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David Tonoyan. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Armenia

15:39, 16 October 2021

The Armenian Court of Appeal (CoA) has left David Tonoyan, a former Armenian Defence Minister, who is accused of embezzlement in supply of weapons, behind bars.

Tamerlan Tzgoev. Screenshot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qLJHLxyK2k

10:46, 16 October 2021

Vladikavkaz colony inmates achieve meeting with Ombudsperson

Tamerlan Tzgoev, the North-Ossetian Ombudsperson, has listened to the complaints of the prisoners of the Vladikavkaz colony, where riots has taken place, and handed over their proposals on how to settle the situation into the operative headquarters.

Young people in national costumes at a memorable event dedicated to the birthday of Kosta Khetagurov in Stavropol Territory. Photo by A.Sadovskaya for the Caucasian Knot

10:34, 16 October 2021

Residents of Northern Caucasus mark Kosta Khetagurov's 162nd birthday

Memorable events dedicated to the birthday of Kosta Khetagurov, a poet, a painter and the founder of the Ossetian literature, were held at the museum-estate in Stavropol.

10:19, 16 October 2021

Natives of Chechnya suspected of attempted lynching of policeman after accident in Yugra

Chechen natives are suspected of trying to lynch the policeman who collided with their compatriot's car; the road accident occurred in the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug (KhMAO), investigators have informed.

Akhmed Dudaev. Screenshot: http://www.instagram.com/p/CVBZ25QDq7V/

07:57, 16 October 2021

After voyage to Turkey, Kadyrov's assistant posts video with excuses

Ramzan Kadyrov did not avoid meeting his critics during his trip to Turkey, Akhmed Dudaev, the Chechen Minister for Press, has stated in response to accusations against of the head of the republic of cowardice.

00:51, 16 October 2021

Prisoners stage riots in Vladikavkaz colony

About six hundred inmates have organized riots at the maximum security penal colony in North Ossetia because a conflict with the colony administration, sources have reported.

Azerbaijani drone. Photo: Artsakh Defense Army / Twitter

23:02, 15 October 2021

Armenia accuses Azerbaijan of shelling a village

Today, the village of Yeraskh and the nearby military positions have been shelled from the Azerbaijani direction, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia reports.

A group of young people burst into the office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"*. Screenshot: http://t.me/sotavision/29356

22:41, 15 October 2021

HRC “Memorial”* criticizes law enforcers after attack on its office

Law enforcers who arrived at the Moscow office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”* after a report on an attempt to disrupt the screening, used force against employees of the HRC’s office and spectators and unreasonably kept them in the building for several hours, the NGO reported.

Video appeal recorded by Ramzan Khalitov. Screenshot: http://www.instagram.com/p/CVBBi3_oLaO/

19:04, 15 October 2021

Brother of blogger Khalitov condemns him and supports Kadyrov

A brother of blogger Khasan Khalitov, living in Turkey, used harsh words to condemn him for criticizing the authorities of Chechnya.

Azerbaijani serviceman in the Kelbajar Region of Nagorno-Karabakh in late December, 2020. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot

18:41, 15 October 2021

Karabakh war veterans claim difficulties with employment in Azerbaijan

Veterans of the Karabakh war and family members of the killed soldiers and officers are offered by the Azerbaijani authorities the low-paid jobs as builders and waiters, and owners of cars and land plots are refused to be recognized as unemployed, participants of the combat actions in Nagorno-Karabakh complain.

Karabakh military ambulance shelled on October 15, 2021. Photo: http://www.facebook.com/astrakhdefencearmy/photos/pcb.483739866292345/48373994496225720/

18:27, 15 October 2021

Nagorno-Karabakh accuses Azerbaijan of shelling an ambulance

This morning, the Azerbaijani armed forces have shelled a Karabakh military ambulance, no one was injured, the Ministry of Defence of the unrecognized republic reports. The Azerbaijani side claims that the ambulance was used for provocation.

Blogger Khasan Khalitov. Screenshot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EY7Z0mo80

14:23, 15 October 2021

Blogger Khalitov makes appointment for Akhmed Dudaev in Turkey

In his video message addressed to Akhmed Dudaev, the Minister of the Press of Chechnya, Khasan Khalitov, a blogger living in Turkey, has announced his location and invited his opponent to meet. Earlier, Minister Dudaev reproached members of the Chechen Diaspora in Turkey for evading a meeting.

Musical instruments at the "Promised Caucasus" Festival in Derbent. Screenshot from video posted by the Caucasian Knot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Vvq231e9YQ

14:11, 15 October 2021

The "Promised Caucasus" Festival draws attention to culture of mountain Jews

The events of the "Promised Caucasus" Festival in Derbent have revealed the culture of mountain Jews in the context of other cultures with which it is intertwined, said Anatoly Golubovsky, the Culture Advisor to the President of the Russian Jewish Congress. Old-timers know and remember the contribution of the Jewish community to the city culture, Robert Ilishaev, the head of the local Jewish community, has stated.

Saakashvili's supporters at a rally in Tbilisi. Photo by Inna Kukudzhanova for the Caucasian Knot

12:27, 15 October 2021

Tbilisi: large action in support of Saakashvili reveals opposition' protest potential

The large-scale rally held by supporters of Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, a former president of Georgia, has become a serious argument of the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party in favour of its intentions, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

Armenian serviceman, September 2021. Photo: official website of the Ministry of Defence of Armenia

12:13, 15 October 2021

Six Karabakh militaries wounded near Nor Shen village

Azerbaijani militaries have attacked the positions of the Karabakh Army near the village of Nor Shen; six servicemen were seriously wounded, the Nagorno-Karabakh Ombudsperson has informed.

Special military vehicles of the Azerbaijani Army. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan

11:48, 15 October 2021

Azeri MoD announces serviceman's death

An Azerbaijani military serviceman was killed by a sniper's shot made from the responsibility area of Russian peacemakers in Karabakh. The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has treated the incident as a terror act.

The European Court of Human Rights. Photo: CherryX per Wikimedia Commons

08:54, 15 October 2021

ECtHR awards compensation to Azeri human rights organization

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ordered Azerbaijani authorities to pay 24,900 euros to the Resource Centre for Democracy and Human Rights, as well as to its head, Asabali Mustafaev, for an unjustified blocking of bank accounts and a ban on leaving the country.

Nina Tseretilova. Screenshot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcL8gswbjl4

08:42, 15 October 2021

Tseretilova's children returned to mother after intervention of Chechen law enforcers

Magomed Tseretilov tried to secure the defence of Chechen authorities in his conflict with his ex-wife over his children, but in the end, after a talk with Chechen law enforcers and court marshals, he handed the children over to Nina Tseretilova, a resident of Dagestan.

The office of the HRC "Memorial" in Moscow. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

08:28, 15 October 2021

Moscow office of HRC "Memorial"* attacked

A group of young people burst into the office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"*, when a film about the journalist Gareth Jones was screened there.

Akhmednabi Akhmednabiev. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the Caucasian Knot

23:16, 14 October 2021

ECtHR communicates a case on murder of Akhmednabiev

The European Court of Human Rights communicated the complaints filed by relatives of killed Dagestani journalists Akhmednabi Akhmednabiev and Khadjimurad Kamalov and combined the two cases into one proceeding.

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