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August 23, 2021 16:09

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 16-22, 2021

  Victims of shelling attacks at the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan; conflict in a Dagestani village over the imam appointment; new flooding in Kuban; verdict against Chechen native Djumaev in a case on participation in a rally for Navalny; echo of Afghanistan in the Caucasus, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of August 16-22, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

August 23, 2021 14:02

• Week of August 16-22 passed without victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week from August 16 to August 22, 2021, during the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, no information about any casualties or wounded persons was reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.

August 23, 2021 11:26

• Chechen theologian publicly scolds detainees for witchcraft

  Adam Elzhurkaev, the head of the Centre for Islamic Medicine, has talked to the persons detained for the provision of occult services, the "Grozny" TV Channel reports. One detained woman has pled guilty and asked to pardon her only after the theologian asked her to do it "for the TV report."

August 23, 2021 11:24

• Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of border shelling

  The positions of Azerbaijani militaries stationed in the villages located on the border of the Kelbadjar District were shelled from machine guns by Armenia, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

August 22, 2021 11:53

• South-Ossetia oppositionists call for no-confidence vote to government

  Fourteen South-Ossetian MPs have demanded to discuss the no confidence in the government at the parliament session. Authorities have failed with their promises to index salaries and are hiding the results of the audit of budget spending, the oppositionists assert.

August 22, 2021 11:37

• Armenia and Azerbaijan return to pre-war shelling frequency on border

  Shelling on the contact line of Armenian and Azerbaijani troops has become as regular as before the autumn war of 2020, but the sides are not using heavy weapons now, the military experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted.

August 22, 2021 11:20

• Analysts explain absence election campaigning in Chechnya

  The outcome of direct election for the head of Chechnya is defined; and election campaigning in the republic is senseless, Magomed Khamidov, a political analyst, and Ruslan Kutaev, President of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations, believe.

August 21, 2021 18:49

• Ugulava's candidacy for Poti Mayor sparks disputes among Georgian opposition

  Nika Meliya, the chairman of the "United National Movement" (UNM), has named Gigi Ugulava, a former Tbilisi Mayor, to be the only oppositional candidate for the post of Mayor of the city of Poti instead of Tina Bokuchava. The "European Georgia" Party has pointed to the absence of approval of Ugulava's candidacy; and the wife of the party chairman has criticized the former Mayor.

August 21, 2021 18:36

• Azerbaijan claims shelling of its positions by Armenia

  Positions of the Azerbaijani Army were shelled on the border with Armenia and in Karabakh, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

August 21, 2021 18:13

• Abkhaz authorities estimate damage caused by downpours at 80 million roubles

  The total damage from heavy downpours that hit Abkhazia in July and August has amounted to more than 80 million roubles. The disaster affected 231 houses and 242 social objects. Authorities continue calculating the losses.

August 21, 2021 11:36

• Residents of Svetly Yar settlement complain about water absence

  Because of an accident, the dwelling settlement of Svetly Yar has no water supply for three days. It stopped in the morning on August 18, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed. He visited Svetly Yar on August 20. There was still no water in the houses.

August 21, 2021 11:24

• 58 Azerbaijani citizens wait for returning home in Dagestani camp

  In two weeks, almost 60 Azerbaijanis gathered in the "Ogonyok" camp located in the Kaitag District, mostly those who urgently need to get home. The Azerbaijani authorities fail to announce the next date for opening the border, the camp tenants interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have informed.

August 21, 2021 11:10

• New Agvali Imam introduced to local parish

  The council of religious leaders has chosen the Imam from the village of Verkhnee Gakvari as the new Imam for the Agvali mosque and introduced him to the local jamaat, residents have informed.

August 21, 2021 08:51

• Dagestan remains outsider in vaccination rating

  In Chechnya, a total of 30.3% of the population has received both doses of coronavirus vaccine, while Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria and North Ossetia remain in the last places in terms of the proportion of those vaccinated, the RBC (RosBiznesConsulting) has informed.

August 21, 2021 08:31

• Conflict in Agvali shows villagers' distrust in Muftiate

  Muslims of the Tsumada District have opposed themselves to Muftiate supporters throughout Dagestan and lost the opportunity to pray in the mosque; while Instagram users have criticized the supporters of the new Agvali Imam.

August 20, 2021 22:22

• Two protesters against construction of a high-rise building detained in Yerevan

  Today, in Yerevan, a clash has occurred between the police and residents of the city, who are protesting against the construction of a 12-storey building with underground parking.

August 20, 2021 22:09

• Director of water park in Volzhsky suspected of violating rights of visitors

  An administrative case was instituted against the director of the water park in Volzhsky, which employees refused to let a family with a disabled child in, the “Rospotrebnadzor” (Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare) reports.

August 20, 2021 20:12

• 16 Georgian citizens evacuated from Afghanistan

  Employees of a foreign company flew out of Kabul and will return to Georgia today, the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) reports. According to the diplomats, the above employees are the last Georgian citizens remaining in Afghanistan.

August 20, 2021 19:58

• Local residents report a new round of conflict in Agvali village

  Today, on the outskirts of the Dagestani village of Agvali, where residents have chosen a new imam, many people have gathered to announce the appointment of an imam from another village, local residents report. The police took control over the entrance to the village.

August 20, 2021 19:44

• BCA leaves oppositionist Gumbatov in custody

  The Baku Court of Appeal did not grant a complaint filed against the arrest of Agil Gumbatov, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan. The oppositionist himself retracted his testimony in court, his advocate reported.