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September 09, 2021 08:41

• Two Azerbaijani citizens suspected of links with militants

  The State Security Service (SSS) of Azerbaijan has detained Mansur Djumaev and Nasir Djakhangirov on suspicion of participation in hostilities abroad; both have pleaded guilty, the SSS has informed.

September 08, 2021 22:45

• Sheep breeder claims lack of assistance from Ingush authorities after a complaint to Putin

  During two months after an appeal to the President of Russia through the direct line, a resident of Ingushetia has not received from the authorities of the republic a land plot for selective sheep breeding.

September 08, 2021 21:27

• Military experts treat exercises of troops of Azerbaijan and Turkey as ordinary

  Russian military experts, interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot”, suggest that like the manoeuvres of Russian peacekeepers, the joint exercises of the Azerbaijani and Turkish troops in the Lachin District do not pose any threat of an aggravation of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.

September 08, 2021 19:58

• Portrait contest reinforces trend of Kadyrov family cult

  Authors of the best portraits of the leader of Chechnya and his parents will be awarded 500,000 roubles each from the Kadyrov Foundation, Magomed Daudov, the speaker of the Chechen parliament, has announced. He has called on Chechen natives living abroad to participate in the portrait contest. The money could have been used to help those in need in Northern Caucasus, and not to strengthen the cult of the Kadyrov family, some Internet users complain.

September 08, 2021 19:39

• In Dagestan, deputy principal dismissed after requirement for schoolgirls to wear headscarves

  Adamkadi Kurbankadiev, a deputy principal of a school in the village of Madjalis, signed a letter of resignation of his own free will. However, he claims he has signed the letter under pressure from the school administration, which put him in charge of checking whether schoolgirls were wearing headscarves.

September 08, 2021 19:08

• Law on amnesty for protesters in Tbilisi passed despite opposition opinion

  Members of the ruling “Georgian Dream” Party secured the adoption of the law on amnesty for participants of the June 2019 protests and the policemen who were dispersing them. The opposition spoke against the amnesty for the law enforcers.

September 08, 2021 15:45

• Defence claims political background of verdict to former MoD head

  The court has sentenced in absentia David Kezerashvili, a former head of the Georgian Ministry of Defence (MoD) to five years in prison in order to put pressure on his "Formula" TV Channel on the eve of elections, his advocates assert.

September 08, 2021 15:31

• Remains of two soldiers found in Nagorno-Karabakh

  On September 7, as a result of searching works conducted near Varanda (the Azerbaijani name is Fizuli, – note of the "Caucasian Knot"), the remains of two Armenian soldiers have been found, the Emergency Service (ES) of Nagorno-Karabakh has informed.

September 08, 2021 15:17

• Charity run draws attention to problem of hiking in Dagestan

  Despite the worsening weather in Dagestani mountains, Ivan Davydov, a untramarathon runner, continues his charity run aiming to draw attention to the problem of providing palliative care to children and to promote the development of walking tourism (hiking) in Northern Caucasus.

September 08, 2021 11:21

• Caucasian scholars explain authorities' angry reaction to complaints from residents of Chechnya

  The harsh reaction to the message of a woman from Alkhazurovo about problems with water supply was caused by the tacit intention of Chechen authorities to speak only positively about the situation in the republic, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted.

September 08, 2021 11:08

• Witness treats clashes in Magas as authorities' provocation

  At the trial of Ingush activists, Musa Keligov, a public figure, spoke as a witness and called the clashes that occurred at the rally in Magas a result of the provocative actions stage by the republic's authorities, Djabrail Kuriev, one of the advocates, has informed.

September 08, 2021 03:17

• Those killed in special operation in Ingushetia buried a year later

  The bodies of Lolokhoev brothers and Aslangirey Gadaborshev, who were killed in a special operation in Ingushetia, have been handed over to their relatives for burial a year later, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"* has reported. One of the conditions for the release of the bodies was non-disclosure of information and the termination of communicating with human rights defenders, the HRC asserts.

September 08, 2021 03:13

• Azerbaijan and Armenia exchange POWs

  With the support of peacemakers, two soldiers who had been captured near the Black Lake in the Syunik Region have been returned to Armenia from Azerbaijan. One prisoner of war (POW) detained in Nagorno-Karabakh was delivered from Yerevan to Baku.

September 08, 2021 03:06

• After attack on him and his family in Istanbul, resident of Chechnya declares blood feud

  Akhmed Arsnukaev has stated that in Istanbul, he, his wife and child were attacked by a group of armed people, among which was a relative of the Naurbaev family who is wanted on terrorist charges. He has announced a blood feud against Naurbaevs.

September 07, 2021 23:58

• Authorities ignore picket of a Stepanakert woman

  The picket, at which Naira Airumyan, a resident of Stepanakert, called on the authorities to solve the problem with the shortage of water in the city, did not attract the attention of either the authorities or city residents.

September 07, 2021 23:56

• Mothers of teenagers detained in Ingushetia call case on preparation of terror acts unexpected

  Three out of the four residents of Ingushetia arrested on suspicion of plotting terror acts are minors, and the fourth suspect recently turned 18, the defence reports. Mothers of the detainees claim that their children did not give rise to suspicions of sympathy for terrorists.

September 07, 2021 23:54

• Chechen natives claim kidnappings of relatives after beating of a law enforcer in Turkey

  Relatives of Khasan Khalitov, a critic of the Chechen authorities, living in Turkey, and family members of Ilman Mamakaev, who lives in Europe, have been kidnapped in Chechnya and Moscow, Khasan Khalitov and Ilman Mamakaev report. They associate the kidnappings with the beating of a Kadyrov supporter in Istanbul.

September 07, 2021 22:28

• Karabakh Ombudsman accuses Azerbaijan of a shelling attack on a village

  A house of a resident of the Tagavard village in the Martuni District has been damaged during a shelling attack by the Azerbaijani armed forces, and no people were injured, the Ombudsman of Nagorno-Karabakh reports.

September 07, 2021 18:25

• Military's remains found in Nagorno-Karabakh

  In the Gadrut District, Karabakh rescuers have found a serviceman's remains. The total number of found bodies and remains of Armenian militaries has reached 1656.

September 07, 2021 18:14

• Scientists discuss Kadyrov's statement about history of Chechnya's statehood

  Most of North-Caucasian nations had no statehood until the Soviet power. The Shamil's Imamat cannot be considered a full-fledged state, while the activities of Sheikh Mansur were too ideological, historians have noted in their comments to the Ramzan Kadyrov's statement about Chechnya's statehood and people's heroes.