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April 13, 2022 08:34

• Russian MoD reports wounding of Karabakh military

  The Azerbaijani Armed Forces have violated the ceasefire near the dwelling settlement of Furukh; one serviceman of the Nagorno-Karabakh forces was wounded, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

April 13, 2022 08:23

• Lawyers assess legal risks for Azerbaijani volunteers in Ukraine

  In their homeland, the Azerbaijani volunteers who have left for Ukraine may be criminally prosecuted under the article on mercenarism, the lawyers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have pointed out.

April 13, 2022 00:15

• Participants of fight in Magas apologize to police

  Three participants in a fight in Magas, during which a policeman was injured on March 30, apologized to law enforcers.

April 12, 2022 23:58

• EU and at least 10 other states do not recognize presidential election in South Ossetia

  At least 10 states refused to recognize the presidential election in South Ossetia and came out in support of the territorial integrity of Georgia. A similar statement was made by a representative of the European Union (EU).

April 12, 2022 23:43

• Police disrupt a protest in front of Russian Embassy in Baku

  In Baku, the police did not let participants of an unsanctioned rally organized by the Azerbaijan Democracy and Welfare Party to approach the building of the Russian Embassy.

April 12, 2022 18:18

• On April 4-10, 2022, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of April 4-10, 2022, 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.

April 12, 2022 17:57

• Restrictions on flights to cities of Southern Russia extended

  Airports in the cities of the Krasnodar Territory, Kalmykia, and the Rostov Region will not be able to receive and send flights until April 19, the Federal Air Transport Agency, also known as “Rosaviatsiya”, reports.

April 12, 2022 14:14

• EU accelerates consideration of Georgia's application for EU membership

  Georgia has received a questionnaire to be answered in order to become candidate country for the European Union (EU), although the Georgian authorities had expected that the EU would issue this questionnaire only in a few years, Salome Zurabishvili has stated.

April 12, 2022 13:53

• Russian journalist demands from law enforcers to leave her 93-year-old mother alone

  Svetlana Anokhina, a journalist, who has left Dagestan because of threats, reports about law enforcers' visit to the house where her elderly mother lives. They asked her about Svetlana's posts about events in Ukraine.

April 12, 2022 11:24

• Military experts assess appearance of a peacemaking post on Mount Karaglukh

  The establishment of a peacemakers' post on Mount Karaglukh is not a guarantee against an Azerbaijan's strike, but it provides Russian militaries with a positional advantage that has a deterrent role, Armenian military analysts believe. In their turn, Azerbaijani military experts have treated the post as the result of a Russian-Azerbaijani compromise.

April 12, 2022 11:08

• Mukhortov's wife demands to check his custody conditions in Adyg colony

  Alexander Mukhortov, a resident of Sochi, who complained about received threats after he told media about torturing inmates in a Saratov colony, and achieved his transfer to Adygea, is in an isolation ward in inhuman conditions, his wife has stated.

April 12, 2022 08:43

• Authorities admit deaths of at least 200 militaries from NCFD and SFD in Ukraine

  Since the start of the special operation in Ukraine, it became known about the deaths of at least 142 natives of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) and 58 residents of the Southern Federal District (SFD); these data were obtained as a result of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on the officially confirmed information.

April 12, 2022 08:31

• Journalists link Gagloev's election success with Bibilov's administrative resources

  Anatoly Bibilov made use of his administrative resources to exclude real rivals from the presidential race; however, the votes of their supporters helped Alan Gagloev to win the first round of election in South Ossetia, the journalists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have pointed out.

April 11, 2022 22:57

• MFA of Abkhazia confirms absence of plans to join Russia

  The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Abkhazia condemned the speeches of Russian political analysts on the issue of Abkhazia joining Russia and threatened to recognize authors of those speeches as undesirable persons on the territory of the republic. The state sovereignty of Abkhazia is indisputable, the republic’s MFA declares.

April 11, 2022 22:41

• Administration of Mozdok District reports about death of a military man in Ukraine

  Georgy Eprikyan from the village of Novo-Georgievskoye perished during the special military operation in Ukraine, the administration of the Mozdok District reported. The authorities confirmed the information about at least 34 soldiers from North Ossetia who perished in Ukraine.

April 11, 2022 18:09

• Analysts predict outcome of second round of presidential election in South Ossetia

  Analysts interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot” suggest that Alan Gagloev will become the winner in the second round of the presidential election in South Ossetia.

April 11, 2022 17:48

• More than 12,500 residents of Donbass arrive in Rostov Region over a day

  More than 12,500 refugees arrived in the Rostov Region from the Lugansk and Donetsk People’s Republics (LPR and DPR, respectively) over a day, border guards reported.

April 11, 2022 15:30

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of April 4-10, 2022

  Echoes of the situation in Ukraine in Southern Russia: the arrival of refugees, the death of militaries, the persecution of pacifists; consideration of the appeal filed by the HRC “Memorial”* in the case on its liquidation; talks between Ilham Aliev and Nikol Pashinyan in Brussels, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of April 4-10, 2022, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

April 11, 2022 13:41

• Azerbaijan rejects South-Ossetian presidential election

  The presidential election in South Ossetia is illegitimate, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has stated today, speaking in support of Georgia's territorial integrity.

April 11, 2022 13:27

• After commemorating Bucha casualties, Krasnodar woman accused of discrediting army

  In Krasnodar, Olga Aksyonova, an activist, was charged with discrediting the Russian Armed Forces after she lay down on the ground with her hands roped behind her back near a billboard with the inscription "Za Nashikh" (For Ours) in memory of those killed in the Ukrainian town of Bucha.