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НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН И РАСПРОСТРАНЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ ООО “МЕМО”, ЛИБО КАСАЕТСЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА ООО “МЕМО”.

August 21, 2021 18:49

  • Gigi Ugulava. Photo: Alexander Imedashvili, NEWSGEORGIA Ugulava's candidacy for Poti Mayor sparks disputes among Georgian opposition

    Nika Meliya, the chairman of the "United National Movement" (UNM), has named Gigi Ugulava, a former Tbilisi Mayor, to be the only oppositional candidate for the post of Mayor of the city of Poti instead of Tina Bokuchava. The "European Georgia" Party has pointed to the absence of approval of Ugulava's candidacy; and the wife of the party chairman has criticized the former Mayor.

August 21, 2021 18:36

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August 21, 2021 11:36

  • People stand in line to the water truck, Svetly Yar. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the Caucasian Knot Residents of Svetly Yar settlement complain about water absence

    Because of an accident, the dwelling settlement of Svetly Yar has no water supply for three days. It stopped in the morning on August 18, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed. He visited Svetly Yar on August 20. There was still no water in the houses.

August 21, 2021 11:24

  • Border of Russian and Azerbaijan. Screenshot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jL39g7tPr2s 58 Azerbaijani citizens wait for returning home in Dagestani camp

    In two weeks, almost 60 Azerbaijanis gathered in the "Ogonyok" camp located in the Kaitag District, mostly those who urgently need to get home. The Azerbaijani authorities fail to announce the next date for opening the border, the camp tenants interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have informed.

August 21, 2021 11:10

  • Agvali, http://welcome.dagestan.ru/dagestan/tsumandinskij/agvali/?type=photo New Agvali Imam introduced to local parish

    The council of religious leaders has chosen the Imam from the village of Verkhnee Gakvari as the new Imam for the Agvali mosque and introduced him to the local jamaat, residents have informed.

August 21, 2021 08:51

  • Springe with COVID-19 vaccine. Photo: REUTERS/Tatiana Makeeva Dagestan remains outsider in vaccination rating

    In Chechnya, a total of 30.3% of the population has received both doses of coronavirus vaccine, while Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria and North Ossetia remain in the last places in terms of the proportion of those vaccinated, the RBC (RosBiznesConsulting) has informed.

August 21, 2021 08:31

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August 20, 2021 20:12

  • People gather at the airport in Kabul, August 19, 2021. Photo: Mirwais Khan Amiri/via REUTERS 16 Georgian citizens evacuated from Afghanistan

    Employees of a foreign company flew out of Kabul and will return to Georgia today, the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) reports. According to the diplomats, the above employees are the last Georgian citizens remaining in Afghanistan.

August 20, 2021 19:58

  • Residents of the Dagestani village of Agvali gather on the outskirts of the settlement. Photo by the Caucasian Knot correspondent Local residents report a new round of conflict in Agvali village

    Today, on the outskirts of the Dagestani village of Agvali, where residents have chosen a new imam, many people have gathered to announce the appointment of an imam from another village, local residents report. The police took control over the entrance to the village.

August 20, 2021 19:44

  • Agil Gumbatov. Screenshot from video posted by AzadliqRadiosu, http://www.youtube.com/watch?=onEWz8UIYxA&t=3s BCA leaves oppositionist Gumbatov in custody

    The Baku Court of Appeal did not grant a complaint filed against the arrest of Agil Gumbatov, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan. The oppositionist himself retracted his testimony in court, his advocate reported.

August 20, 2021 14:43

  • Lufthansa airplane with two Georgian citizens evacuated from Afghanistan to Germany, Germany, August 18, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Tilo Shmuelgin Two Georgian citizens leave Kabul

    Two more Georgian citizens have left Afghanistan and flew to Germany to return to their homeland. According to the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), overall 14 Georgian citizens are still in Kabul, which was captured by the Taliban.

August 20, 2021 14:28

  • Serviceman of the Azerbaijani Army. Photo press service of the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan, htttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xhgusqFBYQ Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of border shelling

    The positions of Azerbaijani militaries were shelled by Armenia in the Lachin, Kelbadjar and Tovuz Districts, as well as near Shusha, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

August 20, 2021 14:11

August 20, 2021 12:21

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Servicemen of the Armenian and Azerbaijan Armies. Screenshot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xhgusqFBYQ, press service of the Azerbaijani MoD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xhgusqFBYQ
Political analysts assess chances to revive Armenian-Azerbaijani talks within OSCE Minsk Group

    Baku does not exclude the resumption of negotiations with the participation of the officials of the OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe), if ways of achieving peace based on mutual recognition of the two countries' territorial integrity are offered, Azerbaijani political analysts assert. The trilateral ceasefire agreement, which contradicts the principles of conflict settlement of the OSCE Minsk Group, prevents Armenia from activating the negotiation process, Armenian political analysts believe in their turn.

August 20, 2021 11:59

  • Nina Tseretilova. Screenshot: http://www.instagram.com/p/CRbb0e_ojj1/ Nina Tseretilova accuses her ex-husband of beating

    Nina Tseretilova, a resident of Dagestan, has stated that her ex-husband and his parents had beaten her up, when she came to them in Buynaksk to see the children. The woman turned to the police. In his turn, Magomed Tseretilov, her ex-husband, claimed that Nina had attacked his parents.

August 20, 2021 08:51

  • Abubakar Rizvanov, Abdulmumin Gadjiev and Kemal Tambiev (from left to right). Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the Caucasian Knot Gadjiev and Rizvanov criticize prosecution's proofs

    At the Southern District Military Court, prosecutors have read out 118 pages of analysis of the general financial ties of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, Abubakar Rizvanov and Kemal Tambiev, accused of financing terrorism. However, their names are mentioned once or twice in the huge document, Mr Rizvanov has pointed out.

August 20, 2021 08:36

  • Salman Tepsurkaev. Photo: press service of the HRC 'Memorial', http://memohrc.org Rights defenders treat support of Tepsurkaev as way to intensify inquiry

    The public support for Salman Tepsurkaev, a resident of Chechnya, is capable of forcing investigators to take real steps to clarify his fate, human rights defenders said after the appeal of the Amnesty International (AI) to people to send appeals to the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

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