who was killed in March 2018, had earlier declared the innocence of the defendants, and now has confirmed his position at the court session. He has stated that there was no conflict of his brother with Shamil Isaev, a former republic's Vice-Premier, who was treated as the customer of the murder.