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March 20, 2020 17:41

• Grozny woman publicly apologizes for her panic message about coronavirus

  On March 19, Zalina Djabaeva, a resident of Grozny, voiced a public apology on the air of the "Grozny" ChGTRK (State TV and Radio Company). The woman said her report about a hospital in the village of Sernovodskoye closed because of a case of the coronavirus infection was caused by her concern over her relatives' health.

March 20, 2020 14:49

• Restrictions due to coronavirus threat introduced in mosques of Nalchik and Makhachkala

  Some believers in Nalchik and Makhachkala have refused to visit mosques amid the restrictions imposed due to the threat of coronavirus spread.

March 20, 2020 14:18

• Analysts criticize restrictions on press freedom in Armenia ascribed to coronavirus

  The Armenian Police have warned three online editions for their posts about the spread of coronavirus in the world. The demand to restrict publications on this topic under the state of emergency is absurd and creates unnecessary problems in the information environment, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

March 20, 2020 13:57

• Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of 25 shelling attacks

  The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated that the positions of its army were shelled, including from sniper rifles.

March 20, 2020 12:26

• NKR: tourism in disaster because of coronavirus

  The threat of a new infection has almost paralyzed the work of small businesses in the tourism sector of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), as the flow of applications for travels has abruptly stopped, local entrepreneurs have complained to the "Caucasian Knot".

March 20, 2020 12:11

• Barakh Chemurziev and Musa Malsagov left under arrest

  The Yessentuki City Court has extended the custody of the Ingush activists, Barakh Chemurziev and Musa Malsagov, accused under the article of creating an extremist community, until April 11, 2020. Chemurziev needs medicines that are not available at the SIZO (pre-trial prison), where he is kept.

March 20, 2020 11:57

• Activists link arrest of Azerbaijani poet with song about Bagirzade

  Elvin Muradov, a religious activist and a poet, has been arrested on charges of illegal arms dealing; his defence has appealed against the arrest. Activists believe that he is being persecuted for his poems and songs dedicated to Talekh Bagirzade, the leader of the "Muslim Unity" movement.

March 20, 2020 11:44

• Analysts dispute on nature of rush demand in Chechnya

  Residents of Chechnya have succumbed to panic and began buying out foodstuffs, although it is now wiser to buy imported goods, Sergey Zhavoronkov, an economist, has stated. In her turn, Olga Kryshtanovskaya, a sociologist, believes that there is no real panic yet, and people are simply guided by their life experiences.

March 19, 2020 21:48

• Chechen Muftiate refuses to impose restrictions in mosques because of coronavirus

  The Muftiate of Chechnya reports that it has been decided to hold collective Friday prayers in mosques as usual. Local residents supported the Muftiate's decision.

March 19, 2020 21:36

• In Georgia, opposition calls on authorities to help people who lost jobs because of coronavirus

  At a meeting of the Georgian parliament, MPs voiced a proposal to review the state budget and allocate more than 15 million US dollars to 60,000 families who lost their incomes because of the spread of the coronavirus infection.

March 19, 2020 18:08

• Circassian writer complains to PACE about amendment to Constitution of Russia

  The constitutional amendment on a state-forming nation proposed by Vladimir Putin is discriminatory in relation to other nations of Russia, claimed on March 18 Adel Bashkaui, a Circassian writer from Jordan. He requests the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to verify whether the constitutional amendment complies with Russia's obligations to the Council of Europe.

March 19, 2020 17:55

• Nalchik resident sentenced to six years of imprisonment in case on aiding terrorists

  In Rostov-on-Don, a court recognized Aslan Sablirov, a resident of Nalchik, as an accomplice to terrorists and sentenced him to six years of imprisonment. The defendant pleaded guilty in part, the court reports today.

March 19, 2020 13:52

• Azerbaijan reports sniper shelling attacks in conflict zone

  Within the last 24 hours, positions of Azerbaijani troops in the conflict zone were shelled for 24 times, including from sniper rifles, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

March 19, 2020 13:31

• Residents of Chechnya complain about foodstuff price hiking due to panic demand

  The foodstuffs recommended by Ramzan Kadyrov in order to strengthen one's immunity and counter the spread of coronavirus are unavailable to many local residents because of high prices, the residents of Chechnya interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

March 19, 2020 11:04

• Participants of action in Stepanakert demand to investigate incident in Martuni

  Activists of the Artsakh Revolutionary Party (ARP) have blocked traffic along the main street of Stepanakert, demanding a meeting with the president of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR). The action ended with clashes between activists and law enforcers; one protester was hospitalized; and 13 others were detained for several hours.

March 19, 2020 10:53

• After selling air tickets, travel agent from Stavropol accused of financing terrorism

  Lyudmila Baratova, a resident of the Stavropol Territory, sold air tickets from the city of Mineralnye Vody to Istanbul to the people, who subsequently moved to Syria and joined terrorists, investigators claim.

March 19, 2020 10:42

• Forced homecoming is new method of Chechen "morale police"

  Forcing the guilty natives of Chechnya to return from Moscow to their homeland is a new practice; however, the punishment for an offense must comply with the Russian legislation and the rule of law, the rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

March 19, 2020 08:38

• Law enforcers use force against journalists at protest rally in Baku

  Law enforcers have dispersed the protesters in front of the Turkish Embassy in Baku, who demanded to release Mubariz Mansimov, an Azerbaijani entrepreneur arrested in Istanbul. Law enforcers used force also against journalists.

March 19, 2020 08:25

• Residents of Chechnya ignore authorities' calls not to panic over coronavirus

  Kadyrov's words that no one will die of hunger have failed to convince residents of Chechnya. They go even to Dagestan for buying foodstuffs.

March 18, 2020 21:22

• Court extends arrest of Ingush activist Magomed Khamkhoev

  A court has left Magomed Khamkhoev, a participant of a rally in Magas, in custody until June 25. The defence found the court's decision unfounded.