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In Nalchik, the court ignored the testimonies of witnesses for the defence and pronounced a biased verdict, which would be challenged, claims Aslan Iritov, the head of the public organization “Volny Aul” (Free Mountainous Village).

The police began to check a complaint filed by advocate Elchin Sadygov, representing the interests of the injured party in a case on the murder, committed, according to the investigators’ version, by General Rovshan Akperov. The advocate claims that a son of the defendant tried to beat him in the building of the Baku Military Court.

An economic recovery has been outlined in Georgia in connection with the resumption of the operation of enterprises after stagnation during the pandemic. However, according to the experts interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot”, the refusal of the authorities to cooperate with the European Union (EU) creates prerequisites for a decrease in investment and an economic downturn.

The Nalchik City Court has found Aslan Iritov, a resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), guilty of using violence against a policeman and sentenced him to two years of conditional imprisonment.

Idrak Mirzalizade, a comedian, has the right to appeal against the decision on his life-long expulsion from Russia, but the prospects for such litigation are doubtful, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted.

This year, victims of the school seizure in Beslan have obtained help for treatment and rehabilitation, but there is still a problem with employment of former hostages, while the law on the status of victims of terror acts has not yet been adopted, Susanna Dudieva, the head of the "Beslan Mothers" Committee, has stated.

At the protest held in front of the office of the ruling "Georgian Dream" Party, activists of the "Shame" movement claimed that it is inadmissible to reject cooperation with the European Union (EU).

The human rights Union "For Freedom of Political Prisoners of Azerbaijan" (UFFPPA) has listed a total of 122 persons – those who had been subjected to politically motivated criminal prosecution.

On the anniversary of the Beslan terror act, residents of North Ossetia traditionally bring toys, flowers and water bottles to the school gym – the tragedy venue; they light candles in memory of the victims. The participants of the three-day-long memorial watch come with their children to commemorate the terror act victims.

Today, at a press conference in North Ossetia, the head of the “Mothers of Beslan” Committee has stated that the investigation into a case on the seizure of a school by terrorists on September 1, 2004, in Beslan should be intensified and take into account the materials of the Strasbourg Court.

Today, the Azerbaijani armed forces have not opened fire in the direction of the village of Yeraskh and have not been involved in the death of an Armenian soldier, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reports.

Russian freestyle fighter Arthur Kulitsky has apologized to the leader of Chechnya for criticizing Kadyrov’s subordinates. The fighter attributed his remarks to the influence of YouTube bloggers and the effects of alcohol.

Soldier Gegam Saakyan got a fatal wound as a result of a shelling attack from the Azerbaijani side, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia reports today.

The Nagorno-Karabakh police have launched an investigation into a criminal case on torture motivated by ethnic hatred of a resident of the village of Machkalashen, who in July got lost in the area of the demarcation line and entered the territory controlled by Azerbaijan, the General Prosecutor’s Office of Nagorno-Karabakh reports today.

The statements about Joseph Stalin voiced by Sergey Lavrov, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, are designed to ensure support for the “Edinaya Rossiya” (United Russia) Party among Stalinists, many of whom live in the Volgograd Region, political analysts suggest.

The three-day mourning events in North Ossetia have begun with a memorial service and laying flowers at the Beslan school, which was seized by terrorists 17 years ago.

The Georgian authorities' refusal from the financial help of the European Union (EU), which was offered in exchange for reforms, threatens with a loss of balance in relations with the West and is at odds with the needs of the country's economy, which because of this risks to face investment outflow and unemployment increase, the Georgian analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" assert.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has failed to find Russia responsible for the death of Natalia Estemirova due to political reasons, human rights defenders assert.

The fires that onset on August 29 near the villages of the Gegarkunik Region on the border with Azerbaijan are spreading and threatening dwelling settlements; it is difficult to extinguish them due to the terrain relief and weather conditions; and residents of Armenian villages are afraid of getting under shelling, Arman Tatoyan, the Armenian Ombudsperson, has stated.

Parents of children from the village of Nichras, Tabasaran District of Dagestan, have refused to send their children to a new school, because it has no water and sewage system. The prosecutor's office has announced the start of a check.