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October 02, 2021 13:20

• Abkhaz Parliament refuses to dismiss MIA head

  Abkhaz MPs have held an emergency session in connection with the shooting in Sukhumi. The draft resolution on the removal of the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) from office failed to collect the required number of votes.

October 02, 2021 08:46

• Saakashvili goes on hunger strike in prison

  Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, the third president of Georgia, has declared a hunger strike, because he disagrees with the charges brought against him and treats himself as a political prisoner, Nino Lomdjariya, the country's Ombudsperson, has stated.

October 02, 2021 08:34

• Two oppositionists arrested after farmers' protest in Azerbaijan

  The court has ruled to apply an administrative arrest for two members of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), who joined the farmers' protest against the absence of water for irrigating fields in the Saatli District.

October 02, 2021 08:20

• Zurabishvili rules out Saakashvili's pardoning

  The Georgian President, Salome Zurabishvili, is not going to pardon the third president of the country, Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili. She stressed that "all are equal before the law."

October 01, 2021 23:02

• Mikhail Saakashvili detained in Georgia

  Law enforcers have detained Mikhail Saakashvili, the third president of Georgia, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili reports.

October 01, 2021 22:49

• Georgian President criticizes ruling party for reaction to Saakashvili’s statements

  Mocking the Mikhail Saakashvili’s statements about returning to Georgia is inappropriate, President Salome Zurabishvili emphasizes. She notes that it is public agencies which should comment on the situation, not the “Georgian Dream” Party.

October 01, 2021 17:19

• “UNM” Party confirms Saakashvili’s return to Georgia

  Mikhail Saakashvili is indeed in Batumi, but he will not appear in public officially until tomorrow, after the end of the voting in the municipal elections, the “United National Movement” (UNM) Party reports.

October 01, 2021 16:59

• A resident of Pskov Region returns home after escaping from slavery in Buynaksk

  Vladislav Platonenko, who managed to escape from labour slavery in Buynaksk, returned to the Pskov Region. He intends to file a complaint to the police about torture at a brick factory.

October 01, 2021 14:03

• Saakashvili announces his participation in voting at elections

  Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili has released a video message filmed amid streets of Batumi, again calling on his supporters to vote at the municipal elections, and the next day to march in columns towards Tbilisi. The politician has stressed that on October 2, he intends to personally take part in the voting at a polling station.

October 01, 2021 13:33

• FSB reports on prevention of terror act in Cherkessk

  The Russia's FSB (Federal Security Bureau) agents have prevented a terror act in Cherkessk. A resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), born in 2001, has been detained on suspicion of preparing thereof.

October 01, 2021 13:12

• Georgian police declares information about Saakashvili's return to be fake

  Today, Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, a former Georgian President, has written in his Facebook page that he had already returned to Georgia.

October 01, 2021 12:10

• Sochi blogger apologizes for photo session near Moscow temple

  In Moscow, policemen have detained Ruslan Bobiev, a blogger from Sochi, whose photo session against the background of the Saint Basil's Cathedral caused discontent among believers. After the detention, the blogger apologized for his actions.

October 01, 2021 11:51

• Witnesses in Adjamatov's case fail to meet investigators' expectations

  Parviz Akhmedov, another prosecution witness, has stated at trial that the testimonies in the case materials against Alikhan Adjamatov, a native of Dagestan, accused of aiding terrorists, had been falsified.

October 01, 2021 08:45

• Court arrests David Tonoyan

  David Tonoyan, a former head of the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) was arrested for two months under an embezzlement case. Tonoyan refuses to plead guilty; his defence intends to appeal against the arrest at the Court of Appeal.

October 01, 2021 08:28

• Sautieva complains about protraction with her treatment at SIZO

  Zarifa Sautieva, an Ingush activist, arrested under the case of creating an extremist community, has demanded to speed up the appointment of her treatment after being examined by doctors at the SIZO (pre-trial prison).

September 30, 2021 23:48

• Azerbaijani border guard blown up by a mine

  Junior Sergeant Elgyun Nazarkhanly was injured as a result of a mine explosion at a border checkpoint in the Zangelan District, the State Border Guard Service of Azerbaijan reported.

September 30, 2021 23:26

• More than 100,000 people registered to meet Saakashvili in Georgia

  104,000 people have registered on a website, created to help Mikhail Saakashvili return to Georgia peacefully. This has been reported today by Tako Charkviani, an initiator of the project. The former president of Georgia will be detained at the airport upon arrival, like everyone who tries to prevent that, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili warns.

September 30, 2021 19:11

• In Yerevan, protesters demand to make tests for coronavirus for free

  Today, several dozen activists of the “Dashnaktsutyun” Party have come to a protest action in Yerevan. They demand from the authorities to make free testing for coronavirus.

September 30, 2021 18:56

• Salim Khalitov holds a solo picket to express no confidence in parliament of Dagestan

  During the first session of the People’s Assembly of Dagestan, activist Salim Khalitov went to a picket in Makhachkala to express his doubts about the legitimacy of the republic’s parliament of the new convocation.

September 30, 2021 18:36

• Georgian authorities demand to reveal customer of “bloody banners”

  The State Audit Office of Georgia got involved in checking the placement of banners against the opposition and demanded from an owner of the billboards to disclose the information about the customer.