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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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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".

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.

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.

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.

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.