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March 15, 2022 17:42

• BCA leaves Elshan Abbasov in custody

  The Baku Court of Appeal did not grant a complaint against the arrest of Elshan Abbasov, an activist of the “Muslim Unity” movement, and left him under arrest for four months.

March 15, 2022 17:27

• Number of Azerbaijani citizens evacuated from Ukraine reaches 7500

  Since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, about 7500 Azerbaijani citizens have been evacuated from the country to Baku.

March 15, 2022 14:24

• Political analysts discuss Yerevan's reaction to Baku's proposal for negotiations

  Baku has declared its readiness for talks with Yerevan on the conclusion of a peace treaty, subject to a number of principles. In response, Yerevan has offered to hold talks under the auspices of the OSCE Minsk Group. Baku's proposals are an attempt to consolidate the results of the 2020 war, Armenian political analysts believe.

March 15, 2022 13:54

• Analysts assess Moscow's influence on presidential election in South Ossetia

  The opposition has chances to win the upcoming presidential election in South Ossetia, as the incumbent president Anatoly Bibilov has lost his rating. The assessments of Moscow's influence on the election are often exaggerated, especially since any winner will be oriented toward Russia, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted.

March 15, 2022 11:18

• PO supports law enforcers in Zarema Musaeva's abduction case

  In Grozny, the Prosecutor's Office (PO) has found no violations in the actions of the law enforcers who had forcibly taken Zarema Musaeva from her home in Nizhny Novgorod, the "Committee against Torture" (CaT)* has informed.

March 15, 2022 10:54

• Native of North Ossetia arrested after detention at action in Moscow

  The court has sentenced Koba Margiev to ten days of arrest after he was detained in central Moscow, when a protest action against the special military operation in Ukraine was held there. Margiev himself has claimed that he did not take part in the action.

March 15, 2022 08:40

• Russia's MoD reports evacuation of 250,000 from Ukraine

  In Ukraine, as a result of the conflict, more than 5 million people have already been forced to leave their homes, Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, said in an interview with the Corriere della Sera newspaper. Since the start of the special military operation in Ukraine, a total of 248,993 people have been evacuated into Russia, the Russian Ministry of Defence has informed.

March 15, 2022 08:26

• Advocate tells about practice of using article on discrediting armed forces in Kuban

  Courts of the Krasnodar Territory (also known as Kuban by the name of the main river) have imposed fines on activists under the new article on discrediting the armed forces, while no hard proofs were presented at court sessions, Mikhail Benyash, an advocate, has stated.

March 14, 2022 23:15

• Mikhail Saakashvili announces results of his examination at a Tbilisi clinic

  In Tbilisi, doctors of a civilian clinic examined Mikhail Saakashvili and confirmed the diagnosis with serious illnesses found by doctors of the council, the former president of Georgia himself reported.

March 14, 2022 22:50

• Colleagues of Abdulmumin Gadjiev hold pickets in Makhachkala

  Today, Magomed Magomedov, a colleague of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist of the weekly newspaper “Chernovik” (Rough Draft), has held a solo picket in Makhachkala with the demand to stop the criminal case against Abdulmumin Gadjiev. Dagestani journalist Idris Yusupov held a solo picket demanding the release of political prisoners.

March 14, 2022 19:57

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of March 7-13, 2022

  Echo in Southern Russia of the special military operation in Ukraine; aggravation of the situation in the Karabakh conflict zone; anniversary of the deportation of the Balkar people, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of March 7-13, 2022, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

March 14, 2022 17:48

• Video reports on Kadyrov and Delimkhanov’s trips to Ukraine become element of propaganda

  Analysts interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot” note that Ramzan Kadyrov and State Duma member Adam Delimkhanov are trying to demonstrate the important role of Chechen fighters in the special military operation by posting videos about their visit to Ukraine.

March 14, 2022 17:35

• Russian-speaking residents of Georgia confirm relevance of measures against xenophobia

  Russian-speaking residents of Georgia interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot” say that ethnic Russians, including citizens of Georgia, face manifestations of Russophobia. The residents consider it appropriate to toughen the law against xenophobia.

March 14, 2022 15:25

• Kadyrov reports about Delimkhanov's participation in hostilities in Ukraine

  Ramzan Kadyrov has confirmed the information about his own arrival in Ukraine and added that Adam Delimkhanov, a State Duma MP from Chechnya, was also there. He promised state awards to employees of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) working "for Russia."

March 14, 2022 15:11

• Two natives of Volgograd Region perish in Ukraine

  Evgeny Schegolkov, a native of the city of Serafimovich, and Sergey Miller, a native of the village of Korostino, Kotovsky District, have perished in Ukraine. Since the start of the special operation of the Russian militaries, at least ten military servicemen from the Volgograd Region have died.

March 14, 2022 14:57

• Sochi woman demands to investigate her son's death after detention by law enforcers

  The body of Semyon Ganshin was found in the Zavokzalny District of Sochi. The day before, according to his mother, Irina Ganshina, the son was detained by law enforcers, who then stated that there had been no detention.

March 14, 2022 11:40

• Video about Kadyrov's visit to special operation in Ukraine got into network

  Ramzan Kadyrov has met the Chechen law enforcers who are taking part in the Russian military operation in the territory of Ukraine, and announced their mission "to capture Kyiv"; it follows from the video posted on March 13 in a number of Telegram channels.

March 14, 2022 11:27

• Rights defenders report about 22 detained protesters in Southern Russia

  At least 22 people were detained at protests against the military operation in Ukraine held in Volgograd, Krasnodar, Sochi and Rostov-on-Don, the human rights project "OVD-Info"* has reported.

March 14, 2022 11:14

• In a week, petition for exchange of POWs and dead bodies with Ukraine gains over 23,000 signatures

  The petition to President Putin calling to exchange the prisoners of war (POWs) and casualties' bodies with Ukraine has gained over 23,000 signatures.

March 14, 2022 10:58

• Armenian rights defenders treat situation in Nagorno-Karabakh as humanitarian catastrophe

  Shelling, psychological pressure and absence of conditions for normal life have resulted in a humanitarian catastrophe in Nagorno-Karabakh, the human rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted.