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Seven special forces fighters got maroon berets after passing an exam in the Stavropol Territory, Ramzan Kadyrov announced. Social media users pointed out to the leader of Chechnya that a scandal with the Chechen fighters, who were transported in cars during an examination march, casted doubt on their right to wear maroon berets.

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”.

During the week of October 11-17, 2021, during the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, no information about the perished or wounded persons was reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.

At a protest action staged near the Rustavi Prison, where Mikhail Saakashvili, a former Georgian President, is kept, several dozen of his opponents recalled the law violations committed during his presidency.

A group of the most active rioters in the Vladikavkaz colony was transferred to a correctional facility in Dagestan.

In the village of Yeraskh, Ararat Region, civilians' houses were shelled from the side of Azerbaijan, as a result bales of a villager's hay were burned down, Arman Tatoyan, the Ombudsperson of Armenia, has stated.

The country has finished voting at local elections. Observers have noted the use of administrative resources, recorded cases of transporting voters to polling stations by supporters of the ruling party, and violations of the requirements for visual campaigning.

The police prevented the protesters from placing stickers in support of Mikhail Saakashvili near the Tbilisi residence of the creator of the "Georgian Dream" Party; three activists were detained.

The riots in the maximum security penal colony occurred a week after the appointment of a new head of the North-Ossetian branch of the Russian FSIN (Federal Penitentiary Service). The new bosses have toughened the attitude to inmates, sources have informed.

At the session of the International Court of Justice of the United Nations, where the claim against Azerbaijan on racial discrimination was considered, an official representative of the Armenian government asked the Court to take measures to close the trophy park in Baku and drew attention to the exposition of helmets and dummies of Armenian soldiers therein.

The "Promised Caucasus" Festival ended in Derbent with a jazz concert and ethnic dances. Its rich programme has helped to get to know better the culture of mountain Jews; tourists from many Russian cities told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

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, 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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