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Elkhan Aliev, an activist of the PFPA. Screenshot of the post on Khalid Garaev's page on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=5059843320696842&set=a.425591834122037&type=3

11:53, 21 March 2022

Elkhan Aliev, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has been arrested for 30 days on charges of disobeying the police and petty hooliganism. Ali Kerimli, the PFPA leader, has stated that Aliev is being persecuted because of his active oppositional activities.

Ramazan Dugiev. Screenshot: https://t.me/fortangaorg/11948

10:32, 20 March 2022

Lawyers treat mitigation of restraint measure for Ramazan Dugiev as a good sign

At the request of his employer, the court has softened the freedom restraint measure of Ramazan Dugiev, a participant in the 2019 Magas protests, Ramazan is one of the few sign language interpreters in Ingushetia; and his release from the SIZO (pre-trial prison) allows to hope for a reclassification of charges, the lawyers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have pointed out.

Daniel Kurakin. Screenshot: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=410803722720331&set=pb.100013721199797.-2207520000..&type=3

10:17, 20 March 2022

After his arrest, Daniel Kurakin goes on hunger strike

Daniel Kurakin, a Volgograd activist, has gone on a protest hunger strike after being arrested under the article of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.

Stepanakert. Image made from video posted at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3a1VhFnxzI

17:21, 19 March 2022

Gas is supplied into Nagorno-Karabakh homes

The natural gas has begun arriving to more than half of Nagorno-Karabakh residents. Amid the cold weather, the outage lasted for 11 days due to an accident on the gas pipeline, Artak Beglaryan, the State Minister of the unrecognized republic, has announced.

Maikop City Court. Photo: press service of the Administration of the Municipal Formation City of Maikop; https://maikop.ru

17:02, 19 March 2022

Maykop resident fined for discrediting militaries

The Maykop City Court has fined a local resident by 50,000 roubles after finding him guilty of posting data in social networks that discredited the Russian Armed Forces.

Protest action in Batumi. Image made from video posted at: https://www.facebook.com/batumelebi/videos/707112410484975/

16:28, 19 March 2022

Homeless people in Batumi demand to give them apartments in squatter houses

The residents of Batumi from among those, who have no housing, have held a protest action and demanded from the officials to transfer apartments in nine high-rise buildings into their ownership.

16:02, 19 March 2022

Offer to listen to Zelensky sparks disputes in Georgian Parliament

The Georgian opposition has offered to listen to the speech of the Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, at a parliamentary session, but the ruling "Georgian Dream-Democratic Movement" Party refused to consider this offer. Shalva Papuashvili, the Speaker, has motivated the refusal by asserting fact that the opposition wants to destabilize the situation in the country.

13:23, 19 March 2022

Krasnodar activist detained for discrediting Russian Armed Forces

Alipat Sultanbegova, who was recently set free after her 20-day arrest for participating in an action against the special operation in Ukraine, has been detained again. This time, for her posts in social networks, one of which, as law enforcers assert, discredits the Russian Armed Forces, and the other incites hatred towards law enforcers.

Repairs of a gas pipeline from Armenia to Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo courtesy of the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense

13:10, 19 March 2022

Repair of gas pipeline from Armenia to Nagorno-Karabakh completed

Workers have finalized the repair of the section of the Shushi-Zariflu gas pipeline located in the territory controlled by Azerbaijan; the gas began arriving at the receiving station of the gas supplying organization of Nagorno-Karabakh, the authorities of the unrecognized republic have informed.

Image made from video posted by Kuban24.tv

12:57, 19 March 2022

Krasnodar resident detained after spitting at poster with Z letter

After a Krasnodar citizen spat on the letter Z depicted on the banner, law enforcers accused the man of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. The detainee is a 32-year-old resident of Krasnodar.

Police take away the attacker on journalists. Image made from video posted by Formula channel at: https://formulanews.ge/News/66843

12:43, 19 March 2022

Opposition journalists attacked in Georgia

A cameraman and journalists of the "Mtavari Arkhi" TV Channel were attacked in Zugdidi while trying to film a report; and a film crew of the "Formula" TV Channel was beaten up in Tbilisi.

Centre of Kharkiv, March 2022. Photo: Mvs.gov.ua https://ru.wikipedia.org/

08:31, 19 March 2022

Eleven ethnic Armenians perish in Ukraine during military operation

Eight Armenian civilian nationals have perished in Ukraine since the start of the special military operation; and three military servicemen were killed during the hostilities. About 4000 refugees have come from Ukraine to Armenia.

Sakhib Turabov. Screenshot: https://t.me/mkurbanov/21

08:19, 19 March 2022

Marine from Dagestan dies in Ukraine

A company commander, Sakhib Turabov, a native of the Tabasaran District of Dagestan, was buried on March 18 in his native village. Since the start of the military operation in Ukraine, the deaths of at least 33 natives of Dagestan have become known.

Refugees from Donbass leave Sukhum. Photo: http://www.mchsra.info

23:01, 18 March 2022

Refugees from Donbass begin to leave Sukhumi

Thirty-seven refugees from the Lugansk and Donetsk People’s Republics have gone by train from Sukhumi to the Rostov Region, from there they will be taken home, the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) of Abkhazia reports today.

22:42, 18 March 2022

Doctors rule out possibility of a shortage of medicines in Dagestan

In case if the supplies of foreign medicines for the treatment of diabetes mellitus, oncological and urological diseases are suspended, the medicines can be replaced with domestic analogues, specialists interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot” assure.

Vartan Kochian. Image made from video posted by RBC at: https://www.rbc.ru/society/10/06/2021/60c1e2309a7947c3db8645a

19:53, 18 March 2022

Vartan Kochyan dies in SIZO

Vartan Kochyan, accused of murdering court marshals in Sochi, died in a SIZO (pre-trial prison), his advocate Alexander Burnaev reports today.

A policeman. Photo courtesy of Elena Sineok, Yuga.ru

19:37, 18 March 2022

Four policemen charged with forcing a Makhachkala resident to self-incrimination

Charges have been brought against four policemen who, under threat of beatings, forced a woman from Makhachkala to confess to drug possession, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports today.

Airport of Stavropol. Photo courtesy of the airport’s press service

13:44, 18 March 2022

Closed sky regime in Southern Russia extended by another week

The ban on sending and receiving flights to and from the airports in six cities in Southern Russia, including Krasnodar, Stavropol and Rostov-on-Don, has been extended until March 26.

Ramazan Dugiev. Photo: https://fortanga.org/2022/02/zhitelya-ingushetii-zaderzhali-po-mitingovomu-delu/

13:23, 18 March 2022

Nalchik court places Ingush sign interpreter Dugiev under house arrest

The Nalchik City Court has placed Ramazan Dugiev, an Ingush sign interpreter, under house arrest for two months; he was accused of causing grievous bodily harm to law enforcers during protests in Magas in 2019.

Chechen law enforcers in Ukraine. Image made from video posted by GTRK ‘Vainah’ channel at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okewIraIshE

11:17, 18 March 2022

Analysts point to Kremlin's role in promoting Chechen law enforcers

The image of Chechen law enforcers as successful militaries is built by Moscow; and the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, performs all the actions within this promotion campaign at the Kremlin's behest, analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have pointed out.

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