Tajik authorities have announced that China will build a base in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO). The facility, built against the backdrop of the seizure of the Taliban of the authorities in Afghanistan, will belong to a special rapid reaction unit of the Department for Combating Organized Crime of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan. According to the press service of the Tajik Interior Ministry.
"According to the agreement reached, the base of the Special Rapid Response Unit of the Department for Combating Organized Crime of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan in the Vakhan gorge will be built at the expense of funds allocated on a gratuitous basis. The PRC assumes the obligation to provide the equipment, equipment and materials necessary for the implementation of the project, Tajikistan undertakes to exempt the import of equipment into the country from taxes and duties," said the First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan Abdurahmon Alamshozoda.
The creation of the base will take place within the framework of an agreement between the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan and the Ministry of Security of China.
Within the framework of the project, it is planned to construct 12 buildings, including an administrative building, a dormitory, a canteen, premises for the residence of Tajik security officials and their families, a water reservoir and two observation towers.
The total area of the complex will be 3550 sq. meters. At the same time, the presence of the Chinese military at the base is not provided. Currently, the process of preparing documentation for the allocation of a land plot for the construction of the base is underway.
Earlier it was reported that the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation will send improved T-72B3 tanks to Tajikistan.
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The state prosecutor asked for the testimony of several prosecution witnesses to be read in court in the case of the journalist of the Chernovik newspaper Abdulmumin Hajiyev, accused of financing terrorism, referring to the fact that they are outside Dagestan. The court asked the prosecutor to provide certificates of witnesses crossing the border.
As "Caucasian Knot" wrote, the journalist of the Dagestan newspaper "Chernovik" Abdulmumin Hajiyev, as well as the head of the charitable foundation "Ansar" Abubakar Rizvanov and Kemal Tambiev were detained in connection with the financing of terrorism.
The court in Rostov-on-Don extended the arrest of Gadzhiev until January 28, 2022. On October 14, the former imam of the Makhachkala mosque, Magomedrasul Saaduev, presented by the prosecution as a witness, stated in court that he knew nothing about Hajiyev's radical views. The refusal of a number of witnesses from their testimonies, which are included in the case by the investigation, can help the accused, the lawyer said.
According to investigators, the journalist of the Dagestani newspaper Abdulmumin Hajiyev, Abubakar Rizvanov and Kemal Tambiev collected 68 million rubles and $200,000 for the terrorists under the pretext of building mosques and helping poor Muslims.
The investigation connects them with a Dagestani preacher and founder of the Islamic foundation "Mukhadzhirun," known as Abu Umar Sasitlinsky, who is wanted in a terrorism case. All three are in custody in the Rostov-on-Don pre-trial detention center. Hajiyev insists on his innocence, and his colleagues consider the criminal case to be a way of putting pressure on the journalist.
On October 28, the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don continued the consideration of the case of Gadzhiev, Rizvanov and Tambiev. There were no relatives or anyone from the defendants' support group at the meeting, the only visitors were two media representatives, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reported.
It was planned that at least one of the classified witnesses would be questioned at the meeting via video link with the garrison military court in Makhachkala, but he could not arrive on time, as according to the state prosecutor Murad Aliyev, due washed out roads near his residence.
In connection with the absence of the witness, Aliyev asked to read out the testimony of the remaining witnesses for the prosecution. According to him, witnesses Aida Khaita and Anna Papushina "are in prison in the Far North," witnesses Huseyn Dingaev and Askhab Dzharbayev are in Turkey, a number of witnesses, including the imam of the Central Mosque of Kislovodsk Aslan Shamanov, imam of the Khasavyurt Central Mosque Ilyas Umalatov, previously convicted Shamil Kadyrov and three other people "are now outside the republic."
Therefore, the prosecutor's office cannot establish their whereabouts.
The defendants opposed the reading out of their testimonies.
"This is unfair: the investigators questioned these people, but we cannot ask them our questions? If these testimonies are insignificant, then let the prosecutor's office refuse them," Abubakar Rizvanov said.
He pointed out that witness Kadyrov was sentenced to eight years, so he cannot "be outside the republic."
On June 26, 2019, the North Caucasian (now Southern) military court found Shamil Kadyrov, a resident of Dagestan, guilty of complicity in the financing of terrorism and sentenced him to eight years in prison.
According to the prosecution, he transferred over 800,000 rubles to members of the Islamic State terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court. He did not admit his guilt. In November 2019, the Russian Supreme Court upheld the sentence to Shamil Kadyrov.
The rest of the defendants, as well as their lawyers, spoke out against the announcement of their testimonies. As a result, the panel of judges refused the prosecutor's application, asking him to provide certificates of witnesses crossing the Russian border.
The presiding judge also reminded the prosecutor that on October 28, it was exactly one year since the case came to court, and that "questions may arise" to the prosecution.
The next court session is scheduled for 1000hrs Moscow time on December 2. Several witnesses are expected to be questioned on this day.
The "Caucasian Knot" also wrote that single pickets are regularly held in Makhachkala in support of the "Chernovik" journalist Abdulmumin Hajiyev. His colleagues consider cases of pressure on the media and criminal prosecution of journalists to be an all-Russian trend.
On October 18, four single pickets demanding the release of Hajiyev, political prisoners and in support of freedom of the press, which were held in Makhachkala by the journalist's colleagues, attracted the attention of passers-by and the police.
The security forces demanded an explanation from the picketers . Expressing one's opinion through a single picket does not contradict the current legislation, said the founder of "Chernovik" Magdi Kamalov.
Four servicemen were injured due to careless handling of ammunition, the Armenian Defense Ministry reported.
The incident took place today at about 1000hrs (0900 hrs Moscow time) at one of the combat posts in the eastern direction, a representative of the department told the " Caucasian Knot " correspondent.
"All the wounded received first aid. An investigation is underway to clarify the circumstances of the incident," the Defense Ministry's press service noted. All victims received minor injuries.
Earlier, the "Caucasian Knot" has repeatedly reported on the injury and death of Armenian soldiers during armed incidents on the border with Azerbaijan. So, on October 9, soldier Misak Khachatryan was wounded. The Armenian Defense Ministry insists that they fired from the Azerbaijani side, but the Azerbaijani military department denied any involvement in the incident. Azerbaijan
The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry reported on the delivery to their homeland of 38 children who were in correctional institutions and orphanages in Iraq. We are talking about the children of Azerbaijanis who went to fight on the side of the militants in the Middle East, suggested journalist Tofig Turkel.
The Azerbaijani authorities brought home 38 children from Iraq who were in correctional institutions and orphanages in this country, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said today.
The children were delivered to their homeland today, it follows from the press release of the department sent to the "Caucasian Knot." Then they were provided with documents for returning to Azerbaijan and air tickets," it was reported.
To deliver the children to their homeland in Baghdad, members of the working group were sent from among the representatives of state structures responsible for the return of Azerbaijani citizens from Iraq and Syria and their rehabilitation. The members of the working group conducted a preliminary medical and psychological examination of the children, they were provided with the necessary assistance, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
A total of 38 children, accompanied by representatives of government agencies, were repatriated to Azerbaijan on the Baghdad-Istanbul-Baku flight. The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry recalled that a total of 288 Azerbaijani citizens were repatriated from Iraq, 286 children and two women. At the same time, the ministry's message does not indicate how the children from Azerbaijan ended up in the Middle East.
We are talking about children and women from families of residents of Azerbaijan, who at one time went to Iraq and Syria to participate in hostilities as part of various terrorist groups, said Tofig Turkel, a Turan agency observer for the Middle East.
"Some of them went with their families, taking their wives and children. Some of the children were already born there," he told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
After the death, arrest or escape of the militants, women and children of foreign citizens, including Azerbaijanis, foreign citizens, were placed in special camps and shelters in Iraq, Syria, liberated from terrorist groups, as well as in countries bordering with them.
It takes some time to identify these people, to provide them with documents, and they are gradually returned to Azerbaijan. Children without parents are usually given to close relatives - on the paternal or maternal side. If there are none, then they go to orphanages, explained Turkel.
The " Caucasian Knot " also wrote that on October 9, an Ankara-Baku flight brought four children to Azerbaijan, who were in an orphanage in the city of Iskenderun.
A formal request from the breakaway government of Donetsk People's Republic was transmitted to the Ukrainian government requesting the entry of humanitarian supplies to the residents of village recently taken over by Ukrainian forces, according to data supplied by officials with Russian backed separatist forces.
The previous day a Ukrainian military unit entered the village of Staromaryevka in the gray zone between the lines of Russian backed separatists and Ukrainian forces. Neither side released any data as to casualties or to combat, so it is assumed that the village as taken without a shot -- and to the rebel's complete surprise.
So far the Ukrainian ministry of defense to date has remarked on the Ukrainian operation.
According to the DPR Ministry of Defense: "Staromaryevka is located in the 'gray zone' 10 km west of Telmanovo, the administrative center of the DPR district of the same name."
It was previously reported by the DPR minister of foreign affairs, Natalia Nikonorova, that Ukrainian military units made their stab at Staromaryevka three days ago, using 82mm and 120mm mortar fire in support. The nearby village of Granitnoye was a position held by Ukrainian troops, where the mortar fire originated.
According to a separate report supplied by the separatists, elements of the Ukrainian 10th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade commanded by Vyacheslav Kotlik, were involved in the takeover and the artillery fire.
The report said that artillery fire had severed a 300mm diameter water pipe in Telemanovo.
A separate Russian backed militia news account which appeared in novorosinform.org, reported several residents of Staromaryevka were arrested by Ukrainian military units. The presumed detachment commander of the Ukrainian operation, Georgy Medvedev, reported on the arrests, and also reported Ukrainian units already left the Staromaryevka.
Elements of the Ukrainian 93rd Separate Mechanized Brigade, commanded Dmitry Bryzhinsky, also were responsible for artillery firing on Zaistevo and in Gorlovka. Both villages have been under Ukrainian artillery fire since the beginning of the war in 2014.
Other separatist reports are that Ukrainian artillery was fired on Yasinovataya, Dokuchaevsk and Staromikhaylovka.
The report said that criminal cases were being prepared for the attacks.
DPR defense spokesman Lt. Colonel Eduard Basurin said an overflight of a drone, commissioned by the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), was jammed by Ukrainian electronic intelligence units.
The announcement did not specify if the drone's flight and functions were impaired, but did specify the number of villages, all in southwestern Donetsk, which were reached by the drone.
The Ukrainian side reported, according to data supplied by the Ukrainian language daily, lb.ua, that the separatists dropped an explosive device from a drone in Granitnoye, severely wounding on unidentified Ukrainian soldier.'
The report also said Ukrainian units observed a drone enter and leave Ukriaian airspace. It is possible that was the OSCE drone.
According a news report in the Russian language daily rusonline.org, the Ukrainian units tasked with capturing Staromaryevka has requested, but have been denied orders to withdraw. This after expectations the position would be reinforced by the Ukrainians.
The subtext is that separatist units defending the area have yet to withdraw, and likely have the village under observation.
LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky, speaking in the State Duma at the discussion of the budget, called for depriving the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, "Fair Russia - For Truth" and "New People" the status of parliamentary parties and expel them from the parliament building for their position on the country's budget.
The Communist Party of the Russian Federation and A Just Russia - For the Truth immediately expressed their position that their representatives would not vote for the financial document. The leader of the New People faction, Alexei Nechaev, said that the party is worried about the budget.
"We must fight poverty, and you have billionaires in two factions (the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and the SRHP, who opposed the budget). What do you consider other people's money (budget)? Count your money," Fair Russia," said Zhirinovsky.
“They should vote as United Russia, (leader of A Just Russia Sergei) Mironov and (United Russia representative Boris) Gryzlov - shook hands. That's all! Therefore, they should not twist. A Just Russia is the younger sister of United Russia. If they are for (Russian President Vladimir) Putin, then here he is, his minister (of finance, who presented the budget, Anton) Siluanov, and you must vote for the budget! " continued the leader of the Liberal Democrats.
After that, he accused the representatives of "Fair Russia - For the Truth" of supporting the president, while speaking out against the government.
"You (SRHL) advocate for the budget or leave the State Duma building. You get your salary from the budget, apartments - from the budget, summer cottages - from the budget. And for the maintenance of your party (Communist Party) you will receive 1.5 billion, Gennady Andreevich. Your budget: Give up all the money. And you too, "Fair Russia." They receive everything from the state, but try to stir it up. Don't need a budget? Then get out of Russia and "New people," said Zhirinovsky.
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The previous day a Ukrainian military unit entered the village of Staromaryevka in the gray zone between the lines of Russian backed separatists and Ukrainian forces. Neither side released any data as to casualties or to combat, so it is assumed that the village as taken without a shot -- and to the rebel's complete surprise.
