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Asker Sokht, an activist, has posted the received response of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), which found his demand to prosecute Mikhail Leontiev, the press secretary of the "Rosneft" Company, for speaking out about Circassians groundless. Mr Sokht called on Circassians to achieve Leontiev's punishment.

Most events on the Adygs' (Circassians') Day were held in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) in the online mode due to coronavirus. The expediency of the holiday has caused a discussion on the Instagram.

In Amman, Circassians responded to the initiative of the "Jordanian Association of Caucasian Circassians' Friends" and held a solidarity action with the activist, Martin Kochesoko, ahead of the trial of his case in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) scheduled for September 22.

Circassian activists began collecting signatures to the petition addressed to the Public Prosecutor General demanding to punish Mikhail Leontiev, a journalist and press secretary of the "Rosneft", who spoke out against the demolition of the Monument to the Feat of Russian Soldiers in Adler.

The insulting statements of blogger, Artemy Lebedev, about the Circassians should not go unpunished, said Aslan Dokhov, a resident of Nalchik, who publicly inflicted wounds on himself in protest against the insufficient, in his opinion, reaction of the authorities to Lebedev's words.

Spread of the coronavirus infection in the Caucasus; public outcry around a video with Chechen native's self-humiliation for cooperation with a Telegram channel, nomination of Mikhail Saakashvili for the post of Georgian Prime Minister, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of September 7-13, 2020, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Relatives in Dagestan and Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) received the eleven children returned from the Middle East. Four other children from the Astrakhan Region, Dagestan and Chechnya remain in hospital.

After a medical examination, the children will be handed over to their relatives in Astrakhan, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, and Chechnya, reports Anna Kuznetsova, Children's Rights Commissioner under the President of Russia.

Coronavirus infection spread statistics in the Caucasus; mourning events in connection with the anniversary of the terror act in Beslan; Day of Knowledge with enhanced sanitary measures; scheduling of parliamentary elections in Georgia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of August 31-September 6, 2020, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

The criminal prosecution of Martin Kochesoko has to do with his social and political activities and is of an ordered nature, public figures of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) said in their appeal to Murat Kumpilov, the head of the Republic of Adygea.

Spread of the coronavirus infection in the Caucasus; unrest in Tskhinvali after the detainee's death; capture of an Armenian officer in Azerbaijan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of August 24-30, 2020, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

An initiative group of Verkhniy Kurkuzhin villagers is seeking a meeting with Kazbek Kokov, the head of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), to discuss the case initiated against Martin Kochesoko. His fellow villagers are sure of his innocence.

The court considers a case against Khasanbi Indreev, a native of Kabardino-Balkaria, accused of complicity in terrorism. Khasanbi Indreev was sentenced for aiding and abetting militants, but the criminal case against him was artificially divided into two, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reported.

Law enforcement bodies should deal with solving serious crimes, and not prosecute a pensioner for a hemp bush growing in his garden, Instagram users have commented on the news of the suicide of a resident of the village of Nartkala.

During a search conducted in the yard of Nikolai Zakharchenko, a resident of the village of Nartkala, law enforcers deliberately walked to the place where the hemp bush was found; while at the police station, they persuaded him to sign empty protocols, the wife of the 85-year-old pensioner who had committed suicide asserts. The widow intends to rehabilitate him, the "Mediazona" reports.