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In Elista, the capital of Kalmykia, law enforcers took the picketer, Alexander Lot, to the city police department and confiscated an anti-war poster from him.

The ceremony of laying flowers at the monument to the victims of pogroms of the Armenian population in the city of Sumgait was held in Stepanakert. Human rights defenders called on the international community to give a proper legal assessment of the violence committed in Sumgait in February 1988.

The trial of Elena Baibekova, charged with disobedience to the police, was held in the absence of an advocate; and policemen exerted pressure, Elena has reported. According to her story, in protest, she decided to go on hunger strike for the entire five-day period of her administrative arrest.

The petition demanding to stop the military operation in Ukraine, posted on February 24 on the Change.org platform, has gathered more than a million signatures. Portal users also put their signatures to the petition demanding to disclose data on losses of Russian militaries in Ukraine and stop sending conscripts there.

The Sovetsky District Court of Astrakhan sentenced activist Elena Baibekova to administrative arrest for five days for disobeying the police.

Today, supporters of the “International Memorial”* have come to the building of the Supreme Court (SC) of Russia to support the organization, They considered the decision of the Court of Appeal to liquidate the NGO as a political order and pressure on civil society.

Russian military operation in Ukraine and its echo in the southern regions of Russia; reaction of the countries of Southern Caucasus to the events in Ukraine; 78th anniversary of the deportation of Chechen and Ingush people, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of February 21-27, 2022, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

Natives of Azerbaijan, who were transporting agricultural products from Ukraine to Russia, were injured during a shelling attack near the border.

The Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court dismissed an appeal filed by the defence about the decision to liquidate the “International Memorial”*.

The Chechen fighters who left for Ukraine to take part in the military conflict "have gone to jihad" and are fighting for the sake of Allah, Salakh Mezhiev, the Mufti of Chechnya, has announced.

Actions were held in Tbilisi, Batumi, Kutaisi and Zugdidi, where the participants demanded to stop hostilities in the territory of Ukraine, where, in their opinion, the fate of Georgia and Europe is also being decided.

The participants of the action held in Baku have demanded to stop hostilities in Ukraine. The police tried to limit the number of participants.

On February 27, an action was held in Yerevan against the hostilities in Ukraine, which was attended by employees of the Ukrainian Embassy in Armenia, members of the European Party of Armenia and of the "National Democratic Pole", member of the Ukrainian community in Armenia and other activists. The action was organized by the Embassy of Ukraine to Armenia, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

Among the Russian servicemen involved in the special military operation in Ukraine, there are dead and wounded ones, for the first time the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has admitted, without specifying the figures.

The situation in Ukraine and possible consequences thereof became the main discussion topic among those who gathered on February 27 in central Moscow on the bridge where the politician Boris Nemtsov was shot dead seven years ago.

Hundreds of Russian doctors have signed an open letter to President Vladimir Putin demanding an end to hostilities in Ukraine, the "Meduza"* has reported.

Chechen fighters have left for Ukraine in order to fulfil orders of President Vladimir Putin and protect the Ukrainian people, the Chechen leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, has stated, treating another mission of Chechen militaries as "settling personal religious scores."

Demands to residents of the village of Khramort to leave their homes have been broadcast from Azerbaijani posts for three days; the villagers are threatened with the use of force, the residents of the community have reported. According to their version, they have asked for protection from Nagorno-Karabakh authorities and peacemakers.

Turkey has no legal grounds to take part in the military conflict in Ukraine by supporting one of the parties, political analysts have noted. Besides, Turkish authorities prioritize the development of economy, not geopolitics.

The page of Ramzan Kadyrov's assistant on the Instagram, which the head of Chechnya used to circumvent sanctions after his personal account in the social network was blocked, is now inaccessible.