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February 27, 2022 12:16

• Tbilisi: rallies in support of Ukraine end in detentions

  Several people were detained at rallies in support of Ukraine held in Tbilisi for opposing law enforcers, and for a poster with obscene language against the Georgian Prime Minister, Irakli Garibashvili.

February 27, 2022 12:09

• Refugees' arrival in Abkhazia is only echo of war in Ukraine

  Authorities of Sukhumi have accepted and accommodated about 100 refugees from Donbass; this is the only sign in Abkhazia of hostilities in Ukraine, journalists have pointed out.

February 26, 2022 15:58

• Kadyrov promises the presence of Chechen law enforcers in Ukrainian hottest places

  Chechen fighters will go voluntarily to the hottest places in Ukraine, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated. The events in Ukraine are just a chance for Kadyrov to show his loyalty to the Kremlin, Magomed Adamov, a political analyst, has noted.

February 26, 2022 15:57

• Akhmadov reports on presence of Kadyrov people in Ukraine

  Chingiz Akhmadov, the head of the "Grozny" ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Company), has invited the critics of the head of Chechnya to come to Ukraine, where, according to his story, "Kadyrov people are in the Russian Army."

February 26, 2022 15:52

• Rights defenders see links of liquidation of "Memorials"* with war in Ukraine

  The persecution of human rights organizations is caused by authorities' struggle with the dissent, the participants in the press conference of the "International Memorial"* and the Human Rights Centre "Memorial"*, have stated.

February 26, 2022 15:46

• Abkhazia recognizes DPR's and LPR's independence

  Aslan Bzhaniya, the president of Abkhazia, has signed decrees recognizing the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR) and instructed the government to start preparing for signing the treaties of friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance with these republics.

February 25, 2022 23:52

• Ramzan Kadyrov expresses his readiness to send fighters to Ukraine

  Vladimir Zelensky, before he became the former president of Ukraine, should apologize to Vladimir Putin for the military conflict, states Ramzan Kadyrov. Today, the leader of Chechnya has gathered about 12,000 Chechen law enforcers and militaries on a square in Grozny.

February 25, 2022 23:51

• Sentence to policeman in case on rally in Magas cancelled

  A court returned a case against Ingush policeman Magomed Dolgiev for reconsideration at a complaint filed by a public prosecutor, who found a lenient sentence for refusing to disperse protesters in Magas.

February 25, 2022 23:50

• Military experts argue about Kadyrov fighters’ role in military operation in Ukraine

  Information about the presence of Chechen fighters in Ukraine looks reliable, says Dmitry Gudkov, FSB Colonel in reserve. He suggests that natives of Chechnya were entrusted with participating in assault on Kiev.

February 25, 2022 23:50

• Georgian authorities refuse to support anti-Russian sanctions imposed by West

  Georgia will not join the financial and economic sanctions of the West against Russia imposed in connection with the conflict in Ukraine, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili announces amid the preparation by the European Union of the second package of sanctions against Russia.

February 25, 2022 15:09

• Social network users speak against sending Chechen law enforcers to Ukraine

  Hostilities entail grief and devastation; interstate conflicts should be resolved not by soldiers, but by politicians through diplomacy, Instagram users have pointed out in their comments to the posts about sending militaries from Chechnya to Ukraine.

February 25, 2022 15:06

• Azerbaijan insists on peaceful settlement of situation in Ukraine

  The situation in Ukraine should be resolved through diplomacy in accordance with the norms of the international law, including respect for states' sovereignty and borders' inviolability of, Araz Azimov, a Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan, has stated.

February 25, 2022 14:58

• Baku analysts assess impact of war in Ukraine on Azerbaijan

  Experts have disagreed on whether Vladimir Putin had warned Ilham Aliev at their meeting in Moscow about an imminent attack on Ukraine. Aliev is forced to take into account the Russia's position, since there is a Russian military contingent in Karabakh, analysts report.

February 25, 2022 14:52

• Residents of Georgia demand from Kremlin to stop military operation in Ukraine

  In Tbilisi, about 10,000 residents took part in the protest action against Russia's military operation in Ukraine. The Georgian authorities have expressed solidarity with the Ukrainian ones; and Georgian activists took to social media to criticize the Kremlin.

February 25, 2022 14:49

• Amid war on Ukraine, video from aircraft with Kadyrov's voice appears on Internet

  A video footage from the aircraft reporting on the imminent landing and a photo with Chechen law enforcers praying in the forest were posted on the Instagram, accompanied by Ramzan Kadyrov's voice. The video appeared on the eve of the announcement by Russian President Vladimir Putin about a special operation in Ukraine.

February 25, 2022 14:30

• Ingushetia: on February 23, mourning and festive events were held in different cities

  A mourning rally on the 78th anniversary of Vainakhs' deportation was held on February 23 in Nazran, while the events dedicated to the Fatherland Defender Day were held in Malgobek.

February 25, 2022 14:12

• Mother of child who perished in 1999 during shelling of Grozny denied compensation

  A court in Krasnodar denied compensation to Natalia Zagudaeva, a resident of the city of Belorechensk, whose child was killed in 1999 during the shelling of Grozny by federal troops. Her defence has called the ruling a gross violation of the presidential decree.

February 25, 2022 13:57

• Military experts point to similarity of special operation against Ukraine with five-day war on Georgia

  The special operation is aimed at taking control over the territories of the Donetsk and Lugansk Regions, but the possibility of further advancement deep into Ukraine cannot be ruled out, experts have stated.

February 25, 2022 13:50

• Kadyrov catches trends from Moscow on Ukrainian issue

  The head of Chechnya had no information about the upcoming special operation in Ukraine, but he has perceived trends from the Kremlin, which dictated his statements on the Ukrainian issue, Alexei Malashenko and Dmitry Oreshkin, political analysts, believe.

February 25, 2022 13:32

• Political analysts explain Kadyrov's unwillingness to mark anniversary of Chechens' deportation

  On February 23, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, refrained from marking the anniversary of Chechens' deportation by means of public actions in order "not to strain the situation," experts believe.