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15:29, 4 May 2020

Quarantine conditions softened in Azerbaijan

Since May 4, Azerbaijan cancelled the permissive system for leaving home, except for the cities of Baku, Sumgait, Ganja, Lenkoran and the Apsheron District. Also, the country has reopened private stores, hairdressers and beauty salons.

Screenshot of the video on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B_qtgTglOvS/

11:07, 4 May 2020

Chechen MP criticizes man with many children for request for help

Magomed Daudov, the Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, has told about a father of eight children, who has ended up, due to restrictions caused by coronavirus, without money and asked for help. The Speaker has condemned the man and offered him to sell his car in order to "drag time."

A police officer reprimands the detainees. Screenshot of the video posted on the Instagram ЧП Чечня
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11:04, 4 May 2020

Two residents of Chechnya publicly repent of violating self-isolation

Residents of the Gudermes District have apologized for violating the self-isolation regime; it follows from the video posted on the Instagram. Social network users have criticized law enforcers who gathered some 15 detainees in one room.

Agil Gumbatov. Screenshot of Gumbatov's video appeal to the President of Azerbaijan on March 13, 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh0LMm-tKug

10:59, 4 May 2020

Azerbaijani activist Gumbatov left in mental hospital for another month

Agil Gumbatov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), who was placed into a psychiatric hospital, has been left there for another month, his wife said.

The Memorial to Repression Victims of in Karachaevsk. Screenshot of the post on rashidtemrezov's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B_uJc1OguF9/

10:50, 4 May 2020

Karachays commemorate deportation victims with social network posts

On the Revival Day of the Karachay Nation, residents of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) pay tribute to victims of deportation online; rallies are banned due to quarantine introduced because of coronavirus. Rashid Temrezov, the head of the republic, has visited the Memorial to Repression Victims of in Karachaevsk.

12:14, 3 May 2020

After search at PFPA activist in Baku, law enforcers took away phone and PC

Saadat Djakhangir, a member of the Presidium of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) and an employee of the "Azadlyg" newspaper, has told about an eight-hour-long interrogation after a search of her apartment. Her fellow party members fear a new provocation against their leader Ali Kerimli.

Stalin bust in the village of Zar of the Tskhinval Region. Photo by Anna Djioyeva for the Caucasian Knot

11:24, 3 May 2020

Because of nostalgia for the past, Tskhinvali residents approve the name "Stalinir"

Elderly residents of Tskhinvali said that the word "Stalinir" is associated with their own youth.

11:03, 3 May 2020

NKR accuses Azerbaijan of 170 shelling attacks during week

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has reported 170 cases of ceasefire violation by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces committed during the last week.

Village of Gergebil. Screenshot: https://youtu.be/XBdKrdy3Gd4

18:46, 2 May 2020

Residents of Dagestan district centre claim threat of mass deaths

In the Gergebil District of Dagestan, hospitals are overcrowded; in a few days, 12 people died, local residents report, complaining about the absence of drugs and ALV (artificial lung ventilation) devices in hospitals.

Armenian soldier. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Armenia, http://www.mil.am

18:22, 2 May 2020

Azerbaijan claims 25 shelling attacks on the frontline

During the last 24 hours, the Azerbaijani positions deployed on the Armenian border and in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled for 25 times, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

Residents of Sochi, May 1, 2020. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the Caucasian Knot

18:01, 2 May 2020

Sochi townspeople meet mask regime with complaints about high prices in pharmacies

Since April 30, the authorities of the Krasnodar Territory introduced the mandatory wearing of medical masks in public places. Sochi residents have complained about high prices on masks in pharmacies, and said that they have to sew them themselves.

Screenshot of Instagram post with appeal to Ramzan Kadyrov asking to help to free the Khaikharoev brothers, https://www.instagram.com/p/B_pVXSDg4lW/

17:34, 2 May 2020

Kadyrov ignores appeals of two detainees' mothers

Chechen women have complained to Ramzan Kadyrov about the arrest of their sons, Magomed and Akhmed Khaikharoev, who have been in custody for five months. Instagram users spoke in support of mothers.

Policemen during quarantine in the Marneuli and Bolnisi Districts. Screenshot: https://youtu.be/RPA1gv1lYO4

17:14, 2 May 2020

Georgian villagers prevent hospitalization of COVID-19 infected persons

An attempt to hospitalize ten residents of the quarantined village of Musevani of the Bolnisi District resulted in a villagers' clash with policemen and medics. The Bolnisi District accounts for 18.9% of all Georgia's coronavirus infected patients.

11:49, 2 May 2020

Rights defenders react to transgender's self-arson in Tbilisi

A transgender woman has set herself on fire in front of the Tbilisi Mayoralty in protest against the growth of transphobia that she faced due to quarantine self-isolation. The organization "Movement for Equality" has called on the authorities to pay attention to the people deprived of social support and relatives' help.

Buses in Chechnya. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Transport of Chechnya, http://mtischr.ru/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=75&Itemid=123

11:32, 2 May 2020

Public transport completely stopped in Chechnya

The republic's authorities have announced a complete shutdown of the urban public transport in connection with the spread of coronavirus infection.

Aslambek Akhmetkhanov. Screenshot from video posted by IA 'Grozny-Inform', https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YKvYdWfKUg

11:19, 2 May 2020

Akhmetkhanov's homecoming reveals his social kinship with Kadyrov people

Ramzan Kadyrov has allowed Aslambek Akhmetkhanov to return home, since the businessman is a socially close person to the Chechen leadership and has accepted the inflicted insult, while his financial resources may be useful for the authorities, the Caucasian researchers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

ChGTRK correspondent reports on distribution of grocery sets among poor families in Chechnya. Screenshot from ChGTRK 'Grozny' broadcasting: https://www.instagram.com/p/B_o0V6-FTSr/

08:30, 2 May 2020

Instagram users complain about selectivity of help from Chechen authorities

Chechen authorities are regularly reporting about distribution of food packages to the poor, but many families in need have never received them. Those who have lost their income due to the quarantine are offered to apply for benefits after it has ended.

Andrei Murga. Photo: press service of Stavropol Administration, http://stavgorod.ru/content/novosti/zampred-stavropolskogo-pravitelstva-ukazal-netochnie-svedeniya-v-spravke-o-dohodah~35816

08:17, 2 May 2020

Sources report Stavropol official detained in Spain

Andrei Murga, a former deputy chairman of the government of the Stavropol Territory, who had been on the international wanted list, has been detained in Spain; the issue of his extradition to Russia is being decided, sources have informed.

Social distance during quarantine. Photo: REUTERS/Vitaly Nevar

22:28, 1 May 2020

Dagestan registers largest increase in number of coronavirus cases in Northern Caucasus

In the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), the number of cases of the coronavirus infection increased by 481 over 24 hours. The largest number of new coronavirus-infected patients was registered in Dagestan.

Protest in Vladikavkaz, April 2020. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the Caucasian Knot

22:14, 1 May 2020

Courts report on punishment of 64 rally participants in Vladikavkaz

Today, in North Ossetia, courts have fined two more participants of a protest action in Vladikavkaz, and the total number of court's decisions on fines and arrests of activists reached 64, the joint press service of the courts reports.

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