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August 30, 2021 14:32

• On August 23-29, 2021, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of August 23-29, 2021, no killed or wounded in the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the “Caucasian Knot” based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

August 30, 2021 14:08

• Azerbaijan rejects allegations of burning pastures at Armenian border

  The information of the Armenian Ombudsman claiming that Azerbaijani soldiers deliberately set fire to pastures near the villages of Sotk and Kut in the Gegarkunik District does not correspond to reality, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported.

August 30, 2021 11:25

• Film directed by a Georgian wins prize at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival

  The "Fedeora Award" of the European film critics at the 55th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival was awarded to the film "The Otar's Death" by the Georgian film director Soso Bliadze.

August 30, 2021 11:09

• Volgograd activists demand to abolish law on foreign media agents

  On August 29, in Heroes' Alley in central Volgograd, four activists held solo pickets criticizing the law on foreign agents. The inclusion of independent and opposition media into the list of foreign agents dooms readers to receive information only from pro-government media, the picketers assert, calling for the cancellation of the law on foreign media agents.

August 30, 2021 10:52

• Shepherd wounded by mine explosion in Azerbaijan

  Shukyur Tagiev, a resident of the Dashkesan District of Azerbaijan, was wounded by a mine explosion while grazing sheep and was hospitalized in grave condition.

August 29, 2021 11:58

• Brother of journalist Polad Aslanov arrested in Azerbaijan

  Niyameddin Aslanzade, a brother of the convicted Azerbaijani journalist, Polad Aslanov, has been arrested for reasons unknown to his relatives. Polad believes that his brother's arrest has become a way of putting pressure on him.

August 29, 2021 11:55

• Chechnya keeps the lead in crime growth in Russia

  During the first seven months of 2021, the count of crimes in Chechnya went up by 28.8%, which was the worst indicator in Russia. The top ten regions with the most unfavourable dynamics also include Ingushetia, Krasnodar Territory and Dagestan.

August 29, 2021 11:51

• KChR woman suspected of links with militants

  In 2015-2016, a female resident of the Zelenchuk District of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) rendered medical aid to Syrian terrorists and shared the religious-extremist ideology, investigators assert.

August 29, 2021 11:48

• Nagorno-Karabakh authorities blame Azerbaijani networks for mobile telephony interruptions

  Residents of Nagorno-Karabakh complain of frequent Internet cuts and a weak cellular signal. The problem arose due to absence of agreement with Azerbaijan, the Karabakh Infrastructure Ministry has explained. Azerbaijan is deliberately affecting Nagorno-Karabakh's telecom, Gegam Stepanyan, an Ombudsperson, has stated.

August 29, 2021 11:44

• South-Ossetian residents criticize authorities on anniversary of Djabiev's death

  The perpetrators of Inal Djabiev's death have not yet been punished, the "Civil Platform" public movement has stated. The current authorities are unable to hold an efficient inquiry, residents of South Ossetia write on the Instagram.

August 28, 2021 23:58

• The authorities offer Adjara hoteliers to solve their problems with banks by their own

  The hotel owners, who staged a protest at the building of the Kobuleti Mayoralty, have achieved meeting with officials and asked them to help with deferring payments on bank loans. The officials advised the borrowers to solve their problems with banks by themselves.

August 28, 2021 23:57

• Makhachkala protesters demand release of Talgi settlement head

  Residents of the Makhachkala dwelling settlement of Talgi have blocked the highway, demanding to release Asilder Magomedov, the head of the settlement. Law enforcers had detained him because of his fight against drug dealers, the protesters have claimed.

August 28, 2021 14:22

• Activist contests ban on commenting Aliev's posts in social network

  Bakhtiyar Gadjiev demanded through the court to declare a violation that his Facebook page was blocked by the official page of Ilham Aliev, which is why the activist is deprived of the right to leave his comments under the posts placed by the President of Azerbaijan.

August 28, 2021 14:09

• Wife of the arrested native of Chechnya claims fabrication of charges

  The case of Apti Visaev, a native of Chechnya, arrested for alleged helping militants, is built on fabricated evidence. Investigators are putting pressure on Visaev to get his confession, his wife told the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

August 28, 2021 14:01

• Goris-Kapan highway opened for traffic

  After negotiations with the participation of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russian peacemakers, motor traffic on the Goris-Kapan highway has resumed. Citizens of Armenia can safely drive along this highway, Gevorg Parsyan, the Mayor of Kapan, has informed.

August 28, 2021 13:54

• Armenian analysts rule out Yerevan's refusal to talk on Karabakh within OSCE Minsk Group format

  Armenia is interested in the negotiations on Nagorno-Karabakh within the format of the OSCE Minsk Group; and the West will support it in this, Armenian political analysts believe.

August 28, 2021 12:10

• Political analysts link highway blocking on Armenian border with problem of transit to NAR

  Azerbaijan has blocked the Goris-Kapan highway for residents of Armenia in order to get concessions from Yerevan on the Zangezur Corridor issue, Beniamin Pogosyan, a political analyst, and Tatul Akopyan, the coordinator of the ANI Research Centre, have stated.

August 27, 2021 23:58

• Gasanov’s defence accuses court of obstructing work of journalists

  The court postponed the hearing in a case against former Azerbaijani ambassador Eldar Gasanov with reference to a formal reason. Journalists working for independent media were not allowed into the courtroom, an advocate reported.

August 27, 2021 23:54

• Activists and clergy question power of Ingush delegates at a forum in Chechnya

  Ingush participants of a forum held in honour of the anniversary of the Akhmat Kadyrov’s jubilee, who introduced themselves as the leaders of the Muftiate, have nothing in common with the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of Ingushetia, Murad Daskiev, the chairman of the Council of Teips, and Imam Kharon Khamkhoev claim.

August 27, 2021 22:37

• In Yerevan, police accumulate forces at place of a protest action

  Relatives of the soldiers who disappeared in Nagorno-Karabakh have spent the whole night in front of the Armenian government building. Today, additional police forces have been drawn to the place of the protest action.