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October 28, 2021 11:25

• Political analysts treat authorities' actions in Saakashvili's case as short-sighted

  The action of supporters of Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, held in front of the Rustavi Prison, brought together more than 200 people. They demanded to release the third country's president and criticized Georgian authorities for the rejection of entry to the country of the Ukrainian journalist, Dmitry Gordon, who wanted to visit Saakashvili.

October 28, 2021 11:12

• Rally in Zugdidi demands Saakashvili's release

  Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili should be the last political prisoner in Georgia, supporters of the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party have stated at their rally held in the city of Zugdidi.

October 28, 2021 08:44

• PFPA activist arrested

  Mutallim Orudjev, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), is accused of illegal drug dealing. The PFPA believes that his criminal case has been fabricated for political reasons.

October 28, 2021 08:31

• Scandal with maroon berets raises doubts on expediency of holding tests in Northern Caucasus

  The information that after the scandal with pretenders from Chechnya, no further tests for the right to wear maroon berets will be held in Northern Caucasus looks like a fake, Sergey Goncharov, a special troop veteran, is sure. The retired Colonel Gennady Gudkov, a former FSB employee, believes that this option is being studied.

October 27, 2021 23:43

• Saakashvili refuses medical assistance

  On the 27th day of the hunger strike, Mikhail Saakashvili, the third president of Georgia, refused medical procedures and tests, while his health state worsened. An intensive care unit is on duty at the door of the prison.

October 27, 2021 23:17

• Migrants from Karabakh demand refugee status from Armenian authorities

  In Yerevan, forced migrants from the regions of Nagorno-Karabakh that came under the Azerbaijani control held a rally and a march with the demand to officially recognize them as refugees. The Armenian government fails to deliver on promises of social support, protesters claim.

October 27, 2021 22:58

• Special operation in Stavropol continues trend for uninformative reports about prevented terror acts

  The FSB’s version about the preparation of a terror act in the Stavropol Territory arouses mistrust because of the implausible and scare information disseminated by the law enforcement body, note lawyers and journalists interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot”.

October 27, 2021 19:13

• Kadyrov’s assistant detained in Saint Petersburg on drug case

  The police detained an employee of the Chechen representative office in the Northwestern Federal District within an investigation into a drug purchase case.

October 27, 2021 18:33

• Saakashvili’s Ukrainian advocate denied entry to Georgia

  Yevgeny Grushovets, an advocate of former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, complained that he flew to Tbilisi, but Georgian border guards sent him back to Ukraine without explaining any reasons for their actions.

October 27, 2021 13:54

• "Novaya Gazeta": young Dagestani women try to overcome patriarchal pressure

  In Dagestan, young women's rights are systematically violated. Girls can be subjected to pressure in families; they are often forced into marriage, but some of them manage to defend their opinions, Dagestani girls told the "Novaya Gazeta" newspaper.

October 27, 2021 13:18

• Analysts explain wave of persecution of Shiites in Azerbaijan

  Shiite theologians are being persecuted in Azerbaijan because of the mistakenly formed stereotype about their pro-Iranian viewpoints, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

October 27, 2021 11:23

• Lekso Rapava goes on hunger strike

  Lekso Rapava, a former police boss in the town of Khobi, has announced a hunger strike in protest against his detention, said Tengiz Gunava, an office employee of the Georgian Ombudsperson. Rapava's advocate and his family treat his detention as revenge of the "Georgian Dream" Party for his cooperation with the opposition.

October 27, 2021 11:08

• Relatives of victims of "Dubrovka" terror act call on to investigate hostages' deaths

  19 years after the tragedy at the "Dubrovka" Theatre Centre, authorities still fail to reveal the reason of deaths, many of the victims have diseases of toxic origin, victims' relatives said on the anniversary of the storming.

October 27, 2021 09:02

• Witness identifies person accused of killing Khangoshvili

  The man accused of killing Zelimkhan Khangoshvili is Vadim Krasikov, an agent of Russian special services, who had been a member of Vladimir Putin's inner circle, a Krasikov's relative stated on October 26, during his second testimony at a Berlin court. He explained that earlier he had not identified Krasikov out of fear.

October 27, 2021 08:50

• Georgian rights defenders urge to hospitalize Saakashvili

  Fourteen Georgian NGOs have called on the authorities to resolve the issue of the hospitalization of Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, who has been on a hunger strike for the 26th day in Rustavi Prison. Saakashvili himself has categorically refused to be transferred to the prison hospital located in Gldani.

October 27, 2021 08:33

• Tortured Grozny resident fears extradition to Russia

  Salman Mukaev, a native of Grozny, was forced to flee Chechnya after being tortured. Now, he is in Armenia; in Russia, he has been declared wanted and fears that he could be extradited.

October 26, 2021 23:48

• A woman from Karachay-Cherkessia suspected of involvement in ranks of Syrian militants

  A woman from Karachay-Cherkessia moved to Syria in 2012 and joined militants, investigators suggested. The woman was put on the international wanted list.

October 26, 2021 23:17

• Theologian Akhliman Rustamov released by special services

  Late in the evening, Shiite theologian Akhliman Rustamov, detained on October 25, was released without charge after being interrogated by the State Security Service of Azerbaijan.

October 26, 2021 19:26

• Kadyrov’s five-year-old son awarded first place for reading Koran in kindergarten

  Abdullakh Kadyrov, a son of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, became the winner of the contest for reading the Koran in a kindergarten, which was the first for him, the leader of the region announced.

October 26, 2021 19:11

• Chechen Instagram public accounts criticize Mitsaeva’s appeal to Abdurakhmanov

  In her video appeal to Tumso Abdurakhmanov, Rubati Mitsaeva, who lives in Berlin, has supported Ramzan Kadyrov, who permitted her to return to Chechnya, and joined in criticizing the blogger. Instagram users consider the appeal of the Akhmed Zakaev’s former comrade-in-arms to be emotional and insufficiently reasoned.