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Talgi resident complains about systematic blackouts. Screenshot: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg4ZS6BjaPA/

17:08, 6 August 2022

Makhachkala townspeople complain about electricity and water supply outages

For several days already, the Makhachkala neighbourhood of Talgi faces problems with the supply of electricity, which also caused a failure of the pumps that supply water, local residents have complained.

Residents of Zegduleti hold a protest rally. Image made from video posted at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH0-waq8ilA

13:02, 6 August 2022

Residents of Zegduleti demanded to return their pastures

In the village of Zegduleti, Gori Municipality in Eastern Georgia, residents held a protest action, demanding from authorities to return their pasture lands that were sold out in 2008. They declared that would not allow the land owner to carry out agricultural works.

12:41, 6 August 2022

KBR residents in despair from their water supply problems

The cities of Chegem and Baksan and the villages of Nartan and Argudan are facing constant water shortages; but their utility bills come without recalculation, social network users from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) have complained. Regular complaints to authorities gave no fruits, they lamented.

A sapper working. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot

08:40, 6 August 2022

Azerbaijani military killed by mine explosion

Babek Aliev, a military serviceman of the Azerbaijani Army, was fatally wounded by a mine explosion in the Kelbadjar District, the Azeri Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

A man who filmed a video clip with a resident of Grozny walking along a Moscow beach with weapons. Screenshot: https://t.me/bazabazon/12678

08:27, 6 August 2022

Muscovite apologizes for filming Chechen with weapons on the beach

A video clip with obscene comments, in which a resident of Chechnya is walking along a Moscow beach with weapons, was followed by the author's apology to the hero of his clip. The Muscovite has admitted that he was "guilty" about the Chechen people and promised that this would not happen again.

Rally in Stepanakert, August 5, 2022. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot

08:16, 6 August 2022

Residents of Stepanakert called on Kremlin to put pressure on Azerbaijani authorities

At a rally, more than 50 Stepanakert townspeople have urged Russian authorities to influence Azerbaijan in order to achieve de-escalation of the Karabakh conflict and ensure local residents' safety.

Residents of Berdzor block the road after a meeting with the Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures of Nagorno-Karabakh. Screenshot: https://vk.com/video/@free_artsakh?z=video-17452458_456250619%2Fclub17452458%2Fpl_-17452458_-2

21:42, 5 August 2022

Residents of Karabakh villages outraged by demand to leave their homes

Residents of Berdzor blocked the road after a meeting with the Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures of Nagorno-Karabakh, at which the official announced that the people are to leave their houses in the communities of Berdzor, Akhavno, and Sous by August 25. The protest action of the residents stopped after the authorities promised that the government of Nagorno-Karabakh would assist in the move.

Yuri Rogulev, Pavel Zolotarev. Photo: https://www.tvc.ru/news/show/id/111161/, Khodarenok Mikhail, https://vpk-news.ru/photographs/gallery/378

20:54, 5 August 2022

HIMARS to be unlikely delivered to Georgia, experts say

US Congressman Adam Kinzinger voiced the proposal to transfer HIMARS multiple rocket launchers to Georgia on the eve of the elections, counting on the voters’ support, and the supply of those weapons to Georgia is unlikely, Yuri Rogulyov and Pavel Zolotaryov, experts on the US, point out.

A wall of the Georgian “Dedaena” bar. Photo: https://www.newsgeorgia.ge/tbilisskij-bar-vvel-vizy-dlja-rossijan-i-teper-s-nim-vojujut-v-socsetjah/

20:04, 5 August 2022

Georgian bar under attack on social media after introduction of “visas” for Russians

Google removed negative reviews about the Georgian “Dedaena” bar, which introduced a kind of “visas” for Russian citizens: in order to visit the bar, they are expected to condemn the special military operation in Ukraine and recognize the territorial integrity of Georgia.

Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan, https://mod.gov.az/az/news/azerbaycan-ordusunun-movqeleri-atese-tutulub-41236.html

19:51, 5 August 2022

Azerbaijani MoD did not confirm information about withdrawal of troops from heights in Karabakh

There are no changes in the operational situation in Nagorno-Karabakh, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reports today, without confirming the information that the Azerbaijani troops left the occupied heights. The reliability of reports about the withdrawal of troops is questionable, military expert Telman Abilov points out.

Crimean advocates Nazin Sheikhmambetov, Lilya Gemedji and Rustam Kyamilev (from left to right). Photo: crimean-solidarity.org https://www.facebook.com/crimeansolidarity/

19:36, 5 August 2022

Crimean lawyers associate deprivation of their status in Chechnya with political persecution

The Department for Chechnya of the Ministry of Justice has succeeded in pressure on the local bar association to withdraw the status of three of its former members working in Crimea. The disqualified lawyers associated the decision with political persecution and plan to appeal against it, human rights defenders report.

Armenian serviceman. Photo: http://www.mil.am

15:00, 5 August 2022

Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh state shelling

Over the last 24 hours, the positions of the Azerbaijani Army were shelled 12 times; three of them – from the territory of Armenia, and nine – from Karabakh, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed. Its Nagorno-Karabakh counterpart claims that the Azerbaijani Armed Forces violated the ceasefire regime by using small arms.

FSB agent. Screenshot: You Tube, https://www.yugopolis.ru

14:32, 5 August 2022

Law enforcers report preventing terror act in KChR

The man, who, according to the FSB (Russian Federal Security Bureau), was preparing a terror act in the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), has been detained. Law enforcers treat him as a supporter of the "Right-Wing Sector"*.

An unreliability stamp in a service ID of a serviceman who refuse to take part in the special operation in Ukraine. Photo by the Caucasian Knot

14:18, 5 August 2022

Rights defenders comment on stamping military IDs of those from Southern Russia who refuse to go to Ukraine

The command of the military unit puts an unreliability stamp into service IDs of those servicemen who refuse to take part in the special operation in Ukraine in order to intimidate others, the lawyers and human rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

Servicemen of the Azerbaijani Army. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan

11:02, 5 August 2022

Operation in Nagorno-Karabakh improves Azerbaijan's strategic dominance

As a result of the hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh, on August 3, the Azerbaijani Army occupied important heights that ensure control over strategically important roads on the border, the Baku analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent believe.

10:41, 5 August 2022

Eight people detained after attacking Azeri Embassy to UK

The unidentified persons who attacked the Azerbaijani Embassy to the United Kingdom raised religious flags and shouted radical religious slogans from the balcony of the building, the Azeri Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has stated.

08:34, 5 August 2022

Regulator announces Islamic banking project in Chechnya and Dagestan

The Central Bank of Russia has planned an experiment to develop Islamic banking in Chechnya and Dagestan; a pilot project will be launched in 2023.

Azerbaijani soldier. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan, https://mod.gov.az/

08:22, 5 August 2022

Russia's MoD finds four violations of ceasefire regime in Nagorno-Karabakh

During the past 24 hours, peacemakers recorded four ceasefire violations by the Azerbaijani party in Nagorno-Karabakh, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan. Photo: http://www.trend.az

23:39, 4 August 2022

Azerbaijani MFA considers accusations of violation of trilateral agreement hypocritical

Official Baku reacted to the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Armenia, which accused Azerbaijan of violating the trilateral ceasefire agreement. The reason for the aggravation of the situation was the failure of the Armenian side to comply with the clause of the agreement on the withdrawal of troops, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan stated.

Flag of Georgia. Photo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruyTOKuDAxE

23:30, 4 August 2022

Petition for visa regime for Russian citizens in Georgia gains more than 14,000 votes

Over 14,000 votes were received in the first day by a petition calling on the Georgian authorities to introduce a visa regime for citizens of Russia, as well as Belarus.

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