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The positions of the Azerbaijani troops in villages on the border with Armenia and in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled 31 times within 24 hours, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reports.

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has announced that he has no business in Russia or abroad and explained the ties with the Middle East by the business and economic interests of the republic.

According to participants of a roundtable held in Moscow on March 5, women of Northern Caucasus face problems of education, "honour killings," mutilation surgeries (female genital circumcision), and the practice of polygamy.

76th anniversary of deportation of Balkar nationals; special operation in Ingushetia; onset of coronavirus in the Caucasus; election of Dmitry Trapeznikov as Elista City Mayor; hunger strike in Sukhumi and hospitalization of oppositionist Aslan Bzhaniya, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of March 2-8, 2020, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Some residents of Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, refused to celebrate the International Women's Day for religious reasons and out of respect for the memory of the victims of Balkars' deportation, which was undertaken on that day in 1944. Other Grozny residents took March 8 as an occasion to congratulate women.

After the show in Paris of the clothes of the "Firdaus" Fashion House, headed by Aishat Kadyrova, Ramzan Kadyrov awarded his daughter the medal "For Merits to the Chechen Republic". Some residents of Chechnya have doubted the justification of the award.

Participants of a feminists' march held in Baku pointed out to the authorities the problem of domestic violence. Policemen detained several of them.

Employees of the Institute for Humanitarian Studies (IHS) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) have criticized the amendments to the Russian Constitution for the wording of support for compatriots and the state-forming nation.

Since March 1, Azerbaijani soldiers fired more than 1700 shots at positions of the Defence Army, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has informed.

Eltun Garaev, a soldier, was mortally wounded on the border with Armenia. Like Orkhan Pashazade, another border guard, who died on March 5, Garaev was on an alert duty in the Gazakh District of Azerbaijan.

The author of the resonant message that urged people to stock up on foodstuffs because of the coronavirus epidemic threat said on the air of the "Grozny" ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Company) that he was repenting of his act.

The Nalchik City Court has ruled to arrest Ahmed Chakhkiev, a participant in the rally held in Magas. He was detained by law enforcers the day before, and then placed into the isolation facility.

At a session of the Yessentuki City Court, where her custody was extended by three months, Zarifa Sautieva, an Ingush activist, stated that investigators had no proofs of her guilt in the use of violence against a state official and participation in an extremist community.

The Ministry of Public Health of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has lifted the quarantine introduced earlier in educational establishments. Pupils will resume classes on March 9, the Ministry of Education (MoE) has confirmed.

The Swedish Prosecutor's Office (PO) believes that a woman, a Russian citizen, was involved in the attack on the Chechen blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov.

With the support of activists from Abkhazian regions, the Sukhumi hunger-strikers, who demand to ratify the article on illegal enrichment of the UN Convention against Corruption, have collected 1800 signatures in support of the anti-corruption law.

The campaign against drinking alcoholic beverages unleashed in Chechnya is mainly aimed not at countering drunkenness, but at supporting the authorities' image as defenders of traditional values, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

On March 6, law enforcers conducted their regular raid in the vicinity of the "Tangim" Mosque in Makhachkala. Believers said that because of the entry into the database of extremists, law enforcers are subjecting them to checks at stationary posts.

The protest actions held in Tbilisi in February 2020 were attended by more law enforcers than protesters, employees of the Institute for Democracy Studies have informed.

For the third day in a row, Murtazali Gasanguseinov, the father of the murdered shepherd brothers, has held his solo picket in Makhachkala demanding an efficient investigation of the murder case. He has notified the Dagestani Ministry of Justice (MoJ) about an intended mass protest action.