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August 16, 2022 23:25

• Former Kuban official blames investigators for his death

  Today, the body of Leonid Gutrits, the former head of the Gulkevichi District, was found near the building of the local prosecutor’s office, and the media reported that the official left a suicide note. Lawsuits have been going on against the official for several years in a case on fraud and a case on the death of a child in a water park, local advocate Sergey Zemtsov reports.

August 16, 2022 19:15

• Azerbaijan reports discovery of minefield at Sarybaba height

  A minefield was discovered at the Sarybaba height, which was returned under the control of Baku during the “Retribution” operation on August 3.

August 16, 2022 18:46

• Social media users ask about punishment for inappropriate behaviour of Chechens on vacation

  Information about the raids of Chechen law enforcers on the resorts of Northern Caucasus frightened residents of Chechnya, and part of the vacationers decided to return home. This was reported by an author of a comment on the “Caucasian Knot”. Several social media users suggested that young people who did not follow the rules of conduct prescribed in Chechnya on vacation could be expected to be sent to Ukraine.

August 16, 2022 15:21

• Family from Elista fined for picketing in defence of freedom of speech

  The Elista City Court has fined a local resident and her daughter by 10,000 roubles each, and her son – by 20,000 roubles for their pickets in defence of the freedom of speech that were not sanctioned by the authorities. All the family members were charged with violating the rules for holding a rally.

August 16, 2022 15:08

• South-Ossetian MoD's staff reacts negatively to dismissal of their boss

  After the dismissal of Vladimir Pukhaev, the head of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of South Ossetia, his several subordinates wrote resignations reports in solidarity with their boss, an MoD's source has informed.

August 16, 2022 14:21

• Body of 16th casualty found under rubbles of Yerevan mall

  16 people perished and 17 others are still missing as a result of an explosion and subsequent fire that occurred at the "Surmalu" shopping centre (mall) in Yerevan, the Armenian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) has informed.

August 16, 2022 10:54

• Azerbaijani activist arrested after returning from Germany

  Anar Aliev, an activist who came from Germany to visit his sick father, was arrested in Azerbaijan on charges of large-scale drug dealing; and his wife was banned from leaving the country. She said that Anar had confessed under pressure.

August 16, 2022 08:28

• Azerbaijan: opposition party activist arrested for 30 days

  Elnur Shakhverdiev, a member of the Astara district branch of the oppositional Republican Alternative (ReAl) Party, has been arrested on charges of drug use. The activist's relatives and a party representative have doubted the credibility of charges, suggesting that Shakhverdiev was persecuted for criticizing authorities.

August 16, 2022 08:18

• Week of August 8-14 passed without victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week from August 8 to August 14, 2022, there were no reports about any casualties or wounded persons during the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the monitoring run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own sources and information from open sources.

August 16, 2022 08:06

• Rescuers find bodies of two more fire casualties in "Surmalu"

  The death toll from the explosion and fire at the "Surmalu" shopping centre in Yerevan has risen to 10.

August 15, 2022 23:04

• Aishat Kadyrova’s fashion house faces second lawsuit within a year

  Until August 29, the Aishat Kadyrova’s fashion house “Firdaws” is to provide explanations to the Moscow Arbitration Court on a claim filed by the Joint-Stock Company (JSC) “Condé Nast” publishing house, which demanded to return a debt and pay a penalty.

August 15, 2022 21:58

• Death toll in Yerevan explosion rises to seven

  In Yerevan, rescuers removed the body of the seventh victim from the ruins of the “Surmalu” shopping centre. The number of missing people has risen to 17.

August 15, 2022 19:39

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 8-14, 2022

  Persecution of pacifists in the southern regions of Russia; explosion in a shopping centre in Yerevan; events in Georgia and South Ossetia on the occasion of the 14th anniversary of the start of the “Five-Day War”; complaints about torture from convicts after an attack on prison warders in Kalmykia; completion of the construction of a road along the new route of the Lachin corridor, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of August 8-14, 2022, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

August 15, 2022 19:36

• Baku police refuse to institute a case on beating of journalist Aslanov in a penal colony

  When explaining the refusal to institute a criminal case, the police said that a warder and prisoners of an Azerbaijani penal colony did not confirm the information that journalist Polad Aslanov was beaten by a cellmate.

August 15, 2022 19:19

• Video of a tourist’s apology to Dagestani residents provokes a discussion on social media

  A tourist who tried to find a deserted place to spend time with a woman in the mountains of Dagestan posted a video with an apology to residents of the republic. Guests of Dagestan should respect local customs, some users of the “VKontakte” media outlet point out. Their opponents considered unacceptable the behaviour of local residents who rudely scolded the couple.

August 15, 2022 19:02

• Ingush resident suspected of discrediting Russian Armed Forces after a comment on social media

  The police and the FSB suspected a resident of Ingushetia of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces because of his comment on a social media outlet, posted four days before the start of the special military operation.

August 15, 2022 13:32

• Defence treats charges against Circassian activist Naptugov of extremism as unjustified

  Aslan Naptugov, a resident of Cherkessk, and 10 other natives of the Karachay-Cherkessian Repuvlic (KChR) were accused of extremism because of their social activities, an advocate has suggested.

August 15, 2022 13:14

• Despite authorities' warning, Akhavno villager burns his house down

  Despite the warnings pronounced by Nagorno-Karabakh authorities not to burn or damage their houses prior to abandoning them, a resident of the village of Akhavno has burned down his house, filmed the process and posted it in social networks.

August 15, 2022 11:29

• North-Ossetian residents outraged by tourists' photos from "City of the Dead"

  After tourists have posted in social networks their photos with the remains of those buried in the Dargavs Necropolis, residents of North Ossetia have again demanded from authorities to close the "City of the Dead" for visiting.

August 15, 2022 11:08

• Georgian political analysts support visas for Russians

  The uncontrolled inflow of Russian citizens is a threat to Georgia's security and economy, since it is not known what goals they pursue when coming into the country, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted.