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March 25, 2020 17:31

• Mufti of Chechnya urges to refrain from crowded weddings and wakes

  Because of the threat of spread of coronavirus in Chechnya, it is undesirable to organize crowded weddings and commemoration (wake) ceremonies, Salakh Mezhiev, the Mufti of Chechnya, has stated. Locals are trying to avoid crowded events.

March 25, 2020 10:04

• Quarantine results in decrease of people and transport flows in Baku streets

  In Azerbaijan, the number of coronavirus infected patients has reached 87. The introduction of quarantine has led to a noticeable decrease of people and vehicles flows in Baku streets.

March 25, 2020 10:00

• Residents of Chechnya criticize law enforcers for video blaming participants of wedding cortege

  In Chechnya, law enforcers have rebuked two participants of the wedding cortege, who violated the traffic rules. Instagram users and residents of Chechnya did not approve drivers' actions, but found the public blaming unnecessary.

March 25, 2020 09:55

• ECtHR sides with father of Ingush resident killed by law enforcers

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has obliged Russian authorities to pay 80,000 euros to the father of Beslan Tsoroev, who was shot dead during a special operation in the Sunzha District.

March 25, 2020 09:44

• Source announces details on those killed in special operation in Baksan District

  Two out of three alleged militants killed in the Baksan District were residents of the village of Dygulybgey, who had served their prison terms for illicit dealing in explosives, the sources from law enforcement bodies of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) have informed.

March 24, 2020 23:58

• Azerbaijan reports enemy losses in Karabakh conflict zone

  The Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan claimed an attempted act of sabotage on the front line and one killed enemy soldier. The Ministry of Defence of Nagorno-Karabakh called the Azerbaijani MoD's report the misinformation.

March 24, 2020 23:56

• Retaliation practice forces Chechen minister to hunt for anonymous Internet user

  Adam Delimkhanov appeared to be a hostage to the practice aimed at punishing offenders, adopted by Ramzan Kadyrov and his subordinates, economist Sergey Zhavoronkov believes.

March 24, 2020 23:00

• Religious rituals are a threat of mass infection of believers in Caucasus

  The Synod of the Georgian Orthodox Church has not introduced any fundamental changes into the procedures of worship and the sacrament (communion) ritual, although the Russian Orthodox Church has recommended disinfecting the communion spoon after each believer. The use of a single spoon for the communion will certainly transfer the coronavirus infection among all the participants of the ritual, if one of the believers is infected, scientists have stated.

March 24, 2020 22:56

• Instagram users recall a video with daughter of Ramzan Kadyrov's adviser

  Adam Delimkhanov, the advisor to the leader of Chechnya, called on to punish a user who left a comment on social networks after a scandal with a video shot on behalf of his daughter, Instagram users note.

March 24, 2020 21:58

• Two residents of Chechnya infected with coronavirus during Hajj

  Coronavirus tests gave positive results for three Chechen residents who arrived home from Turkey. One of them, after returning from Mecca, did not comply with quarantine and arranged prayer meetings, stated Ramzan Kadyrov.

March 24, 2020 10:48

• Native of Chechnya denied compensation for unlawful imprisonment

  A court in Moscow refused to compensate for the moral harm suffered by Khusein Tsetiev, a native of Chechnya, who was unfairly accused of hooliganism and beating of employees of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE).

March 24, 2020 10:46

• Georgia: militaries and policemen introduced into quarantine zone

  The introduction of quarantine in the Marneuli and Bolnisi Districts of Georgia caused a drop in earnings, but there are no problems with foodstuffs, local residents inform.

March 24, 2020 10:44

• Advocates state violations of rights of arrested Ingush activists

  The defence has appealed against the extension of the arrest of Bagaudin Khautiev, Musa Malsagov and Barakh Chemurziev, who believe that the court makes decisions under the pressure from the prosecutor's office. Activists were kept in the same SIZO (pre-trial prison) with those suspected of coronavirus, their advocates have complained.

March 24, 2020 10:41

• Special quarantine regime introduced in Azerbaijan

  From March 24 to April 20, 2020, residents of Azerbaijan over 65 years of age are prohibited from leaving home.

March 23, 2020 23:58

• Law enforcers reproach resident of Chechnya for disseminating fake news

  In Chechnya, there will be no leniency towards people who disseminate gossips, declares the OVD (Interior Division) for the Kurchaloi District. A top-ranking law enforcer reproached a local resident for reporting flour prices.

March 23, 2020 23:55

• Ramzan Kadyrov's demand for price control turns into inspections of shops in Chechnya

  Law enforcers inspect shops and markets after Ramzan Kadyrov has ordered to control food prices in Chechnya.

March 23, 2020 23:52

• On March 16-22, 2020, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of March 16-22, 2020, no one fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

March 23, 2020 23:49

• Special operation near Baksan becomes first in Kabardino-Balkaria within 13 months

  A shootout between law enforcers and militants near the village of Kremenchug-Konstantinovskoye became the first armed incident in Kabardino-Balkaria in 2020. According to the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot", no special operations to prevent terror acts have been carried out in the republic since February 2019.

March 23, 2020 17:26

• Azerbaijani activist Yagublu detained on suspicion of hooliganism

  Tofig Yagublu, an activist of the "Musavat" Party, has staged a traffic accident and attacked a family couple, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has explained the detention of the activist. Mr Yagublu himself treats himself as a victim of a provocation.

March 23, 2020 17:22

• NAC reports three militants killed in KBR

  Three men who had prepared a terror act were killed in a shootout with law enforcers in the Baksan District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) has informed.