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May 27, 2021 11:06

• Rioni Gorge defenders leave Tbilisi after protests

  The last protest action against the construction of the Namakhvan hydroelectric power plant (HPP) on the Rioni River was held in Tbilisi. Now, protesters move their actions to the Imereti Region, to the construction site of the HPP.

May 27, 2021 08:46

• Four natives from Northern Caucasus detained in France

  In the Lower Rhine Region, law enforcers detained three minor Chechen natives and one adult; they are suspected of preparing a terror act, French media have reported. The Russian Embassy to Germany is verifying this information.

May 27, 2021 08:33

• Law enforcers take Pogorov from hospital for interrogation

  On May 26, Akhmed Pogorov, an Ingush activist, transferred to house arrest, was hospitalized due to his health deterioration. However, law enforcers used a reanimobile to take him from hospital to Essentuki for conducting some investigative actions.

May 26, 2021 23:43

• Armenian MoD considers accusations of Azerbaijan a provocation

  The Armenian military personnel did not fire a single shot in the direction of Azerbaijan, the Ministry Defence (MoD) of Armenia reports today. Armenian military officials requested Azerbaijan to withdraw its soldiers from the territory of Armenia immediately.

May 26, 2021 23:28

• Erzi Nature Reserve employees report details of conflict on border with Chechnya

  On May 21, the incident with the beating of four employees of the Erzi Nature Reserve took place on the territory of the Sunzha District of Chechnya, employees of the Erzi Nature Reserve told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent. They preferred to remain anonymous.

May 26, 2021 20:27

• Azerbaijan claims a shelling attack from Armenia

  During three days, the Armenian military personnel were shelling the positions of the Azerbaijani armed forces in the Kelbadjar and Gadabay District, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reports today.

May 26, 2021 20:08

• Organizers apologize for fashion show in Makhachkala

  The demonstration of a transparent dress at a fashion show in Makhachkala provoked am outburst of indignation on Instagram. Organizers of the fashion show disseminated a video message, in which they called the incident “an unfortunate mistake.”

May 26, 2021 13:42

• Kadyrov promises problems with treatment for refusing to get vaccinated

  Residents of Chechnya are massively refusing to get vaccinated against coronavirus and spread conspiracy theories in social networks; such people should be the last to receive medical care, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated.

May 26, 2021 13:16

• Rights defenders demand to resume inquiry into torture of four Anapa residents

  A Krasnodar court has upheld the termination of the criminal case on the torture of Anapa residents, Artyom Ponomarchuk, Aram Arustamyan, Karen and Erik Engoyan, detained in 2015, the Committee against Torture (CaT) has informed. Defence intends to appeal against this decision.

May 26, 2021 11:31

• Analysts in Yerevan claim capture of strategic heights by Azerbaijan

  The Azerbaijani militaries have occupied strategic heights in Armenia in order to take control over all the roads leading to Karvachar, the military analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

May 26, 2021 11:14

• "Rosgvardia" fighters refuse from being victims in Ingush protest leaders' case

  The employees of the "Rosgvardia" (Russian National Guard) interrogated at the Essentuki City Court have stated that they did not know the defendants  and refuse to be treated as the suffered party under the case of the protest action in Magas, Magomed Bekov, an advocate, has informed.

May 26, 2021 08:33

• Baku treats Armenian soldier's death at border as result of accident

  The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has denied reports about the shelling by Azerbaijani militaries of Armenian Army's positions on the border near the village of Verin Shorzha and stated that the Armenian soldier's death was an accident.

May 26, 2021 08:20

• Dzyuba defines limits of apologizing practice to Kadyrov

  The practice of public repentances for the words unpleasant to Ramzan Kadyrov has its limits, which was demonstrated by the fair response of Artyom Dzyuba, a "Zenit" FC striker, to the demand to apologize for his opinion about the hard atmosphere of matches in the "Akhmat Arena" Stadium, experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

May 25, 2021 23:33

• In Armenia, heads of border villages announce advancement of Azerbaijani forces

  The Azerbaijani armed forces have advanced deep into the territory of the Syunik and Gegarkunik Regions of Armenia, where a soldier has been killed today, the heads of the Armenian border communities report. Vage Akopyan, the leader of the “Reviving Armenia” Party, announced the presence of 1000 Azerbaijani soldiers in the Armenian territory.

May 25, 2021 23:16

• FSB reports detention in Stavropol Territory of a man suspected of plotting a terror act

  In the Stavropol Territory, a supporter of the “Islamic State” (IS, a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court, – note of the “Caucasian Knot”), who was plotting a terror act in Norilsk, was detained, the FSB reports. The detainee has an earlier criminal record for terrorism and spent 15 years in prisons, sources reported.

May 25, 2021 22:59

• Armenian soldier killed in a shootout on border with Azerbaijan

  Azerbaijani soldiers used firearms on the border near the village of Verin Shorzha, and as a result, a 32-year-old contract soldier was killed, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia reports today.

May 25, 2021 18:18

• Instagram users criticize a show of wedding dresses in Makhachkala

  In Dagestan, any show of transparent dresses is unacceptable, Instagram users point out after having watched a fragment of a video from the wedding fashion show organized by the “Discourse” contemporary art club. Some of Instagram users called for a ban on events violating the moral norms adopted in the republic.

May 25, 2021 17:33

• Tskhovrebov and Djabiev’s case brought to Supreme Court of South Ossetia

  A case on an attempt on the life of Igor Naniev, Minister of Internal Affairs of South Ossetia, in which Nikolai Tskhovrebov and Inal Djabiev, who died after an interrogation at a police station, are involved as defendants, has been sent to the Supreme Court (SC) of South Ossetia, the General Prosecutor’s Office of the republic reports today.

May 25, 2021 15:08

• At protest in Baku, Azerbaijani villagers state land problems

  In Azerbaijan, at a protest held in front of the presidential administration building in Baku, residents of the village of Khoshbulag, Dashkesan District, have complained that the arable land and pastures of their village had been illegally transferred to other people for use.

May 25, 2021 13:43

• Opponents of Namakhvan HPP unblock Tbilisi avenue

  In Tbilisi, protesters against the construction of the Namakhvan hydroelectric power plant (HPP) have unblocked Rustaveli Avenue and threatened the authorities with large-scale actions if their demands were not met.