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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has adopted a resolution demanding from Azerbaijan to release all the Armenian prisoners of war (POWs), and urging both parties to conduct an inquiry into the committed war crimes.

During the week of September 20-26, 2021, no killed or wounded in the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the “Caucasian Knot” based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

The mitigation of punishment for former employees of the Yaroslavl penal colony, accused of torturing Abubakar Tsagalaev, a native of Chechnya, is not grounded, the “Public Verdict” human rights foundation* claims.

A court dismissed a complaint filed by oppositionist Alizamin Salaev about torture in a penal colony. Alizamin Salaev, who went on a hunger strike in protest against torture, was beaten for refusing to participate in discrediting the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, his colleague party member suggested.

Ibragim Toleshov has been sentenced to two years in prison for sending money to a member of a terrorist grouping in Syria, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has reported.

The Tskhinvali City Court has demanded from the Prosecutor's Office (PO) to add information in the case of Inal Djabiev's death.

Magdi, a brother of Khadjimurad Kamalov, the founder of the Dagestani "Chernovik" (Draft) weekly, who was killed in March 2018, had earlier declared the innocence of the defendants, and now has confirmed his position at the court session. He has stated that there was no conflict of his brother with Shamil Isaev, a former republic's Vice-Premier, who was treated as the customer of the murder.