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August 31, 2022 00:00

• Dagestani resident publicly apologizes for his conflict with natives of Chechnya

  A resident of Dagestan apologized to the Chechen people for insulting remarks made during a conflict with natives of the republic, follows from a video posted today by Ramzan Kadyrov.

August 30, 2022 23:04

• Ali Aliev’s advocate claims being not allowed to visit his client

  For eight days already, a defender of Azerbaijani oppositionist Ali Aliev has been seeking a visit to his client in the Baku (SIZO (pre-trial prison). All these days, Ali Aliev has been denied phone conversations with his relatives, the advocate reports.

August 30, 2022 22:44

• Twelve Ingush policemen sentenced

  A court sentenced Ingush policemen, accused of disobeying an order to disperse protesters in Magas in March 2019, to a year and a half of suspended imprisonment.

August 30, 2022 22:25

• Kadyrov supports reconciliation of Tamaev and Dibirov amid his threats to athletes

  The leader of Chechnya stated that after the intervention of Aina Gamzatova, a spouse of the Mufti of Dagestan, the conflict between athletes-bloggers Askhab Tamaev from Chechnya and Dibir Makhmudov from Dagestan was settled. The Ramzan Kadyrov’s call for reconciliation came after his threats against Chechen athletes who behave inappropriately outside the republic.

August 30, 2022 18:43

• Analysts assess alignment of forces before meeting of Aliev and Pashinyan in Brussels

  The Ilham Aliev’s position in the upcoming negotiations is stronger against the backdrop of the transfer to Azerbaijan of Lachin and two villages, Azerbaijani analysts Togrul Djuvarly and Mekhman Aliev point out.

August 30, 2022 18:07

• Azerbaijan announces transfer of 1713 bodies of military personnel to Armenia

  After the trilateral declaration had been signed on November 10, 2020, the remains of 1713 Armenian military personnel were found and transferred to Armenia, reported Ismail Akhundov, the secretary of the State Commission of Azerbaijan for Prisoners of War, Hostages, and Missing Persons.

August 30, 2022 15:14

• The week of August 22-28 passed without conflict victims in Northern Caucasus

  During the week from August 22 to August 28, 2022, during the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, there were no reports about any casualties or wounded persons. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

August 30, 2022 14:55

• Abkhaz activists oppose transfer of land in Pitsunda to Russia

  At their meeting with the Russian ambassador, female activists from Abkhazia, who oppose the transfer of the state dacha in Pitsunda to Russia, stated that the alienation of this territory would provoke anti-Russian sentiments in the society.

August 30, 2022 12:01

• Azeri politicians criticize Armenia's proposal on routes to Nakhichevan

  The transport routes offered by Armenia for Azerbaijan's communication with the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR) are unprofitable for Baku, and are a ploy to disrupt the Zangezur Corridor project, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

August 30, 2022 11:36

• Kadyrov reports sending new group of fighters to Ukraine

  After training at the Russian Special Troops University, another group of volunteers has flown from Grozny Airport to the special military operation, the head of Chechnya has announced.

August 30, 2022 11:16

• Saakashvili's case aggravates Georgian authorities' foreign policy risks

  Two foreign doctors have received a temporary license from the Georgian Ministry of Public Health and have already examined Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili. The West will not leave unanswered any confirmation of the abuse of power against Saakashvili, local analysts have pointed out.

August 30, 2022 08:59

• After meeting president, Karabakh activists stage rally

  The activists, dissatisfied with the transfer of the Lachin Corridor to Azerbaijan and the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh, have demanded resignation of high-ranking officials. After meeting with the president, they gathered a mass rally in Stepanakert.

August 30, 2022 08:36

• Stavropol activist reports pressure on her mother

  Policemen have repeatedly visited the mother of Darya Andreeva, an activist from the town of Georgievsk, insisting that Darya and her husband, who had been fined for discrediting the army, return to Russia. The activist has treated these visits as law enforcers' pressure.

August 29, 2022 21:53

• Menyailo demands to recruit detachments of volunteers to be sent to Ukraine

  The heads of the regions of North Ossetia should form detachments of volunteers to be sent to Ukraine, and this is a new criterion for evaluating the work of municipal officials, Sergey Menyailo, the leader of the republic, announces.

August 29, 2022 21:32

• Launch of a new road from Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia scheduled for August 30

  The traffic along the alternative route to the Lachin Corridor to Armenia will be open on the evening of August 30, the office of the President of Nagorno-Karabakh reports today.

August 29, 2022 20:22

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 22-28, 2022

  Persecution of pacifists in Southern Russia; Ramzan Kadyrov’s reaction to the accusations of the Security Service of Ukraine; deployment of the Azerbaijani security forces in Lachin, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of August 22-28, 2022, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

August 29, 2022 19:15

• Azerbaijani analysts explain new tasks of peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh

  According to experts interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot”, Russian peacekeepers will stay in the Lachin Corridor until the launch of an alternative road from Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia, and then they will change their location and take control of the new route.

August 29, 2022 19:02

• Georgian Ministry For Public Health allows foreign doctors visiting Saakashvili

  Today, one of the foreign doctors admitted by the Georgian Ministry for Public Health to examine former President Mikhail Saakashvili has arrived at a Tbilisi clinic. He and his colleagues should examine whether the former Georgian President is seriously ill and whether his illness prevents him from serving his sentence, a politician’s advocate reports.

August 29, 2022 18:49

• Gadjiev’s colleagues hold pickets in Makhachkala

  In Makhachkala, two solo pickets were held by journalists Magomed Magomedov and Idris Yusupov with the demand to stop the criminal prosecution of Abdulmumin Gadjiev and to release political prisoners.

August 29, 2022 13:26

• Relatives of perished Armenian soldiers call on to arrest Pashinyan

  Parents of the Armenian soldiers who perished in the 2020 Karabakh war have announced a protest action demanding to arrest Nikol Pashinyan, the Premier, inviting political forces and activists to join them.