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Some communities in Ingushetia are practicing the prohibited practice of female genital mutilation, while the authorities are not serious enough about this problem, human rights defenders have stated. The mutilating women's surgeries are inadmissible, residents of the republic believe.

Ramzan Kadyrov has threatened to send authors of video clips about detentions of quarantine violators in Chechnya to public works, because he fears protests in his republic, said Ruslan Kutaev, a researcher of the Caucasus.

The Iftar (de-fasting), held by Ramzan Kadyrov with doctors, has demonstrated that the head of Chechnya is unwilling to change his lifestyle because of the restrictions imposed because of coronavirus, human rights defenders believe. A lawyer did not rule out the presence of an administrative offense in Kadyrov's actions.

In Chechnya, gas services have demanded from local residents to pay their bills on time, despite the strict quarantine regime. In their turn, locals who are forced to stay out of work because of coronavirus, complain about absence of incomes.

Residents of Dagestan, who found themselves short of money because of the forced self-isolation, most often ask to help them with food and housing, members of Dagestani charitable foundations report.

Khikmet Agaev, an activist of the movement "Muslim Unity", filed an appeal against his arrest. During the consideration of his appeal, the activist denied the accusations of violating the quarantine regime and disobeying the police. Khikmet Agaev also claimed being tortured. However, the court dismissed his appeal.

In Chechnya, Magomed Daudov, the head of the local operational headquarters, has announced imposing a mandatory "mask regime." He has threatened to fine violators. Earlier, the Chechen Minister for Public Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) have announced that masks do not protect people from the coronavirus infection, Instagram users and residents of the republic recall.

A family from the Nadterechny District should not have asked for help, since they could have killed their poultry, claims Magomed Daudov, the speaker of the Chechen Parliament.

Within the past 24 hours, the positions of the Azerbaijani Army stationed in the villages on the border with Armenia and in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled for about 25 times, including from machine guns and sniper rifles, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

A Grozny resident and a resident of the Sernovodsk District of Chechnya left for Syria, where they joined the "Islamic State" (IS) a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court, and participated in hostilities, investigators assert.

The Minnesota State Senate has passed a resolution recognizing the independence of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR). Minnesota is the tenth US state to recognize the NKR independence.

The Azerbaijanis who have arrived at the border in the Derbent District had to live in the street for several days, said one of the citizens of Azerbaijan who is waiting to return to his homeland. Dagestani officials and sponsors have incurred the cost of accommodating about 600 Azerbaijanis in hotels and resorts until the border is reopened.

The authorities of the Russian Federation have put forward claims against the article by Elena Milashina published in the "Novaya Gazeta" newspaper on the situation with the coronavirus in Chechnya, stating that the information therein about the closure of hospitals was false. Elena has received an award in Berlin for reporting on the situation with coronavirus in Chechnya and intends to prove her rightness.

People staged the protest action because after the quarantine and closure of the Iranian border, they lost their jobs and now stay without money, local residents have informed.

In Azerbaijan, the spread of the coronavirus infection has accelerated, and that fact may lead to toughening of the quarantine regime, announces Yagut Garaeva, the spokesperson for the Azerbaijani operational headquarters. Azerbaijan has detected 2060 cases of the coronavirus infection, and 26 people died.

The police should not detain minors during raids, Instagram users note in their comments under videos about the enforcement of the quarantine measures in Chechnya. Local residents criticized tough control of those who went out and opposed posts containing videos with violators.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) obliged the authorities of Russia to pay 12,500 euros to Asia Gubasheva, a resident of Chechnya, whose husband did not return her daughter after their divorce. The girl stays in Ingushetia, and the local court's decision to reunite the child with her mother has not been executed for five years already.

Appealing for help in a difficult situation does not contradict the Chechen traditions, and the sharp reaction of Magomed Daudov, Speaker of the Parliament of Chechnya, to the appeal for help, voiced by a father with many children, is unacceptable, Caucasian experts note.

Over the past 24 hours, the positions of the Azerbaijani troops were shelled 24 times, including from machine guns and sniper rifles, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported.

Residents of the Azerbaijani city of Bilasuvar gathered for a protest action, which grew into a clash with law enforcers. Media have reported on those detained and injured. The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has confirmed only the detention of one of the protesters, who used force against a law enforcer.