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The restrictions imposed in connection with coronavirus made changes in the celebration of Eid al-Fitr in the republics of Northern Caucasus. Local residents have welcomed the holiday in their families; they almost did not visit cemeteries, and congratulated each other over the phone.

In his congratulation on Eid al-Fitr, Ramzan Kadyrov did not appear in the video clip, but recorded only his voice, residents of Chechnya have noted. It is possible that he is really sick, they have suggested.

Ramzan Kadyrov is healthy, Magomed Daudov, the Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, said after reports of hospitalization of the head of the region with suspicion of COVID-19. However, Adam Delimkhanov, an advisor to the head of Chechnya, said that he was praying for Kadyrov's recovery.

The count of coronavirus infection cases in Southern Caucasus, including the unrecognized republics, reached 10,598. The number of COVID-19 deaths in the region has increased to 133 due to recent four deaths in Armenia and two in Azerbaijan.

Akhmed Dudaev, the assistant to the leader of Chechnya, responded to reports about alleged hospitalization of Ramzan Kadyrov because of the suspected coronavirus infection. However, Akhmed Dudaev did not refute the rumours. Some social network users considered the above fact an alarming sign and demanded to make public the information about the health state of the Chechen leader.

In Chechnya, the law enforcement bodies promised to enhance patrolling on the streets during the celebrations of the Eid al-Fitr holiday, and local residents decided to celebrate the holiday at home.

At the entrance to Grozny, policemen neglect the personal protective equipment against the coronavirus infection, although ordinary residents are obliged to wear masks, Instagram users express their indignation.

Believers may start paying obligatory donations in the context of the end of Ramadan and alms for the missed days of fasting, as part of the permissive control system in force in the republic due to the epidemic, the Mufti of Chechnya has stated.

Circassian activists have held five actions in Istanbul, Ankara, Antalya and Khatai Province. Given the country's quarantine regime, Turkish authorities and organizers themselves limited the number of participants; and in some cities policemen obstructed activists.

During the inauguration of Araik Arutyunyan, the new President of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), 19 oppositionists held a rally in Shushi expressing disagreement with the election outcomes.

The appeal of Arsen Kanokov, the Senator from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), on the eve of the Remembrance and Sorrow Day for the victims of the Caucasian War is conceptual, but it is unlikely to help in solving the "Circassian issue", since it has been ignored by federal authorities in recent years, historians believe.

Elkhan Suleimanov, the head of the Chechen Ministry of Public Health (MPH), has appeared on air after a two-day break and explained his absence in public by "the pandemic peak." The republic has already 1026 revealed coronavirus cases; 11 people have died, he has informed.

Dagestan does not hold any mass religious events, and the holiday of Eid al-Fitr will not be an exception, the mosques of the republic assure. In villages, believers did not immediately refuse to visit mosques, the Imam from the Khasavyurt District reported.