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Adam Elzhurkaev, a theologian, has scolded three Kurchaloi women detained by law enforcers for providing occult services, the regional TV channel reports.

Three suspects of beating up Abubakar Tsagalaev, a native of Chechnya, and Vazha Bochorishvili, a citizen of Georgia, have been arrested in the Yaroslavl colony; two are under house arrest. The whereabouts of the remaining suspects are being established.

The two attacks committed in Uchkeken since early December have little in common, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

On March 1, supporters of Nikol Pashinyan, the Armenian Prime Minister, and of the opposition held their parallel rallies in Yerevan.

On March 1, four solo pickets with different demands were held in Makhachkala. Picketers demanded, in particular, to release the Dagestani journalist, Abdulmumin Gadjiev and other political prisoners.

The authorities of Kabardino-Balkaria have ignored requests to exercise the rights to housing, claims Gulbinat Adjibekperova, who lives in a dilapidated five-storey building with no heating and water supply. The woman recorded a video appeal to the leader of Chechnya.

Residents of Gelendzhik, in the vicinity of which a palace from the Alexei Navalny's investigation is located, have to huddle in illegally built constructions adjacent to garages, and they suffer from poor roads and problems with water supply, the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" reports. More than 3000 people signed a petition to demolish "Putin's palace" drawn up by a local activist.

Two residents of the Terter District tried to avoid checkpoints and get to the village of Talysh, while two others tried to go to the Agdam District, despite the authorities' ban on visiting the non-demined territories of Nagorno-Karabakh, the police report.

Dozens of Nikol Pashinyan's opponents entered the administration building of the Kentron District of Yerevan, despite attempts by the police to stop them. The activists demanded from the directors of the district administration not to force public sector employees to participate in a pro-government rally.

The authorities use the administrative resource in an attempt to ensure the mass nature of the rally scheduled for today in the centre of Yerevan, the opposition claim. The press service of the President of Nagorno-Karabakh announced that no public sector employees were sent to the rally initiated by Nikol Pashinyan.

Seventy-seventh anniversary of the deportation of Chechen and Ingush people; massive actions held by opponents of the Armenian Prime Minister; appointment of the new Prime Minister of Georgia and the protests in Tbilisi, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of February 22-28, 2021, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

The signatories of the petition in support of Ara Sagatelyan, a former chief of staff of the Armenian Parliament, who was arrested within the case of fakes during the aggravation of the Karabakh conflict, treat his arrest as a political persecution.

During the week of February 22-28, 2021, during the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, two people were wounded; there was no information about any casualties. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

On February 28, the "National Democratic Pole" movement held a torchlight march timed to the 33rd anniversary of pogroms in Sumgait. The action began with a minute of silence in memory of the victims, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

Relatives of Said-Mukhammad Djumaev, a Chechen, arrested for a brawl with law enforcers at a rally in support of Alexei Navalny in Moscow, managed to talk to him in the courtroom and make sure that he received their parcels, it follows from the videos posted by them in social networks.

At a rally in central Yerevan, representatives of the intelligentsia and veterans of power structures have joined the opposition demanding the resignation of Nikol Pashinyan, the Prime Minister.

Krasnodar activists have complained about the destruction of the spontaneous memorial of Boris Nemtsov 15 minutes after the end of their action. Passers-by were surprised that a large number of law enforcers were brought to a peaceful action without demands and posters.

Narek Malyan, the leader of the "Veto" movement, is accused of inciting violence for staging the execution of Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu. He has admitted that the performance was addressed to the Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan.

On February 26, in Yerevan, oppositionists, analysts and activists discussed the current political situation. The way out of the situation can be the holding of parliamentary elections and the creation of a new political force that will rally residents around and lead the country out of the crisis, the participants of the meeting believe.

The European Union (EU) and the USA have reacted negatively to the special operation aimed to detain Nika Meliya, an opposition leader, in Tbilisi and his arrest, 26 Georgian NGOs have stated. The tough authorities' actions against the opposition may complicate integration into the EU and NATO, Kakha Gogolashvili, a political analyst, has stated.