News

During the week of April 27-May 3, 2020, no one fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. 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 a village on the border with Armenia and in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled from machine guns and sniper rifles, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported.

In Chechnya, officials follow the example of Ramzan Kadyrov and ignore the restrictive measures imposed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus infection, while ordinary residents of the republic are obliged to follow the quarantine measures. Such a conclusion may be drawn from a video report on collective prayer posted by the leader of Chechnya.

Attack of the coronavirus infection on Caucasus; trials against participants of a protest rally in Vladikavkaz; condemnation by human rights defenders of the Azerbaijani authorities for abuse of the situation with the coronavirus infection; Revival Day of Karachay People amid the pandemic; death of Stavropol administration chief Andrei Djatdoev, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of April 27-May 3, 2020, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

The "Agora" human rights organization has received 17 applications for legal aid in connection with the arrests of North-Ossetian residents who took part in the protest rally against self-isolation held on April 20.

Since May 4, Azerbaijan cancelled the permissive system for leaving home, except for the cities of Baku, Sumgait, Ganja, Lenkoran and the Apsheron District. Also, the country has reopened private stores, hairdressers and beauty salons.

Magomed Daudov, the Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, has told about a father of eight children, who has ended up, due to restrictions caused by coronavirus, without money and asked for help. The Speaker has condemned the man and offered him to sell his car in order to "drag time."

Residents of the Gudermes District have apologized for violating the self-isolation regime; it follows from the video posted on the Instagram. Social network users have criticized law enforcers who gathered some 15 detainees in one room.

Agil Gumbatov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), who was placed into a psychiatric hospital, has been left there for another month, his wife said.

On the Revival Day of the Karachay Nation, residents of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) pay tribute to victims of deportation online; rallies are banned due to quarantine introduced because of coronavirus. Rashid Temrezov, the head of the republic, has visited the Memorial to Repression Victims of in Karachaevsk.

Saadat Djakhangir, a member of the Presidium of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) and an employee of the "Azadlyg" newspaper, has told about an eight-hour-long interrogation after a search of her apartment. Her fellow party members fear a new provocation against their leader Ali Kerimli.

Elderly residents of Tskhinvali said that the word "Stalinir" is associated with their own youth.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has reported 170 cases of ceasefire violation by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces committed during the last week.

In the Gergebil District of Dagestan, hospitals are overcrowded; in a few days, 12 people died, local residents report, complaining about the absence of drugs and ALV (artificial lung ventilation) devices in hospitals.

During the last 24 hours, the Azerbaijani positions deployed on the Armenian border and in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled for 25 times, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

Since April 30, the authorities of the Krasnodar Territory introduced the mandatory wearing of medical masks in public places. Sochi residents have complained about high prices on masks in pharmacies, and said that they have to sew them themselves.

Chechen women have complained to Ramzan Kadyrov about the arrest of their sons, Magomed and Akhmed Khaikharoev, who have been in custody for five months. Instagram users spoke in support of mothers.

An attempt to hospitalize ten residents of the quarantined village of Musevani of the Bolnisi District resulted in a villagers' clash with policemen and medics. The Bolnisi District accounts for 18.9% of all Georgia's coronavirus infected patients.

A transgender woman has set herself on fire in front of the Tbilisi Mayoralty in protest against the growth of transphobia that she faced due to quarantine self-isolation. The organization "Movement for Equality" has called on the authorities to pay attention to the people deprived of social support and relatives' help.

The republic's authorities have announced a complete shutdown of the urban public transport in connection with the spread of coronavirus infection.