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Residential buildings in the Karabakh village of Krasny Bazar continue to be shelled by Azerbaijani militaries despite the fact that the village has a peacemakers' base, local residents have complained. Shelling keeps people in constant fear; their livestock is stolen.

The Union "For Freedom of Azerbaijani Political Prisoners" has included 126 people into the list of activists persecuted by authorities. The list has grown four-fold within two months.

The Mayor of Makhachkala has announced the city readiness to accommodate 200 refugees in a boarding house in the suburb of the capital of Dagestan. Some social network users have supported the call to help refugees, while others called for resettling those who came from Donbass in those regions of Russia where the culture and mentality are closer to theirs.

Mikhail Saakashvili, the third president of Georgia, went on an indefinite hunger strike with the demand for proper medical treatment. The decision on hunger strike is made despite the doctor’s warning about the risk of death, Mikhail Saakashvili says in court.

During solo pickets in Makhachkala, colleagues of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, accused of financing terrorism, demanded to release him from arrest and stop pressure on journalists. Residents of Makhachkala demonstrate their interest in the Abdulmumin Gadjiev’s case and support the picketers, participants of the protests note.

During the week of February 14-20, 2022, no killed or wounded in the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the “Caucasian Knot” based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

The positions of the Azerbaijani troops in the villages of Shushakend and Tagavard were shelled from the territory controlled by Russian peacekeepers, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported.

The European Union (EU) exerts insufficient pressure on Azerbaijan concerning the return of Armenian prisoners of war (POWs), opposition activists say. They called on their supporters to organize a protest action during a meeting in Yerevan of the bureau and commissions of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly.

Arrival of refugees from Donbass to Southern Russia; murder of a tourist in Karachay-Cherkessia; replacement of the chair of the Dagestani government; resignation of Dmitry Trapeznikov from the post of Mayor of Elista, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of February 14-20, 2022, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

Nagorno-Karabakh activists have marked the 34th anniversary of the liberation movement by laying flowers and wreaths at the Memorial Complex in Stepanakert. It is necessary to consolidate the Armenians and return to the main idea of the national liberation movement – reunification with Armenia, the activists have stated.

The residents of Donbass, accommodated in the Rostov Region, have shared their fears for their relatives who remained at home, and expressed their desire to return to them as soon as possible.

In the village of Variani, Gori municipality, a monument to Joseph Stalin was erected. No one objected to the erection thereof, local residents assert.

The Ukrainian Diaspora has held actions in Austria and Germany calling on European politicians to support Ukraine. Members of local Chechen communities have supported the participants.

The idea to accommodate refugees from eastern Ukraine in Chechnya was supported by many Instagram users, who recalled that residents of Chechnya themselves had survived two military campaigns.

The General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Nagorno-Karabakh has reported shelling of houses in the village of Tagavard on February 18. According to the GPO, walls and windows were damaged. Shelling occurs regularly; and authorities should ensure security, villagers demand.

At their rally in Batumi, activists of the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party sought a meeting with Irakli Kobakhidze, the leader of the "Georgian Dream" Party. Law enforcers detained six people for disobeying the police.

Some of the refugee accommodation centres in the Rostov Region were not ready to receive them; therefore, some of the arrived residents of Donbass are forced to stay in buses. Refugees themselves complain about uncertainty.

Three of the four drivers who blocked Geidar Aliev Avenue in Baku demanding issuance of permits for international transportation have been arrested: two are under administrative arrest; and a criminal case has been opened against the third one.

The information that the Armenian party has shelled the positions of Azerbaijani soldiers in the Tovuz District has nothing to do with reality, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

At their protest action in Yerevan, refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh, who lost their homes as a result of the 2020 war, have demanded official status from the authorities.