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May 25, 2021 13:29

• Ingush theologians' attitude to cryptocurrency triggers Instagram users' reproaches

  The ban on operations with cryptocurrency, announced by the Council of Alims of Ingushetia, was a controversial decision, since the attitude to cryptocurrencies in Islam is ambiguous, some social network users have suggested.

May 25, 2021 11:14

• Protesters against Namakhvan HPP block avenue in Tbilisi

  Opponents of the construction of the Namakhvan hydroelectric power plant (HPP) on the Rioni River have blocked Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi until May 26 and threatened more large-scale protests if their demands were not met.

May 25, 2021 10:58

• Gadjiev's colleagues inform about interest of Makhachkala residents in action of his support

  On May 24, solo pickets in support of the journalist, Abdulmumin Gadjiev, were held by Magomed Magomedov, a deputy editor-in-chief of the "Chernovik" weekly, and by Magdi Kamalov, the founder of the edition.

May 25, 2021 08:30

• "Shaitan-flash mob" is an attempt to resist the practice of apologies to Kadyrov

  A flash mob in social networks with the word "shaitan", dedicated to the head of Chechnya, speaks of public rejection of the practice of public apologies, says Svetlana Gannushkina, the chair of the "Civil Assistance"* Committee.

May 25, 2021 08:17

• "Mediazona" posts story about torture of Saint Petersburg resident in Abkhazia

  Artyom Russkikh, a resident of Saint Petersburg, has returned from his vacation in Abkhazia with fractured ribs and haematomas. Local law enforcers, suspecting him of links with drug dealers, beat him up, threatened to rape him, hung him up from a tree and drowned him in a mountain river, the "Mediazona" reports.

May 24, 2021 22:24

• Number of hunger-strikers in Shukruti village rises to eight

  Three women from the Georgian village of Shukruti sewed their mouths up and joined a hunger strike. The protestors demand from the “Georgian Manganese” Company to pay compensation for damage to villagers’ houses. On the fourteenth day of the hunger strike, eight persons are participating in it.

May 24, 2021 22:07

• Caucasian experts point to risks for Kadyrov’s image from Grozny’s demands on Dziuba

  The Chechen authorities are not interested in escalating the conflict with Artyom Dziuba, and the initiative of a former coach of the “Akhmat” club to demand apologies from the football player for his words about Chechnya hardly came from Ramzan Kadyrov, experts interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot” suggest.

May 24, 2021 21:50

• Bibilov demands to punish those responsible for Djabiev’s death

  Today, in his message to the people and parliament, the leader of South Ossetia has declared that those guilty must be punished for the crime against Inal Djabiev.

May 24, 2021 18:59

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of May 17-23, 2021

  The ongoing border conflict in the Syunik Region; Ramzan Kadyrov’s threats against a social media user and the subsequent apologies; new strikes and the interethnic conflict in Georgia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of May 17-23, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

May 24, 2021 18:50

• Opponents of Namakhvani HPP refuse to compromise with authorities

  Activists protesting against the construction of the Namakhvani hydroelectric power plant (HPP) will march through the streets of Tbilisi if the government does not meet their demands, the leader of the movement “Defenders of the Rioni River Gorge” has reported today after the prime minister urged activists to abandon their ultimatum.

May 24, 2021 18:35

• Karabakh rescuers resume search for dead bodies

  After a 20-day break, the State Service for Emergencies of Nagorno-Karabakh resumed searching for the bodies of the dead soldiers and those missing in action in the territories that came under the control of Azerbaijan.

May 24, 2021 13:32

• Week of May 17-23 passed without victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week from May 17 to May 23, 2021, no information about the dead or injured persons during the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus was 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 24, 2021 13:04

• Case of Armenian soldiers' war crimes sent to Baku court

  The criminal case of the Armenian military servicemen, Ludvig Mkrtchyan and Alyosha Khosrovyan, accused of torturing captured soldiers and civilians during the 1992-1994 Karabakh war, has been sent to the Baku Military Court.

May 24, 2021 11:33

• Swedish MFA summons Russian ambassador to unpleasant talk about assassination attempt on Tumso

  Ann Linde, the head Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has requested information from Russia about the involvement of Chechen authorities in the assassination attempt on the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, which was committed last February.

May 24, 2021 11:06

• Blogger from Perm apologizes to Kadyrov for supporting Dagestani teen

  The Perm blogger, who had offered to dismiss the head of Chechnya after forcing the relatives of a Dagestani teenager to repentance for his comment, has recorded a video message in which he apologized to Ramzan Kadyrov.

May 24, 2021 10:54

• Opponents of Namakhvan HPP set up tents in central Tbilisi

  Some protesters against the construction of the Namakhvan hydroelectric power plant (HPP) spent the night in Republic Square in Tbilisi, waiting for the government's response to their ultimatum.

May 24, 2021 10:42

• Demand to Dzyuba to apologize for his words about Chechnya outrages Instagram users

  When describing the atmosphere in Chechnya, footballer Artyom Dzyuba shared his personal perception thereof; and this is not a subject for an apology, social network users have pointed out after the former coach of the "Akhmat" FC demanded an apology from Dzyuba.

May 23, 2021 11:55

• Armenian soldier disappears on Azerbaijani border

  For the fourth day in a row, a search for a conscript is underway who disappeared from his military unit deployed near the contact line with Azerbaijani units, the Armenia General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has reported. The private left his unit without permit, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has suggested.

May 23, 2021 11:50

• Analysts treat tension level on Armenian-Azerbaijani border as low

  There were no large-scale incidents on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border; but the conflict is acutely perceived in Armenia due to the unstable political situation, Igor Korotchenko, a political analyst, believes.

May 23, 2021 11:48

• Kadyrov confirms intent to seek apologies from Dagestanis

  The apologies of the parents of a Dagestani teenager to the camera are humiliating; and Ramzan Kadyrov has reacted excessively harshly to the teen's comment in social network, Magomed Magomedov, a journalist of the "Chernovik" (Draft) weekly, believes.