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October 29, 2021 08:48

• Mitsaeva treats her return to Chechnya as unresolved

  Despite the permit received from Ramzan Kadyrov, Rubati Mitsaeva, an emigrant, said that she had not yet agreed on her return to Chechnya.

October 29, 2021 01:42

• MoJ toughens Saakashvili's communication with visitors

  A solid glass wall has been installed in the meeting room of the Rustavi Prison, where Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, the third president of Georgia, communicates with his visitors. Saakashvili said that he can no longer exchange documents with his advocates. The Georgia's Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has explained the new restrictions by the fight against coronavirus.

October 28, 2021 21:12

• Four soldiers injured in Armenia

  Four militaries were injured because of careless handling of ammunition, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia reported.

October 28, 2021 21:00

• Court refuses to return Cheldiev’s case to prosecutor’s office

  Today, the Rostov Regional Court has found the absence of a motive in a case against Ossetian opera singer Vadim Cheldiev as insufficient grounds to suspend the trial.

October 28, 2021 18:28

• In Tbilisi, teachers go on strike after dismissal of school principal

  The Tbilisi authorities dismissed a school principal, a relative of an opposition candidate for deputy, and decided to replace her with a supporter of the “Georgian Dream” Party, teachers on strike explained their protest.

October 28, 2021 17:49

• Azerbaijani theologian Babaev refuses to plead guilty of high treason

  In Baku, a court refused to release from custody Shiite theologian Sardar Babaev, accused of high treason. According to his advocate, Sardar Babaev called the charges politically motivated.

October 28, 2021 14:43

• About 40 children brought from Iraq to Azerbaijan

  The Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has reported about transporting home 38 children who had been kept in correctional institutions and orphanages in Iraq.

October 28, 2021 14:27

• Adjamatov's defence claims inconsistencies in prosecution's version

  Ivan Oreshkov, a prosecution witness, who testified within the case of Alikhan Adjamatov, a native of Dagestan, accused of assisting terrorists, had communicated with him a year before he himself joined terrorists, an advocate has stated at trial. Two defence witnesses have stated that they had been exposed to pressure with the aim to testify against Adjamatov.

October 28, 2021 11:25

• Political analysts treat authorities' actions in Saakashvili's case as short-sighted

  The action of supporters of Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, held in front of the Rustavi Prison, brought together more than 200 people. They demanded to release the third country's president and criticized Georgian authorities for the rejection of entry to the country of the Ukrainian journalist, Dmitry Gordon, who wanted to visit Saakashvili.

October 28, 2021 11:12

• Rally in Zugdidi demands Saakashvili's release

  Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili should be the last political prisoner in Georgia, supporters of the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party have stated at their rally held in the city of Zugdidi.

October 28, 2021 08:44

• PFPA activist arrested

  Mutallim Orudjev, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), is accused of illegal drug dealing. The PFPA believes that his criminal case has been fabricated for political reasons.

October 28, 2021 08:31

• Scandal with maroon berets raises doubts on expediency of holding tests in Northern Caucasus

  The information that after the scandal with pretenders from Chechnya, no further tests for the right to wear maroon berets will be held in Northern Caucasus looks like a fake, Sergey Goncharov, a special troop veteran, is sure. The retired Colonel Gennady Gudkov, a former FSB employee, believes that this option is being studied.

October 27, 2021 23:43

• Saakashvili refuses medical assistance

  On the 27th day of the hunger strike, Mikhail Saakashvili, the third president of Georgia, refused medical procedures and tests, while his health state worsened. An intensive care unit is on duty at the door of the prison.

October 27, 2021 23:17

• Migrants from Karabakh demand refugee status from Armenian authorities

  In Yerevan, forced migrants from the regions of Nagorno-Karabakh that came under the Azerbaijani control held a rally and a march with the demand to officially recognize them as refugees. The Armenian government fails to deliver on promises of social support, protesters claim.

October 27, 2021 22:58

• Special operation in Stavropol continues trend for uninformative reports about prevented terror acts

  The FSB’s version about the preparation of a terror act in the Stavropol Territory arouses mistrust because of the implausible and scare information disseminated by the law enforcement body, note lawyers and journalists interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot”.

October 27, 2021 19:13

• Kadyrov’s assistant detained in Saint Petersburg on drug case

  The police detained an employee of the Chechen representative office in the Northwestern Federal District within an investigation into a drug purchase case.

October 27, 2021 18:33

• Saakashvili’s Ukrainian advocate denied entry to Georgia

  Yevgeny Grushovets, an advocate of former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, complained that he flew to Tbilisi, but Georgian border guards sent him back to Ukraine without explaining any reasons for their actions.

October 27, 2021 13:54

• "Novaya Gazeta": young Dagestani women try to overcome patriarchal pressure

  In Dagestan, young women's rights are systematically violated. Girls can be subjected to pressure in families; they are often forced into marriage, but some of them manage to defend their opinions, Dagestani girls told the "Novaya Gazeta" newspaper.

October 27, 2021 13:18

• Analysts explain wave of persecution of Shiites in Azerbaijan

  Shiite theologians are being persecuted in Azerbaijan because of the mistakenly formed stereotype about their pro-Iranian viewpoints, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

October 27, 2021 11:23

• Lekso Rapava goes on hunger strike

  Lekso Rapava, a former police boss in the town of Khobi, has announced a hunger strike in protest against his detention, said Tengiz Gunava, an office employee of the Georgian Ombudsperson. Rapava's advocate and his family treat his detention as revenge of the "Georgian Dream" Party for his cooperation with the opposition.