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March 18, 2020 20:52

• Russia pays compensation to seven Georgian citizens for deportation

  Seven Georgian citizens deported from Russia in 2006 received compensation awarded to them by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

March 18, 2020 17:33

• Chechnya releases Aslan Maskhadov's associate Vakhid Murdashev

  After Vakhid Murdashev, a former associate of Aslan Maskhadov, had left a penal colony, he was detained by law enforcers. The man was not released until several days had passed, his fellow villagers report today.

March 18, 2020 17:22

• Azerbaijan claims shelling attacks on three villages in Karabakh conflict zone

  The positions of the Azerbaijani troops in villages on the border with Armenia and in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled 22 times within 24 hours, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan has reported.

March 18, 2020 13:35

• Striking Tkibuli miners voice out new demands

  On March 17, at a press conference in Tbilisi, workers of the Dzidziguri and Mindeli Mines demanded to open access to reports on the mine conditions. Public access will provide confidence in miners' secure work, human rights defenders believe.

March 18, 2020 13:16

• Residents of South Ossetia react to coronavirus threat by buying out foodstuffs

  In recent days, South Ossetia watches a massive buy-out of foodstuffs and essentials; there is a shortage of medical masks, while the demand for airline tickets has dropped, local residents inform.

March 18, 2020 11:27

• Armenian authorities request help in countering coronavirus

  Starting today, a fundraising campaign for the fight against the coronavirus infection has been announced in Armenia. The Ministry of Public Health intends to direct the raised funds to doctors' incentives and improvement of conditions in medical centres.

March 18, 2020 11:15

• Caucasian experts rule out any possibility of public apology of Delimkhanov's daughter

  The responsibility for the actions of a Chechen girl, prior to her marriage, is on her father, Caucasian experts have noted in their comments to the video clip posted by Kheda Delimkhanova. In their opinion, no consequences will follow after the publication of the immodest video of Adam Delimkhanov's daughter.

March 18, 2020 11:02

• North-Caucasian Muftiates introduce restrictions because of coronavirus

  Muftiate of Dagestan has called on mosque Imams to reduce the time for Friday namazes (prayers); and the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has suspended teaching Koran and the Islam basics.

March 18, 2020 08:50

• Armenian blogger claims beating after posting video about coronavirus patient

  After posting a humorous video about a coronavirus-infected woman from the Armenian city of Echmiadzin, who had hid her symptoms and infected her relatives, the author of the video, the Armenian blogger, Sergey Sargsyan, was beaten up.

March 18, 2020 08:38

• Journalist Afghan Mukhtarly early released in Azerbaijan

  After being released from jail, the Azerbaijani journalist, Afghan Mukhtarly, has left for Germany, where his relatives live.

March 18, 2020 08:27

• Advocate treats verdict to Kurbanov brothers as unjustified

  The verdict to Mukhtar and Ismail Kurbanov, sentenced to long prison terms under the case of links with Syrian militants, will be appealed against, because their guilt has not been proved, Alfat Gabbasov, their advocate, is sure.

March 17, 2020 22:31

• Three residents of Northern Caucasus arrested in case on financing of terrorism

  A resident of Kabardino-Balkaria and two residents of Dagestan, including a believer who visited the "Tangim" Mosque and who disappeared on March 11, are suspected of financing Syrian militants, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports today.

March 17, 2020 22:15

• Chechen residents publicly apologize for behaviour of their relatives in Moscow

  Chechen law enforcers found and forced to return to their homeland 47 natives of the republic. Relatives took responsibility for their behaviour and claimed on the air of the "Grozny" ChGTRK (State TV and Radio Company) that they themselves complained to the authorities about their relatives who left the republic.

March 17, 2020 18:54

• Residents of Chechnya: restrictions introduced by authorities provoke panic

  In Chechnya, an unprecedented flow of buyers in grocery stores and wholesale points was a reaction to measures against the spread of the coronavirus infection taken by the federal and republican authorities, local residents suggest.

March 17, 2020 18:39

• Kurbanov brothers sentenced to long terms of imprisonment

  The Southern District Military Court found Ismail and Mukhtar Kurbanov brothers, residents of the Kayakent District of Dagestan, guilty of involvement in the ranks of Syrian militants and sentenced them to 15 and 17 years of imprisonment, respectively.

March 17, 2020 18:27

• Investigator requests punishment for Azerbaijani advocate Zibeida Sadygova

  Orkhan Babaev, an investigator of the General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan, appealed to the Azerbaijani Bar Association with a request to punish Zibeida Sadygova, a member of Bar Association, for violating the rules of conduct. Activists believe the investigator's request is aimed at removing Zibeida Sadygova from defending her client involved in the Ganja case and other political cases.

March 17, 2020 14:11

• Ramzan Kadyrov calls on residents of Chechnya to stop panicking over coronavirus

  Ramzan Kadyrov asked residents of Chechnya not to be afraid of the spread of the coronavirus infection and stop buying food. The leader of Chechnya threatened that people who were disseminating panic rumours in social networks would have to apologize.

March 17, 2020 13:58

• Azerbaijan registers 21 shelling attacks from Armenian side

  The positions of the Azerbaijani troops were shelled, including from sniper rifles, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reports today.

March 17, 2020 11:08

• MRPC to defend activists through mobile app

  The Media Rights Protection Centre (MRPC) has announced a fundraising campaign to create a mobile legal directory for Internet users, says the page of the project "Legal Reference Book for Internet Users" on the "Planeta.ru" crowdfunding platform.

March 17, 2020 10:56

• Residents of Chechnya complain about forced subbotniks despite coronavirus threat

  On March 16, residents of Chechnya complained to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that they were forced to take part in mass subbotniks (unpaid cleanup activities, usually on Saturdays), despite the earlier announced measures to prevent coronavirus.