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September 07, 2021 16:34

• Georgia's Ombudsperson demands to punish organizers of riots in Tbilisi

  More than two months have passed since the mass attacks on journalists in Tbilisi, but the organizers of the riots have not yet been punished, Nino Lomdjariya, the Georgian Ombudsperson, has stated. The accusations against Zurab Makharadze, an activist of the "Alt-Info", and the Archpriest, Spiridon Tskipurishvili, are insufficiently justified, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has stated.

September 07, 2021 16:28

• US citizen extradited from South Ossetia for trespassing

  In South Ossetia, in the Dzau District, agents of the State Security Committee (known as KGB) have detained and expelled to Georgia a US citizen who had violated the border.

September 07, 2021 16:14

• Khalimat Taramova's friend announces her departure from Russia

  Anna Manylova has left Russia, explaining this by the threats she received after Khalimat Taramova's escape from her relatives in Chechnya.

September 07, 2021 16:08

• Woman from Chechnya was publicly scolded for her complaints about absence of water

  Local elders have condemned the woman from the village of Alkhazurovo, who complained about problems with water supply. The old-timers preferred to deny the existence of problems, rather than contribute to solution thereof, Instagram users have pointed out.

September 07, 2021 11:36

• Court refuses to satisfy the libel suit against Azerbaijani blogger Guseinov

  The material, in which the son of Azerbaijani ex-minister of transport saw slander, was posted from a fake profile that had nothing to do with Mekhman Guseinov, the court has concluded. Guseinov called the court's decision to be a precedent.

September 07, 2021 11:33

• Azerbaijan and Turkey conduct military exercises in Lachin District

  On September 6, Azerbaijani and Turkish militaries launched their joint exercises in the Lachin District, across which the corridor connecting Yerevan and Stepanakert passes.

September 06, 2021 23:59

• In Chechnya, new mosque named after a relative of Ramzan Kadyrov

  The Djamlail Alikhanov (formerly Gikalo) village has opened a mosque for 2400 people, named after Abdul-Kadyr, a great-grandfather of the leader of Chechnya. Earlier, mosques, named after the father, mother, uncle, and grandfather of Ramzan Kadyrov, were opened in the republic.

September 06, 2021 23:57

• Russian peacekeepers report protecting grape pickers in Nagorno-Karabakh

  At a request of residents of the Askeran District, Russian peacekeepers ensured their safety while the local residents were harvesting grapes near the demarcation line in Nagorno-Karabakh, the Russian Ministry of Defence reported.

September 06, 2021 23:51

• FSB reports prevention of terror acts in Ingushetia

  In Ingushetia, four supporters of the terrorist organization “Islamic State” (IS, a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court, – note of the “Caucasian Knot”), were detained, who were plotting attacks on law enforcers, the FSB Public Relations Centre reported.

September 06, 2021 21:58

• On August 30-September 5, 2021, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of August 30-September 5, 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 06, 2021 14:26

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 30-September 5, 2021

  Seventeenth anniversary of the terror act in Beslan; ECtHR’s decision on the murder of Natalia Estemirova; verdict of guilty to an activist from Nalchik; refusal of the Georgian authorities from the EU’s assistance; MIA’s decision on life-long expulsion of comic Mirzalizade from Russia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of August 30-September 5, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

September 06, 2021 14:08

• Rights defenders assess sincerity of Khalimat Taramova's words

  Khalimat Taramova has recorded a video under pressure, Svetlana Anokhina has suggested. Information noise only aggravates the situation around the Taramov family, and the request to leave her alone is understandable, Saida Sirazhudinova has noted.

September 06, 2021 14:06

• "Alternativa" reports new fugitive from labour slavery in Dagestan

  A native of the Chelyabinsk Region has escaped from a factory in Dagestan, where he was in labour slavery, the "Alternativa" movement has reported. Commentators have called on the police to pay attention to the problem of forced labour in Dagestan.

September 06, 2021 14:04

• EU urges to open checkpoints on South-Ossetian-Georgian border

  South-Ossetian villagers cannot visit their relatives in Georgia, as well as receive pensions and proper medical care. This was stated by the European Union (EU) in its call on the authorities of South Ossetia and Russia to reopen the checkpoints on the Georgian border.

September 06, 2021 14:00

• Taramova's friend treats her video appeal as staged

  The video appeal in which Khalimat Taramova asked to leave her family alone was recorded under pressure, her friend has suggested. Instagram users have called on to stop discussing the Taramova's topic.

September 06, 2021 11:50

• Video appeal of Chechen girl, Khalimat Taramova, appears in social network

  Khalimat Taramova, a native of Chechnya, who had tried to escape from her family, has stated in her video appeal that everything was fine with her, and asked not to spread rumours about her harassment in the family.

September 06, 2021 11:47

• Azerbaijan denies allegations of burning down pastures near Sotk

  Azerbaijani militaries were not involved in the fires near the Armenian village of Sotk, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has assured in response to accusations of setting pastures on fire.

September 05, 2021 12:03

• Georgia condemns banner installation on demarcation line with South Ossetia

  The Georgia's State Security Service (SSS) has treated the installation of warning signs on the South-Ossetian side of the demarcation line as destructive.

September 05, 2021 11:36

• Residents of Chechnya are sceptical about Kadyrov's words that extortions in schools are inadmissible

  Parents of Chechen schoolchildren have stated on the Instagram that they will not follow Ramzan Kadyrov's call and will not dare complaining about school extortions. The practice of claiming money will continue after the statement of the head of Chechnya about its inadmissibility, social network users have suggested.

September 05, 2021 11:09

• Tseretilova claims her children cannot study at school

  Nina Tseretilova has treated her ex-husband's statement that their three children began studying at the Buynaksk school as a lie. She asserts that nobody has taught the children since last December; they are not certified for the third and fourth quarters of the school year.