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March 13, 2022 11:45

• Georgia treats parliamentary elections in Abkhazia as illegal

  Tbilisi would not recognize the elections in Abkhazia and regards them as an illegal act against the sovereignty of Georgia, the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has stated.

March 12, 2022 18:52

• Azerbaijani MoD reports shootouts in Karabakh

  On March 11, the positions of the Azerbaijani army were shelled in different localities in Nagorno-Karabakh, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.

March 12, 2022 18:47

• Chechen woman detained for witchcraft

  The "Grozny" TV Channel has posted a report on the Instagram about a woman from the Nozhai-Yurt District of Chechnya, who was detained for occultism. The elderly woman was accused of practising witchcraft rites.

March 12, 2022 18:43

• Yerevan and Baku analysts dispute about escalation reasons in Nagorno-Karabakh

  The aggravation of the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh has to do with Armenia's and Azerbaijan's desire to evade negotiations on the status of the unrecognized republic, Andrias Gukasyan believes. The aggravation of the situation was also affected by international processes, in particular, the hostilities in Ukraine, Naira Airumyan has noted.

March 12, 2022 18:41

• Two servicemen from North Ossetia perish in Ukraine

  During the special operation in Ukraine, two militaries from the Mozdok District, Akop Kazaryan and Vadim Dubodelov, have perished.

March 12, 2022 17:59

• Mezhidov's new video points to Kadyrov fighters' secondary role in Ukraine

  Chechen special fighters continue screening localities in Ukraine, Khusein Mezhidov, the commander of the battalion "Yug" (South), has reported. The report is illustrated with a video of another conversation of Chechen law enforcers with residents of a Ukrainian dwelling settlement.

March 12, 2022 17:56

• Two natives of Astrakhan Region perish in Ukraine

  Ali Batyrov from the Krasnoyarsk District and Rysbek Nurpeisov from the Kharabalin District have perished in Ukraine, local authorities have informed.

March 11, 2022 22:49

• Abolition of anti-COVID restrictions underscores radicalism of Chechen authorities

  The complete abolition of anti-COVID restrictions in Chechnya, announced by Ramzan Kadyrov against the backdrop of easing in other regions of Southern Russia, became a manifestation of the same zeal with which the mask regime was imposed in the republic at the beginning of the pandemic.

March 11, 2022 22:39

• Karabakh police report about mortar attacks on two villages

  The villages of Khnapat and Parukh were fired with mortars from the Azerbaijani side, no one was injured, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Nagorno-Karabakh reported.

March 11, 2022 22:28

• About 1500 Georgian citizens return to their homeland from Ukraine

  Every day, residents of Georgia are being evacuated from the special military operation zone in Ukraine by buses through Poland, Romania, and Moldova. In Georgia, activists raise money, food, medicine, and clothes for residents of Ukraine.

March 11, 2022 22:15

• Nagorno-Karabakh reports about a mortar shelling attack on a rural school

  A school in the village of Khnapat was shelled with mortars from the Azerbaijani direction, and the Azerbaijani military used loudspeakers to request residents of the village of Tagavard to leave the village, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Nagorno-Karabakh reported.

March 11, 2022 22:09

• Azerbaijan reports shootouts in conflict zone and on border

  Last night, the positions of Azerbaijani militaries located in the Fizuli, Khodjavend, Agdam, Khodjaly and Kalbadjar Districts were shelled, after which return fire was opened, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

March 11, 2022 22:05

• Serviceman from Dagestan dies in Ukraine

  Gusein Gasimov, a native of the village of Chokh-Kommuna in the Gunib District, has perished in the military operation in Ukraine.

March 11, 2022 14:37

• Nagorno-Karabakh calls on international community to condemn Azerbaijan's actions

  The shelling of dwelling settlements of Nagorno-Karabakh by Azerbaijan keeps people in suspense, the MPs of the National Assembly (Parliament) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of the unrecognized republic have stated. They called on the international community to recognize Nagorno-Karabakh's right to independence.

March 11, 2022 14:35

• Three North-Ossetian militaries perish in Ukraine

  Osman Ibragimov, Mairbek Gulaev and Elbrus Kochiev, natives of North Ossetia, who perished during the special operation in Ukraine, have been awarded Orders of Courage posthumously.

March 11, 2022 14:33

• Nagorno-Karabakh Ombudsperson reports humanitarian problems due to three-day gas supply outage

  Disruptions in gas supply have led to humanitarian problems; it violates the human right to a normal life, the Nagorno-Karabakh Ombudsperson has stated, noting that Azerbaijan interferes with repair works on the gas pipeline from Armenia to Nagorno-Karabakh.

March 11, 2022 14:32

• Military experts explain specifics Kadyrov people's mission in Ukraine

  Units of Chechen fighters in Ukraine play a supporting role by carrying out cleansings, searching the territory and guarding objects; they don't perform the functions of assault squads or military police, experts have explained.

March 11, 2022 14:31

• Due to heavy shelling, children evacuated from Nagorno-Karabakh village

  Azerbaijani militaries have shelled communities in the Askeran and Martuni Districts; threats were voice out against Khramort villagers, the Nagorno-Karabakh Prosecutor's Office has stated. Khramort villagers have taken their children out of dangerous territory.

March 10, 2022 23:59

• A native of Buynaksk District of Dagestan killed in Ukraine

  Kazim Muradov from the village of Erpeli in the Buynaksk District of Dagestan was killed in Ukraine, the Buynaksk District administration reports on Instagram.

March 10, 2022 23:55

• In Baku, court upholds verdict against oppositionist Umudov

  The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) upheld the verdict against Pasha Umudov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), in the case on possession and trafficking in drugs. The defence intends to file a complaint with the Supreme Court.