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October 13, 2021 11:15

• Advocates of Magamadov and Isaev petition on transfer of the trial from Chechnya

  The preliminary hearing of the criminal case initiated against the brothers, Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev was held at the Achkhoi-Martan District Court, the "SK SOS" Crisis Group has reported. The advocates lodged a motion asking to transfer the trial to a court of another region, because no objective consideration of the case is possible in Chechnya.

October 13, 2021 08:34

• Armenian Constitutional Court equips authorities with new tool to persecute opposition

  Armenia has approved a law on a threefold increase in compensation for insult and defamation. This decision of the Constitutional Court has demonstrated its dependence on the authorities; the amendments will act against political opponents of the ruling power, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

October 13, 2021 08:18

• Makhachkala court arrests teen suspected of killing classmate

  The ninth-grader suspected of fatally stabbing his peer at a Makhachkala school has been placed in custody for two months.

October 12, 2021 22:07

• Comic Lolaeva re-apologizes for her joke

  Ariana Lolaeva, a native of Vladikavkaz, recorded a second video with apologies. The young woman is crying in front of the camera and saying that she was “seriously talked to” and that she lost her job.

October 12, 2021 21:28

• Refugees demand a political solution to Karabakh problem

  Today, in Yerevan, refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh have held a protest action in front of the Armenian government building, the UN office, and the embassies of the Co-Chair countries of the OSCE Minsk Group.

October 12, 2021 19:53

• “Nardaran case” reaches European Court

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has begun communication on complaints filed by nine persons sentenced in the “Nardaran case” who complained about ill-treatment and lack of effective remedies.

October 12, 2021 19:39

• Story with Moscow residents becomes first case of slavery of tourists in Dagestan

  An incident, when two Moscow residents were deceived, brought to Dagestan, and forced to work in a greenhouse there, became the first case of labour slavery of tourists in the republic, the leader of the “Alternative” movement stated.

October 12, 2021 19:22

• Journalists announce a marathon to repeal law on foreign agents

  Today, several Russian media have organized a marathon with the demand to repeal the law on foreign agents and called it discriminatory. The “Caucasian Knot” has joined the protest action.

October 12, 2021 15:12

• Saakashvili's mother reports deterioration of his health

  Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, a former Georgian President, who has gone on a hunger strike to protest against his arrest, is trying to look healthy and cheerful, but looks worse than usual, his mother, Giuli Alasaniya, said after visiting her son in jail.

October 12, 2021 14:52

• Baku responds to Iran's accusations of cooperation with Israeli militaries

  Iran has accused of the presence of third countries' military servicemen, in particular, Israeli ones, on the Azerbaijan-Iranian border. In its turn, Baku has refuted the Iran's accusations, stating that Azerbaijan is able to independently defend its borders and has no need of foreign experts' help.

October 12, 2021 11:19

• Georgian authorities exclude Saakashvili's extradition

  The extradition of Mikhail Saakashvili to Ukraine, of which he is a citizen, is excluded; he will be able to leave Georgia after serving his sentence, Irakli Garibashvili, the Prime Minister, has stated.

October 12, 2021 11:04

• Murder of tractor driver jeopardizes trilateral agreements on Nagorno-Karabakh

  The killing of Aram Tepnants by a shot from the Azerbaijani side has jeopardized the plans of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs to visit the parties in conflict, the Nagorno-Karabakh MPs have stated. The Armenian General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has announced a gross violation of the trilateral agreement on Karabakh.

October 12, 2021 08:51

• Defence treats verdict of Niyameddin Akhmedov as unlawful

  The verdict to Niyameddin Akhmedov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), is not based on reliable proofs; and the defence will seek to cancel it, Zibeida Sadygova, his advocate, has stated.

October 12, 2021 08:32

• Moscow tourists tell about month of slavery in Dagestan

  Pyotr Pelekhanov and Olga Lifanova, tourists from Moscow, hitchhiked trying to get to Crimea, but they were taken to Dagestan by deceit and sold for 50,000 roubles to a greenhouse farm, from where they managed to escape only a month later, Pelekhanov himself said.

October 12, 2021 08:20

• "Novaya Gazeta" explains drop of Saakashvili's popularity in Georgia

  Residents of Georgia appreciate the reforms carried out by Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili in the first years of his rule, but the changes observed towards the end of his second presidential term reduced his popularity, the "Novaya Gazeta" has concluded after analyzing the situation in Georgia after Saakashvili's return there.

October 11, 2021 21:51

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of October 4-7, 2021

  15th anniversary of the Anna Politkovskaya’s murder; Kadyrov’s inauguration as the leader of Chechnya; collapse of a five-storey building in Batumi, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of October 4-7, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

October 11, 2021 21:47

• Citizens of Russia detained in Turkey amid conflict between Chechen authorities and Kadyrov’s critics

  Khasan Khalitov, a critic of Ramzan Kadyrov, claimed that natives of Chechnya detained in Turkey were planning to kill him. According to the Turkish investigators’ version, six citizens of Russia were engaged in espionage for political and military purposes.

October 11, 2021 21:31

• New heads of Nagorno-Karabakh communities consider water supply problems as priority

  Elected heads of the villages of Nor Kazanchi and Tsakhkashat told the “Caucasian Knot” that the problems of water supply and repair of houses damaged during the autumn war have not been resolved in the communities.

October 11, 2021 21:13

• Schoolmates of killed teenager beat a journalist in Makhachkala

  Schoolchildren of the school where a ninth-grader has been killed today have attacked a camera man, and he is hospitalized, the “Dagestan” TV Company reports.

October 11, 2021 19:37

• Residents of Chechnya alarmed by requirement to present QR codes

  Starting from today, in Chechnya, citizens are banned from visiting organizations and public places without presenting a QR code, a certificate of vaccination, or a certificate confirming recovering from the COVID-19 disease. Some residents of the republic complained on Instagram that they did not know where to get a QR code.