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The medical unit of the SIZO (pre-trial prison), where Akhmed Pogorov, a co-chairman of the World Congress of the Ingush People, is being treated, has no conditions for providing Pogorov with the medical treatment he needs, his relatives have stated.

Anatoly Bibilov, the president of South Ossetia, has used the topic of the republic's accession to Russia in order to increase his ratings at the presidential election, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have pointed out.

On the Genocide Day, Baku hosted a solemn ceremony of laying flowers at the obelisk of martyrs erected in memory of the victims of the March events of 1918.

Levan Machabeli, a former Georgian military, entered the Tskhinvali District aiming to commit a provocation against Russian militaries, the Committee for State Security (known as KGB) of South Ossetia has informed.

A total of 1967 residents of Dagestan are on the wanted list as members of international terrorist organizations, Abdurashid Magomedov, the head of the republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), has announced at the session of the People's Assembly (Parliament).

By criticizing the position of the Russian delegation at talks with Ukraine, Kadyrov is trying to curry favour with Putin, at the same time claiming to increase his importance, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have pointed out.

Shakhin Gadjiev, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, was sentenced to six years of imprisonment on the charge of drug trafficking. His party colleagues consider the sentence politically motivated.

A court in Elista again imposed a fine on Aducha Erdneev, an activist of the Congress of the Oirat-Kalmyk people, for discrediting the Russian army. No evidence of discrediting was submitted in court, and the decision will be challenged, says Aducha Erdneev.

South Ossetia may become part of Russia as a separate subject and then unite with North Ossetia. This has been proposed today by Anatoly Bibilov, President of South Ossetia. The referendum on joining Russia will not have legal force, emphasizes Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani.

In Yerevan, participants of a protest action held in front of the UN office called on the international community to pay attention to the threat to the security of residents of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Militaries from South Ossetia take part in the special military operation in Ukraine, and residents of the republic are more concerned about their fate than about the presidential election, Zaur Farniev suggests. In South Ossetia, voters are in a depressed state not only because of the special military operation in Ukraine, but because of a whole range of socio-political problems, Ruslan Totrov believes.

At the height of Farrukh, near the Karabakh village of the same name, the remains of, presumably, Azerbaijani soldiers who perished during the first Karabakh war were found, the State Commission of Azerbaijan has stated today.

Unlike South Ossetia, Abkhazia has no plans to become part of Russia; and the issue of the republic's independence is clearly defined in its Constitution, Valery Kvarchiya, the Speaker of the Abkhaz Parliament, and Sergey Shamba, the Secretary of the Security Council, have noted.

The Chechen branch of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has refused to conduct an inquiry into the threats addressed to the Yangulbaev family, voiced earlier by high-ranking Chechen law enforcers. Human rights defenders intend to appeal against this ICRF's refusal.

The participants of the action in Tbilisi in memory of the children who died in Ukraine brought children's shoes to the parliament building; a similar action was held in Kutaisi.

On March 30, Anatoly Bibilov, the president of South Ossetia, declared that his partially recognized republic will soon take legal steps to join Russia. This statement was made amid the preparations for the presidential election scheduled for April 10.

The court has fined Arslang Sandjiev, the chairman of the congress of the Oirat-Kalmyk people, by 35,000 roubles, finding the pacifist appeal of the congress to be discrediting for Russian militaries. Mr Sandjiev, earlier fined for a similar post, has decided to appeal against the court's ruling.

Russian State Duma member Mikhail Delyagin has been charged in absentia under several criminal articles for calling for war against Azerbaijan because of the escalation in Karabakh, the General Prosecutor’s Office of Azerbaijan reports.

In Moscow, a court sentenced Oleg Orlov, a member of the board of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”*, to a fine of 50,000 roubles, considering his picket with criticism of Vladimir Putin to be discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. The human rights defender pleaded not guilty.

The Baku authorities referred to anti-COVID restrictions and dismissed a request from the opposition National Council of Democratic Forces to hold a rally against the special military operation in Ukraine.