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Rally in Tbilisi, November 7, 2021. Screenshot: https://rustavi2.ge/ka/news/214169

13:19, 8 November 2021

Tbilisi: commemoration participants urged to prevent demonstration dispersals

On November 7, in Tbilisi, about 2000 people came to the rally intended to remind authorities about the victims of the violent crackdown on the 2007 opposition protest. They stressed the inadmissibility of the use of force against participants in peaceful protests.

The Azerbaijani flag at the Khudaferin bridge of the Djabrail District of Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot

11:53, 8 November 2021

Farmer wounded by mine explosion in Azerbaijan

Khanlar Aslanov, a resident of the Djabrail District, was wounded by explosion of an anti-personnel mine while engaged in field works in the Karabakh conflict zone.

Brawl in the "Novye Vatutinki" neighbourhood of Moscow. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAYbWvwBbFA

11:37, 8 November 2021

Court arrests those accused of attacking man with child in New Moscow

Three residents of Russia and one citizen of Azerbaijan have been arrested within the resonant conflict that occurred in the "Novye Vatutinki" neighbourhood in Moscow, which was re-qualified into an attempted murder.

Participants of the All-Russian Population Census. Screenshot of the "Grozny-Inform" post at: https://www.instagram.com/p/CV8IESmsReW/

11:17, 8 November 2021

Instagram users are sceptical about "Chechenstat" report on the end of census

Chechnya is the first Russia region to complete the population census by 100%, the head of the "Chechenstat" (the Chechen Branch of the Russian Federal State Statistics Service) has stated. Some residents of Chechnya were sceptical about the statement and reported on the Instagram that they had not participated in the census.

Journalist Gigla Tumanishvili. Screenshot: https://www.facebook.com/gigla.tumanishvili

11:04, 8 November 2021

Georgian journalist goes on hunger strike in Saakashvili's support

Gigla Tumanishvili, a correspondent for the "Mtavari Arkhi" TV Channel, has started his hunger strike demanding to transfer Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, the third president of Georgia, to a multidisciplinary civilian clinic.

12:46, 7 November 2021

Kadyrov urges to punish those responsible for the hype around attack in New Moscow

The special services must find the provocateurs, who had mistakenly treated the participants in the resonant attack on the man with a child as natives of Northern Caucasus, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated. Sultan Khamzaev, a State Duma MP from Dagestan, has suggested introducing a ban on the revealing in media the nationality of suspects and convicts.

12:42, 7 November 2021

Activists worry about fate of Azerbaijani oppositionist

The reason for the non-admission of the advocate to Malik Rzaev, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) may be his torture, his advocate and activists have suggested.

12:39, 7 November 2021

Thousands of Saakashvili's supporters gather at Rustavi Prison

In front of the prison, where Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, an ex-President of Georgia, is kept, an action began with a demand to place him into a private hospital and cancel the outcomes of the municipal elections.

12:37, 7 November 2021

Baku court rejects activist's complaint on torture

A Baku court has dismissed a complaint about torture lodged by Agil Gumbatov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA). His defence intends to appeal against the dismissal.

23:34, 6 November 2021

Analysts explain victories of Kadyrov's sons in boxing by demonstration of power

Ramzan Kadyrov's sons are fighting in tournaments as the head of Chechnya is trying to demonstrate his power. His sons' victories are guaranteed regardless of the type of event and despite the fact that this brings Kadyrov more criticism than promotion, analysts have noted.

23:33, 6 November 2021

Georgian SSS reports opposition's plans to seize power by force

Supporters of Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili plan to kill one of the opposition leaders in order to trigger resonance, block government buildings, the presidential administration and the building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), and overthrow the government, the Georgian State Security Service (SSS) has informed.

23:30, 6 November 2021

Advocate complains about non-admission to arrested activist in Azerbaijan

The advocate of Malik Rzaev, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), accused of drug dealing, claims that he cannot visit his client. Rzaev's relatives disagree with the charges and believe that the real reason for his arrest is his criticism of Azerbaijani authorities.

14:56, 6 November 2021

Elene Khoshtariya refuses to end her hunger strike

Elene Khoshtariya, the leader of the oppositional "Droa" Party, has been on a hunger strike for the third day; she is holding it in the building of the parliament. She has stated her intention to pass over to harsher measures, if her demand to transfer the third president of Georgia from prison to a civil clinic is not fulfilled.

14:54, 6 November 2021

Trial of Goris Mayor held at the background of his supporters' rally

The court has granted the defence's petition and allowed visits of his relatives to Arush Arushanyan, the Mayor of the city of Goris. His supporters held an action at the courthouse demanding his release.

14:53, 6 November 2021

Georgian judges distance off official criticism of Western diplomats

Thirteen judges have refused to support the harsh response of the judicial conference to the US and EU diplomats regarding the election of new members of the Georgia's Supreme Council of Justice. Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili has called on Washington to support the struggle for the courts' independence with personal sanctions.

23:59, 5 November 2021

Saakashvili’s associates announce an indefinite rally near prison

After visiting the third president of Georgia in prison, an advocate has reported that Mikhail Saakashvili is not able to stand on his feet and think coherently on the 36th day of his hunger strike. The leader of the “United National Movement” Party has announced an indefinite protest action in front of the prison in Rustavi.

Screenshot of Magomed Delimkhanov's post, https://www.instagram.com/p/CV1WhjjISI6/

23:57, 5 November 2021

A nephew of Kadyrov thanks him for winning boxing tournament in Grozny

At the “Time of Legends-7” tournament, not only a son of the leader of Chechnya, but also his nephew Magomed Delimkhanov became a winner. The boxer said that he owed the victory to his “dear uncle.”

23:56, 5 November 2021

Blogger Tumso criticizes oppositionist Yashin speaking about Kadyrov

Opposition MP Ilya Yashin, who posted a video criticizing Ramzan Kadyrov, shifted the focus, while talking about the border conflict between Chechnya and Ingushetia and the proposals to legalize polygamy in Chechnya and the fighting efficiency of the “Kadyrov’s army,” blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov notes.

21:59, 5 November 2021

Azerbaijani parliament decides to release over 3000 prisoners

Azerbaijani MPs have voted for the amnesty act, timed to coincide with the Victory Day in the Karabakh war in 2020. The parliament’s resolution does not solve the problem of political prisoners, human rights defenders note.

Special purpose machinery of the Azerbaijani army. Photo by the press service of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan

21:55, 5 November 2021

Azerbaijani border guard dies during exercises

Tural Akram oglu Akhmedov, an extended service sergeant, was fatally wounded by a grenade fragment during a field exercise held in Western Azerbaijan.

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