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July 06, 2021 14:45

• Opposition criticizes Georgian authorities after riots in Tbilisi

  Thirteen Georgian oppositional parties have issued a joint appeal, in which they criticized the Georgian authorities, reproaching them for encouraging mass violence during the riots in Tbilisi; they have also stated the intentional police’s inaction.

July 06, 2021 14:06

• Azerbaijani sappers report demining of 3326 hectares

  After the last autumn aggravation of the Karabakh conflict, sappers have demined 3326 hectares and defused almost 22,000 anti-tank and anti-personnel mines, as well as unexploded ordnances, the Azerbaijani National Anti-Mine Agency (ANAMA) has informed.

July 06, 2021 11:11

• Russian tourists note disregard for anti-Covid-19 restrictions in Abkhazia

  Neither local residents nor tourists wear medical masks; they fail to observe social distance and behave as if there is no pandemic, vacationers from Russia told the "Caucasian Knot".

July 06, 2021 10:56

• Number of those who suffered at action of LGBT opponents in Tbilisi reaches 55

  In central Tbilisi, at the action held by opponents of the “March of Dignity”, 55 persons suffered, including 53 journalists, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has informed. Human rights defenders have accused the police of inaction.

July 06, 2021 08:38

• Dagestani activists urge Pushkina to talk to Taramova in private

  Oksana Pushkina, a Russian State Duma MP, who has expressed a desire to meet Khalimat Taramova, who had been abducted from the Makhachkala shelter, should talk to the girl in private, since she will not tell about her true situation in the presence of her relatives, activists of the “Marem” initiative group assert.

July 06, 2021 08:27

• FSB reveals details of terror acts prevented in Southern Russia

  The alleged militant from the Astrakhan Region shot dead by law enforcers had planned to commit attacks with firearms and cold weapons, while the five persons liquidated in the counterterrorist operation (CTO) conducted in Kabardino-Balkaria had prepared to blow up Muslim buildings, the Russian FSB (Federal Security Bureau) has informed.

July 05, 2021 22:55

• Eight journalists hospitalized after attacks in Tbilisi

  Following the broadcasts of Georgian TV Channels, attacks on journalists who were covering the action of opponents of the “March of Dignity” in the centre of Tbilisi were broadcast live, but the police did not detain the attackers.

July 05, 2021 22:39

• Human rights defenders suggest CTO in Nalchik could be staged

  Human rights defenders interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot” note that there are examples in different regions of Northern Caucasus, when law enforcers kidnapped people and then reported their killing during detention and those examples speak in favour of the version of a staged special operation in Kabardino-Balkaria.

July 05, 2021 21:50

• Organizers cancel gay pride parade in Tbilisi

  The inaction of the police and the Georgian government amid the aggression of the opponents to the “March of Dignity” forced the LGBT community to abandon the action scheduled for today, its organizers report.

July 05, 2021 17:42

• Five journalists injured at rally of LGBT opponents in Tbilisi

  In Tbilisi, at least five journalists and cameramen were injured during attacks of activists protesting against the gay pride parade.

July 05, 2021 17:29

• On June 28-July 4, 2021, five persons killed in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of June 28-July 4, 2021, at least five persons were killed in the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded 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.

July 05, 2021 16:50

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of June 28-July 4, 2021

  Special operations in Nalchik and Astrakhan; compulsory vaccination against coronavirus in Southern Russia; start of the LGBT week in Tbilisi, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of June 28-July 4, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

July 05, 2021 14:33

• Video of namaz dispute at children’s playground sparks resonance in Dagestani publics

  In Moscow, a passer-by entered into a dispute with a woman who tried to drive out a Muslim who was performing namaz at the children’s playground. Users of Dagestani publics have approved the passer-by's behaviour and criticized the woman's attitude.

July 05, 2021 14:17

• Trade unions point to legality of miners' strike in Tkibuli

  At the Mindeli Mine located in the city of Tkibuli, about 200 miners continue their protest action demanding a fixed increase in wages; the miners were supported by their trade union; however, the “Saknakhshiri” Mining Company treats the strike as illegal.

July 05, 2021 11:42

• Children of natives of four regions of Northern Caucasus taken away from Syria

  More than 20 children who were in a refugee camp in the conflict zone in the Middle East have been brought to Moscow. They will be handed over to their relatives in Dagestan, Chechnya, Karachay-Cherkessia and Stavropol Territory, Anna Kuznetsova, the Russian children's ombudsperson, has reported.

July 05, 2021 11:24

• LGBT Opponents stand up for Georgian Patriarchy

  Participants of the rally in Tbilisi have called on to stop attacks on the Georgian Orthodox Church for the fact that the Patriarchate opposed the holding of a gay parade.

July 05, 2021 11:11

• Sources tell about kidnapping of five persons before CTO in Nalchik

  Prior to the counterterrorist operation (CTO) conducted in Nalchik, five persons later declared as liquidated militants, had been kidnapped, sources assert. The CTO was a staged Nadezhda Kevorkova, a journalist, has suggested.

July 05, 2021 10:59

• Chechen authorities restrict occupancy rate of mosques and temples to 50 percent

  In Chechnya, the coronavirus operative headquarters has decided to limit the occupancy rate of mosques and temples by 50%, provided that parishioners wear masks and present their vaccination certificates, the TASS informs with reference to Rita Termulaeva, the head of “Rospotrebnadzor” branch in Chechnya.

July 04, 2021 11:06

• Court in Azerbaijan lifts grave crime charges from Armenian militaries

  Twelve Armenian military servicemen will be set free in Azerbaijan according to a Baku court decision. They were found guilty of illegally crossing the Azerbaijani border, while charges of committing grave crimes have been dropped from them.

July 04, 2021 11:05

• Azerbaijan hands fifteen detained Armenian militaries over to Armenia

  With Russia’s mediation, in exchange for minefield maps in Fizuli and Zangilan, Azerbaijan handed over to Armenia 15 prisoners of war (POWs) sentenced to imprisonment by the court, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has informed.