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May 27, 2022 18:26

• “Rostourism”: first tourist flight to Chechnya 100% full

  The first charter tourist flight to Chechnya will take place on June 10, and it is already 100% booked, reports Zarina Doguzova, the head of the “Rostourism” (Federal Agency for Tourism).

May 27, 2022 17:56

• A soldier blown up by a mine in Agdam District

  An Azerbaijani soldier was blown up by a mine while performing military duties in the village of Chemenli in the Agdam District. He was hospitalized with injuries, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Azerbaijan reported.

May 27, 2022 17:40

• Azerbaijani blogger Ramazanov left in custody

  The Baku Court of Appeal dismissed a complaint against the arrest of blogger Rashad Ramazanov. The defendant pleaded not guilty and stated that law enforcers tortured him to force him to confess to a crime he never committed.

May 27, 2022 14:53

• Deputy head of FSIN hospital in Rostov-on-Don suspected of involvement in torture

  By a court ruling, Alexander Lyakh was placed under house arrest until July 7. The case against him is being considered under the article on abuse of power.

May 27, 2022 14:35

• Police stop activist's picket in Sochi

  Anna Goretskaya went out to a picket near the Sochi branch of the "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia) Party and was detained by policemen.

May 27, 2022 11:53

• Murder of bride abductor in Ingushetia creates pretext for blood feud

  According to local customs, relatives of the Ingush resident, who was killed after the abducting the bride, can declare blood feud against the killer. Besides, the bride's fate is alarming, since earlier her relatives were against this marriage, and now they can kill her for disobedience, Svetlana Anokhina, a journalist, has stressed.

May 27, 2022 11:35

• Opposition tries disrupting Pashinyan's meeting with Montenegrin president

  The meeting of the Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, with Milo Djukanovic, President of Montenegro, in Yerevan was held amid a protest action. Pashinyan cannot represent the interests of the Armenian people, oppositionists have stated.

May 27, 2022 08:32

• Authorities report deaths of two natives of Mozdok District in Ukraine

  Alan Godjiev and Vadim Davydov have perished in Ukraine, the administration of the Mozdok District has informed. Since the start of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 48 natives of North Ossetia have been officially confirmed as dead there.

May 27, 2022 08:09

• Bibilov's personnel decisions are basis for revenge

  By appointing persons to positions and signing decrees before the inauguration of the new president of South Ossetia, Anatoly Bibilov wanted to annoy his successor and show that he has potentials for political revenge, the journalists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" has noted.

May 26, 2022 23:18

• Relatives of perished Armenian soldiers demand a public trial

  An action held by parents of the perished soldiers near the building of the Supreme Judicial Council of Armenia was caused by a court’s decision to consider behind closed doors a complaint about the refusal to institute a criminal case on high treason and involve Nikol Pashinyan as a defendant.

May 26, 2022 22:45

• Azerbaijan returns a captured soldier to Armenia

  Soldier Eduard Martirosov, who was detained by Azerbaijani border guards in April, has been returned from captivity, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia reports.

May 26, 2022 22:23

• A brother’s video message to Akhmed Zakaev staged, Instagram* users believe

  Ali Zakaev, a resident of Urus-Martan, was forced to record a video message criticizing his brother living in Great Britain, social media users suggested.

May 26, 2022 18:14

• National Guard of Russia accumulated in Botlikh District after a mass fight

  Law enforcers from the National Guard of Russia arrived in the Botlikh District in Dagestan after a mass fight occurred near the Central District Hospital, a video posted on social media reports.

May 26, 2022 17:54

• Opposition resumes protests in Yerevan

  In Yerevan, participants of a protest action gathered in front of the building of the Supreme Judicial Council and demanded to institute a criminal case against Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The protestors also expressed their solidarity with relatives of those killed during the aggravation of the Karabakh conflict in 2020.

May 26, 2022 14:11

• Analysts argue about Peskov's words about referendum in South Ossetia

  The words pronounced by Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the President of Russia, that Moscow is not taking steps to annex South Ossetia are a signal for Georgia, which treats South Ossetia as its territory. At the same time, by Peskov's words that the referendum issue itself needs to be updated, the Kremlin made it clear to the authorities of South Ossetia that the initiative to hold a referendum should be cancelled, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

May 26, 2022 13:50

• Nagorno-Karabakh authorities criticize statement of European Council's President

  The wording "Karabakh ethnic Armenian population", used by Charles Michel, President of the European Council, in Brussels, excludes the right of Nagorno-Karabakh residents to self-determination, which they have been seeking for thirty years, the president and the MPs of the unrecognized republic have stated.

May 26, 2022 11:48

• Chechen social media users react ironically to authorities' promise to increase pensions

  The message about pension indexing and increase of the floor wage has caused no joy among users of the Chechen segment of the Instagram* social network. The pension is barely enough for food; and its slight increase will lead to an increase in prices for foodstuffs and services, social network users in Chechnya assert.

May 26, 2022 11:31

• Former "Rosgvardiya" fighters from KBR disagree with court ruling

  The servicemen of the "Rosgvardiya" (Russian Natural Guard), who were fired after leaving the special operation zone in Ukraine, have stated that they will appeal against the court ruling that denied their reinstatement at service.

May 26, 2022 11:14

• Opposition accuses Pashinyan of manipulations and deceit

  At an evening protest in Yerevan, opposition politicians have stated that Pashinyan's manipulations and populism have led the country to disaster.

May 26, 2022 08:43

• Dagestan gets 4550 tickets within Russia's Hajj quota

  All 4550 places allocated to Dagestan within Russia's 2022 Hajj quota have already been filled with applications, despite an increased pilgrimage cost, a source from the Hajj operator "Marva Tour" has informed.