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March 29, 2022 08:44

• Daudov announces Kadyrov's new title

  The President of Russia has awarded Ramzan Kadyrov the rank of Lieutenant General, Magomed Daudov, the Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, announced on March 28.

March 29, 2022 08:30

• Rights defenders doubt possibility of interrogating Ruslan Geremeev

  Although the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, disclosed the whereabouts of Ruslan Geremeev, a figurant in the Boris Nemtsov murder case, human rights defenders rule out any chances of interrogating Geremeev.

March 28, 2022 23:06

• Activists in Kalmykia describe practice of police applying law on discrediting armed forces

  In Kalmykia, two residents were fined 30,000 roubles each under the new law on discrediting the armed forces. The police also drew up protocols under the above law against four activists, including the editor-in-chief of the newspaper “Sovremennaya Kalmykia’ (Modern Kalmykia), who posted a video on YouTube several days before the new law went into effect.

March 28, 2022 22:50

• “Novaya Gazeta” suspends its activities

  Today, after having received a warning from the “Roskomnadzor” (the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology, and Mass Media), the newspaper “Novaya Gazeta” has announced the suspension of its publication until the end of the special military operation in Ukraine. The warning is connected with a violation of the law on foreign agents, the “Roskomnadzor” explains.

March 28, 2022 22:28

• On March 21-27, 2022, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of March 21-27, 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.

March 28, 2022 20:57

• Participants of Karabakh war demand status of war veterans from Azerbaijan’s MoD

  At a protest action in Baku, activists have complained that the Ministry of Defence does not assign the status of veterans to combatants in Nagorno-Karabakh, and that fact deprives them of the right to benefits.

March 28, 2022 20:39

• Armenia’s MFA requests an investigation into actions of Russian peacekeepers

  Today, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Armenia has announced that the Azerbaijani troops are still present in the zone of responsibility of Russian peacekeepers. The Armenia’s MFA demanded decisive steps to withdraw the Azerbaijani troops and also announced the need to investigate the actions of the Russian peacekeeping contingent.

March 28, 2022 20:24

• Journalists find a connection between poisoning of Navalny and murder of Nemtsov

  According to the joint investigation released today by the “Bellingcat”*, “The Insider”*, and BBC, special service officers involved in the poisoning of Alexei Navalny followed Boris Nemtsov for several months, and natives of Chechnya were convicted for his murder.

March 28, 2022 19:02

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of March 21-27, 2022

  Echo in Southern Russia of the special military operation in Ukraine; aggravation of the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of March 21-27, 2022, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

March 28, 2022 15:42

• Two wounded Karabakh militaries brought to Yerevan

  Two servicemen, who received most severe wounds during the shelling from the Azerbaijan, have been sent to the capital of Armenia, Gegam Stepanyan, the Nagorno-Karabakh Ombudsperson, has informed. The health condition of the remaining 12 wounded persons causes no doctors' concern, he specified.

March 28, 2022 15:29

• Chechnya is outsider in wages of residents of small towns and medium-sized cities

  On the average, residents of small towns and medium-sized towns in Chechnya received 23,900 roubles per month in 2021; the ratio of these wages to the cost of the minimum set of goods and services is 1.43. A similar picture is in Kabardino-Balkaria, Ingushetia, Dagestan and Karachay-Cherkessia.

March 28, 2022 15:13

• Baku refutes withdrawal of its troops from Karabakh village

  The statement of the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) about the removal of the units of the Azerbaijani Army from their positions in the village of Farrukh is not true, the Azerbaijani MoD has claimed.

March 28, 2022 11:25

• Lawyers dispute about the enforceability of article on discrediting Russian Army

  It is impossible to punish a person for a private conversation, Denis Nadein, a lawyer, has commented the court judgement against a resident of Kuban (the Krasnodar Territory), who was fined for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces after his conflict with a man over a sticker with the letter "Z". The law has uncertainties, which are often used as loopholes by law enforcers, lawyers have noted.

March 28, 2022 11:06

• Protesters detained in Tbilisi

  Policemen have detained about 10 people after the protesters against rising fuel prices blocked a street in central Tbilisi.

March 28, 2022 10:52

• Baku explains termination of gas supply to Nagorno-Karabakh by repair works

  After repairs, the gas supply to dwelling settlements of Nagorno-Karabakh will resume on March 28; and the next day, it will be fully restored for the entire unrecognized republic, the "Azerigaz" Production Association (PA) has promised.

March 28, 2022 07:42

• Russian MoD announces withdrawal of Azerbaijani troops from Karabakh village

  After the talks, Azerbaijan has withdrawn its military units from the territory near the Karabakh village of Furukh, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

March 27, 2022 12:05

• Stepanakert rally demands recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh

  The recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh's independence will help ensuring security of the local population, especially in the context of the aggravation of the situation on the Azerbaijani border, the participants in the action held in Stepanakert have stated.

March 27, 2022 11:58

• Nagorno-Karabakh asks Putin to increase the number of peacemakers

  Nagorno-Karabakh has asked Russian President to call on Azerbaijan to implement the agreements, and increase the Russian peacemaking contingent in Nagorno-Karabakh.

March 27, 2022 11:56

• Derbent district authorities report about death of Dagestani native in Ukraine

  Djafar Abdurashidov from the Derbent District has perished in Ukraine, the district administration has informed. Since the start of the military operation in Ukraine, Dagestani authorities have confirmed the death of at least 49 natives of the republic.

March 27, 2022 11:51

• South-Ossetian president reports about sending locals to Donbass

  Residents of South Ossetia have left for Ukraine to take part in the Russian military operation, Anatoly Bibilov, the president, has informed.