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A court in Baku has concluded that the Prosecutor’s Office of Azerbaijan did not conduct a sufficient investigation, refusing to institute a case against the doctors who treated human rights defender Ogtai Gyulyalyev.

It is allowed to publish only official information about the situation in the conflict zone with Azerbaijan; and it is forbidden to refute authorities' reports under the threat of administrative and criminal prosecution, the president of Nagorno-Karabakh has ordered.

Ten children have been brought today from the Middle East to Russia. After examination, they will be transferred to their relatives, including those in Adygea and Dagestan, Anna Kuznetsova, the Russian Children's Ombudsperson, has stated.

About a hundred inmates kept in the prison located in the city of Dimitrovgrad (Ulyanovsk Region of Russia) have gone on a hunger strike in protest against beatings and humiliation of prisoners-natives of Northern Caucasus, human rights defenders have reported.

Policemen have drawn up a protocol against the Krasnodar lawyer, Mikhail Benyash, who took part in an anti-war video clip, under the article about discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.

Linguists have analyzed 26 texts by the Dagestani journalist, Abdulmumin Gadjiev, accused of financing terrorism, and found no signs of extremism there, Arsen Shabanov, an advocate, has stated.

Any change of the status of Nagorno-Karabakh is unacceptable; it will deprive residents of the unrecognized republic of the right to live freely and independently, the local MPs have stated. They called on the Prime Minister of Armenia to refuse negotiations with Azerbaijan, where the issue of the loss of independence of Nagorno-Karabakh is discussed.

Russia has appointed a special representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to promote the normalization of Armenian-Azerbaijani relations, Maria Zakharova, the spokeswoman of the Russian MFA, stated in response to a media question about the preparation of an Azerbaijani-Armenian peace agreement, the Russian MFA informed on April 14 on its website.

Many Makhachkala residents refuse to wear medical masks in public places and transport, despite the authorities' order on the extension of the mask regime in Dagestan, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent has reported based on his observations.

Sergeant Ravil Kadirov from a motorized rifle squadron from the Derbent District and deputy platoon commander Marat Shikhmagomedov, a native of the Tabasaran District, perished in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, the information about at least 80 perished natives of Dagestan has been officially confirmed.

Zakhir Amanov, a founder and editor-in-chief of the Azerbaijani news website “Cenub.az”, has been detained on suspicion of extortion.

Today, the Central Election Commission of South Ossetia has announced the results of the first round of the voting. Alan Gagloev won 38.55% of the votes, and 34.95% of voters supported Anatoly Bibilov. The second round of the presidential election will be held on April 28.

When commenting on a complaint of a driver from Chechnya, economists have noted that gas prices at gas stations in Chechnya are higher than in Dagestan because of the underdevelopment of infrastructure and the specifics of gas supplies to the republic.

The “Amadea” yacht, owned by Dagestani entrepreneur Suleiman Kerimov, has been detained for entering the Fiji exclusive economic zone without permission from the authorities, the local police report.

Taubi Kuchmenov from the village of Khasanya has perished in Ukraine. Since the start of the military operation in Ukraine, authorities have confirmed the deaths of at least eight natives of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) there.

The Zheleznovodsk City Court has fined a student of a local technical school by 40,000 roubles for a poster discrediting militaries that he raised during a lecture.

The court has fined by 30,000 roubles a female resident of the Kagalnitsky District, finding her guilty of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces after her comments placed in a social network.

In Georgia, NGOs demand from the government to make public the completed questionnaire received from the European Union (EU) for becoming a candidate country.

The true death toll in the special operation in Ukraine cannot be assessed until it is over, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" assert.

Most of the Ukrainians who arrived in Azerbaijan in connection with hostilities in their homeland are accommodated with their relatives and friends, but they need foodstuffs and psychological support, activists of Azerbaijani NGOs inform.