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In the vicinity of the dwelling settlement of Yarymdja in the Mardakert District of Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan has violated the contact line, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

Senior Sergeant Batyr Abdulmuslimov from Kizilyurt has perished in Ukraine, the administration of the city district has informed. Since the start of the special operation in Ukraine, the deaths of at least 83 natives of Dagestan have been officially confirmed.

The author of the video clip about high gas prices in Chechnya will be searched for and forced to apologize, the human rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" are sure.

The Magas District Court found Vakha Kartoev, the head of the regional branch of the “Civil Initiative” Party, guilty of discrediting the armed forces and imposed a fine of 40,000 roubles for a pacifist post on a social media outlet.

In her appeal to the Prosecutor’s Office, a sister of Timur Tumgoev noted that her brother, a native of Vladikavkaz, was tortured in a penal colony in the Vladimir Region while being transferred to a prison. The sister of the convict asked the Prosecutor’s Office to launch a check.

Zakhir Amanov, a founder and editor-in-chief of the Azerbaijani news website “Cenub.az”, suspected of extortion of money, was released from custody for the period of the investigation.

Amid the human rights defenders’ reports about beatings of natives of Northern Caucasus in prison, the Department for the Ulyanovsk Region of the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) stated that the prisoners’ hunger strike was preceded by a mass protest against searches in cells.

A court in Baku has concluded that the Prosecutor’s Office of Azerbaijan did not conduct a sufficient investigation, refusing to institute a case against the doctors who treated human rights defender Ogtai Gyulyalyev.

It is allowed to publish only official information about the situation in the conflict zone with Azerbaijan; and it is forbidden to refute authorities' reports under the threat of administrative and criminal prosecution, the president of Nagorno-Karabakh has ordered.

Ten children have been brought today from the Middle East to Russia. After examination, they will be transferred to their relatives, including those in Adygea and Dagestan, Anna Kuznetsova, the Russian Children's Ombudsperson, has stated.

About a hundred inmates kept in the prison located in the city of Dimitrovgrad (Ulyanovsk Region of Russia) have gone on a hunger strike in protest against beatings and humiliation of prisoners-natives of Northern Caucasus, human rights defenders have reported.

Policemen have drawn up a protocol against the Krasnodar lawyer, Mikhail Benyash, who took part in an anti-war video clip, under the article about discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.

Linguists have analyzed 26 texts by the Dagestani journalist, Abdulmumin Gadjiev, accused of financing terrorism, and found no signs of extremism there, Arsen Shabanov, an advocate, has stated.

Any change of the status of Nagorno-Karabakh is unacceptable; it will deprive residents of the unrecognized republic of the right to live freely and independently, the local MPs have stated. They called on the Prime Minister of Armenia to refuse negotiations with Azerbaijan, where the issue of the loss of independence of Nagorno-Karabakh is discussed.

Russia has appointed a special representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to promote the normalization of Armenian-Azerbaijani relations, Maria Zakharova, the spokeswoman of the Russian MFA, stated in response to a media question about the preparation of an Azerbaijani-Armenian peace agreement, the Russian MFA informed on April 14 on its website.

Many Makhachkala residents refuse to wear medical masks in public places and transport, despite the authorities' order on the extension of the mask regime in Dagestan, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent has reported based on his observations.

Sergeant Ravil Kadirov from a motorized rifle squadron from the Derbent District and deputy platoon commander Marat Shikhmagomedov, a native of the Tabasaran District, perished in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, the information about at least 80 perished natives of Dagestan has been officially confirmed.

Zakhir Amanov, a founder and editor-in-chief of the Azerbaijani news website “Cenub.az”, has been detained on suspicion of extortion.

Today, the Central Election Commission of South Ossetia has announced the results of the first round of the voting. Alan Gagloev won 38.55% of the votes, and 34.95% of voters supported Anatoly Bibilov. The second round of the presidential election will be held on April 28.

When commenting on a complaint of a driver from Chechnya, economists have noted that gas prices at gas stations in Chechnya are higher than in Dagestan because of the underdevelopment of infrastructure and the specifics of gas supplies to the republic.