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22:25, 30 August 2022

Kadyrov supports reconciliation of Tamaev and Dibirov amid his threats to athletes

The leader of Chechnya stated that after the intervention of Aina Gamzatova, a spouse of the Mufti of Dagestan, the conflict between athletes-bloggers Askhab Tamaev from Chechnya and Dibir Makhmudov from Dagestan was settled. The Ramzan Kadyrov’s call for reconciliation came after his threats against Chechen athletes who behave inappropriately outside the republic.

Nikol Pashinyan (left) and Alham Aliyev during a meeting in Vienna, March 29, 2019. Photo: official website of the Government of Armenia, www.gov.am

18:43, 30 August 2022

Analysts assess alignment of forces before meeting of Aliev and Pashinyan in Brussels

The Ilham Aliev’s position in the upcoming negotiations is stronger against the backdrop of the transfer to Azerbaijan of Lachin and two villages, Azerbaijani analysts Togrul Djuvarly and Mekhman Aliev point out.

Armenian and Azerbaijani border checkpoints. Photo: https://lurer.com/?p=465932&l=ru

18:07, 30 August 2022

Azerbaijan announces transfer of 1713 bodies of military personnel to Armenia

After the trilateral declaration had been signed on November 10, 2020, the remains of 1713 Armenian military personnel were found and transferred to Armenia, reported Ismail Akhundov, the secretary of the State Commission of Azerbaijan for Prisoners of War, Hostages, and Missing Persons.

CTO in Khasavyurt in May 2020. Photo: NAC press service, http://nac.gov.ru/sites/default/files/styles/full_size/public/rd_goksuv_22_maya_2020.mp4_snapshot_00.11_2020.05.22_19.46.17.jpg

15:14, 30 August 2022

The week of August 22-28 passed without conflict victims in Northern Caucasus

During the week from August 22 to August 28, 2022, during the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, there were no reports about any casualties or wounded persons. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Panorama of state dachas in Pitsunda. Photo: https://delvaneo.ru/journalism/gosdacha-khrushcheva/istoriya-stroitelstva-gosdach-8-9-10-v-pitsunde.html

14:55, 30 August 2022

Abkhaz activists oppose transfer of land in Pitsunda to Russia

At their meeting with the Russian ambassador, female activists from Abkhazia, who oppose the transfer of the state dacha in Pitsunda to Russia, stated that the alienation of this territory would provoke anti-Russian sentiments in the society.

The Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic, Azerbaijan. Photo: User:Sefer azeri from az.wikipedia.org - http://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Şəkil:Əlincəçay_xanəgahı_Naxçıvan.jpg

12:01, 30 August 2022

Azeri politicians criticize Armenia's proposal on routes to Nakhichevan

The transport routes offered by Armenia for Azerbaijan's communication with the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR) are unprofitable for Baku, and are a ploy to disrupt the Zangezur Corridor project, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

A new group of fighters undergoes training courses at the Russian Special Forces University located in Grozny. Screenshot: https://vk.com/kadyr0v_95

11:36, 30 August 2022

Kadyrov reports sending new group of fighters to Ukraine

After training at the Russian Special Troops University, another group of volunteers has flown from Grozny Airport to the special military operation, the head of Chechnya has announced.

Mikhail Saakashvili (right) in a courtroom. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtb5QF28d6Q

11:16, 30 August 2022

Saakashvili's case aggravates Georgian authorities' foreign policy risks

Two foreign doctors have received a temporary license from the Georgian Ministry of Public Health and have already examined Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili. The West will not leave unanswered any confirmation of the abuse of power against Saakashvili, local analysts have pointed out.

A protest action in Stepanakert, August 29, 2022. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot

08:59, 30 August 2022

After meeting president, Karabakh activists stage rally

The activists, dissatisfied with the transfer of the Lachin Corridor to Azerbaijan and the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh, have demanded resignation of high-ranking officials. After meeting with the president, they gathered a mass rally in Stepanakert.

Darya Andreeva. Photo courtesy of Darya Andreeva

08:36, 30 August 2022

Stavropol activist reports pressure on her mother

Policemen have repeatedly visited the mother of Darya Andreeva, an activist from the town of Georgievsk, insisting that Darya and her husband, who had been fined for discrediting the army, return to Russia. The activist has treated these visits as law enforcers' pressure.

Armored personnel carrier with Ossetian fighters, 2008. Photo: vk.com

21:53, 29 August 2022

Menyailo demands to recruit detachments of volunteers to be sent to Ukraine

The heads of the regions of North Ossetia should form detachments of volunteers to be sent to Ukraine, and this is a new criterion for evaluating the work of municipal officials, Sergey Menyailo, the leader of the republic, announces.

View of the road section between the villages of Mets Shen and Hin Shen. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot

21:32, 29 August 2022

Launch of a new road from Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia scheduled for August 30

The traffic along the alternative route to the Lachin Corridor to Armenia will be open on the evening of August 30, the office of the President of Nagorno-Karabakh reports today.

20:22, 29 August 2022

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 22-28, 2022

Persecution of pacifists in Southern Russia; Ramzan Kadyrov’s reaction to the accusations of the Security Service of Ukraine; deployment of the Azerbaijani security forces in Lachin, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of August 22-28, 2022, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

The Lachin Corridor in under control of the Russian peacekeepers. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot

19:15, 29 August 2022

Azerbaijani analysts explain new tasks of peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh

According to experts interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot”, Russian peacekeepers will stay in the Lachin Corridor until the launch of an alternative road from Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia, and then they will change their location and take control of the new route.

Mikhail Saakashvili. Photo: https://vestikavkaza.ru/news/v-gruzii-vnov-otlozili-sud-na-saakasvili.html

19:02, 29 August 2022

Georgian Ministry For Public Health allows foreign doctors visiting Saakashvili

Today, one of the foreign doctors admitted by the Georgian Ministry for Public Health to examine former President Mikhail Saakashvili has arrived at a Tbilisi clinic. He and his colleagues should examine whether the former Georgian President is seriously ill and whether his illness prevents him from serving his sentence, a politician’s advocate reports.

Solo picket in support of Gadjiev. Screenshot: https://t.me/chernovik/36113

18:49, 29 August 2022

Gadjiev’s colleagues hold pickets in Makhachkala

In Makhachkala, two solo pickets were held by journalists Magomed Magomedov and Idris Yusupov with the demand to stop the criminal prosecution of Abdulmumin Gadjiev and to release political prisoners.

Parents of the military servicemen who perished in the autumn war of 2020 hold a protest action at the General Prosecutor’s Office, July 2022. Image made from video posted by Baku TV at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v-aTFwQ7Ac&t=1s

13:26, 29 August 2022

Relatives of perished Armenian soldiers call on to arrest Pashinyan

Parents of the Armenian soldiers who perished in the 2020 Karabakh war have announced a protest action demanding to arrest Nikol Pashinyan, the Premier, inviting political forces and activists to join them.

Prevention of a terrorist act in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic. Photo courtesy of the press service of the NAC: http://nac.gov.ru/terrorizmu-net/fsb/fsb-rossii-predotvratila-terakt-v-karachaevo-cherkesskoy.html

13:12, 29 August 2022

NCFD republics are among top five in number of terrorist crimes

In January-July, 2022, Dagestan registered the largest number of terrorist crimes among Russian regions – it follows from the data of the Russia's General Prosecutor's Office (GPO). The top five of the rating also includes Ingushetia, Chechnya and Kabardino-Balkaria.

Flowers and candles at a portrait of Inal Djabiev. Screenshot: https://www.instagram.com/p/CKlMRR1rjtq/

12:38, 29 August 2022

Two years after Djabiev's death, court fails to find perpetrators

The General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has failed yet with the demand voiced out by the court on August 1 to eliminate violations in the case of the death of Inal Djabiev, Sergey Bitiev, the Acting Public Prosecutor of South Ossetia has informed. Those guilty of Djabiev's death remain unpunished for two years, Telegram users have pointed out.

Visitors who were condemned by a resident of Dagestan. Image made from video posted at the Telegram channel Dagestanskiye Izvestiya; https://t.me/dagizvestiya/9804

12:21, 29 August 2022

Video with public condemnation of tourists in Dagestan angers Internet users

The author of the video with remarks to tourists visiting Dagestan about their appearance behaved aggressively and was sparking the conflict despite the tourists' apologies, Telegram users have noted in the comments to the video.

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