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October 04, 2021 17:30

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of September 27-October 3, 2021

  Municipal elections and detention of Mikhail Saakashvili in Georgia; anniversary of the beginning of the Karabakh war in 2020; report by law enforcers on the prevention of a terror act and detention of gunsmiths in Southern Russia; pollution of the sea with oil products in Kuban, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of September 27-October 3, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

October 04, 2021 11:39

• Areni Wine Festival inspires Armenian winemakers

  More than 200 winemakers took part in a wine festival held in the Armenian village of Areni. Participation in the event allows increasing brand awareness and make useful contacts for increasing sales, winemakers believe.

October 04, 2021 11:34

• Chechen Bakaev treats his case as prosecution for his faith

  Ali Bakaev, a native of Chechnya, has stated that he was accused of organizing an attack on law enforcers in the village of Naurskaya not on the basis of proofs, but because of his affiliation to the Salafi trend of Islam. Russia is seeking Bakaev's deportation from Ukraine amid the massive inclusion of Caucasian natives there into sanctions lists, Evgeny Zakharov, the director of the Kharkov Human Rights Group, has stated.

October 03, 2021 11:24

• Social network users sceptical about prevented terror act in Cherkessk

  The detention in Cherkessk of a resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) with components for making a bomb is a performance staged by law enforcers for the sake of receiving benefits, social network users have suggested.

October 03, 2021 09:17

• "Georgian Dream" announces its victory at elections

  Without waiting for the official results from the Central Election Commission (CEC), Irakli Garibashvili, the Georgian Prime Minister, has congratulated the members of the ruling "Georgian Dream" Party on the victory at municipal elections.

October 03, 2021 08:02

• GYLA reports observers' expulsions from polling stations in Georgia

  The Georgian Young Lawyers' Association (GYLA) has stated that its observers came under pressure at polling stations where election violations were recorded. In three cases, observers were forced to leave polling stations.

October 02, 2021 22:14

• Observers claim violations at elections in Georgia

  At elections in Georgia, there were cases of observers' non-admission to polling stations and violations in drafting documents, the NGO named "Fair Elections" has stated.

October 02, 2021 21:53

• Analysts criticize results of Georgian CEC's check of placement "bloody banners"

  The Georgian Central Election Commission (CEC) has unreasonably recognized no violations of the law when placing "bloody banners" with images of oppositionists, Georgian analysts have stated.

October 02, 2021 21:24

• Historians doubt novelty of declassified materials about the execution of Jewish children from Teberda

  The case of the chief physician of the Teberda Resort in the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), who was involved in the murder of Jewish children in 1942, declassified by the Russian FSB (Federal Security Bureau), adds nothing new to what is already known, the historians interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have stated.

October 02, 2021 17:47

• Saakashvili's advocates complain about refusal to visit their client

  The administration of the Rustavi Prison is not letting the advocates of Mikhail Saakashvili, a former Georgian President, to visit him, despite the fact that he went on a hunger strike after detention.

October 02, 2021 13:41

• UN International Court of Justice schedules hearings on Armenian-Azerbaijani mutual claims

  The hearings on the claim on violations of the "International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination" lodged by Armenia against Azerbaijan will be held on October 14 and 15; and on the similar claim of Azerbaijan against Armenia – on October 18 and 19, the UN International Court of Justice has informed.

October 02, 2021 13:20

• Abkhaz Parliament refuses to dismiss MIA head

  Abkhaz MPs have held an emergency session in connection with the shooting in Sukhumi. The draft resolution on the removal of the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) from office failed to collect the required number of votes.

October 02, 2021 08:46

• Saakashvili goes on hunger strike in prison

  Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, the third president of Georgia, has declared a hunger strike, because he disagrees with the charges brought against him and treats himself as a political prisoner, Nino Lomdjariya, the country's Ombudsperson, has stated.

October 02, 2021 08:34

• Two oppositionists arrested after farmers' protest in Azerbaijan

  The court has ruled to apply an administrative arrest for two members of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), who joined the farmers' protest against the absence of water for irrigating fields in the Saatli District.

October 02, 2021 08:20

• Zurabishvili rules out Saakashvili's pardoning

  The Georgian President, Salome Zurabishvili, is not going to pardon the third president of the country, Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili. She stressed that "all are equal before the law."

October 01, 2021 23:02

• Mikhail Saakashvili detained in Georgia

  Law enforcers have detained Mikhail Saakashvili, the third president of Georgia, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili reports.

October 01, 2021 22:49

• Georgian President criticizes ruling party for reaction to Saakashvili’s statements

  Mocking the Mikhail Saakashvili’s statements about returning to Georgia is inappropriate, President Salome Zurabishvili emphasizes. She notes that it is public agencies which should comment on the situation, not the “Georgian Dream” Party.

October 01, 2021 17:19

• “UNM” Party confirms Saakashvili’s return to Georgia

  Mikhail Saakashvili is indeed in Batumi, but he will not appear in public officially until tomorrow, after the end of the voting in the municipal elections, the “United National Movement” (UNM) Party reports.

October 01, 2021 16:59

• A resident of Pskov Region returns home after escaping from slavery in Buynaksk

  Vladislav Platonenko, who managed to escape from labour slavery in Buynaksk, returned to the Pskov Region. He intends to file a complaint to the police about torture at a brick factory.

October 01, 2021 14:03

• Saakashvili announces his participation in voting at elections

  Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili has released a video message filmed amid streets of Batumi, again calling on his supporters to vote at the municipal elections, and the next day to march in columns towards Tbilisi. The politician has stressed that on October 2, he intends to personally take part in the voting at a polling station.