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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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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".

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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".