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20:47, 6 December 2021

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of November 29-December 5, 2021

Voting of MPs in Southern Russia for a bill on QR codes amid protests; death of 14 soldiers in a helicopter crash in Azerbaijan; dispersal of the protest action of Mikhail Saakashvili’s supporters in Tbilisi by the police, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of November 29-December 5, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

15:18, 29 November 2021

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of November 22-28, 2021

Special operation in Karachay-Cherkessia; negotiations between the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Sochi; start of proceedings on the lawsuit for the liquidation of the “International Memorial”*; protests in Southern Russia against the introduction of QR codes; Kadyrov’s new threats against Ingushetia and the exercises of the Chechen law enforcement bodies near the border, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of November 22-28, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

20:54, 22 November 2021

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of November 15-21, 2021

Aggravation of the situation at the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan; end of the Mikhail Saakashvili’s hunger strike after his transfer to a military hospital, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of November 15-21, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

14:11, 15 November 2021

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of November 8-14, 2021

Publication of video evidence of violence and torture against natives of the Caucasus in the Saratov prison hospital; anniversary of the end of the “autumn war” in Nagorno-Karabakh and new armed incidents in the conflict zone; protests by Saakashvili’s supporters in Georgia; debate at the trial against leaders of the Ingush protest; conflict at the border between Chechnya and Ingushetia provoked by the changed channel of the Fortanga River, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of November 8-14, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

21:15, 8 November 2021

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of November 1-7, 2021

Rallies in Georgia demanding fair elections and the release of Saakashvili; public outcry over the victory of Kadyrov’s son in a boxing tournament; amnesty in Azerbaijan timed to the Day of Victory in the Karabakh war, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of November 1-7, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

16:14, 1 November 2021

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of October 25-31, 2021

Second round of municipal elections in Georgia; beginning of the unplanned holidays announced because of the coronavirus spread and the introduction of QR codes in Southern Russia; anniversary of the terror act during the “Nord-Ost” musical show; visit of the President of Turkey to Azerbaijan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of October 25-31, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

20:37, 25 October 2021

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of October 18-24, 2021

Scandal with applicants for maroon berets from Chechnya; deterioration of the Mikhail Saakashvili’s health state during hunger strike; abduction of Dagestani women from a shelter in Kazan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of October 18-24, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

15:44, 18 October 2021

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of October 11-17, 2021

Armed incidents in the Karabakh conflict zone; election of the leader of Dagestan; riot in a Vladikavkaz penal colony; actions of Saakashvili’s supporters and opponents in Georgia; communication by the ECtHR of a case on the murder of Akhmednabiev, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of October 11-17, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

21:51, 11 October 2021

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of October 4-7, 2021

15th anniversary of the Anna Politkovskaya’s murder; Kadyrov’s inauguration as the leader of Chechnya; collapse of a five-storey building in Batumi, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of October 4-7, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

17:30, 4 October 2021

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of September 27-October 3, 2021

Municipal elections and detention of Mikhail Saakashvili in Georgia; anniversary of the beginning of the Karabakh war in 2020; report by law enforcers on the prevention of a terror act and detention of gunsmiths in Southern Russia; pollution of the sea with oil products in Kuban, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of September 27-October 3, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

20:59, 27 September 2021

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of September 20-26, 2021

Summing up the election results on a single voting day in Southern Russia; death of tourists on Mount Elbrus; Kadyrov’s threats against Zakaev, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of September 20-26, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

16:11, 20 September 2021

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of September 13-19, 2021

Elections of the leaders in Chechnya, Karachay-Cherkessia, and North Ossetia; elections of members to the State Duma of Russia and members of various levels of power in Southern Russia; ECtHR’s decision on a complaint from Azerbaijani oppositionist Tural Abbasly; arrest of a Lieutenant Colonel of the Armenian army in a case on capture of 64 soldiers, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of September 13-19, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

19:23, 13 September 2021

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of September 6-12, 2021

Special operation in Dagestan; military exercises in Nagorno-Karabakh; law enforcers’ report about prevention of terror acts in Ingushetia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of September 6-12, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

14:26, 6 September 2021

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 30-September 5, 2021

Seventeenth anniversary of the terror act in Beslan; ECtHR’s decision on the murder of Natalia Estemirova; verdict of guilty to an activist from Nalchik; refusal of the Georgian authorities from the EU’s assistance; MIA’s decision on life-long expulsion of comic Mirzalizade from Russia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of August 30-September 5, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

21:59, 30 August 2021

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 23-29, 2021

Damage and casualties as a result of heavy rains in Dagestan; detention of Pankisi Gorge residents during a special operation; adoption of the Armenian government’s programme amid the boycott of the opposition, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of August 23-29, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

16:09, 23 August 2021

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 16-22, 2021

Victims of shelling attacks at the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan; conflict in a Dagestani village over the imam appointment; new flooding in Kuban; verdict against Chechen native Djumaev in a case on participation in a rally for Navalny; echo of Afghanistan in the Caucasus, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of August 16-22, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

14:42, 16 August 2021

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 9-15, 2021

Deaths of nine patients in a Vladikavkaz hospital because of oxygen problems; flooding after downpours in Kuban; shelling attacks in the area of the Karabakh conflict and at the border of Armenia with Azerbaijan; tightening of COVID restrictions in Georgia; oil spill in the sea near Novorossiysk; arrest of officials from the government of North Ossetia in a case on embezzlement, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of August 9-15, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

21:57, 9 August 2021

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 2-8, 2021

Anti-COVID measures imposed by the authorities in Southern Russia; reappointment of Nikol Pashinyan as Prime Minister of Armenia; preparation for the September elections in Southern Russia; new successes of athletes from the Caucasus and Southern Russia at the Tokyo Olympic Games, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of August 2-8, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

21:29, 2 August 2021

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of July 26-August 1, 2021

Aggravation of the border conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan; verdict in a case on the death of Vladikavkaz resident Vladimir Tskaev at a police department; successes of athletes from the Caucasus and Southern Russia at the Tokyo Olympics, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 26-August 1, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

13:45, 26 July 2021

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of July 19-25, 2021

Celebration of Eid al-Adha amid the pandemic: new measures imposed by the authorities of Southern Russia to curb the spread of coronavirus; detention of suspected extremists, the regional GIBDD chief, and a murder of a law enforcer in the Stavropol Territory; trials in Baku in an Armenian soldiers’ case; appointment of new supervisors for Southern Russia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 19-25, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

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