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January 07, 2022 09:40

• Social network users condemn decision to send Armenian troops to Kazakhstan

  Armenia should not send its military personnel as part of the peacemaking contingent of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), given the geopolitical situation, as well as the fact that Premier Pashinyan himself came to power through street protests, users of the Armenian Facebook segment have stated.

January 07, 2022 08:58

• Operative headquarters claims poorer COVID-19 situation in five regions of Southern Russia

  Over the last week, the epidemiological situation with coronavirus has worsened in Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Ingushetia, Kalmykia and the Rostov Region; it has improved in the Volgograd Region, the operative headquarters for COVID-19 prevention stated on January 6.

January 06, 2022 22:56

• Social media users criticise Dagestani MP for calling to annex Kazakhstan to Russia

  According to Facebook users, the proposal of State Duma member Biysultan Khamzaev to annex Kazakhstan to Russia is populism. Biysultan Khamzaev must remove the posts with his proposal as not to dishonour natives of Dagestan, Instagram users urge.

January 06, 2022 22:37

• Commanders deny sending military forces from Rostov Region to Kazakhstan

  A spokesperson for the Southern Military District called false the information about a transfer of a brigade of guards from Kamensk-Shakhtinsk to suppress riots in Kazakhstan. Paratroopers from Tula have already arrived in the country to perform the CSTO mission.

January 06, 2022 18:14

• Saakashvili extends term of his ultimatum to authorities of Georgia

  Mikhail Saakashvili, the third president of Georgia, agrees to wait till late January for the fulfilment of his demands concerning involvement of foreign doctors in his treatment and visits of advocates. In case of refusal to fulfil his demands, Mikhail Saakashvili can go on hunger strike again, his advocate says today.

January 06, 2022 17:59

• Residents of a village near Volgograd deprived of water supply for eleventh day

  Most residents of the large village of Dubovy Ovrag have been deprived of water supply since December 27, 2021. Officials from the Svetloyarsk District have been ignoring the water supply problems for years, the head of the village states.

January 06, 2022 13:28

• Tbilisi residents are dissatisfied with increase of public transport fares

  The Tbilisi Sakrebulo (City Council) has approved the system of subscription fares in public transport, but townspeople are outraged by the increase in travel costs.

January 06, 2022 13:05

• Head of Ochamchira District apologizes for shooting incident in Sukhumi

  Beslan Bigvava, the head of the Ochamchira District, has asked to forgive him for a shooting incident in a Sukhumi restaurant and pointed to the need to wait until the end of the investigative actions within this case.

January 06, 2022 11:13

• Ingushetia and Chechnya set records in number of divorces

  In January-November 2021, all the regions of the Southern and North-Caucasian Federal Districts (SFD and NCFD) saw more divorces than in the same period of 2020, according to the data released by the "Rosstat" (Russian Federal Statistics Service). Ingushetia and Chechnya were the so-called "anti-leaders" in terms of the increase in the number of divorces, where their number increased by 218% and 163%, respectively.

January 06, 2022 10:58

• Pashinyan announces sending CSTO peacemakers to Kazakhstan

  After the appeal of the President of Kazakhstan, where mass actions are underway, accompanied by protesters' clashes with law enforcers, it was decided to send peacemakers in order to stabilize the situation in the country, Nikol Pashinyan, the Armenian Prime Minister, has stated.

January 06, 2022 08:52

• Kadyrov draws parallels between Kazakhstan and Chechnya

  Ramzan Kadyrov has reacted to the events in Kazakhstan, by urging the protesters against the authorities there to behave peacefully and not to destroy their state. Kadyrov has stated this during a live broadcast with Magomed Daudov, the Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, on the lord_095 page on the Instagram.

January 06, 2022 08:41

• Georgian authorities state new coronavirus wave

  Georgia sees a new wave of coronavirus infection, Amiran Gamkrelidze, the head of the National Centre for Disease Control has stated and urged the country population to speed up the vaccination process.

January 06, 2022 08:29

• Azeri AZAL airline cancels flights to Almaty

  The AZAL temporarily suspends its flights to Almaty, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told at the press service of the airline.

January 05, 2022 22:13

• Georgian citizen detained at border with South Ossetia

  The authorities of Georgia demand to release a person detained on the border with South Ossetia, the Georgian State Security Service reports today. According to sources, the detained person is Lasha Khereteli, who earlier spent a year in a Tskhinvali prison for crossing the border illegally.

January 05, 2022 21:54

• Forensic experts refuse to recognize death of Ipatov from Sochi as a suicide

  According to a medical certificate on death of Yevgeny Ipatov from Sochi, who was found dead after recording a video with a story of torture by law enforcers, an examination of his body did not allow forensic experts to consider his death a suicide or a murder.

January 05, 2022 18:06

• Prosecutors ignore Yagublu’s complaint about beating by law enforcers

  Today, Azerbaijani oppositionist Tofig Yagublu has announced that the prosecutor’s office did not inform him within the time limit provided for by the law about the start of an investigation into his complaint about beating.

January 05, 2022 17:52

• Petition in defence of Karabakh place names gains over 3000 signatures

  After the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Azerbaijan requested Google to leave only Azerbaijani place names (toponyms) on the maps, activists compiled a petition stating that Google should prevent the removal of Armenian place names (toponyms) from the maps of Nagorno-Karabakh. The petition gained 3043 signatures in two days.

January 05, 2022 14:53

• Rise in bread prices sparks discontent among Azerbaijan residents

  After the New Year, bread prices went up in Azerbaijani stores, which was a surprise to buyers, the local residents interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have complained.

January 05, 2022 14:38

• Police cordon off bus station in Volgograd after planted bomb report

  After receiving a message about mining, policemen examine the bus station in Volgograd, the Instagram-public h_volgograd informed at night on January 5.

January 05, 2022 11:24

• Court fines Dagestani resident for posting IS'* flag

  The Tabasaran District Court of Dagestan has fined a local resident by 1000 roubles for placing the black flag of the "Islamic State" (IS)*, a terrorist organization, on the Internet.