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September 27, 2021 23:20

• Armed people threaten blood feud on Tumso’s relatives in Chechnya

  Blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov and his brother claimed that the Chechen authorities had passed a blood feud warning to their relatives in the village of Starye Atagi. Armed men appeared in the village after the dispute between Tumso and the speaker of the Chechen parliament in a voice chat.

September 27, 2021 20:59

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of September 20-26, 2021

  Summing up the election results on a single voting day in Southern Russia; death of tourists on Mount Elbrus; Kadyrov’s threats against Zakaev, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of September 20-26, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

September 27, 2021 19:12

• On September 20-26, 2021, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of September 20-26, 2021, no killed or wounded in the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the “Caucasian Knot” based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

September 27, 2021 18:41

• Relatives of people killed in Karabakh war share their memories on anniversary of beginning of combat actions

  The war in Nagorno-Karabakh, which began a year ago, came as a surprise to civilians who had to leave their homes, said residents of Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot”.

September 27, 2021 13:49

• Armenia: IC updates Karabakh war casualties

  On the part of Armenia, in the Karabakh war that began a year ago, a total of 3781 persons perished; 253 other persons are still listed as missing, the Armenian Investigating Committee (IC) has informed.

September 27, 2021 13:21

• Three Chechen women publicly scolded for witchcraft

  On air of the state TV Channel Adam Elzhurkaev, the head of the Islamic Medicine Centre, has chastised three women from Chechnya for engaging in occultism.

September 27, 2021 11:12

• Analysts criticize Armenian authorities' passivity on anniversary of start of last autumn war

  Apart from the "Minute of Silence" in memory of those who perished during the 2020 autumn aggravation of the Karabakh conflict, Armenian authorities have planned no other events on the anniversary of the outbreak of hostilities. According to the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", the absence of authorities' attention to this issue is due to the fact that they have no Nagorno-Karabakh point on their agenda.

September 27, 2021 10:57

• In Batumi, "Dream City" townspeople demand housing from authorities

  In front of the Adjara government, a protest action was held by residents of the "Dream City" settlement, dissatisfied with the absence of information on the conditions for providing apartments in the buildings under construction.

September 27, 2021 10:44

• Yerevan residents commemorate victims of Karabakh war with torchlight march

  On September 26, in Yerevan, on the first anniversary of the start of the Karabakh war in 2020, a commemorative torchlight march was organized by activists of the "Ayastan" oppositional bloc.

September 27, 2021 10:27

• Kadyrov set election world record

  On September 26, the "InterRecord" Agency announced that at the 2021 election, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, set a new world record. "At elections of Russian regional leaders, the largest number of votes was won by Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Chechnya," reads a message posted on the Agency's Instagram page.

September 26, 2021 11:58

• Ingush villagers outraged by compensation amounts after natural disaster

  Authorities have significantly underestimated the compensation amounts to residents of the village of Nizhnie Achaluki after the flood; some victims were not included into the lists at all, local residents have complained. An analyst has stressed the authorities' duty to help all those who suffered the damage, while the officials have reported on the completion of payments.

September 26, 2021 11:53

• Festival of Ossetian pies attracts tourists to Vladikavkaz

  Tourists from all over Russia came to the festival of Ossetian pies in Vladikavkaz; all the city hotels are occupied, the festival organizers have stated.

September 26, 2021 04:38

• Khasavyurt resident accused of financing IS*

  The inquiry into a criminal case initiated against a resident of Khasavyurt accused of transferring money to a militant of the "Islamic State" (IS)*, a terrorist organization banned in Russia, is over, investigators have reported.

September 25, 2021 23:59

• Azerbaijani oppositionist, Niyameddin Akhmedov hospitalized in prison hospital

  The state of health of Niyameddin Akhmedov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has greatly deteriorated; he was hospitalized into the medical facility of the country's Penitentiary Service with suspected coronavirus.

September 25, 2021 23:57

• Azerbaijan hands over remains of person killed in Nagorno-Karabakh

  In Shusha, the Azerbaijani party has handed the remains of a soldier over to Karabakh rescuers, thus bringing the total number of bodies and remains of found Armenian militaries up to 1670.

September 25, 2021 15:02

• Georgia: 70 families cut off from outside world by landslides

  Landslides caused by a heavy rainfall have blocked the road to a village in the Lanchkhuti District of Georgia, where 40 families live, and to a village in the Ozurgeti District, inhabited by 30 families.

September 25, 2021 14:59

• Analysts explain Kadyrov's threats to Chechen Zakaev

  Akhmed Zakaev's anti-Kadyrov rhetoric has became harsher; therefore, it was followed by new threats from Ramzan Kadyrov and video clips offensive to Zakaev, the administrators of the "1Adat" Telegram channel and the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, have noted.

September 25, 2021 14:55

• Dagestan resident convicted of video calling for extremism

  A court has sentenced a resident of the Buynaksk District to two years of conditional imprisonment for posting videos calling for extremism.

September 25, 2021 14:50

• Azerbaijan: bodies of two villagers found in minefield

  The villagers, who went missing in July, have been found dead in a mined area on the border of Goygol and Kelbadjar Districts, the Azerbaijan Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has informed.

September 25, 2021 01:05

• Azerbaijani authorities announce changes in anti-COVID measures

  On October 1, Azerbaijan lifts restrictions on operation of public transport on weekends, and clubs, cinemas, and entertainment centres will resume their activities. To travel between cities and regions of the country by public transport, passengers will be required to produce a COVID passport.