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October 30, 2021 12:20

• Izberbash: case on purchase of unfit housing for orphans reaches court

  The criminal case about the purchase by an official from the city administration of apartments unfit for living intended for orphans has been sent to the court. While the case was being investigated, the administration provided the orphans with comfortable housing.

October 30, 2021 12:06

• Elista City Court fines activist Erdnieva for solo picket

  The Elista City Court has ruled to fine Valentina Erdnieva, an activist of the Congress of the Oirat-Kalmyk People, by 20,000 roubles for her solo pickets in the city centre.

October 30, 2021 08:48

• Relatives demand to punish those guilty of death of arrested Volgograd resident

  The suspect-figurant of the extortion case committed suicide in one of Volgograd SIZOs (pre-trial prisons). Igor Nagavkin, a rights defender, who was contacted by the victim's relatives, did not rule out that he had been beaten up.

October 30, 2021 08:36

• Video control over tests for maroon berets follows scandal with Chechen law enforcers

  In Kuban (Krasnodar Territory), tests were held for the right to wear maroon berets, which for the first time were accompanied by video broadcast. This novelty is explained by an attempt to avoid frauds when passing tests after the incident with candidates from Chechnya, the military analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

October 29, 2021 21:24

• Mother of killed prisoner criticizes administration of penal colony in Vladikavkaz

  The murder of prisoner Albert Yuldashev became possible because of gross violations of the regime in the Vladikavkaz penal colony, his mother claims. The woman believes that her son was taken to hospital too late after being stabbed.

October 29, 2021 21:09

• In Moscow Region, court sentences policemen for killing a native of Dagestan

  Three former policemen are sentenced to 7-9 years of imprisonment in a case on the death of Sulli Yunusilau, a father of two-time MMA world champion Magomed Yunusilau. The Orekhovo-Zuevo City Court also awarded compensation for moral damage in the amount of 600,000 roubles.

October 29, 2021 18:36

• Saakashvili refuses medical assistance again

  Mikhail Saakashvili, who is continuing his hunger strike in prison, again refused to consult with doctors and take medication. The former Georgian president has the right to commit suicide, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili notes.

October 29, 2021 18:24

• In Kizlyar, tightening of anti-COVID measures provokes a strike of minibus drivers

  In Kizlyar, drivers of minibuses went on strike. They protest against fines that could be imposed on them when their passengers fail to comply with the mask regime.

October 29, 2021 14:07

• Two Georgian citizens detained in South Ossetia

  The Georgian citizens were detained near the village of Lopani on South-Ossetian border, the Georgian State Security Service (SSS) has informed.

October 29, 2021 13:07

• Kadyrov's representative arrested in Saint Petersburg on drug charges

  Islam Khizriev, the head of the Chechen mission in the Russian North-Western Federal District (NWFD), detained in St. Petersburg on suspicion of possession of drugs, was placed under house arrest until December 25.

October 29, 2021 12:23

• Saakashvili agrees to doctors' help

  The administration of the prison, where Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili is serving his prison term, satisfied his demands and returned the opportunity to fully communicate with his advocates, as a result of which he agreed to give medical tests.

October 29, 2021 12:11

• Baku analysts assess Erdogan's visit to Fizuli

  The Turkish President's visit to Fuzuli and other territories over which Azerbaijan gained control after the autumn war of 2020 became a demonstration of Ankara's growing influence in the region, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

October 29, 2021 08:48

• Mitsaeva treats her return to Chechnya as unresolved

  Despite the permit received from Ramzan Kadyrov, Rubati Mitsaeva, an emigrant, said that she had not yet agreed on her return to Chechnya.

October 29, 2021 01:42

• MoJ toughens Saakashvili's communication with visitors

  A solid glass wall has been installed in the meeting room of the Rustavi Prison, where Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, the third president of Georgia, communicates with his visitors. Saakashvili said that he can no longer exchange documents with his advocates. The Georgia's Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has explained the new restrictions by the fight against coronavirus.

October 28, 2021 21:12

• Four soldiers injured in Armenia

  Four militaries were injured because of careless handling of ammunition, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia reported.

October 28, 2021 21:00

• Court refuses to return Cheldiev’s case to prosecutor’s office

  Today, the Rostov Regional Court has found the absence of a motive in a case against Ossetian opera singer Vadim Cheldiev as insufficient grounds to suspend the trial.

October 28, 2021 18:28

• In Tbilisi, teachers go on strike after dismissal of school principal

  The Tbilisi authorities dismissed a school principal, a relative of an opposition candidate for deputy, and decided to replace her with a supporter of the “Georgian Dream” Party, teachers on strike explained their protest.

October 28, 2021 17:49

• Azerbaijani theologian Babaev refuses to plead guilty of high treason

  In Baku, a court refused to release from custody Shiite theologian Sardar Babaev, accused of high treason. According to his advocate, Sardar Babaev called the charges politically motivated.

October 28, 2021 14:43

• About 40 children brought from Iraq to Azerbaijan

  The Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has reported about transporting home 38 children who had been kept in correctional institutions and orphanages in Iraq.

October 28, 2021 14:27

• Adjamatov's defence claims inconsistencies in prosecution's version

  Ivan Oreshkov, a prosecution witness, who testified within the case of Alikhan Adjamatov, a native of Dagestan, accused of assisting terrorists, had communicated with him a year before he himself joined terrorists, an advocate has stated at trial. Two defence witnesses have stated that they had been exposed to pressure with the aim to testify against Adjamatov.