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January 06, 2022 11:13

• Ingushetia and Chechnya set records in number of divorces

  In January-November 2021, all the regions of the Southern and North-Caucasian Federal Districts (SFD and NCFD) saw more divorces than in the same period of 2020, according to the data released by the "Rosstat" (Russian Federal Statistics Service). Ingushetia and Chechnya were the so-called "anti-leaders" in terms of the increase in the number of divorces, where their number increased by 218% and 163%, respectively.

January 06, 2022 10:58

• Pashinyan announces sending CSTO peacemakers to Kazakhstan

  After the appeal of the President of Kazakhstan, where mass actions are underway, accompanied by protesters' clashes with law enforcers, it was decided to send peacemakers in order to stabilize the situation in the country, Nikol Pashinyan, the Armenian Prime Minister, has stated.

January 06, 2022 08:52

• Kadyrov draws parallels between Kazakhstan and Chechnya

  Ramzan Kadyrov has reacted to the events in Kazakhstan, by urging the protesters against the authorities there to behave peacefully and not to destroy their state. Kadyrov has stated this during a live broadcast with Magomed Daudov, the Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, on the lord_095 page on the Instagram.

January 06, 2022 08:41

• Georgian authorities state new coronavirus wave

  Georgia sees a new wave of coronavirus infection, Amiran Gamkrelidze, the head of the National Centre for Disease Control has stated and urged the country population to speed up the vaccination process.

January 06, 2022 08:29

• Azeri AZAL airline cancels flights to Almaty

  The AZAL temporarily suspends its flights to Almaty, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told at the press service of the airline.

January 05, 2022 22:13

• Georgian citizen detained at border with South Ossetia

  The authorities of Georgia demand to release a person detained on the border with South Ossetia, the Georgian State Security Service reports today. According to sources, the detained person is Lasha Khereteli, who earlier spent a year in a Tskhinvali prison for crossing the border illegally.

January 05, 2022 21:54

• Forensic experts refuse to recognize death of Ipatov from Sochi as a suicide

  According to a medical certificate on death of Yevgeny Ipatov from Sochi, who was found dead after recording a video with a story of torture by law enforcers, an examination of his body did not allow forensic experts to consider his death a suicide or a murder.

January 05, 2022 18:06

• Prosecutors ignore Yagublu’s complaint about beating by law enforcers

  Today, Azerbaijani oppositionist Tofig Yagublu has announced that the prosecutor’s office did not inform him within the time limit provided for by the law about the start of an investigation into his complaint about beating.

January 05, 2022 17:52

• Petition in defence of Karabakh place names gains over 3000 signatures

  After the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Azerbaijan requested Google to leave only Azerbaijani place names (toponyms) on the maps, activists compiled a petition stating that Google should prevent the removal of Armenian place names (toponyms) from the maps of Nagorno-Karabakh. The petition gained 3043 signatures in two days.

January 05, 2022 14:53

• Rise in bread prices sparks discontent among Azerbaijan residents

  After the New Year, bread prices went up in Azerbaijani stores, which was a surprise to buyers, the local residents interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have complained.

January 05, 2022 14:38

• Police cordon off bus station in Volgograd after planted bomb report

  After receiving a message about mining, policemen examine the bus station in Volgograd, the Instagram-public h_volgograd informed at night on January 5.

January 05, 2022 11:24

• Court fines Dagestani resident for posting IS'* flag

  The Tabasaran District Court of Dagestan has fined a local resident by 1000 roubles for placing the black flag of the "Islamic State" (IS)*, a terrorist organization, on the Internet.

January 05, 2022 11:07

• Within murder case of former Novokuli village head, arrest of two "Rosgvardiya" fighters extended

  A district court of Makhachkala has extended for a month the arrest of Salman and Suleiman Kurbanov, the servicemen of the "Rosgvardiya" (Russian National Guard), accused of murdering Abakar Kaplanov, a former head of the village of Novokuli, the Dagestani Supreme Court (SC) has informed.

January 05, 2022 08:31

• Ingush resident placed under house arrest after conflict with son of Chechen SC's deputy head

  In Ingushetia, Ibragim Aushev, a participant in the road conflict with Rasul Usmaev, a son of the deputy head of the Chechen Security Council (SC), has been placed under house arrest.

January 05, 2022 08:19

• Chechen police report about no carjacks in 2021

  In 2021, not a single carjack was registered in Chechnya; and the only case of carjack was not a vehicle theft, the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has stated in response to data that the republic was among the regions with a high number of carjacks.

January 04, 2022 22:34

• Azerbaijani border guard arrested for killing three of his colleagues

  Junior Sergeant Elkhan Avazly is charged with killing three border guards, and he is taken into custody, the General Prosecutor’s Office of Azerbaijan reports.

January 04, 2022 22:19

• In Abkhazia, region administration head removed from office after shooting in Sukhumi

  The President of Abkhazia removed from office Beslan Bigvava, the head of the Ochamchira District, who was involved as a suspect in a case on shooting and wounding a person in a Sukhumi restaurant on the New Year’s Eve.

January 04, 2022 18:41

• Officer of Kadyrov police regiment explains his words about “invaders” in Grozny

  A post mentioning the thousands of “invaders” killed during an assault on Grozny by federal troops in 1994 was about terrorists and war criminals, says Captain Ilyas Soltaev from the Akhmat Kadyrov special-purpose police regiment. According to him, the posted phrase was misinterpreted by “Internet provocateurs.”

January 04, 2022 18:23

• Law enforcers interfere with inauguration ceremony of Mayor in Vardenis

  The police did not allow opposition-elected Mayor of Vardenis to enter the Mayoralty and explained that the ruling party had challenged his election in court. Agaron Khachatryan had to take the oath in the street.

January 04, 2022 18:11

• Orthodox Christmas “Alilo” procession cancelled in Georgia

  This year, the traditional festive Orthodox Christmas “Alilo” procession will not take place in connection with the coronavirus pandemic, but on January 7, an action of raising Christmas donations will take place in Tbilisi, the Patriarchate of Georgian reports.