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April 11, 2022 15:30

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of April 4-10, 2022

  Echoes of the situation in Ukraine in Southern Russia: the arrival of refugees, the death of militaries, the persecution of pacifists; consideration of the appeal filed by the HRC “Memorial”* in the case on its liquidation; talks between Ilham Aliev and Nikol Pashinyan in Brussels, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of April 4-10, 2022, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

April 11, 2022 13:41

• Azerbaijan rejects South-Ossetian presidential election

  The presidential election in South Ossetia is illegitimate, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has stated today, speaking in support of Georgia's territorial integrity.

April 11, 2022 13:27

• After commemorating Bucha casualties, Krasnodar woman accused of discrediting army

  In Krasnodar, Olga Aksyonova, an activist, was charged with discrediting the Russian Armed Forces after she lay down on the ground with her hands roped behind her back near a billboard with the inscription "Za Nashikh" (For Ours) in memory of those killed in the Ukrainian town of Bucha.

April 11, 2022 11:36

• Protesters in Tskhinvali call for an honest vote tabulation

  Participants of the spontaneous action in Tskhinvali told the "Caucasian Knot" that they would not allow any falsification of voting outcomes.

April 11, 2022 11:22

• Rights defender Oleg Orlov accused of violating rules of picketing

  Oleg Orlov, a human rights defender, who went out on April 11 with a poster onto Red Square in Moscow, was accused by law enforcers of violating the rules of picketing.

April 11, 2022 11:04

• Volgograd activist Grodnikova calls on to investigate events in Bucha

  Tamara Grodnikova, a pensioner, has held a solo picket in Volgograd calling on the authorities to create a civilian commission to travel to Bucha and make public the findings about the massacres of civilians committed there.

April 11, 2022 10:50

• Georgia condemns presidential election in South Ossetia

  Elections in South Ossetia are illegal and will have no legal force, the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has stated. A similar statement was made by the MFAs of Lithuania and Latvia.

April 10, 2022 12:48

• Georgian President pardons 15 prisoners

  The pardoning act concerning 15 prisoners, including six citizens of Ukraine, was signed by the Georgian President, Salome Zurabishvili.

April 10, 2022 12:44

• Ten Tbilisi streets named after casualties of rally dispersal in 1989

  On Saturday (April 9), Tbilisi commemorated the 21 persons, who perished during the dispersal by Soviet troops of the rally on April 9, 1989. The City Council named 10 streets after those who perished in those events.

April 10, 2022 12:41

• Since start of special operation, over 6000 Ukrainian citizens arrived in Azerbaijan

  Since February 24, 2022, a total of 6163 citizens of Ukraine have arrived in Azerbaijan, the Azerbaijani Migration Service has informed.

April 10, 2022 12:37

• Head of Dagestani Derbent District reports death of fellow countryman in Ukraine

  Artyom Verdiev, a military serviceman-native of the village of Belidji, has perished in Ukraine, the head of the Derbent District has informed. Since the start of the special operation in Ukraine, the death of at least 73 natives of Dagestan has been officially confirmed.

April 10, 2022 12:35

• Residents of Rostov farm frightened by missile incident

  A crater with a diameter of about three meters has formed in place of liquidation of the ammunition that fell into the building of a resident of the Frolov farm; villagers are afraid to talk about the incident, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent has found out.

April 09, 2022 23:23

• Georgian authorities rule out any possibility of contraband of sanctioned goods to Russia

  Irakli Garibashvili, the Georgian Prime Minister, has treated the allegations that the country is smuggling sanctioned goods to Russia, including military goods, put forward by the Ukrainian authorities, as slander.

April 09, 2022 23:17

• Baku authorities refuse to sanction action in support of Ukraine

  The Baku Mayoralty has forbidden the Azerbaijan Democracy and Prosperity Party (ADPP) to hold a picket near the Russian Embassy with a demand to stop the special operation in Ukraine. The city authorities have explained the refusal by restrictions on holding mass events during the pandemic.

April 09, 2022 12:43

• Serviceman from Derbent awarded Order of Courage posthumously

  Bekhman Verdikhanov, an officer from Derbent, who perished in the special operation in Ukraine, received the above order for his courage and bravery. Since the outbreak of hostilities, the authorities have confirmed the death of at least 72 militaries from Dagestan in Ukraine.

April 09, 2022 12:38

• Policemen stop action of Polad Aslanov's wife in Baku

  Gyulmira Aslanova has held a protest action in front of the Azerbaijani presidential administration. She spoke out against beating up her husband, Polad Aslanov, a journalist, in the colony where he serves his prison term, and demanded to ensure his safety.

April 09, 2022 12:28

• Lavrov claims refusal of France and USA to work in OSCE Minsk Group on Nagorno-Karabakh

  France and the United States intend to stop communicating with Russia on the settlement in Nagorno-Karabakh within the format of the Minsk Group of the OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe), Sergey Lavrov, the head of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), has stated.

April 09, 2022 10:31

• Administration of Astrakhan Region reports militaries' deaths in Ukraine

  On April 8, the contract servicemen, Muratbek Kilimov and Ramil Azhimov, were buried in the villages of the Volodarsky District. Since the start of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 13 residents of the Astrakhan Region have perished there.

April 09, 2022 10:31

• Khramort villagers insist on security guarantees for returning home

  Should Nagorno-Karabakh authorities and Russian peacemakers provide security guarantees, the evacuated residents of the Khramort community plan to return to the village in order to engage in farming without fear of being shelled by Azerbaijani militaries.

April 08, 2022 23:53

• “International Memorial”* reports about blocking of its bank accounts

  At the request of the Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ), the “International Memorial”* (International Historical Educational Charitable and Human Rights Society “Memorial”) was excluded from the list of legal entities, although the liquidation of the organization has not been completed, human rights defenders report.