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May 30, 2022 14:44

• Participants of large-scale action in Nagorno-Karabakh support Armenian protesters

  On the occasion of the First Republic Day, solidarity actions with protesters against Armenian authorities were held in the cities of Stepanakert and Martuni. The action in Stepanakert was over 10,000 strong, the Nagorno-Karabakh Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported.

May 30, 2022 14:39

• Armenian MoD reports death of soldier wounded during shelling

  The soldier who was wounded by shelling from Azerbaijan has died, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

May 30, 2022 14:35

• Telegram users urge MPs to send their sons to Ukraine via Chechnya

  Hundreds of Russians come to Chechnya to get trained in Gudermes and volunteer for Ukraine, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated. The ranks of volunteers should be replenished by sons of MPs, commentators on the Internet have suggested.

May 30, 2022 14:26

• Transgender women complain about beating in Tbilisi

  Several dozen men have beaten up and threw stones at five transgender women in Tbilisi, the victims have complained.

May 30, 2022 12:03

• Gudermes native publicly apologizes for damaging letter Z on Mount Mashuk

  Ramazan Suleimanov from Gudermes has asked to forgive him for deliberately damaging the letter Z – the symbol of the special military operation on Mount Mashuk in Pyatigorsk.

May 30, 2022 12:00

• Tough driver's detention is in conflict with Chechen traditions

  Application of force to a person who tried to escape from a law enforcer is contrary to Chechen traditions, but this happens with authorities' approval. This is how Caucasian experts commented on the video with the cruel detention of a driver in Chechnya.

May 29, 2022 12:03

• Resident of Fuzuli District blown up by mine

  During agricultural works in the village of Gorazilli, Fizuli District of Azerbaijan, Khayal Abdullaev, a 23-year-old local resident, received numerous shrapnel wounds due to a mine explosion.

May 29, 2022 11:45

• Putin signs law on dual citizenship with South Ossetia

  The President of Russia has signed a law that will allow holders of South-Ossetian passports to take Russian citizenship without renouncing their current one.

May 29, 2022 11:16

• Political prisoners Rustamov and Sadygov tell about consequences of hunger strikes in jail

  The long-term hunger strikes held in prison had a negative impact on the health of the former Azerbaijani political prisoners Salekh Rustamov and Afghan Sadygov, who were released on May 28 under the pardon decree.

May 29, 2022 10:59

• Azerbaijan rejects accusation of shelling Armenian positions

  The report about the wounding of an Armenian soldier as a result of shelling from the Azerbaijani side is not true, the Azeri Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

May 28, 2022 16:29

• Ingush policemen suspected of extorting a large bribe

  Two employees of the Nazran line division for transport of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) are suspected of extortion and receiving a bribe from a suspect in drug storing. The policemen are behind bars.

May 28, 2022 15:48

• Seven members of the "Sasna Tsrer" detachment detained in Armenia

  Today, law enforcers have detained seven members of the "Sasna Tsrer" detachment, accused of capturing the building of the police regiment in July 2016, the National Democratic Pole (NDP) of Armenia has informed.

May 28, 2022 15:19

• Analysts compare Baku's military-technical cooperation with Ankara and Moscow

  Azerbaijan is hosting the "Teknofest" aviation, space and technology festival, which is held outside of Turkey for the first time. Within its framework, it is planned to sign a number of agreements, and also an idea was announced to launch the production of "Bayraktar-Akinci" heavy drones in Azerbaijan. The Baku-Ankara military cooperation is unlikely to interfere with the Baku's cooperation with Moscow, since it is about the supply of different types of weapons, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted.

May 28, 2022 13:41

• Journalists comment on proposal to liquidate checkpoint on Abkhazian-Russian border

  Ideally, the checkpoint on the Russian-Abkhazian border should be removed; but the Abkhazian society is extremely sensitive to this idea, seeing it as a step towards losing the independence, the journalists and political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

May 28, 2022 13:21

• Relatives of figurants in Gadjiev's case complain about arrest of property

  Part of the property belonging to relatives of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist of the "Chernovik" (Draft) outlet, Abubakar Rizvanov, the head of the "Ansar" Charity Fund, and Kemal Tambiev is still under arrest, as investigators believes that this property had been bought for criminal money.

May 28, 2022 12:59

• Marchers reveal details of harsh detentions at protests in Armenia

  Law enforcers are regularly showing cruelty towards activists; after detentions, many protesters need doctors' help, suffered Yerevan activists have complained.

May 28, 2022 08:48

• Because of Dagestani law enforcers' threats, Yulduz Kurashova provided with state protection

  The court ruled to provide Yulduz Kurashova, a resident of Khasavyurt, who received threats from the law enforcers accused of torturing her, with state protection.

May 28, 2022 08:36

• Azeri rights defenders treat number of pardoned political prisoners as insufficient

  The President of Azerbaijan has pardoned 213 people. Human rights defenders have treated his decision as a "half-way one", since only a small part of the country's political prisoners have been pardoned.

May 27, 2022 21:13

• Three participants of opposition motor rallies detained in Armenia

  Today, the “Resistance” movement has held motor rallies to the cities of Spitak and Sevan, during which traffic has been temporarily blocked. Three protesters are detained.

May 27, 2022 21:02

• In Tbilisi, ambulance workers complain about poor working conditions and low salaries

  In the Georgian capital, employees of an ambulance station dissatisfied with working conditions and low salaries, threaten to start protest actions.