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May 20, 2022 23:50

• Armenian opposition warns of consequences of opening border with Turkey

  At a protest action in Yerevan, participants have stated it is pro-government oligarchs who will benefit from the opening of the Armenian-Turkish border, while farms, unable to withstand competition in the market with Turkish goods, will go bankrupt.

May 20, 2022 15:25

• Activists resume disobedience actions in Yerevan

  Armenian oppositionists have held a protest march in Yerevan near the residence of the country's president, where the latter is meeting his Lithuanian colleague. Activists have called on the European Union (EU) to pay attention to human rights violations in Armenia.

May 20, 2022 15:13

• More Caucasian natives perished in Ukraine than in NCFD armed conflict in eight years

  In Ukraine, at least 224 natives of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) have perished since the start of the special operation, while over the past eight years of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, a total of 143 law enforcers have perished, the "Caucasian Knot" has calculated.

May 20, 2022 15:07

• Ukraine: former head of security division of ASUACE perishes in hostilities

  During the special military operation in Ukraine, Andrei Khaustov, a former head of the security division of the Astrakhan State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering (ASUACE), has perished, the university administration has inormed.

May 20, 2022 15:04

• Body of Georgian volunteer delivered to Tbilisi

  The body of Rati Shurgaya, a Georgian volunteer, who perished in Ukraine, was brought to Tbilisi. His funeral will be held on May 24.

May 20, 2022 14:58

• Dagestani woman detained in Moscow for picket demanding to punish her brother's killers

  A sister of Gasan Abdullaev, a resident of Makhachkala, who was killed in August 2021, came out with a poster to the FSB's reception office in Moscow, demanding that those responsible for the murder be found and punished.

May 20, 2022 14:03

• Relatives of Ingushetia native who perished in Ukraine wait for compensation

  The family of Captain Salam Merzhoev, who perished in Ukraine, has submitted documents to receive the payments promised by the president; but no money has arrived yet, a Salam's brother has stated. Salam Merzhoev has left his wife and two children behind.

May 20, 2022 13:53

• Dismissed "Rosgvardiya" fighters explain refusal to take part in special operation

  The fighter of the "Rosgvardiya" (Russian National Guard) from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), dismissed after leaving the special operation zone in Ukraine, have stated that they had not violated their contracts, since the command failed to order to continue combat actions.

May 19, 2022 23:59

• Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of a shelling attack near border

  Today, the Armenian armed forces have shelled the positions of the Azerbaijani army in the Kelbadjar District, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reports. Armenia denies the accusation.

May 19, 2022 23:56

• Instagram users* call to punish a Chechen teacher for beating children

  The Prosecutor’s Office of Chechnya has launched an investigation after a post with a video in which a man was beating children on a sports ground. Social media users considered the behaviour of the teacher to be excessively cruel and called for punishment.

May 19, 2022 23:54

• Telegram users like Turkey’s statement about victims of Caucasian war

  On the eve of the 158th anniversary of the end of the Caucasian War, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Turkey called the mass expulsion of Circassians from the Caucasus a tragedy. Some Telegram users have shared the Turkish Minister’s position.

May 19, 2022 16:43

• Opposition ends protests in Yerevan

  The Armenian opposition has announced the end of today's protests in Yerevan, and reproached authorities of attempts to stage provocations. The Armenian police have reported that not a single person was detained during the protest marches held in Yerevan today.

May 19, 2022 16:35

• Azerbaijani court leaves blogger Yahyaoglu in custody

  The court has rejected the complaint of the Azerbaijani blogger, Eivaz Yahyaoglu against his arrest. The leader of the Azerbaijani Nationalist-Democratic Party (ANDP), in which he is a member, has promised that a complaint will be filed against the court's decision with the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

May 19, 2022 15:57

• Opposition blocks several streets in Yerevan

  The Armenian opposition has resumed disobedience actions in Yerevan. Activists have blocked several streets; law enforcers are trying to restore the motor traffic.

May 19, 2022 15:50

• Paratrooper who perished in Ukraine buried in Rostov Region

  In the Rostov Region, they said farewell to a 29-year-old paratrooper who perished on April 29. Along with his colleagues, he was covered by an explosion in the village of Lebedinskoye.

May 19, 2022 15:42

• CTO in Makhachkala highlights change of format of Dagestani underground

  The regime of the counter-terrorist operation (CTO) in Makhachkala has been lifted, the Russian FSB has reported. The CTO conducted in the capital of Dagestan has confirmed analysts' conclusions about the transition of the local armed underground to the tactics of clandestine cells.

May 19, 2022 14:55

• Armenian opposition reproaches authorities of encouraging law enforcers' lawlessness

  Authorities have allocated about USD 6.5 million as bonuses to policemen for their work at protests, Ishkhan Sagatelyan, a vice speaker of the Armenian parliament, has stated. The opposition has demanded to suspend the powers of law enforcers involved in using violence against demonstrators.

May 19, 2022 14:52

• Armenian opposition warns authorities against territorial concessions

  The principle of a mirror withdrawal of troops is unacceptable, since Armenia will lose control over strategic positions, protesters in Yerevan have stated. They demanded to hold the Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, accountable for the outcome of the autumn war in Nagorno-Karabakh.

May 18, 2022 23:59

• Kadyrov confirms friendly nature of dispute with Peskov

  Ramzan Kadyrov has confirmed that mutual criticism in a dispute with Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary for Russian President Vladimir Putin, is of a friendly nature. The leader of Chechnya has noted that he does not like some of his opponent’s statements.

May 18, 2022 23:56

• Analysts consider mass detentions in Yerevan an act of intimidation

  In Yerevan, hundreds of activists are being detained due to the authorities’ desire to prevent a rise in the number of protesters, analysts suggest. The police began checking a complaint filed by opposition MP Artsvik Minasyan about his unjustified detention.