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May 27, 2021 23:27

• Night action of opponents of Namakhvani HPP results in a criminal case against them

  Activists protesting against the construction of a hydroelectric power plant (HPP) in the Rioni Gorge threw stones at a metal gate installed by the police, and an investigation is underway into a case on damage to property, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reports.

May 27, 2021 23:07

• Akhmed Pogorov arrested in case on an extremist community

  The court returned Ingush activist Akhmed Pogorov to custody after he had been charged under the article on extremism. The court hearing took place at night, and the defence was not notified about it, claims advocate Magomed Gagiev.

May 27, 2021 18:15

• Armenia asks ECtHR to protect soldiers captured by Azerbaijan

  Armenia demanded to take immediate measures to protect the lives of the soldiers who have been captured today on the border with Azerbaijan. The soldiers were conducting mining operations on the border line and they were actually kidnapped, Nikol Pashinyan, the acting Prime Minister of Armenia, declares today

May 27, 2021 17:58

• Flash mob participant apologizes to Kadyrov for insult

  An author of a video with the insult to Ramzan Kadyrov apologized to the leader of Chechnya and explained that he was in a state of alcoholic intoxication when he was recording the video.

May 27, 2021 14:12

• Azerbaijani and Armenian MoDs announce their versions of border incident

  The Armenian militaries captured today tried to cross the Azerbaijani border aiming to mine the road, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated. In its turn, the Armenian MoD has refuted this version, stating that the contract soldiers were captured in the territory of a military unit located in the Gegarkunik Region.

May 27, 2021 13:40

• Makhachkala: scandal around school ballet points to transformation of public perception

  A comic dance of young men in ballet tutus at the Makhachkala Lyceum had no bad connotation, said a lyceum employee. Similar dances have been performed in schools earlier, but due to the increased attention to the LGBT community, they are now perceived perversely, psychologists believe.

May 27, 2021 13:19

• Six Armenian militaries taken prisoners on Azerbaijani border

  Today, in the border Gegarkunik Region, six servicemen were captured during engineering works, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported. Azerbaijan insists that they were scouts.

May 27, 2021 11:17

• Russia's and CSTO's reaction to border conflict triggers criticism in Armenia

  Armenia is unhappy with the reaction of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and Russia to the problem of withdrawing Azerbaijani troops from the border area, and is ready to appeal to the UN Security Council, Nikol Pashinyan, the Acting Prime Minister, has stated. Armenian MPs have also criticized Russia and the CSTO.

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.