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September 20, 2021 23:48

• Ramzan Kadyrov breaks his own election record

  According to the election commission, Ramzan Kadyrov won 99.7% of the votes in the elections for the leader of Chechnya, while in 2016, his result was 97%.

September 20, 2021 23:47

• Chechen residents complain about “carousel voting” in elections

  In Chechnya, teachers and doctors voted many times against their will at different polling stations, residents of the republic reported. They pointed out the passive attitude of many of their acquaintances to the elections.

September 20, 2021 23:36

• On September 13-19, 2021, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of September 13-19, 2021, 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.

September 20, 2021 23:25

• “Edinaya Rossiya” Party wins parliamentary elections in Chechnya

  In Chechnya, the “Edinaya Rossiya” (United Russia) Party won 89.2% of the votes in the parliamentary elections, ahead of the “Spravedlivaya Rossiya” (Fair Russia) Party and the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), the Central Election Commission reported.

September 20, 2021 16:11

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

  Elections of the leaders in Chechnya, Karachay-Cherkessia, and North Ossetia; elections of members to the State Duma of Russia and members of various levels of power in Southern Russia; ECtHR’s decision on a complaint from Azerbaijani oppositionist Tural Abbasly; arrest of a Lieutenant Colonel of the Armenian army in a case on capture of 64 soldiers, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of September 13-19, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

September 20, 2021 15:27

• Kadyrov gets over 99% of votes at election of Chechen leader

  At the election of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov has won 99.63% of the votes, the Chechen Central Election Commission (CEC) has informed after processing 53.88% of the protocols.

September 20, 2021 15:10

• CEC's data on voter turnout show interest decrease in elections in four NCFD regions

  Chechnya, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkarian and Karachay-Cherkessian Republics (KBR and KChR) have shown a decrease in voters' interest in the elections to the State Duma, as evidenced by preliminary data on voter turnout as compared with the 2016 election campaign: this time, the voter turnout increased only in Ingushetia, Stavropol Territory and North Ossetia.

September 20, 2021 12:13

• Analysts rule out any impact of incident with Iranian drivers on Baku-Tehran relations

  The detention of truckers from Iran on the Goris-Kapan highway was a demonstration of Baku's dissatisfaction with the violation of Azerbaijan's customs rules; no severe punishment of them will follow, as well as no deterioration of the two countries' interrelations, Azerbaijani analysts believe.

September 20, 2021 12:12

• Azerbaijan returns two Kasakh residents

  The residents of the Kasakh community, who got lost and ended up in the territory controlled by Azerbaijan, have returned home with the assistance of Russian border guards.

September 19, 2021 11:54

• Official data on voter turnout in KBR mismatch observers' estimates

  More than half of the electorate have taken part in the voting, the Central Election Commission (CEC) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has reported. However, in Nalchik, observers claimed a low voter turnout at their polling stations.

September 19, 2021 10:59

• Sochi observers point to significant ballot stuffing

  The data of the Russian Central Election Commission (CEC) on the number of voters at a number of polling stations in Sochi is from 1.5 to 2 times higher than the figures indicated in the protocols, observers assert.

September 19, 2021 10:42

• Observer attacked in Makhachkala

  In Makhachkala, an unidentified man has attacked Ibragim Nazhmudinov, a member of the election commission with an advisory vote from the "Yabloko" Party, by accusing him of obstructing the work of the election commission. The police became interested in the incident.

September 18, 2021 18:45

• CPRF observer beaten up in Anapa

  In the evening of September 17, unidentified persons have beaten up Alexei Glimeido, an observer for the candidate for an MP from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), after he left the territory of the Territorial Election Commission (TEC). Doctors recorded minor injuries; and the activist sent a complaint to the police.

September 18, 2021 17:24

• Residents of Chechnya point to involvement of state servants in campaigning for voting

  In Chechnya, officials, teachers and businessmen are placing posts in social networks calling voters to go to the polls, residents of the region informed.

September 18, 2021 17:02

• 144 Azerbaijanis return to homeland from Dagestan camp

  A total of 144 Azerbaijanis have left the "Ogonyok" camp located in the Kaitag District of Dagestan, the regional branch of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) has reported. Apart from the camp tenants, about 500 other citizens are waiting for crossing the Russian-Azerbaijani border in Dagestan, a human rights defender asserts.

September 18, 2021 11:36

• Observers report on coercion of state servants to vote in Sochi

  On the first day of voting, voters mostly came to polling stations in Sochi with invitations from enterprises; they put their marks in ballot papers, made photos of them and sent somewhere; members of precinct election commissions (PECs) and observers have noted, believing that in this way, authorities are making use of their administrative resources to promote the "right" candidates.

September 18, 2021 11:20

• Donbass residents awarded Russian passports to vote at elections in Rostov Region

  On September 17, about 400 residents of Donbass have received Russian passports; immediately after that, they were taken by buses to polling stations in the Rostov Region.

September 18, 2021 08:38

• Proxy of candidate for State Duma MP beaten up in Anapa

  Rostislav Scherbakov, a proxy of a candidate for an MP from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), has filed two complaints about violations during the voting in the city of Anapa and was attacked at the exit from the polling station.

September 18, 2021 08:25

• Elista: cars of candidates' proxies damaged after complaints about violations

  Three proxies of a candidate for a State Duma MP have claimed that some unidentified persons had punctured tires of their cars left near polling stations. One of them was attacked at the polling station when he tried to record a violation.

September 18, 2021 00:04

• Dagestani observers complain about counteraction to their activities

  Members of election commissions interfere with the checking of voters’ documents and preventing voting at places of residence, a coordinator of the “Observers of Dagestan” movement reports.