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April 15, 2022 08:33

• Moscow appoints special envoy for normalizing Armenian-Azerbaijani relations

  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.

April 15, 2022 08:21

• Makhachkala townspeople treat extension of mask regime as formality

  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.

April 14, 2022 23:20

• Authorities of two districts report about natives of Dagestan perished in Ukraine

  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.

April 14, 2022 23:07

• Azerbaijani journalist suspected of extortion

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

April 14, 2022 18:21

• CEC of South Ossetia schedules second round of presidential election for April 28

  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.

April 14, 2022 18:09

• Economists explain difference in gas prices in Dagestan and Chechnya

  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.

April 14, 2022 17:56

• Fiji police report about detention of Kerimov’s yacht

  The “Amadea” yacht, owned by Dagestani entrepreneur Suleiman Kerimov, has been detained for entering the Fiji exclusive economic zone without permission from the authorities, the local police report.

April 14, 2022 15:59

• Village administration in KBR reports death of fellow villager in Ukraine

  Taubi Kuchmenov from the village of Khasanya has perished in Ukraine. Since the start of the military operation in Ukraine, authorities have confirmed the deaths of at least eight natives of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) there.

April 14, 2022 15:42

• Stavropol student fined for poster at lecture

  The Zheleznovodsk City Court has fined a student of a local technical school by 40,000 roubles for a poster discrediting militaries that he raised during a lecture.

April 14, 2022 15:27

• Woman from Rostov Region fined for discrediting Russian militaries

  The court has fined by 30,000 roubles a female resident of the Kagalnitsky District, finding her guilty of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces after her comments placed in a social network.

April 14, 2022 11:34

• Georgian NGOs demand from authorities to publicly answer EU questions

  In Georgia, NGOs demand from the government to make public the completed questionnaire received from the European Union (EU) for becoming a candidate country.

April 14, 2022 11:21

• Analysts point to data deficit about residents of Southern Russia who perished in Ukraine

  The true death toll in the special operation in Ukraine cannot be assessed until it is over, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" assert.

April 14, 2022 11:08

• Baku activists tell about problems of Ukrainian refugees

  Most of the Ukrainians who arrived in Azerbaijan in connection with hostilities in their homeland are accommodated with their relatives and friends, but they need foodstuffs and psychological support, activists of Azerbaijani NGOs inform.

April 14, 2022 08:46

• Armenian political analysts point to uncertainty of peacemakers' powers in Karabakh

  The threshold of peacemakers' jurisdiction is unknown; the incident with the MPs has raised the issue of the Russian contingent's mandate, Naira Airumyan and Tevan Pogosyan have noted.

April 14, 2022 08:29

• Relatives of KBR athlete demand to investigate his death

  On February 1, Aslan Kambiev, a winner of the Russian and European championships in judo and sambo, received a gunshot wound from which he later died, but the attacker is at large, and the investigation is inactive, Kambiev's relatives have stated in their appeal to the head of the branch for the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

April 13, 2022 23:16

• Alleged supporter of IS* detained in Stavropol

  A supporter of the “Islamic State”* from Stavropol planned to commit a terror act at a railway station, and elements of an explosive device were seized from his place, the FSB reported.

April 13, 2022 22:57

• Relatives report about condition of a man wounded near village of Parukh

  A military man who was wounded in a shootout near the village of Parukh has been hospitalized in Stepanakert, and his condition is improving, relatives of the wounded man report.

April 13, 2022 19:11

• US Department of State points to human rights violations in Azerbaijan

  In its annual report, the US Department of State noted serious human rights problems remained in Azerbaijan.

April 13, 2022 18:55

• Parliamentary opposition urges to support Gagloev in presidential election in South Ossetia

  Opposition MPs issued an appeal in which they called on residents of South Ossetia to vote in the second round of the presidential election for Alan Gagloev.

April 13, 2022 14:21

• Taganrog resident fined for discrediting Russian Army

  A court in Taganrog imposed a fine of 30,000 roubles on a local resident, finding him guilty of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.