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The Easter services were held in 10 churches of Nagorno-Karabakh; after the abolition of anti-COVID restrictions, many believers have visited them, the diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church has informed.

In Nagorno-Karabakh, a violation of the ceasefire regime by the Armenian party was recorded; there were no victims, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

In Yerevan, opposition activists and veterans of the Karabakh war are holding an endless protest action. They support Nagorno-Karabakh and criticize the policies of Nikol Pashinyan, the Premier. Four oppositionists were detained because of a clash with the police.

In Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, activists of the "Musavat" Party have held an action in support of Ukraine.

This year, Saudi Arabia will accept foreigners as pilgrims; and the "Marva-Tour" company has already begun the pre-registration process of the Daghestanis wishing to make the Hajj.

Law enforcers have detained 14 people at the rehabilitation centre located in a Makhachkala suburb, where chains and handcuffs were used as methods of treating drug addiction and alcoholism; patients thereof said they were held there by force, the Dagestani police have reported.

The autonomy of Nagorno-Karabakh within Azerbaijan will lead to the exodus of the Armenian population from this territory; while the signing of a peace treaty with transferring Nagorno-Karabakh under Azerbaijan's control will spark mass protests in Armenia, the Armenian political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have pointed out.

The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) has upheld the verdict against Yunis Safarov and other convicts in the case of the attempt on the head of Ganja. The defence has expressed its disagreement with this decision and will appeal against at the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan, the advocates have stated.

Over the past 24 hours, more than 16,000 refugees arrived in Russia from the territory of Donbass through checkpoints in the Rostov Region, the Frontier Department of the FSB has informed.

The city of Gyumri is holding a silent protest action on the occasion of the visit there of the Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan; a lot of law enforcers are present in the venue; by their silence, the protesters have expressed their disagreement with the policy of the Armenian authorities.

Following the demands of Georgian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the opposition, the government decided to publish the questionnaire for obtaining the candidate status of the European Union (EU) on its website.

Nine cars belonging to residents of the town of Ipatovo in the Stavropol Territory and marked with letter Z, a symbol of the special operation in Ukraine, were damaged by unknown culprits, a local resident has reported.

A court in Baku has sentenced Ali Aliev, the chairman of the oppositional "Citizens' and Development" Party, to five months in custody after finding him guilty of defamation under the lawsuit lodged by Ramin Adilov, a border guard.

In the vicinity of the dwelling settlement of Yarymdja in the Mardakert District of Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan has violated the contact line, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

Senior Sergeant Batyr Abdulmuslimov from Kizilyurt has perished in Ukraine, the administration of the city district has informed. Since the start of the special operation in Ukraine, the deaths of at least 83 natives of Dagestan have been officially confirmed.

The author of the video clip about high gas prices in Chechnya will be searched for and forced to apologize, the human rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" are sure.

The Magas District Court found Vakha Kartoev, the head of the regional branch of the “Civil Initiative” Party, guilty of discrediting the armed forces and imposed a fine of 40,000 roubles for a pacifist post on a social media outlet.

In her appeal to the Prosecutor’s Office, a sister of Timur Tumgoev noted that her brother, a native of Vladikavkaz, was tortured in a penal colony in the Vladimir Region while being transferred to a prison. The sister of the convict asked the Prosecutor’s Office to launch a check.

Zakhir Amanov, a founder and editor-in-chief of the Azerbaijani news website “Cenub.az”, suspected of extortion of money, was released from custody for the period of the investigation.

Amid the human rights defenders’ reports about beatings of natives of Northern Caucasus in prison, the Department for the Ulyanovsk Region of the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) stated that the prisoners’ hunger strike was preceded by a mass protest against searches in cells.