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After the redeployment of Azerbaijani troops near the village of Parukh, there were no armed incidents there. The civilian population left Parukh back after the autumn war of 2020, Gegam Stepanyan, the Nagorno-Karabakh Ombudsperson, has stated.

The arrest of Eduard Ataev, an activist suspected of possessing an explosive device, was upheld by the decision of the Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan.

David Gobedjishvili, a Georgian fighter, who perished in Ukraine, was buried with military honours. Authorities have done everything possible to repatriate the dead Georgian fighters, the prime minister has stated.

In a number of Nagorno-Karabakh communities, located not far from the contact line under the protection of Russian peacemakers, agricultural works have resumed. However, villagers don't feel safe and demand to withdraw Azerbaijani militaries away from their villages.

Rovshan Magomedov, a contract military serviceman from the Derbent District, has perished in Ukraine, the district head has informed. Since the start of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 67 natives of Dagestan have perished there.

By handing documents from the migration case of Daud Muradov, who died after being deported to Russia, over to Russia, French authorities doomed him to torture and endangered other people, rights defenders and journalists in Chechnya, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"* has stated.

Documentaries, the screening of which is cancelled due to the disruption of the “Artdocfest” film festival, are now available online to viewers who have bought tickets to a Moscow cinema, an organizer announces. The list includes three films about residents of Northern Caucasus.

On April 3, units of the Azerbaijani army in the Tovuz District were shelled from the territory of Armenia, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported. The Ministry of Defence of Armenia objected that the Armenian side did not open fire.

A court sentenced employees of a penal colony in the Yaroslavl Region to different terms of imprisonment from three years to three years and four months for torturing prisoner Abubakar Tsagalaev.

During the week of March 28-April 3, 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 wife of the convicted journalist, Polad Aslanov, has held a protest action near the building of the Penitentiary Service in Baku, calling to stop pressing her husband. The beating of Aslanov, which caused her wife's action, could be sanctioned by colony bosses, Fikret Djafarli, a human rights defender, has suggested.

Arrival of refugees in the Rostov Region and the death of military personnel from Southern Russia in Ukraine; trial in a case of fighters of the National Guard of Russia dismissed for refusing to go to Ukraine, and the persecution of pacifists; beginning of Ramadan; Bibilov’s statement on plans on joining South Ossetia and Russia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of March 28-April 3, 2022, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

To settle all the outstanding problems, Armenia and Azerbaijan should hold talks, Zbigniew Rau the Chairman of the OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe), has suggested.

Timur Magomedomarov, a native of the Tlyaratinsky District, has perished in Ukraine. Since the start of the special operation, it has become officially known about the death of at least 65 military servicemen from Dagestan.

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has expressed dissatisfaction with the fact that the presidential press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, failed to comment on the awarding of the rank of lieutenant general to him, but called the TV presenter, Ivan Urgant, "a great patriot."

David Gobedjishvili, who volunteered for Ukraine and died there, has been buried at home in Tkibuli.

Believers in Northern Caucasus have welcomed the holy month of Ramadan with collective prayers; in the regions, various cultural and charity events are timed to the holy month of fasting.

The authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh have explained the cut off of gas supply to Nagorno-Karabakh by a failure of the gas pipeline in Armenia. Residents of Stepanakert have said about the significantly increased costs of heating their apartments and houses with electricity during gas cuts.

The initiative of mirror withdrawal of troops threatens the security of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh and is a hidden demarcation of border sections, Armenian analysts have stated.

In Krasnodar, law enforcers have detained Alexander Aposhnyansky, an activist, who had earlier taken part in the action against the special operation in Ukraine, and drew up a protocol against him on non-payment of certain earlier fines for violating traffic rules.