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July 07, 2021 09:10

• Azerbaijani serviceman wounded in Agdam District

  The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported on the shelling delivered by Armenian units in the responsibility zone of the Russian peacemakers in Nagorno-Karabakh. A soldier of the Azerbaijani Army was wounded.

July 07, 2021 08:59

• In central Tbilisi, actions turn into clashes

  On July 6, actions were held in central Tbilisi in support of victims of the July 5 unrests, and of LGBT opponents. A police cordon was set up between them, but radicals attacked the participants in a silent rally in support of the suffered journalists. Several people were injured.

July 07, 2021 08:50

• ECtHR obliges Russia to pay over 40,000 euros to Grozny resident

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has awarded compensation to a resident of Grozny, Rizvan Abdulkhanov, who became disabled due to the wounds received during law enforcers’ special operation.

July 06, 2021 23:07

• Armenia accuses Azerbaijan of a shelling attack at border

  An Armenian soldier and two Azerbaijani soldiers were wounded as a result of a shootout at the border in the Gegarkunik District, the spokesperson for the Armenian General Headquarters reported. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan denied the information about the incident.

July 06, 2021 22:50

• Kadyrov nominated as a candidate for leader of Chechnya

  Ramzan Kadyrov submitted documents to participate in the September election for the leader of Chechnya, the Chechen Election Commission reports.

July 06, 2021 22:32

• ECtHR awards compensation to mother of a Kabardino-Balkarian resident killed by law enforcers

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) pronounced a decision that the Russian authorities ineffectively investigated the killing of Aslan Yemkuzhev, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, by law enforcers and the version that he was tortured before his death. The Strasbourg Court obliged the Russian authorities to pay 70,000 euros of compensation to a mother of the killed resident of Kabardino-Balkaria.

July 06, 2021 19:43

• Azerbaijani citizen dies after being wounded at Iranian border

  A shootout took place at the border with Iran, when five violators tried to enter the territory of Azerbaijan. One of them, a citizen of Azerbaijan, was wounded and died on the way to hospital, while four others fled back to Iran.

July 06, 2021 19:29

• In Azerbaijan, two Armenian citizens accused in case on espionage

  Azerbaijani investigators accused Armenian citizens Gevorg Sudjyan and David Davtyan of espionage, and the criminal case was transferred to the Baku Court of Grave Crimes.

July 06, 2021 19:17

• Chechen native sentenced to 25 years of imprisonment in case of an attack on police

  In Rostov-on-Don, a court found Makharbi Tosuev, a native of Chechnya, guilty of an armed riot, acts of banditry, an attempt on policemen, and a murder, and increased his term of imprisonment to 25 years.

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.