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08:23, 3 March 2021

Political analysts point to Pashinyan's readiness to use administrative resources at elections

The authorities have used administrative resources when organizing a rally in Yerevan and will do the same in case of elections, but the opposition has enough supporters to effectively control the voting, political analysts believe.

Martin Kochesoko at the courthouse. Photo by Lyudmila Maratova for the Caucasian Knot

22:02, 2 March 2021

Martin Kochesoko sentenced to probation

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

Unexploded shell. Photo: REUTERS/Artem Mikryukov

21:46, 2 March 2021

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.

Screenshot: https://runet.report/incidents/

21:31, 2 March 2021

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.

19:10, 2 March 2021

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.

Policemen during a protest action in Yerevan, February 26, 2021. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the Caucasian Knot

18:45, 2 March 2021

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.

Bagautdin Myakiev. Screenshot: https://www.instagram.com/p/B0EQy41nsPm/

18:21, 2 March 2021

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.

One of the central streets in the town of Zangilan. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot

14:02, 2 March 2021

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.

Protest rally in Tbilisi. Screenshot: https://sputnik-georgia.ru/politics/20210302/251045088/Deputatam-prikhoditsya-probiratsya-v-parlament-Gruzii-po-koridoru-pozora.html

13:41, 2 March 2021

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.

Adam Elzhurkaev, a theologian, is scolding three Kurchaloi women detained by law enforcers for providing occult services. Screenshot: https://www.instagram.com/p/CL40Ok0puL1/

13:16, 2 March 2021

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.

Pre-trial prison. Photo courtesy of Elena Sineok / Yuga.ru

11:27, 2 March 2021

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.

At the site where the suicide bomber activated a bomb, Uchkeken, December 2020. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru

11:12, 2 March 2021

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.

08:37, 2 March 2021

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.

Idris Yusupov holds solo picket, March 1, 2021. Screenshot from the Caucasian Knot video

08:25, 2 March 2021

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.

Boarding house. Photo by Lyudmila Maratova for the Caucasian Knot

23:48, 1 March 2021

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.

Residential buildings in Gelenzhik. Photo: Alina Desyatnicheno for the 'Novaya Gazeta'. Collage prepared by the Caucasian Knot

23:31, 1 March 2021

"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.

Village of Talysh, December 2020. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot

21:04, 1 March 2021

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.

Policement trying to prevent a crowd from entering the building, March 1, 2021. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4d5OQ75DWo&feature=youtu.be

20:49, 1 March 2021

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.

Policemen standing at the gates of the Parliament during a protest rally, Yerevan, February 26, 2021. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the Caucasian Knot

20:38, 1 March 2021

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.

18:59, 1 March 2021

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".

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