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September 30, 2021 14:08

• Four persons wounded in shooting in Ingushetia

  In the Nazran District, a villager opened fire from a rifle during a conflict with other local residents, after which four people were hospitalized, the press service of the regional Ministry Internal Affairs (MIA) has informed.

September 30, 2021 13:18

• Remains of four servicemen found in Karabakh conflict zone

  Rescuers have found remains of four soldiers, thus bringing the total number of bodies and remains of Armenian military servicemen found in the conflict zone up to 1677, the Emergency Service of Nagorno-Karabakh has informed.

September 30, 2021 13:03

• Hundreds of Azerbaijanis await border opening in Dagestan

  The lists for crossing the Russian-Azerbaijani border in Dagestan include about 1000 Azerbaijani citizens; most of them live temporally in rented housing, Afig Allakhverdiev, a public figure and the head of the BIZ (WE) Fund for Support and Development of Socially Significant Programmes and Projects, has informed.

September 30, 2021 11:11

• Armenian analysts criticize PACE's resolution

  The resolution of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is biased, since the authors of the document have missed a number of important points, the participants in the Yerevan discussion have stated.

September 30, 2021 10:56

• Saakashvili's promise to return exacerbates risk of political crisis in Georgia

  The announcement by Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, a former Georgian president, to return to the country has sparked controversy among experts over whether or not he should be expected to arrive.

September 30, 2021 08:42

• Rights defenders treat outcomes of "Edinaya Rossiya" at one precinct in Chechnya as fair elections case

  The voting outcomes for "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia) Party at a polling station in the Urus-Martan District, where the party received less than 50 percent of the votes, may illustrate the real voters' opinion in Chechnya, human rights defenders believe, adding that releasing such data was a bold act.

September 30, 2021 08:26

• Ali Bakaev posts video on attack on "Rosgvardiya" servicemen in Chechnya

  Ali Bakaev, a native of Chechnya, whom law enforcers treat as the organizer of the attack on "Rosgvardiya" (Russian National Guard) servicemen committed in the village of Naurskaya, has started a YouTube channel and in his first posted video announced a series of video materials, in which he would present his version of events in order to prevent his extradition from Ukraine to Russia.

September 29, 2021 23:39

• Rauf Arashukov goes on hunger strike in SIZO

  Rauf Arashukov, a former senator from Karachay-Cherkessia, went on a hunger strike in a SIZO (pre-trial prison) with the demand to let him call his relatives and be visited by them, his advocate reported.

September 29, 2021 23:17

• A woman from Novoshakhtinsk sentenced to four years of imprisonment for torturing her daughter

  A court sentenced to imprisonment in a high-security penal colony a mother of a seven-year-old girl from Novoshakhtinsk, who was regularly tied up and beaten. A child’s stepfather was sent for compulsory medical treatment.

September 29, 2021 19:14

• Blogger Khalitov accuses Chechen authorities of organizing blood feud

  Khasan Khalitov, a critic of Ramzan Kadyrov, claims that the republic’s authorities stand behind a series of declarations of blood feud in Chechnya.

September 29, 2021 18:59

• Nagorno-Karabakh reports death toll in 2020 autumn war

  At the today’s meeting in the Parliamentary Commission of Armenia on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs, Permanent Representative of Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia Sergey Gazaryan has presented the updated figures concerning victims of the Karabakh war.

September 29, 2021 15:47

• Georgia: oppositionist treats his son's detention for beating up transgender as political

  Levan Bidzinashvili, a Georgian oppositionist and candidate for Mayor of the city of Gori from the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party, has stressed a political component in the detention of his son for attacking a transgender woman in Tbilisi.

September 29, 2021 15:31

• Peacemakers conduct exercises in Nagorno-Karabakh

  In Nagorno-Karabakh, Russian militaries have mastered their skills aimed at preventing provocations and repelling attacks on observation posts, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

September 29, 2021 11:49

• Azerbaijan hands remains of three Armenian militaries over to Nagorno-Karabakh

  The remains of the servicemen who perished during the hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh have been handed over to Karabakh rescuers. The total number of the remains of the Armenian militaries found has reached 1673, the Nagorno-Karabakh Emergency Service has informed.

September 29, 2021 11:30

• Abdurakhmanov brothers treat threats to their relatives as Chechen authorities' revenge for failed assassination attempts

  By threatening their relatives, Chechen authorities want to avenge the failure of the attempts to kill the blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov and his brother Mukhammad, the brothers themselves believe.

September 29, 2021 11:17

• Suffered party demands tougher punishment for murderer of activist in Tarki

  The verdict handed down to a resident of the Makhachkala settlement of Tarki for the murder of Vali Abduragimov, a local activist and fighter against drug dealers, is too lenient, Vali's father has stated.

September 29, 2021 08:38

• News about Saakashvili's arrival in Tbilisi sparks resonance in Georgian society

  The return of Mikhail Saakashvili will benefit the country, the followers of the former Georgian president have commented on his Facebook message about his intention to fly to Tbilisi on October 2. Saakashvili will face criminal cases, their opponents have noted.

September 29, 2021 08:22

• In Chechen village, "Edinaya Rossiya" wins less than 1% of votes

  In the village of Koren-Benoy, Nozhai-Yurt District of Chechnya, the "New People" Party has won the elections to the Russian State Duma. Only 0.92 percent of the village voters cast their ballots for the "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia) Party, the local election commission has reported.

September 28, 2021 22:53

• Human rights defenders assess reality of threats to Tumso Abdurakhmanov’s relatives

  The blood feud declared to relatives of Tumso Abdurakhmanov contradicts adats (local customary practices observed by a Muslim community, – note of the “Caucasian Knot”), but serves as a tool for intimidating critics of the authorities and forcing their relatives out of Chechnya, human rights defenders interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot” noted.

September 28, 2021 21:08

• Armenian soldier wounded at border with Azerbaijan

  Conscript soldier Garnik Abraamyan was wounded in the Gegarkunik Region as a result of a shelling attack from Azerbaijan, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia reports today.