Saakashvili complains about beating in hospital November 09, 2021 13:49 Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, a former Georgian president, has stated that he was tricked into the prison hospital and that after he arrived there he was beaten up.
Accusations against Caucasians after conflict in New Moscow violate journalistic ethics November 09, 2021 13:38 In most cases, there is no need to indicate the nationality of conflict perpetrators, except for the crimes motivated by nationalism and xenophobia, the journalists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
Hunger-striking Elene Khoshtariya faint twice from weakness November 09, 2021 11:20 Elene Khoshtariya, the leader of the oppositional "Droa" Party, will stop her hunger strike, when she knows for sure that Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili is out of danger, the spokesperson of the "Droa" Party has stated.
Stepanakert demands to punish Azerbaijani militaries November 09, 2021 10:55 Those guilty of shelling the workers who were repairing water supply pipes in Stepanakert should be punished, official representatives of Nagorno-Karabakh have stated.
Activist detained in Sochi for picket in support of Navalny November 09, 2021 08:54 Sochi policemen have detained David Abgaryan, a picketer, who demanded to release Alexei Navalny. Abgaryan has reported that he was taken to the police station, where he will be kept until the trial.
Armenia: opposition announces start of resistance movement November 09, 2021 08:42 In the evening on November 8, an oppositional rally organized by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) "Dashnaktsutyun" was held in Freedom Square in Yerevan. According to the organizers, the rally should initiate a nationwide resistance movement.
Saakashvili's supporters start endless protest in Tbilisi November 09, 2021 08:26 Several thousand protesters staged a march through the territory adjacent to the building of the country's government administration in order to block the exits from it. With this march, the opposition has launched an endless protest action, which, according to their statement, will end with the release of Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili.
Spy scandal hits interests of Chechen authorities in Turkey November 09, 2021 00:52 The mention of State Duma member Adam Delimkhanov in media reports about Russian citizens detained in Istanbul and Antalya became an unofficial warning to the authorities of Chechnya from Turkey, experts interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot” suggested.
A resident of Nagorno-Karabakh dies after a shelling attack November 08, 2021 23:40 Today, when repairing a water pipeline, workers have been shelled by the Azerbaijani armed forces, and one of the workers died in hospital, while three others stay in a state of moderate severity, the Ombudsperson of Nagorno-Karabakh reports.
Mikhail Saakashvili transferred to a prison hospital November 08, 2021 23:21 A doctors’ council unanimously supported the decision to transfer Mikhail Saakashvili to a multifunctional clinic. The penitentiary service reported on the transfer of the former president of Georgia to a prison hospital.
YouTube users criticize Tumso Abdurakhmanov’s arguments in dispute with Ilya Yashin November 08, 2021 18:13 In his comments on the statements voiced by Moscow oppositionist Ilya Yashin about Chechnya and Ramzan Kadyrov, Tumso Abdurakhmanov made an inaccuracy while describing an escape of Khalimat Taramova, social media users noted in their comments to the blogger’s video. Many of them reproached Tumso Abdurakhmanov for insufficient reasoning about the land conflict between Chechnya and Ingushetia.
In Yerevan, protesters consider trilateral agreement to be illegitimate November 08, 2021 17:31 Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan was not entitled to sign the trilateral agreement, protesters claim. They have torn in public the unsealed trilateral declaration, as they believe that it is a threat to the security of Armenia, and the issue concerning the status of Nagorno-Karabakh should be resolved exclusively within the OSCE Minsk Group.
Week of November 1-7 passed without victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus November 08, 2021 14:11 During the week from November 1 to November 7, 2021, in the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, no information about those dead or wounded was reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
Tbilisi: commemoration participants urged to prevent demonstration dispersals November 08, 2021 13:19 On November 7, in Tbilisi, about 2000 people came to the rally intended to remind authorities about the victims of the violent crackdown on the 2007 opposition protest. They stressed the inadmissibility of the use of force against participants in peaceful protests.
Farmer wounded by mine explosion in Azerbaijan November 08, 2021 11:53 Khanlar Aslanov, a resident of the Djabrail District, was wounded by explosion of an anti-personnel mine while engaged in field works in the Karabakh conflict zone.
Court arrests those accused of attacking man with child in New Moscow November 08, 2021 11:37 Three residents of Russia and one citizen of Azerbaijan have been arrested within the resonant conflict that occurred in the "Novye Vatutinki" neighbourhood in Moscow, which was re-qualified into an attempted murder.
Instagram users are sceptical about "Chechenstat" report on the end of census November 08, 2021 11:17 Chechnya is the first Russia region to complete the population census by 100%, the head of the "Chechenstat" (the Chechen Branch of the Russian Federal State Statistics Service) has stated. Some residents of Chechnya were sceptical about the statement and reported on the Instagram that they had not participated in the census.
Georgian journalist goes on hunger strike in Saakashvili's support November 08, 2021 11:04 Gigla Tumanishvili, a correspondent for the "Mtavari Arkhi" TV Channel, has started his hunger strike demanding to transfer Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, the third president of Georgia, to a multidisciplinary civilian clinic.
Kadyrov urges to punish those responsible for the hype around attack in New Moscow November 07, 2021 12:46 The special services must find the provocateurs, who had mistakenly treated the participants in the resonant attack on the man with a child as natives of Northern Caucasus, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated. Sultan Khamzaev, a State Duma MP from Dagestan, has suggested introducing a ban on the revealing in media the nationality of suspects and convicts.
Activists worry about fate of Azerbaijani oppositionist November 07, 2021 12:42 The reason for the non-admission of the advocate to Malik Rzaev, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) may be his torture, his advocate and activists have suggested.