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July 12, 2021 15:27

• After Lashkarava's death, activists expand protest geography

  Journalists and opposition supporters took to large-scale actions in Tbilisi and other large cities of Georgia demanding resignation of the government and an inquiry into the death of Lekso Lashkarava, a cameraman of the "TV-Pirveli" Company.

July 12, 2021 13:44

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of July 5-11, 2021

  Disrupted “March of Dignity” in Tbilisi; flooding in Kuban; attack on policemen in Grozny; protests against the construction of a road in the Volga-Akhtuba floodplain, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 5-11, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

July 12, 2021 12:07

• Remains of three servicemen found in Gadrut District

  Karabakh rescuers found remains of three more persons who perished in battlefield in Nagorno-Karabakh. The total number of bodies and remains of Armenian militaries found has reached 1604.

July 12, 2021 11:43

• Stabbing law enforcers in Grozny was the eighth attack in NCFD since May 2018

  The armed incident in Grozny was at least the eighth attack on policemen with knives in Northern Caucasus since May 2018. Five attacks were committed in 2019.

July 12, 2021 11:34

• TV operator dies after being beaten up at anti-LGBT action in Tbilisi

  Relatives found Lekso Lashkarava, a cameraman of the "TV-Pirveli" Company, who was beaten up during riots at actions against the gay parade in Tbilisi, dead.

July 11, 2021 11:51

• In KChR mosques collective prayers suspended due to COVID-19

  All the collective and Friday namazes (prayers) have been suspended in the mosques of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) by the decision of the republic’s Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) due to the spread of coronavirus. Believers are advised to hold the Eid al-Adha prayers in mosque yards or in spacious places.

July 11, 2021 11:27

• Armed incident in Chechnya is the second in 2021

  The attack by a man with a knife on policemen in Grozny was the second armed incident in Chechnya since the start of 2021.

July 11, 2021 11:13

• Armenia refutes information about shelling Azerbaijani militaries

  The information of the Azerbaijani party about the shelling of the positions of its militaries stationed in the Gadabay District by Armenia has nothing to do with reality, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

July 10, 2021 17:06

• Four suspects of attacking journalists detained in Tbilisi

  Four detainees in Tbilisi within the case of attacking journalists are charged with obstructing the work of media professionals, as well as with using insults and physical violence, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has informed.

July 10, 2021 16:31

• Azerbaijan accused Armenia of shelling its border positions

  In the evening on July 9, positions of the Azerbaijani Army deployed in the border Gadabay District were shelled from Armenia, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated today.

July 10, 2021 15:40

• Georgian village cut off from the outside world by landslide

  The only road leading to the high-mountainous Georgian village of Omalo has been blocked by a landslide.

July 10, 2021 15:11

• After returning from Syria, Dagestani children handed over to relatives

  Thirteen children brought back from Syria have been handed over to their relatives in Dagestan, said Marina Ezhova, the children’s ombudsperson in the region.

July 10, 2021 12:29

• Residents of Abkhazia reproach authorities for delay with compensations after disasters

  The help to victims of natural calamities will be allocated from the reserve fund of the President of Abkhazia, the authorities have informed. However, some residents of Abkhazia, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", complain that issues of help allocation are solved for months.

July 10, 2021 12:16

• Two person kidnapped in Ingushetia

  Mikail Gorchkhanov and Anzor Pliev have been kidnapped from the village of Plievo, their relatives have informed.

July 10, 2021 12:02

• Vorotan village head detained within case of bribing voters

  Investigators have detained Suren Ogandjanyan, the head of the Vorotan village community, who was accused of providing financial support to villagers provided they vote for “Aiastan” bloc.

July 10, 2021 08:51

• Akhmednabiev’s killers remain unpunished for eight years

  During eight years, investigators have failed to find either the executor or the customer of the murder of the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, Akhmednabi Akhmednabiev, who was shot dead in Dagestan on July 9, 2013.

July 10, 2021 08:37

• Rights defenders explain new wave of activists’ persecutions in Azerbaijan

  The detentions of activists, Djalil Zabidov and Razi Gumbatov, was the expected authorities’ reaction to the growth of protest moods in the network, indicating a trend towards "tightening the screws", the human rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" assert.

July 10, 2021 08:25

• Residents of Chechnya denied entry to mosques without vaccination certificates

  Policemen checked the presence of vaccination certificates on those wishing to attend the Friday prayers; believers were allowed to enter mosques only with certificates, local residents have informed.

July 09, 2021 22:54

• Akhmed Khupsergenov requests police to investigate killing of his brother

  Relatives of Khasanbi Khupsirgenov, who was killed during a special operation in Kabardino-Balkaria, requested the police to investigate the circumstances of his death after they had discovered signs of torture on his body, human rights defenders said.

July 09, 2021 22:40

• Four LGBT opponents arrested for attacks on journalists in Tbilisi

  Today, a court has pronounced a pre-trial restriction measure for four men accused of using violence and obstructing the professional activities of journalists during the actions organized by opponents of the gay pride parade in Tbilisi on July 5-6.