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September 18, 2021 08:25

• Elista: cars of candidates' proxies damaged after complaints about violations

  Three proxies of a candidate for a State Duma MP have claimed that some unidentified persons had punctured tires of their cars left near polling stations. One of them was attacked at the polling station when he tried to record a violation.

September 18, 2021 00:04

• Dagestani observers complain about counteraction to their activities

  Members of election commissions interfere with the checking of voters’ documents and preventing voting at places of residence, a coordinator of the “Observers of Dagestan” movement reports.

September 17, 2021 23:44

• Observers report election violations in Krasnodar Territory

  Mass transportation of voters to polling stations and violations in filling out documents were registered at polling stations in Kuban, observers reported.

September 17, 2021 19:33

• Soldier wounded in a shelling attack in Nagorno-Karabakh

  Soldier Vruir Shakhramanyan was wounded in a shelling attack from the Azerbaijani side, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh reported.

September 17, 2021 19:09

• ICRF to investigate ill-treatment of children in family of a Chechen resident

  Two girls who lived with their father after the divorce of their parents were taken to a hospital with signs of beatings, and a criminal case was instituted on torture of minors, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reported.

September 17, 2021 14:11

• Armenia files complaint against Azerbaijan at UN Court

  Armenia has asked the UN International Court of Justice to oblige Azerbaijan to stop torture and killings of Armenian prisoners of war (POWs) and compensate for human rights violations.

September 17, 2021 13:18

• Volgograd Regional Court upholds RUB 150,000 fine on Galina Tikhenko

  The Volgograd Regional Court has upheld the ruling to fine Galina Tikhenko, a participant in actions in defence of the Volga-Akhtuba Floodplain by 150,000 roubles. The defence intends now to turn to the cassation court.

September 17, 2021 12:32

• Campaigning for Kadyrov violated federal law

  The clergy's participation in campaigning for Ramzan Kadyrov is a direct violation of the Russian federal law, but it is a long-standing and widespread practice in Chechnya, Roman Udot, a co-chairman of the All-Russian Public Movement for the Protection of Voters' Rights "Golos" (Vote)*, and Ruslan Kutaev, President of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations, have stated.

September 17, 2021 12:16

• Two activists of "Girchi" Party detained at protest in Tbilisi

  On September 16, at a rally in protest against mass surveillance and wiretapping held near the building of the Georgian State Security Service (SSS) in Tbilisi, activists of the "Girchi-More Freedom" Party crashed a Škoda Octavia car, treating it as a symbol of this special service. The police detained two protesters.

September 17, 2021 08:38

• Residents of Chechnya claim administrative pressure before elections

  Under the threat of dismissal, teachers in Chechnya were forced to participate in pre-election rallies and were obliged to come to the polls, local residents have complained.

September 17, 2021 08:24

• Customs problem is a result of fuzzy Yerevan-Baku agreements

  Azerbaijan is unilaterally regulating the traffic on the Goris-Kapan highway, since no specific mechanisms of post-war interaction with Armenia have been stipulated, political analysts assert.

September 16, 2021 22:37

• In Stavropol Territory, opposition complains about unequal conditions of election race

  According to members of the Stavropol branch of the “Yabloko” Party, the TV airtime is mainly devoted to the PR of the party in power, and almost no time was allocated for debates. Members of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) complained about the intentional destruction of leaflets and the unwillingness of advertising companies to cooperate with the opposition.

September 16, 2021 22:01

• Azerbaijani police checks on Goris-Kapan road do not affect Armenian drivers

  On the road from Goris to Kapan, Azerbaijani policemen do not inspect cars with Armenian state registration numbers, but residents of border regions prefer to use an alternative road. There are complaints against Azerbaijani policemen for their rough treatment, the Vice Mayor of Goris reports.

September 16, 2021 18:25

• Court allows comic Mirzalizade’s return to Russia

  The Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow has suspended an order of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) on a life-long ban on the return to Russia of ethnic Talysh Idrak Mirzalizade.

September 16, 2021 18:09

• Defence associates Khoroshilov’s arrest with his journalistic activities

  Rostov journalist Igor Khoroshilov is under investigation, since top-ranking officials consider him involved in critical posts on Telegram channels, journalist’s advocate Yevgeny Berkovich believes.

September 16, 2021 13:42

• Villagers block road from Sotk to Vardenis

  Today, residents of the villages in the Gegarkunik Region have blocked the road from the village of Sotk to the town of Vardenis. They demand to cancel the decision to unite the Gegamasar community with Vardenis. The protestors fear that the enlargement of the community will lead to an outflow of the population from the border zone.

September 16, 2021 13:28

• Kuban voters claim being forced to vote at work

  In Kuban, public sector employees and workers of enterprises are being forced to detach themselves from the polling stations at their places of residence and to vote at their places of work, which makes it possible to control the voter turnout, members of political parties claim.

September 16, 2021 13:10

• Advocates doubt chances of amnesty for opponents of quarantine in North Ossetia

  Advocates interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot” see practically no chances for an amnesty for arrested and convicted participants of a protest action against the self-isolation regime in Vladikavkaz in April 2020.

September 16, 2021 11:54

• Azerbaijani law enforcers detain drivers from Iran on road from Goris to Kapan

  Two Iranian truck drivers who were transporting cement were detained on the road from Goris to Kapan near the village of Vorotan, Armenian media report. The detained truck drivers illegally crossed the border of Azerbaijan, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan claims.

September 16, 2021 11:41

• Kadyrov threatens Zakaev with reprisal

  The leader of Chechnya promised to burn Akhmed Zakaev, living in Great Britain. Ramzan Kadyrov stated that Akhmed Zakaev promised to return to Chechnya from emigration, but did not keep his word.