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The autonomy of Nagorno-Karabakh within Azerbaijan will lead to the exodus of the Armenian population from this territory; while the signing of a peace treaty with transferring Nagorno-Karabakh under Azerbaijan's control will spark mass protests in Armenia, the Armenian political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have pointed out.

The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) has upheld the verdict against Yunis Safarov and other convicts in the case of the attempt on the head of Ganja. The defence has expressed its disagreement with this decision and will appeal against at the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan, the advocates have stated.

Over the past 24 hours, more than 16,000 refugees arrived in Russia from the territory of Donbass through checkpoints in the Rostov Region, the Frontier Department of the FSB has informed.

The city of Gyumri is holding a silent protest action on the occasion of the visit there of the Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan; a lot of law enforcers are present in the venue; by their silence, the protesters have expressed their disagreement with the policy of the Armenian authorities.

Following the demands of Georgian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the opposition, the government decided to publish the questionnaire for obtaining the candidate status of the European Union (EU) on its website.

Nine cars belonging to residents of the town of Ipatovo in the Stavropol Territory and marked with letter Z, a symbol of the special operation in Ukraine, were damaged by unknown culprits, a local resident has reported.

A court in Baku has sentenced Ali Aliev, the chairman of the oppositional "Citizens' and Development" Party, to five months in custody after finding him guilty of defamation under the lawsuit lodged by Ramin Adilov, a border guard.

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.