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May 31, 2021 23:15

• On May 24-30, 2021, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of May 24-30, 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.

May 31, 2021 23:06

• Relatives of missing soldiers block a street in Yerevan

  Today, members of the families of soldiers, missing in action during the autumn war in Nagorno-Karabakh, have blocked Geratsi Street in Yerevan. The protestors claim discrepancies in the official information concerning the number of the dead bodies found. The relatives of the missing soldiers were met by officers from the scientific and practical centre of forensic medicine, and after the meeting, the traffic along the street was restored.

May 31, 2021 21:08

• Investigators again refuse to inquire into beating Mozdok resident by law enforcer

  The Investigating Committee for North Ossetia has once again refused to initiate a criminal case against the law enforcer, whom Rostislav Melnichenko, a resident of Mozdok, accuses of beating. Earlier, the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Russia found a similar decision to be illegal.

May 31, 2021 21:05

• ASFS reacts to reports on shootout at border

  Reports of an armed conflict on the border with Armenia have nothing to do with reality, the Azerbaijani State Frontier Service (ASFS) has stated.

May 31, 2021 15:32

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of May 24-30, 2021

  Military incidents on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan; re-arrest of Ingush activist Akhmed Pogorov; FSB reports about the detention of suspected terrorists in the Stavropol Territory; deadline for accepting applications for participation in the parliamentary elections in Armenia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of May 24-30, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

May 31, 2021 10:47

• "Goryanka of the Year" contest reminds of Dagestan people's traditions

  Almost 170 applications had submitted for participation in the ethno-contest "Goryanka of the Year" ("Goryanka" means a highlander woman, – note of the "Caucasian Knot"). The winner was Fatima Magomedova from the village of Ratlub, Shamil District. The organizers and participants have noted the value of such contests for preserving the traditions of Dagestani nations and the interest of young people in them.

May 31, 2021 10:43

• Dagestani fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov explains unwillingness to challenge Kadyrov's reproach

  Ramzan Kadyrov's words are not offensive and require no reaction, Khabib Nurmagomedov has explained his refusal to debate with the head of Chechnya, who called the Dagestani fighter an "UFC project".

May 31, 2021 10:40

• Pashinyan accuses Baku of trying to influence election outcomes in Armenia

  Azerbaijan is provoking tensions on the Armenian border in order to influence the outcome of the Armenian parliamentary elections, Nikol Pashinyan, the Acting Premier, has stated and treated the Moscow's proposal to create a trilateral commission on the demarcation of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border as acceptable for Yerevan.

May 31, 2021 10:37

• Pashinyan blames General Staff for situation on the border

  After the war, instead of strengthening the borders, Onik Gasparyan, a former Armenian General Staff Commander, of was engaged in political intrigues, Nikol Pashinyan, the acting Prime Minister, has stated.

May 30, 2021 12:03

• After prisoners' protest action, Tumgoev faces a new sentence

  Timur Tumgoev, a native of Vladikavkaz, took part in a prisoners' hunger strike in the colony and cut himself in protest against custody conditions; now, he faces a new prison term under the article on disrupting the work of the correctional institution.

May 30, 2021 11:32

• Analysts point to political aspect of Armenian-Azerbaijani border conflict

  If Russian peacemakers are placed on Armenian-Azerbaijani border, the parties may drag Russia into a conflict to be used against each other, the Russian military analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

May 30, 2021 11:15

• Prosecution requests five years in colony for Djumaev

  The state prosecutor believes that Said-Mukhammad Djumaev, a native of Chechnya, deserves a punishment of five years in a general security colony, a source familiar with the trial has informed.

May 29, 2021 17:34

• Armenia declares its readiness to withdraw troops from Azerbaijani border

  Armenian militaries can be withdrawn from the Azerbaijani border at any moment, provided the simultaneous withdrawal of Azerbaijani troops, Nikol Pashinyan, the Acting Prime Minister of Armenia, has stated.

May 29, 2021 16:56

• Social network users outraged by unsanitary conditions on Makhachkala beaches

  The Dagestan branch of the "Rospotrebnadzor" (Russian Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing) has banned swimming and bathing on the beaches of Makhachkala, explaining this by the risk of getting parasitic and intestinal infections. Instagram users demanded to liquidate the unsanitary status of beaches instead of closing them.

May 29, 2021 16:29

• France: rights defenders demand to stop deporting Chechen natives

  French authorities are deliberately violating international rules by deporting natives of Chechnya from France to Russia, where they are at risk of torture and ill-treatment, French human rights defenders have declared in their joint statement.

May 29, 2021 13:55

• Vladikavkaz: Conversation Club draws attention to problem of preserving Ossetian language

  Lana Sokhieva, a young philologist from Vladikavkaz, has created a linguistic conversation club of the Ossetian language. The first session was attended by 13 people, but many residents of the republic are interested in the club, the creator has noted.

May 29, 2021 13:35

• Detained opponents of Namakhvan HPP released

  The Kutaisi City Court has postponed the trial of the protesters against the construction of a hydroelectric power plant (HPP) in the Rioni Gorge. Eight detainees were released in the courtroom.

May 29, 2021 08:45

• Azerbaijani militaries' invasion deprived Kut villagers of their pastures

  The pastures of the village of Kut in the Gegarkunik Region of Armenia have come under the control of Azerbaijani troops; and in the absence of land for cattle breeding, villagers will have to leave their houses, a local resident has stated.

May 29, 2021 08:34

• Relatives of Kuban resident treat the case of his participation in Basaev's raid on Dagestan as fabricated

  The advocate of Alexander Ponomarenko, accused of involvement in the attack on Dagestan with the militants of Basaev and Khattab, has stated that the charges had not been proved; however, the court has upheld the decision to arrest him.

May 29, 2021 08:22

• EU supports Pashinyan's idea of observers on Azerbaijani border

  The Foreign Service of the European Union (EU) has welcomed the offer to place observers on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, urging the parties to start talks on the border delimitation.