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Mikhail Saakashvili and his associates planned to organize riots in Tbilisi on October 3, during which several oppositionists would be killed, and then demand the resignation of the government, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili claimed.

Fans of the “Spartak” FC (football club) may go to court with a request to punish Chechen law enforcers for beating people at the stadium, advocate Yevgeny Chernousov claims. The sports regulatory authorities do not intervene in off-field incidents, TV observer Alexei Durnovo notes.

During the combat actions in Nagorno-Karabakh, 3788 people were killed, and other 246 people, including 22 civilians, are listed as missing, the Investigative Committee of Armenia reports.

During the week of September 27-October 3, 2021, no killed or wounded in the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the “Caucasian Knot” based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

A case against Rasul Mailubaev and Zagir Yakubov, natives of the Stavropol Territory, accused of participating in an attack by the militant grouping led by Shamil Basaev and Amir Khattab on Dagestan in 1999, has been submitted to court.

During the break in the Russian Premier League (RPL) football of "Akhmat" FC versus Moscow "Spartak" FC that took place in Grozny, servicemen of the regiment named after Akhmat Kadyrov beat up two fans of the Moscow team with truncheons.

The practice of public apologies should be spread everywhere; one's willingness to publicly repent is evidence of a person's decency, Djambulat Umarov, a Vice-Premier of Chechnya, has stated. In their turn, Instagram users have objected that forced public apologies are not always sincere.

The crossing of the Georgia's state border by Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, a former president of the country, has shown inefficient border defence; however, the incident will have no affect on the electoral support of the "Georgian Dream" Party, political analysts believe.

More than 200 winemakers took part in a wine festival held in the Armenian village of Areni. Participation in the event allows increasing brand awareness and make useful contacts for increasing sales, winemakers believe.

Ali Bakaev, a native of Chechnya, has stated that he was accused of organizing an attack on law enforcers in the village of Naurskaya not on the basis of proofs, but because of his affiliation to the Salafi trend of Islam. Russia is seeking Bakaev's deportation from Ukraine amid the massive inclusion of Caucasian natives there into sanctions lists, Evgeny Zakharov, the director of the Kharkov Human Rights Group, has stated.

The detention in Cherkessk of a resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) with components for making a bomb is a performance staged by law enforcers for the sake of receiving benefits, social network users have suggested.

Without waiting for the official results from the Central Election Commission (CEC), Irakli Garibashvili, the Georgian Prime Minister, has congratulated the members of the ruling "Georgian Dream" Party on the victory at municipal elections.

The Georgian Young Lawyers' Association (GYLA) has stated that its observers came under pressure at polling stations where election violations were recorded. In three cases, observers were forced to leave polling stations.

At elections in Georgia, there were cases of observers' non-admission to polling stations and violations in drafting documents, the NGO named "Fair Elections" has stated.

The Georgian Central Election Commission (CEC) has unreasonably recognized no violations of the law when placing "bloody banners" with images of oppositionists, Georgian analysts have stated.

The case of the chief physician of the Teberda Resort in the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), who was involved in the murder of Jewish children in 1942, declassified by the Russian FSB (Federal Security Bureau), adds nothing new to what is already known, the historians interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have stated.

The administration of the Rustavi Prison is not letting the advocates of Mikhail Saakashvili, a former Georgian President, to visit him, despite the fact that he went on a hunger strike after detention.

The hearings on the claim on violations of the "International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination" lodged by Armenia against Azerbaijan will be held on October 14 and 15; and on the similar claim of Azerbaijan against Armenia – on October 18 and 19, the UN International Court of Justice has informed.

Abkhaz MPs have held an emergency session in connection with the shooting in Sukhumi. The draft resolution on the removal of the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) from office failed to collect the required number of votes.

Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, the third president of Georgia, has declared a hunger strike, because he disagrees with the charges brought against him and treats himself as a political prisoner, Nino Lomdjariya, the country's Ombudsperson, has stated.