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August 31, 2021 13:37

• Azerbaijan counts 3890 missing persons since start of Karabakh conflict

  Since the beginning of the Karabakh conflict, a total of 3890 residents of Azerbaijan, including 719 civilians, have gone missing, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has informed.

August 31, 2021 11:08

• COVID-19 spread in Georgian jails raises large-scale amnesty issue

  Sofo Djaparidze, a member of the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party, has called on the authorities to amnesty those convicted of petty crimes in order to stop the spread of COVID-19 in prisons.

August 31, 2021 10:47

• Authorities report on progress in post-war reconstruction works in Nagorno-Karabakh

  In Stepanakert, almost 900 buildings damaged by shelling during the autumn war have been repaired; works are also underway in the Askeran, Martakert and Martuni Districts, the Ministry of Urban Development of Nagorno-Karabakh has informed.

August 31, 2021 08:45

• Estemirova's colleagues assess prospects for inquiry into her murder after ECtHR's verdict

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) will demand from Russia to investigate the murder of the human rights defender, Natalia Estemirova, committed in Chechnya, but Russian authorities will take no concrete steps for this, the rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

August 31, 2021 08:27

• Colleagues of comedian Mirzalizade condemn his ban to enter Russia

  A State Duma MP has treated the ban imposed on Idrak Mirzalizade to visit Russia for a joke as excessive; and the comedian's colleagues treat the pressure on him as a new level of repressions in Russia.

August 30, 2021 21:46

• Journalists treat Gadjiev’s case a local episode of all-Russian trend

  Today, in Makhachkala, journalist Idris Yusupov and Magdi Kamalov, a founder of the newspaper "Chernovik" (Draft), have held solo pickets with the demand to release Abdulmumin Gadjiev. Cases of pressure on the media and criminal prosecution of journalists have become a “federal trend,” emphasizes Magomed Magomedov, the deputy editor-in-chief of the “Chernovik”.

August 30, 2021 21:31

• Sergey Lavrov calls criticism of Stalin’s personality a threat to Russia

  At a meeting with war veterans in Volgograd, Sergey Lavrov, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, said that attempts to portray Joseph Stalin as the main villain of his era are aimed at weakening Russia politically.

August 30, 2021 21:13

• Djumaev’s defence files an appeal amid softer sentences in “January case”

  Today, the defence has challenged the verdict to Said-Mukhammad Djumaev, who was sentenced to five years of imprisonment for a fight with law enforcers. The verdict became the toughest since the January protests in support of oppositionist Alexei Navalny in Moscow.

August 30, 2021 18:51

• Details of kidnappings of Chechen residents made public on Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearances

  Relatives of three young people kidnapped in Chechnya during the second Chechen military campaign claim they are still not aware of their fate. According to various sources, from 4000 to 7700 people are listed as missing in the republic, reports the “Legal Initiative”* in its material, timed to coincide with the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearance.

August 30, 2021 18:33

• MIA imposes life ban on comic Mirzalizade on entering Russia

  Idrak Mirzalizade, an ethnic Talysh, who served ten days of administrative arrest for a joke about xenophobia, has been recognized as an undesirable person in Russia, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Russian Federation reports today.

August 30, 2021 14:32

• On August 23-29, 2021, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of August 23-29, 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.

August 30, 2021 14:08

• Azerbaijan rejects allegations of burning pastures at Armenian border

  The information of the Armenian Ombudsman claiming that Azerbaijani soldiers deliberately set fire to pastures near the villages of Sotk and Kut in the Gegarkunik District does not correspond to reality, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported.

August 30, 2021 11:25

• Film directed by a Georgian wins prize at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival

  The "Fedeora Award" of the European film critics at the 55th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival was awarded to the film "The Otar's Death" by the Georgian film director Soso Bliadze.

August 30, 2021 11:09

• Volgograd activists demand to abolish law on foreign media agents

  On August 29, in Heroes' Alley in central Volgograd, four activists held solo pickets criticizing the law on foreign agents. The inclusion of independent and opposition media into the list of foreign agents dooms readers to receive information only from pro-government media, the picketers assert, calling for the cancellation of the law on foreign media agents.

August 30, 2021 10:52

• Shepherd wounded by mine explosion in Azerbaijan

  Shukyur Tagiev, a resident of the Dashkesan District of Azerbaijan, was wounded by a mine explosion while grazing sheep and was hospitalized in grave condition.

August 29, 2021 11:58

• Brother of journalist Polad Aslanov arrested in Azerbaijan

  Niyameddin Aslanzade, a brother of the convicted Azerbaijani journalist, Polad Aslanov, has been arrested for reasons unknown to his relatives. Polad believes that his brother's arrest has become a way of putting pressure on him.

August 29, 2021 11:55

• Chechnya keeps the lead in crime growth in Russia

  During the first seven months of 2021, the count of crimes in Chechnya went up by 28.8%, which was the worst indicator in Russia. The top ten regions with the most unfavourable dynamics also include Ingushetia, Krasnodar Territory and Dagestan.

August 29, 2021 11:51

• KChR woman suspected of links with militants

  In 2015-2016, a female resident of the Zelenchuk District of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) rendered medical aid to Syrian terrorists and shared the religious-extremist ideology, investigators assert.

August 29, 2021 11:48

• Nagorno-Karabakh authorities blame Azerbaijani networks for mobile telephony interruptions

  Residents of Nagorno-Karabakh complain of frequent Internet cuts and a weak cellular signal. The problem arose due to absence of agreement with Azerbaijan, the Karabakh Infrastructure Ministry has explained. Azerbaijan is deliberately affecting Nagorno-Karabakh's telecom, Gegam Stepanyan, an Ombudsperson, has stated.

August 29, 2021 11:44

• South-Ossetian residents criticize authorities on anniversary of Djabiev's death

  The perpetrators of Inal Djabiev's death have not yet been punished, the "Civil Platform" public movement has stated. The current authorities are unable to hold an efficient inquiry, residents of South Ossetia write on the Instagram.