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October 13, 2021 23:16

• Georgian Prosecutor’s Office finds Saakashvili involved in cartographers’ case

  Today, a court has resumed the consideration of a case against cartographers Natalia Ilyichyova and Iveri Melashvili, accused of transferring part of the lands of Georgia, including the David Gareja monastery, to Azerbaijan. According to an official from the Prosecutor’s Office, Mikhail Saakashvili, the third president of Georgia, will be questioned in the case.

October 13, 2021 19:33

• Activist Khalitov demands direct election of leader in Dagestan

  Today, Salim Khalitov has held a picket with the demand to return to the national election for the leader of Dagestan. The picketer questioned the legitimacy of the election of the regional leader by the current composition of the People’s Assembly.

October 13, 2021 19:19

• Three opposition parties refuse to join rally in support of Saakashvili

  Members of the “European Georgia”, “Lelo”, and “Girchi” Parties urged their colleagues to focus on the second round of municipal elections, and not on the release of Mikhail Saakashvili. The oppositionists announced that they would not take part in the action planned by the “United National Movement” (UNM) Party.

October 13, 2021 15:17

• ECtHR awards compensation to mother of soldier who perished in North Ossetia

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has appointed 18,700 euros of compensation to Lyudmila Selipetova, whose son, according to investigators, committed suicide while serving in the army in North Ossetia.

October 13, 2021 14:34

• Novo-Maka villagers doubt reality of the story about labour slavery in greenhouses

  There are indeed many greenhouses in the village of Novo-Maka in the Suleiman-Stalsky District, but no one is taken into slavery, Takhmez Nazaraliev, a villager, has stated. Meilan Abasmirzoev, a deputy head of the administration of the Novo-Maka rural settlement, has not believed in the story of two Moscow residents; he thinks that the presence of greenhouses in the village does not mean that people are kept in slavery there.

October 13, 2021 11:39

• Saakashvili's supporters demand to transfer him from prison to hospital

  In the evening on October 12, activists of the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party held a protest action near Rustavi Prison, demanding to transfer Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, a former president, to hospital for treatment after his hunger strike.

October 13, 2021 11:15

• Advocates of Magamadov and Isaev petition on transfer of the trial from Chechnya

  The preliminary hearing of the criminal case initiated against the brothers, Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev was held at the Achkhoi-Martan District Court, the "SK SOS" Crisis Group has reported. The advocates lodged a motion asking to transfer the trial to a court of another region, because no objective consideration of the case is possible in Chechnya.

October 13, 2021 08:34

• Armenian Constitutional Court equips authorities with new tool to persecute opposition

  Armenia has approved a law on a threefold increase in compensation for insult and defamation. This decision of the Constitutional Court has demonstrated its dependence on the authorities; the amendments will act against political opponents of the ruling power, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

October 13, 2021 08:18

• Makhachkala court arrests teen suspected of killing classmate

  The ninth-grader suspected of fatally stabbing his peer at a Makhachkala school has been placed in custody for two months.

October 12, 2021 22:07

• Comic Lolaeva re-apologizes for her joke

  Ariana Lolaeva, a native of Vladikavkaz, recorded a second video with apologies. The young woman is crying in front of the camera and saying that she was “seriously talked to” and that she lost her job.

October 12, 2021 21:28

• Refugees demand a political solution to Karabakh problem

  Today, in Yerevan, refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh have held a protest action in front of the Armenian government building, the UN office, and the embassies of the Co-Chair countries of the OSCE Minsk Group.

October 12, 2021 19:53

• “Nardaran case” reaches European Court

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has begun communication on complaints filed by nine persons sentenced in the “Nardaran case” who complained about ill-treatment and lack of effective remedies.

October 12, 2021 19:39

• Story with Moscow residents becomes first case of slavery of tourists in Dagestan

  An incident, when two Moscow residents were deceived, brought to Dagestan, and forced to work in a greenhouse there, became the first case of labour slavery of tourists in the republic, the leader of the “Alternative” movement stated.

October 12, 2021 19:22

• Journalists announce a marathon to repeal law on foreign agents

  Today, several Russian media have organized a marathon with the demand to repeal the law on foreign agents and called it discriminatory. The “Caucasian Knot” has joined the protest action.

October 12, 2021 15:12

• Saakashvili's mother reports deterioration of his health

  Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, a former Georgian President, who has gone on a hunger strike to protest against his arrest, is trying to look healthy and cheerful, but looks worse than usual, his mother, Giuli Alasaniya, said after visiting her son in jail.

October 12, 2021 14:52

• Baku responds to Iran's accusations of cooperation with Israeli militaries

  Iran has accused of the presence of third countries' military servicemen, in particular, Israeli ones, on the Azerbaijan-Iranian border. In its turn, Baku has refuted the Iran's accusations, stating that Azerbaijan is able to independently defend its borders and has no need of foreign experts' help.

October 12, 2021 11:19

• Georgian authorities exclude Saakashvili's extradition

  The extradition of Mikhail Saakashvili to Ukraine, of which he is a citizen, is excluded; he will be able to leave Georgia after serving his sentence, Irakli Garibashvili, the Prime Minister, has stated.

October 12, 2021 11:04

• Murder of tractor driver jeopardizes trilateral agreements on Nagorno-Karabakh

  The killing of Aram Tepnants by a shot from the Azerbaijani side has jeopardized the plans of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs to visit the parties in conflict, the Nagorno-Karabakh MPs have stated. The Armenian General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has announced a gross violation of the trilateral agreement on Karabakh.

October 12, 2021 08:51

• Defence treats verdict of Niyameddin Akhmedov as unlawful

  The verdict to Niyameddin Akhmedov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), is not based on reliable proofs; and the defence will seek to cancel it, Zibeida Sadygova, his advocate, has stated.

October 12, 2021 08:32

• Moscow tourists tell about month of slavery in Dagestan

  Pyotr Pelekhanov and Olga Lifanova, tourists from Moscow, hitchhiked trying to get to Crimea, but they were taken to Dagestan by deceit and sold for 50,000 roubles to a greenhouse farm, from where they managed to escape only a month later, Pelekhanov himself said.