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22:50, 30 March 2020

Protests in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev to be held online

Friends and colleagues of Abdulmumin Gadjiev retract the idea to hold solo pickets because of the coronavirus quarantine. The activists called on people to support the Dagestani journalist by writing posts in social networks and instant messengers.

18:05, 30 March 2020

Chechen law enforcers publicly reproach quarantine violators

For the refusal of self-isolation, the Chechen law enforcement bodies threaten dozens of quarantine violators with detention or car seizure. Local residents note that by placing dozens of violators together, law enforcers themselves violated the quarantine regime.

17:51, 30 March 2020

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of March 23-29, 2020

Spread of the coronavirus infection in the Caucasus; special operation in Kabardino-Balkaria; protest actions with the demand to postpone elections in Nagorno-Karabakh, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of March 23-29, 2020, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Elchin Mamed. Photo: https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/ru/case/case-history-elchin-mammad

17:45, 30 March 2020

Journalist Elchin Mamed detained in Azerbaijan

Elchin Mamed, the head of the NGO "Legal Enlightenment of Sumgait Youth" and the editor-in-chief of the "Yukselish Namine" (For Revival) website, is accused of theft. He claims that he was detained under a false complaint filed by a woman from Sumgait.

An elderly woman from Gudermes on air of the republic's TV channel. Screenshot from video posted by ChGTRK 'Grozny': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIG3Au9DN9E&feature=emb_title

13:44, 30 March 2020

TV story with repentance of fortuneteller's son triggers indignation in Chechnya

On air of the republic's TV channel, an elderly woman from Gudermes, has repented of providing occult services, and her adult son – of not keep track of her mother. Residents of Chechnya found the son's public repentance excessive.

Medical workers check on two hunger strikers in Stepanakert, March 29, 2020. Screenshot of Arthur Osipyan's Facebook post: https://www.facebook.com/arthur.osipyan.902/posts/529949597922097

13:23, 30 March 2020

Health condition of Stepanakert hunger-strikers gets worse

Vardan Arzumanyan and Mais Bakhdadyan, Karabakh War veterans and supporters of the opposition, continue their hunger strike. Their health condition has aggravated, and they had to call an ambulance, but refuse to stop their protest action.

Ramzan Kadyrov attends a grand opening of the Palace of Arts in Grozny. Screenshot from video posted by IA 'Grozny-Inform', https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=22&v=m9qwsEsi-50&feature=emb_logo

13:10, 30 March 2020

Chechen authorities ignore restrictions imposed because of coronavirus

Breaking their own imposed bans is a usual practice for Chechen authorities, Ruslan Kutaev and Ekaterina Sokiryanskaya have noted in their comment on the solemn opening of the Palace of Arts in Grozny amid the restrictions imposed because of the coronavirus.

Screenshot from video posted by Baza Telegram Channel: https://t.me/bazabazon/3284

11:24, 30 March 2020

"Novaya Gazeta": Chechen law enforcers beat quarantine violators with pipes

Law enforcers with polypropylene pipes in hands are on duty on roads in Chechnya and use pipes against quarantine violators. Local residents report that they beat up people who drive in cars without masks, although it is impossible to buy masks in Chechnya, the "Novaya Gazeta" writes.

Elmira Kenzhibulatova with her children in an airport. Photo courtesy of Rasul Kenzhibulatov

11:04, 30 March 2020

Nogai activists call on to release Elmira Kenzhibulatova

The leaders of Nogai NGOs have called to mitigate the freedom restriction measure of Elmira Kenzhibulatova, a resident of the Tarumovka District of Dagestan, who was arrested after her return home from Syria. The woman went to the Middle East to pick up her child and not to take part in hostilities, her relatives and activists assert.

Flag of Abkhazia inside a car cabin. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

10:50, 30 March 2020

Coronavirus situation affects trade and tourism in Abkhazia

In Abkhazia, the state of emergency has forced the owners of trading outlets to curtail operations; while hotel owners have cancelled reservations, entrepreneurs inform.

Screenshot of the post published by the author of the catalogue named "Quarantinum" on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10157517816373509&set=a.10150201726168509&type=3&theater

11:02, 29 March 2020

Social network users respond to coronavirus with anti-crisis projects

The catalogue named "Quarantinum" has collected links to more than 150 resources and projects that will help to fruitfully and with pleasure spend time, despite the restrictions imposed because of the coronavirus, and also to help people at risk to receive the required psychological and legal support.

10:59, 29 March 2020

Defence claims rights violation of Azerbaijani oppositionist Tofig Yagublu

The police have seized a cell phone from the arrested politician Tofig Yagublu and deleted his records in social networks, his daughter, Nigyar Khazi, has reported. His advocate treats the police's actions as a violation of the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR).

A volunteer buys foodstuffs at the shop. Kabardino-Balkaria, March 2020. Photo by Zalina Kushkhova for the "Caucasian Knot"

10:53, 29 March 2020

KBR volunteers help elderly people in self-isolation

82 volunteers are bring foodstuffs and medicines, and help in paying utility bills to older residents of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), who have to stay at home because of coronavirus infection threat.

Nazran Central Mosque. Screenshot of the video https://youtu.be/TlSHcqhKIIs

23:55, 28 March 2020

Residents of Ingushetia call for closing mosques because of coronavirus

By not closing mosques during the coronavirus epidemic, the Ingush Muslim clergy endanger their believers, Facebook users have stated. They advise local residents not to attend services.

23:53, 28 March 2020

NKR accuses Azerbaijan of 150 shelling attacks

Since March 22, Azerbaijani soldiers have fired over 1200 shots at positions of the Defence Army, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has informed.

The "Tangim" Mosque in Makhachkala. Photo by Ilyas Kapiev for the "Caucasian Knot"

12:27, 28 March 2020

Law enforcers collected believers' data during raid at "Tangim" Mosque in Dagestan

At the "Tangim" Mosque in Makhachkala, law enforcers stopped parishioners and copied their personal data. Believers pointed to a reduction in the number of participants in the Friday prayer, linking it with the threat of coronavirus spread.

Ammunition. Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"

12:19, 28 March 2020

Armenian Army serviceman wounded in conflict zone with Azerbaijan

On March 27, a military serviceman was wounded as a result of a shot from the Azerbaijani side, a source from the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

Pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj). Photo: Bilal Randeree https://www.flickr.com

12:13, 28 March 2020

North-Caucasian pilgrims face threat of Hajj cancellation

The demand for Hajj pilgrimage among North-Caucasian Muslims has dropped because of the spread of coronavirus and rouble depreciation, tour operators report. Saudi Arabia may cancel the Hajj; and operators will have to return the money to unfortunate pilgrims, said the office of Ilyas Umakhanov, the Hajj Commissioner under the Russian government.

12:06, 28 March 2020

Analysts explain difference of coronavirus spread in Georgia and Armenia

The number of coronavirus cases has reached 329 in Armenia and 83 in Georgia. The significant difference in the number of infected people is explained by the fact that Tbilisi took preventive measures against the epidemic earlier than Yerevan. However, such a gap in figures can be explained also by the fact that the data on the number of coronavirus infected people depends on the number of performed tests, analysts have noted.

Believers in a mosque in Grozny. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

11:45, 28 March 2020

Attendance of Friday namaz in Chechen mosques drops

After the Mufti's call to people at risk not to visit mosques for coronavirus threat, the collective namaz (prayer) in Grozny on Friday was less crowded.

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