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During the day, the number of refugees who arrived on the territory of the Rostov Region increased by 3000 compared to the day before.

The Baku Court of Appeal did not grant a complaint against the arrest of Elshan Abbasov, an activist of the “Muslim Unity” movement, and left him under arrest for four months.

Since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, about 7500 Azerbaijani citizens have been evacuated from the country to Baku.

Baku has declared its readiness for talks with Yerevan on the conclusion of a peace treaty, subject to a number of principles. In response, Yerevan has offered to hold talks under the auspices of the OSCE Minsk Group. Baku's proposals are an attempt to consolidate the results of the 2020 war, Armenian political analysts believe.

The opposition has chances to win the upcoming presidential election in South Ossetia, as the incumbent president Anatoly Bibilov has lost his rating. The assessments of Moscow's influence on the election are often exaggerated, especially since any winner will be oriented toward Russia, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted.

In Grozny, the Prosecutor's Office (PO) has found no violations in the actions of the law enforcers who had forcibly taken Zarema Musaeva from her home in Nizhny Novgorod, the "Committee against Torture" (CaT)* has informed.

The court has sentenced Koba Margiev to ten days of arrest after he was detained in central Moscow, when a protest action against the special military operation in Ukraine was held there. Margiev himself has claimed that he did not take part in the action.

In Ukraine, as a result of the conflict, more than 5 million people have already been forced to leave their homes, Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, said in an interview with the Corriere della Sera newspaper. Since the start of the special military operation in Ukraine, a total of 248,993 people have been evacuated into Russia, the Russian Ministry of Defence has informed.

Courts of the Krasnodar Territory (also known as Kuban by the name of the main river) have imposed fines on activists under the new article on discrediting the armed forces, while no hard proofs were presented at court sessions, Mikhail Benyash, an advocate, has stated.

In Tbilisi, doctors of a civilian clinic examined Mikhail Saakashvili and confirmed the diagnosis with serious illnesses found by doctors of the council, the former president of Georgia himself reported.

Today, Magomed Magomedov, a colleague of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist of the weekly newspaper “Chernovik” (Rough Draft), has held a solo picket in Makhachkala with the demand to stop the criminal case against Abdulmumin Gadjiev. Dagestani journalist Idris Yusupov held a solo picket demanding the release of political prisoners.

Analysts interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot” note that Ramzan Kadyrov and State Duma member Adam Delimkhanov are trying to demonstrate the important role of Chechen fighters in the special military operation by posting videos about their visit to Ukraine.

Russian-speaking residents of Georgia interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot” say that ethnic Russians, including citizens of Georgia, face manifestations of Russophobia. The residents consider it appropriate to toughen the law against xenophobia.

Ramzan Kadyrov has confirmed the information about his own arrival in Ukraine and added that Adam Delimkhanov, a State Duma MP from Chechnya, was also there. He promised state awards to employees of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) working "for Russia."

Evgeny Schegolkov, a native of the city of Serafimovich, and Sergey Miller, a native of the village of Korostino, Kotovsky District, have perished in Ukraine. Since the start of the special operation of the Russian militaries, at least ten military servicemen from the Volgograd Region have died.

The body of Semyon Ganshin was found in the Zavokzalny District of Sochi. The day before, according to his mother, Irina Ganshina, the son was detained by law enforcers, who then stated that there had been no detention.

Ramzan Kadyrov has met the Chechen law enforcers who are taking part in the Russian military operation in the territory of Ukraine, and announced their mission "to capture Kyiv"; it follows from the video posted on March 13 in a number of Telegram channels.

At least 22 people were detained at protests against the military operation in Ukraine held in Volgograd, Krasnodar, Sochi and Rostov-on-Don, the human rights project "OVD-Info"* has reported.

The petition to President Putin calling to exchange the prisoners of war (POWs) and casualties' bodies with Ukraine has gained over 23,000 signatures.

Shelling, psychological pressure and absence of conditions for normal life have resulted in a humanitarian catastrophe in Nagorno-Karabakh, the human rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted.