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March 02, 2021 22:02

• Martin Kochesoko sentenced to probation

  In Kabardino-Balkaria, a court sentenced Circassian activist Martin Kochesoko to three years of imprisonment.

March 02, 2021 21:46

• Nagorno-Karabakh Ombudsman accuses officials of deaths of 33 civilians

  The General Prosecutor's Office of Nagorno-Karabakh has started to investigate a case on the deaths and capture of dozens of civilians during the combat actions in the autumn of 2020. The tragedy occurred, because the local authorities failed to carry out the evacuation of civilians, the Ombudsman claims.

March 02, 2021 21:31

• Chechnya leads in cases of violence against journalists and bloggers in Russia

  In 2020, out of 103 cases of violence against journalists registered by human rights defenders in Russia, 40 cases took place in Chechnya. The unfavourable situation with the freedom of the Internet has also developed in Dagestan, Ingushetia, North Ossetia, Adygea, and Kuban.

March 02, 2021 19:10

• In Abkhazia, opposition hold a protest action near parliament building

  About 200 people gathered in front of the parliament of Abkhazia to express their indignation at the trip of presidential aide Benur Kviraya to Georgia. The administration of President Aslan Bzhaniya claimed that Benur Kviraya visited Georgia after he had resigned from his post as the aide to the President of Abkhazia.

March 02, 2021 18:45

• Robert Kocharyan's supporters hold a protest action in Yerevan

  Today, in Yerevan, activists have blocked one of the streets with the demand to close the criminal case against Robert Kocharyan, the second President of Armenia.

March 02, 2021 18:21

• Criminal case opened against Bagautdin Myakiev, sources report

  The police have opened a criminal case against Ingush activist Bagautdin Myakiev for damaging property during his stay in a Nalchik SIZO (pre-trial prison), sources reported.

March 02, 2021 14:02

• Searches for dead bodies resumed in Nagorno-Karabakh

  Today, Nagorno-Karabakh rescuers have resumed searches for the bodies and remains of military servicemen and civilians in the battlefields of the conflict zone, the emergency service of the unrecognized republic has announced.

March 02, 2021 13:41

• Protest action in Tbilisi turns into detentions

  Today, opposition supporters went out to a protest action in Tbilisi demanding the release of political prisoners and hold repeated parliamentary elections. Protesters tried to block the road, after which law enforcers detained seven of them.

March 02, 2021 13:16

• Three women from Kurchaloi detained for witchcraft

  Adam Elzhurkaev, a theologian, has scolded three Kurchaloi women detained by law enforcers for providing occult services, the regional TV channel reports.

March 02, 2021 11:27

• Defence reports ten suspected torturers of Caucasians in Yaroslavl colony

  Three suspects of beating up Abubakar Tsagalaev, a native of Chechnya, and Vazha Bochorishvili, a citizen of Georgia, have been arrested in the Yaroslavl colony; two are under house arrest. The whereabouts of the remaining suspects are being established.

March 02, 2021 11:12

• Analysts doubt militants' involvement in attacks on law enforcers in Uchkeken

  The two attacks committed in Uchkeken since early December have little in common, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

March 02, 2021 08:37

• Rallies of Pashinyan and his opponents gather about 28,000 people

  On March 1, supporters of Nikol Pashinyan, the Armenian Prime Minister, and of the opposition held their parallel rallies in Yerevan.

March 02, 2021 08:25

• Makhachkala picketers demanded to release political prisoners

  On March 1, four solo pickets with different demands were held in Makhachkala. Picketers demanded, in particular, to release the Dagestani journalist, Abdulmumin Gadjiev and other political prisoners.

March 01, 2021 23:48

• Tenant of dilapidated house in Kabardino-Balkaria appeals to Kadyrov for help

  The authorities of Kabardino-Balkaria have ignored requests to exercise the rights to housing, claims Gulbinat Adjibekperova, who lives in a dilapidated five-storey building with no heating and water supply. The woman recorded a video appeal to the leader of Chechnya.

March 01, 2021 23:31

• "Novaya Gazeta" covers contrast between luxury of "Putin's palace" and Gelendzhik life

  Residents of Gelendzhik, in the vicinity of which a palace from the Alexei Navalny's investigation is located, have to huddle in illegally built constructions adjacent to garages, and they suffer from poor roads and problems with water supply, the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" reports. More than 3000 people signed a petition to demolish "Putin's palace" drawn up by a local activist.

March 01, 2021 21:04

• Four Azerbaijani residents detained for trying to enter Karabakh

  Two residents of the Terter District tried to avoid checkpoints and get to the village of Talysh, while two others tried to go to the Agdam District, despite the authorities' ban on visiting the non-demined territories of Nagorno-Karabakh, the police report.

March 01, 2021 20:49

• In Yerevan, activists burst into building of district administration

  Dozens of Nikol Pashinyan's opponents entered the administration building of the Kentron District of Yerevan, despite attempts by the police to stop them. The activists demanded from the directors of the district administration not to force public sector employees to participate in a pro-government rally.

March 01, 2021 20:38

• Residents of Armenia and Karabakh forced to participate in pro-government rally, opposition reports

  The authorities use the administrative resource in an attempt to ensure the mass nature of the rally scheduled for today in the centre of Yerevan, the opposition claim. The press service of the President of Nagorno-Karabakh announced that no public sector employees were sent to the rally initiated by Nikol Pashinyan.

March 01, 2021 18:59

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of February 22-28, 2021

  Seventy-seventh anniversary of the deportation of Chechen and Ingush people; massive actions held by opponents of the Armenian Prime Minister; appointment of the new Prime Minister of Georgia and the protests in Tbilisi, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of February 22-28, 2021, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

March 01, 2021 13:46

• Collection of signatures in support of Ara Sagatelyan launched in Yerevan

  The signatories of the petition in support of Ara Sagatelyan, a former chief of staff of the Armenian Parliament, who was arrested within the case of fakes during the aggravation of the Karabakh conflict, treat his arrest as a political persecution.