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March 23, 2020 17:15

• Abkhazia announces preliminary outcomes of presidential election

  The winner of the presidential election in Abkhazia is Aslan Bzhaniya, who gained 56.5% of the voters, the republic's Central Election Commission (CEC) has informed.

March 23, 2020 14:34

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of March 16-22, 2020

  Effect of coronavirus on the lives of people in the Caucasus; presidential election in Abkhazia; early release of journalist Afghan Mukhtarly in Azerbaijan; compensation to Georgian citizens for deportation from Russia; public apologies of Chechen residents for the behaviour of their relatives in Moscow, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of March 16-22, 2020, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

March 23, 2020 11:26

• Armenian journalists point to specifics of emergency state due to coronavirus

  People perceived the state of emergency introduced in Armenia in 1988 and 2008 as an authorities' attempts to exert pressure on and intimidate them; while the society as a whole perceives the current restrictions caused by coronavirus as an intention to protect people, journalists believe.

March 23, 2020 11:23

• Use of medication against coronavirus provokes cautious optimism in Georgia

  After application of some anti-malarial drug, none of the Georgian coronavirus patients needed connection to artificial respiration devices, doctors have stated. However, US experts have cautioned against hasty conclusions about the efficiency of the drug.

March 23, 2020 11:20

• Kadyrov's adviser calls on to punish network user for chats with Chechen girls

  Adam Delimkhanov, an advisor to the head of Chechnya, has urged to punish the social network user, who "writes inadmissible things" to women on behalf of Ramzan Kadyrov and Delimkhanov himself. The call will trigger a "witch hunt" in the republic, locals residents have suggested.

March 22, 2020 12:09

• Anti-epidemic measures of European Muslims find no support in Northern Caucasus

  An online worship service was held under the coronavirus quarantine in a mosque in Helsinki. The head of the Muslim Coordination Centre of Northern Caucasus has criticized the option of distance prayers.

March 22, 2020 11:52

• Kadyrov orders to control prices in Chechnya

  The prevention of the coronavirus-related panic is more important than countering the infection itself, Chechen authorities have stated. Ramzan Kadyrov has demanded from officials to monitor the pricing. Residents of Chechnya distrust authorities' assurances about their readiness for the epidemic.

March 21, 2020 17:48

• NKR accuses Azerbaijan of 250 shelling attacks during week

  Since March 15, Azerbaijani soldiers fired more than 1900 shots at positions of the Defence Army, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has informed today.

March 21, 2020 17:16

• Armenian Parliament approves punishment for violating quarantine

  The amendments approved by the Armenian Parliament provide for heavy administrative fines for violating the quarantine regime or the prescription for self-isolation; and in case of mass infection of people, violators face up to five years in prison.

March 21, 2020 16:13

• Residents of Chechnya support Muftiate's refusal to introduce restrictions because of coronavirus

  The danger of coronavirus spread has not stopped believers in Chechnya from attending mosques.

March 21, 2020 15:49

• Azerbaijan claims machine-gun shelling on frontline

  During the past 24 hours, the positions of the Azerbaijani Army stationed on the border with Armenia and in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled for 30, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.

March 21, 2020 11:52

• Ingush Teip members explain their decision to boycott all-Russian vote

  The open letters to Russian President, Vladimir Putin, on supporting the boycott of the nationwide vote on constitutional amendments were unanimously adopted by the councils of elders of Ingush Teips, members thereof told the "Caucasian Knot".

March 21, 2020 11:39

• About 50 law enforcers raid Tangim Mosque

  They explained their next raid conducted at the "Tangim" Mosque in Makhachkala as the "Debtor" operation. However, as usual, they wrote down believers' personal data. Despite law enforcers' regular raids and the threat of coronavirus infection, the attendance of the mosque has not dropped, the believers themselves have reported.

March 21, 2020 11:26

• Salary paid, Tkibuli miners stop striking

  Workers of the Dzidziguri Mine are back at work after the company bosses have partially satisfied their demands. Working in mines is still unsafe, but miners have to maintain their families, they have stated.

March 21, 2020 08:50

• Moscow law enforcers disrupt picket in Gadjiev's support

  Gasan Chankhiev, a native of Dagestan, has reported his detention during a solo picket in support of the journalist, Abdulmumin Gadjiev, held in Moscow.

March 21, 2020 08:35

• Ilyas Mazhaev's return to homeland shows Chechen authorities' paternalism

  By helping Ilyas Mazhaev to return to his relatives from Moscow, the authorities have shown that Ramzan Kadyrov is also the head of those Chechens, who are outside the republic, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have indicated.

March 21, 2020 08:24

• Kemal Tambiev goes on hunger strike in SIZO

  Kemal Tambiev, accused of financing terrorism, has demanded to provide him with books, the Koran and create due conditions at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) cell, where he is kept.

March 20, 2020 23:54

• Arrest of Akhmed Barakhoev extended

  In the Stavropol Territory, a court pronounced a decision to leave Akhmed Barakhoev, one of the leaders of the Ingush protests, in custody until April 11.

March 20, 2020 22:23

• Azerbaijani leader accuses opposition of provocations in connection with coronavirus

  In connection with the threat of the coronavirus infection, members of the opposition are spreading panic among the population, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev states. He has called the opposition the "traitors." Leaders of the opposition parties state the Ilham Aliev's allegations are unfounded.

March 20, 2020 18:02

• Azerbaijan celebrates Novruz amid restrictions

  For the first time in the post-Soviet history, Azerbaijan cancelled mass events and festivities on the occasion of the Novruz Bayrami holiday. The country is closed to tourists. In his holiday message, President Ilham Aliev did not rule out the possibility of introduction of a state of emergency because of the coronavirus infection.