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The new website Monuments of Artsakh, which presents Armenian monuments, will draw international community's attention to the problem of preserving Armenian cultural monuments located in the territories of Nagorno-Karabakh that have come under Azerbaijan's control, historians believe.

Eight people, whose case has been brought to court in Turkey, had been plotting assassination attempts on political emigrants. One of the defendants, according to investigators, maintained contacts with Adam Delimkhanov, a Russian State Duma MP, Turkish media have reported.

At their action in Yerevan, protesters have demanded from the UN to stop the destruction of the Armenian cultural heritage located in the territories of Nagorno-Karabakh that came under Azerbaijan's control, and urgently send UNESCO officials there.

Authorities of Chechnya are trying to undermine the credibility of the messages posted by the oppositional "1Adat"* channel, that is why they refute its information and may deliberately misinform its authors, the human rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

On February 16, Alexander Zakuskin, the head of the council of deputies of the Meschansky District of Moscow, personally met Salima Yusupkhadjieva and apologized to her for the incident at the mosque. Yusupkhadjieva forgave him, as follows from the video of their meeting.

Marina Ivanova, a resident of the Stavropol Territory, could have been abducted and taken to Chechnya due to her publications in the "1Adat"* Telegram channel, the "Baza" has reported with reference to investigators' data.

The growth rate of signatures to the petition for the resignation of Ramzan Kadyrov from the post of the head of Chechnya has slowed down significantly compared to the first days after the publication of the petition, the "Caucasian Knot" has analyzed.

In Moscow, the Prosecutor’s Office has recognized illegal the refusal of investigators to institute a criminal case on the kidnapping by Chechen law enforcers of Ibragim Selimkhanov, a native of Dagestan, his advocates report.

In Nalchik, a court has placed under arrest until March 24 Ramazan Dugiev, an Ingush sign language interpreter, who is accused of causing grievous bodily harm to law enforcers during protests in Magas in 2019, advocate Visit Tsoroev reports.

Abdul-Kerim Edilov, the head of the secretariat of the leader of Chechnya and former coach of Ramzan Kadyrov’s children, has been appointed the vice-premier of the republic. The appointment of Abdul-Kerim Edilov has continued the trend of the creation by Ramzan Kadyrov of a power vertical built on close relationships.

Signs on the remains from a mass grave in Khelvachauri indicate that they belong to victims of the Stalinist repressions, scientists point out. Among the victims of terror in Adzharia were not only Georgians, but also Abkhazians, Russians, Germans, and Poles.

A resident of the village of Khramort was shelled from the Azerbaijani side while doing his agricultural works; the bullets damaged his tractor, the Nagorno-Karabakh police have informed.

In his interview with the "Kavkaz.Realii"* outlet from the SIZO (pre-trial prison), Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a Dagestani journalist, told about his custody conditions, and on how he manages to post his materials on the "Chernovik" (Draft) portal and in the Instagram. Gadjiev said that the support of the society helps him to defend both his own rights and other inmates' rights.

The protesters in Baku, who demanded that their sons be given the status of shahids (martyrs), have been invited to the presidential administration, and their applications were taken, protesters have informed.

The electronic petition to Vladimir Putin demanding the resignation of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov has gained more than 216,000 signatures; over the last 24 hours, the number of signatories has grown by 2928.

Khachatur Khachatryan, a military serviceman, was wounded by shelling from the Azerbaijani side, the Nagorno-Karabakh Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported. Its counterpart, the Azeri MoD, has treated this information as a fake.

The actions of Alexander Zakuskin, a deputy of the Meschansky municipal district of Moscow, who used a gas spray against a pensioner from Chechnya, contain signs of inflicting harm to one's health and abuse of power, Nadezhda Ermolaeva, an advocate, believes. Zelimkhan Arapiev, another advocate, has added that Zakuskin may be released from criminal liability because of reconciliation or compensation for damage.

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) enforced the decision of the Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow by cancelling a life-long ban on entry into Russia for Talysh comic Idrak Mirzalizade. The ban expires on August 27, 2035, comic’s advocate Sergey Badamshin reports.

Law enforcers beat freelance journalists Fatima Movlanly and Sevindj Sadykhova, who were detained for filming videos near the building of the presidential administration of Azerbaijan, the victims themselves said.

Despite deterioration of her health state, Zarema Musaeva refused to be transferred to a hospital for fear of contracting the coronavirus, her advocate said. According to the defender, Zarema Musaeva is being kept in a separate cell of the Grozny SIZO (pre-trial prison) under the supervision of doctors.