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Azerbaijani LGBT activist and journalist Avaz Khafizli repeatedly complained to the law enforcement bodies about receiving threats and held protests, but the authorities took no action, the Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety reports today.

The Russian authorities have de facto introduced military censorship, when they have unreasonably banned the media from posting information that contradicts the official version of the events in Ukraine, says Lyudmila Narusova, a member of the Federation Council.

The Western sanctions imposed against Russia will become tangible for Armenia, as the countries have close trade relations, the Armenian lawyers and economists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have pointed out.

The petition demanding an end to Russia's military operation in Ukraine, posted on February 24 by the human rights defender, Lev Ponomaryov* on the Change.org platform, has gained about 100,000 signatures within the past 35 hours, bringing the total number of signatories in excess of 1.1 million.

Actions again were held in cities of Georgia; their participants expressed support for Ukraine and criticized Georgian authorities for refusing to join the sanctions against Russia. In Kutaisi, one of the protesters broke a Mayoralty's window with a stone and was detained; in Batumi, a clash broke out between protesters and the police; and four people were detained.

The head of Chechnya has promised to put an end to the combatants in Ukraine who call themselves Chechens and oppose Russian militaries.

Servicemen from Ingushetia have perished during the special operation in Ukraine; all the festive events in the republic have been cancelled, Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov has stated.

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have adopted a resolution condemning Russia's special operation in Ukraine and called for tough sanctions. Russia must also compensate for the damage caused to Ukraine, the resolution has stated.

Today, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has considered complaints filed by 29 residents of Ingushetia about torture and beatings by Ingush and Chechen law enforcers. The European Court acknowledged the violation of the complainants’ rights and freedoms, as well as the lack of an effective investigation by the investigating authorities.

After the Ramzan Kadyrov’s report about the killed Chechen fighters, social media users pointed out that sending military personnel from Chechnya to Ukraine was an inhumane decision. Users called for an end to hostilities.

Today, Kazbek Kokov, the leader of Kabardino-Balkaria, has announced that four militaries from the republic were killed during the special military operation of the Russian troops in Ukraine. The leader of Kabardino-Balkaria promised to support the families of the killed militaries.

The authorities of Turkey have announced the introduction of a ban on the passage of military vessels through the Bosporus and Dardanelles Straits. Turkey explains the above decision by an attempt to prevent the escalation of the military conflict in Ukraine.

Two natives of Chechnya perished in hostilities in Ukraine; four others were wounded, Ramzan Kadyrov said and repeated his earlier call for large-scale military actions.

On February 28, several veterans of the Karabakh war held a protest action in front of the building of the Azerbaijani General Prosecutor's Office (GPO), demanding to punish law enforcers for beating up the participants in the Karabakh conflict.

Jihad can be declared by an Imam, a power official or a spiritual leader, the religious scholars interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have pointed out in their comments on the words of the Mufti of Chechnya, Salakh Mezhiev, about sending his fellow countrymen to Ukraine.

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.