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15:32, 31 May 2021

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of May 24-30, 2021

Military incidents on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan; re-arrest of Ingush activist Akhmed Pogorov; FSB reports about the detention of suspected terrorists in the Stavropol Territory; deadline for accepting applications for participation in the parliamentary elections in Armenia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of May 24-30, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

Fatima Magomedova. Screenshot of the post https://www.instagram.com/p/CPL6KXXn9nd/?utm_medium=copy_link

10:47, 31 May 2021

"Goryanka of the Year" contest reminds of Dagestan people's traditions

Almost 170 applications had submitted for participation in the ethno-contest "Goryanka of the Year" ("Goryanka" means a highlander woman, – note of the "Caucasian Knot"). The winner was Fatima Magomedova from the village of Ratlub, Shamil District. The organizers and participants have noted the value of such contests for preserving the traditions of Dagestani nations and the interest of young people in them.

Khabib Nurmagomedov. Photo from his page on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/COx9tu8sSyt/

10:43, 31 May 2021

Dagestani fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov explains unwillingness to challenge Kadyrov's reproach

Ramzan Kadyrov's words are not offensive and require no reaction, Khabib Nurmagomedov has explained his refusal to debate with the head of Chechnya, who called the Dagestani fighter an "UFC project".

10:40, 31 May 2021

Pashinyan accuses Baku of trying to influence election outcomes in Armenia

Azerbaijan is provoking tensions on the Armenian border in order to influence the outcome of the Armenian parliamentary elections, Nikol Pashinyan, the Acting Premier, has stated and treated the Moscow's proposal to create a trilateral commission on the demarcation of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border as acceptable for Yerevan.

Nikol Pashinyan. Photo: Tigran Mehrabyan/PAN Photo via REUTERS

10:37, 31 May 2021

Pashinyan blames General Staff for situation on the border

After the war, instead of strengthening the borders, Onik Gasparyan, a former Armenian General Staff Commander, of was engaged in political intrigues, Nikol Pashinyan, the acting Prime Minister, has stated.

Timur Tumgoev. Screenshot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6M0HgKca6s

12:03, 30 May 2021

After prisoners' protest action, Tumgoev faces a new sentence

Timur Tumgoev, a native of Vladikavkaz, took part in a prisoners' hunger strike in the colony and cut himself in protest against custody conditions; now, he faces a new prison term under the article on disrupting the work of the correctional institution.

Syunik District of Armenia. Photo: Marcin Konsek, http://ru.wikipedia.org

11:32, 30 May 2021

Analysts point to political aspect of Armenian-Azerbaijani border conflict

If Russian peacemakers are placed on Armenian-Azerbaijani border, the parties may drag Russia into a conflict to be used against each other, the Russian military analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

Said-Mukhammad Djumaev (left) in a courtroom. Photo: Moscow Presnensky District Court

11:15, 30 May 2021

Prosecution requests five years in colony for Djumaev

The state prosecutor believes that Said-Mukhammad Djumaev, a native of Chechnya, deserves a punishment of five years in a general security colony, a source familiar with the trial has informed.

Border village of Norabak. Screenshot: Sputnik Armenia, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G05pSwTXErU

17:34, 29 May 2021

Armenia declares its readiness to withdraw troops from Azerbaijani border

Armenian militaries can be withdrawn from the Azerbaijani border at any moment, provided the simultaneous withdrawal of Azerbaijani troops, Nikol Pashinyan, the Acting Prime Minister of Armenia, has stated.

Screenshot: http://www.instagram.com/p/CPbGt-HHwxF/

16:56, 29 May 2021

Social network users outraged by unsanitary conditions on Makhachkala beaches

The Dagestan branch of the "Rospotrebnadzor" (Russian Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing) has banned swimming and bathing on the beaches of Makhachkala, explaining this by the risk of getting parasitic and intestinal infections. Instagram users demanded to liquidate the unsanitary status of beaches instead of closing them.

People in Place de la République in Paris pay tribute to Samuel Pati, a French teacher who was beheaded in the streets of a Parisian suburb, France, October 18, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Charles Platiau

16:29, 29 May 2021

France: rights defenders demand to stop deporting Chechen natives

French authorities are deliberately violating international rules by deporting natives of Chechnya from France to Russia, where they are at risk of torture and ill-treatment, French human rights defenders have declared in their joint statement.

Vladikavkaz, http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Владикавказ

13:55, 29 May 2021

Vladikavkaz: Conversation Club draws attention to problem of preserving Ossetian language

Lana Sokhieva, a young philologist from Vladikavkaz, has created a linguistic conversation club of the Ossetian language. The first session was attended by 13 people, but many residents of the republic are interested in the club, the creator has noted.

13:35, 29 May 2021

Detained opponents of Namakhvan HPP released

The Kutaisi City Court has postponed the trial of the protesters against the construction of a hydroelectric power plant (HPP) in the Rioni Gorge. Eight detainees were released in the courtroom.

The pastures in the Gegarkunik Region of Armenia. Photo: http://armenpress.am

08:45, 29 May 2021

Azerbaijani militaries' invasion deprived Kut villagers of their pastures

The pastures of the village of Kut in the Gegarkunik Region of Armenia have come under the control of Azerbaijani troops; and in the absence of land for cattle breeding, villagers will have to leave their houses, a local resident has stated.

Shamil Basayev. Photo: Natalia Medvedeva, http://ru.wikipedia.org

08:34, 29 May 2021

Relatives of Kuban resident treat the case of his participation in Basaev's raid on Dagestan as fabricated

The advocate of Alexander Ponomarenko, accused of involvement in the attack on Dagestan with the militants of Basaev and Khattab, has stated that the charges had not been proved; however, the court has upheld the decision to arrest him.

08:22, 29 May 2021

EU supports Pashinyan's idea of observers on Azerbaijani border

The Foreign Service of the European Union (EU) has welcomed the offer to place observers on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, urging the parties to start talks on the border delimitation.

A football match between the “Akhmat” and “Lokomotiv” teams. Photo: official website of the 'Lokomotiv' club, http://www.fclm.ru/ru

22:05, 28 May 2021

Chechen athletes continue Kadyrov’s immunity trend

While commenting on an attack on a referee and players of the Moscow football club during a match with the “Akhmat” Football Club (FC) in Grozny, human rights defenders Svetlana Gannushkina and Ruslan Kutaev have noted that in Chechnya, athletes feel like an elite and try to copy the behaviour of the republic’s leaders.

Erzi Nature Reserve. Screenshot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAWdOFjPpkc

21:43, 28 May 2021

Beating in Erzi Nature Reserve results from demarcation of border between Chechnya and Ingushetia

As a result of the agreement on the new administrative border between Ingushetia and Chechnya in September 2018, the third part of the Erzi Nature Reserve ended up on the territory of Chechnya. After the beating of the employees of the natural park, the work in the Chechen sector is no longer carried out, the administration of the Erzi Nature Reserve reports.

21:25, 28 May 2021

Kadyrov explains his threats to opponents of vaccination

In response to the media reports about threats against residents of Chechnya who do not want to be vaccinated against coronavirus, Ramzan Kadyrov has said that the tough anti-epidemic measures taken by the Chechen authorities do not contradict the policy of President Vladimir Putin.

Azerbaijani soldiers. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan

20:22, 28 May 2021

Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of wounding a soldier

The positions of the Azerbaijani armed forces were shelled from the Armenian side on the border with the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic, and soldier Elkhan Muradov was wounded as a result of the shelling attack, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported. Armenian military officials called the information unreliable.

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