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October 16, 2021 10:34

• Residents of Northern Caucasus mark Kosta Khetagurov's 162nd birthday

  Memorable events dedicated to the birthday of Kosta Khetagurov, a poet, a painter and the founder of the Ossetian literature, were held at the museum-estate in Stavropol.

October 16, 2021 10:19

• Natives of Chechnya suspected of attempted lynching of policeman after accident in Yugra

  Chechen natives are suspected of trying to lynch the policeman who collided with their compatriot's car; the road accident occurred in the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug (KhMAO), investigators have informed.

October 16, 2021 07:57

• After voyage to Turkey, Kadyrov's assistant posts video with excuses

  Ramzan Kadyrov did not avoid meeting his critics during his trip to Turkey, Akhmed Dudaev, the Chechen Minister for Press, has stated in response to accusations against of the head of the republic of cowardice.

October 16, 2021 00:51

• Prisoners stage riots in Vladikavkaz colony

  About six hundred inmates have organized riots at the maximum security penal colony in North Ossetia because a conflict with the colony administration, sources have reported.

October 15, 2021 23:02

• Armenia accuses Azerbaijan of shelling a village

  Today, the village of Yeraskh and the nearby military positions have been shelled from the Azerbaijani direction, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia reports.

October 15, 2021 22:41

• HRC “Memorial”* criticizes law enforcers after attack on its office

  Law enforcers who arrived at the Moscow office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”* after a report on an attempt to disrupt the screening, used force against employees of the HRC’s office and spectators and unreasonably kept them in the building for several hours, the NGO reported.

October 15, 2021 19:04

• Brother of blogger Khalitov condemns him and supports Kadyrov

  A brother of blogger Khasan Khalitov, living in Turkey, used harsh words to condemn him for criticizing the authorities of Chechnya.

October 15, 2021 18:41

• Karabakh war veterans claim difficulties with employment in Azerbaijan

  Veterans of the Karabakh war and family members of the killed soldiers and officers are offered by the Azerbaijani authorities the low-paid jobs as builders and waiters, and owners of cars and land plots are refused to be recognized as unemployed, participants of the combat actions in Nagorno-Karabakh complain.

October 15, 2021 18:27

• Nagorno-Karabakh accuses Azerbaijan of shelling an ambulance

  This morning, the Azerbaijani armed forces have shelled a Karabakh military ambulance, no one was injured, the Ministry of Defence of the unrecognized republic reports. The Azerbaijani side claims that the ambulance was used for provocation.

October 15, 2021 14:23

• Blogger Khalitov makes appointment for Akhmed Dudaev in Turkey

  In his video message addressed to Akhmed Dudaev, the Minister of the Press of Chechnya, Khasan Khalitov, a blogger living in Turkey, has announced his location and invited his opponent to meet. Earlier, Minister Dudaev reproached members of the Chechen Diaspora in Turkey for evading a meeting.

October 15, 2021 14:11

• The "Promised Caucasus" Festival draws attention to culture of mountain Jews

  The events of the "Promised Caucasus" Festival in Derbent have revealed the culture of mountain Jews in the context of other cultures with which it is intertwined, said Anatoly Golubovsky, the Culture Advisor to the President of the Russian Jewish Congress. Old-timers know and remember the contribution of the Jewish community to the city culture, Robert Ilishaev, the head of the local Jewish community, has stated.

October 15, 2021 12:27

• Tbilisi: large action in support of Saakashvili reveals opposition' protest potential

  The large-scale rally held by supporters of Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, a former president of Georgia, has become a serious argument of the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party in favour of its intentions, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

October 15, 2021 12:13

• Six Karabakh militaries wounded near Nor Shen village

  Azerbaijani militaries have attacked the positions of the Karabakh Army near the village of Nor Shen; six servicemen were seriously wounded, the Nagorno-Karabakh Ombudsperson has informed.

October 15, 2021 11:48

• Azeri MoD announces serviceman's death

  An Azerbaijani military serviceman was killed by a sniper's shot made from the responsibility area of Russian peacemakers in Karabakh. The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has treated the incident as a terror act.

October 15, 2021 08:54

• ECtHR awards compensation to Azeri human rights organization

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ordered Azerbaijani authorities to pay 24,900 euros to the Resource Centre for Democracy and Human Rights, as well as to its head, Asabali Mustafaev, for an unjustified blocking of bank accounts and a ban on leaving the country.

October 15, 2021 08:42

• Tseretilova's children returned to mother after intervention of Chechen law enforcers

  Magomed Tseretilov tried to secure the defence of Chechen authorities in his conflict with his ex-wife over his children, but in the end, after a talk with Chechen law enforcers and court marshals, he handed the children over to Nina Tseretilova, a resident of Dagestan.

October 15, 2021 08:28

• Moscow office of HRC "Memorial"* attacked

  A group of young people burst into the office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"*, when a film about the journalist Gareth Jones was screened there.

October 14, 2021 23:16

• ECtHR communicates a case on murder of Akhmednabiev

  The European Court of Human Rights communicated the complaints filed by relatives of killed Dagestani journalists Akhmednabi Akhmednabiev and Khadjimurad Kamalov and combined the two cases into one proceeding.

October 14, 2021 22:42

• In Dagestan, FSB detains persons suspected of financing militants

  The FSB reports that 14 people suspected of financing Syrian militants were detained in seven regions of Russia, including Dagestan.

October 14, 2021 19:40

• Kadyrov’s trip to Turkey raises questions about his interest in detention of six Russian citizens

  An unofficial visit of Ramzan Kadyrov to Turkey may be connected with his attempt to influence the situation with the detention of natives of Chechnya in a case on espionage, political analyst Alexei Malashenko suggests. Ramzan Kadyrov travelled to Turkey in connection with criticism from opponents, Caucasian expert Ruslan Kutaev objects.