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The war in Nagorno-Karabakh, which began a year ago, came as a surprise to civilians who had to leave their homes, said residents of Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot”.

On the part of Armenia, in the Karabakh war that began a year ago, a total of 3781 persons perished; 253 other persons are still listed as missing, the Armenian Investigating Committee (IC) has informed.

On air of the state TV Channel Adam Elzhurkaev, the head of the Islamic Medicine Centre, has chastised three women from Chechnya for engaging in occultism.

Apart from the "Minute of Silence" in memory of those who perished during the 2020 autumn aggravation of the Karabakh conflict, Armenian authorities have planned no other events on the anniversary of the outbreak of hostilities. According to the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", the absence of authorities' attention to this issue is due to the fact that they have no Nagorno-Karabakh point on their agenda.

In front of the Adjara government, a protest action was held by residents of the "Dream City" settlement, dissatisfied with the absence of information on the conditions for providing apartments in the buildings under construction.

On September 26, in Yerevan, on the first anniversary of the start of the Karabakh war in 2020, a commemorative torchlight march was organized by activists of the "Ayastan" oppositional bloc.

On September 26, the "InterRecord" Agency announced that at the 2021 election, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, set a new world record. "At elections of Russian regional leaders, the largest number of votes was won by Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Chechnya," reads a message posted on the Agency's Instagram page.

Authorities have significantly underestimated the compensation amounts to residents of the village of Nizhnie Achaluki after the flood; some victims were not included into the lists at all, local residents have complained. An analyst has stressed the authorities' duty to help all those who suffered the damage, while the officials have reported on the completion of payments.

Tourists from all over Russia came to the festival of Ossetian pies in Vladikavkaz; all the city hotels are occupied, the festival organizers have stated.

The inquiry into a criminal case initiated against a resident of Khasavyurt accused of transferring money to a militant of the "Islamic State" (IS)*, a terrorist organization banned in Russia, is over, investigators have reported.

The state of health of Niyameddin Akhmedov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has greatly deteriorated; he was hospitalized into the medical facility of the country's Penitentiary Service with suspected coronavirus.

In Shusha, the Azerbaijani party has handed the remains of a soldier over to Karabakh rescuers, thus bringing the total number of bodies and remains of found Armenian militaries up to 1670.

Landslides caused by a heavy rainfall have blocked the road to a village in the Lanchkhuti District of Georgia, where 40 families live, and to a village in the Ozurgeti District, inhabited by 30 families.

Akhmed Zakaev's anti-Kadyrov rhetoric has became harsher; therefore, it was followed by new threats from Ramzan Kadyrov and video clips offensive to Zakaev, the administrators of the "1Adat" Telegram channel and the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, have noted.

A court has sentenced a resident of the Buynaksk District to two years of conditional imprisonment for posting videos calling for extremism.

The villagers, who went missing in July, have been found dead in a mined area on the border of Goygol and Kelbadjar Districts, the Azerbaijan Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has informed.

On October 1, Azerbaijan lifts restrictions on operation of public transport on weekends, and clubs, cinemas, and entertainment centres will resume their activities. To travel between cities and regions of the country by public transport, passengers will be required to produce a COVID passport.

The mitigation of punishment for former employees of the Yaroslavl penal colony, accused of torturing Abubakar Tsagalaev, a native of Chechnya, is not grounded, the “Public Verdict” human rights foundation* claims.

Ramzan Kadyrov addressed gross insults to Akhmed Zakaev, living in Great Britain, and invited his sons to come to Chechnya to avenge their father’s humiliation.

The leader of Chechnya bought the most titled tinker stallion in Russia for his stable, and the horse became a birthday present for his daughter.