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May 11, 2022 19:44

• Opposition organizes motor rallies demanding Pashinyan’s resignation

  Today, the opposition movement “Resistance” has started several motor rallies in Yerevan. Participants call on residents of the city to come to a rally demanding the resignation of the Prime Minister of Armenia.

May 11, 2022 19:28

• Gagloev: not right time for referendum on joining Russia

  A referendum on joining Russia will be held when Russia gives the appropriate signal, and it is not the right time to talk about the referendum in the conditions of the special military operation in Ukraine, Alan Gagloev, the new president of South Ossetia, announces today.

May 11, 2022 19:08

• Investigators refuse to lift arrest from bank account of Yana Antonova’s mother

  A mother of Krasnodar activist Yana Antonova failed to get the arrest lifted from her bank account with the money intended for an activist’s disabled son.

May 11, 2022 14:05

• Lawyers note Chechnya's specifics in inquiries into corruption cases

  The investigation published by the "Important Stories"* about the real estates in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that may belong to Chechen officials, is the basis for holding inspections, the journalists and lawyers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe. However, in their opinion, in the realities of Chechnya, it is impossible to bring these officials to justice, even if the facts released in the investigation are confirmed.

May 11, 2022 13:39

• Tbilisi: at protest, students demand to preserve remote learning

  Several dozen students of the Tbilisi State University (TSU) have held a protest action, where they called on the university bosses to preserve the remote learning. They explained their demand by the high cost of renting housing in the capital of Georgia.

May 11, 2022 11:34

• Armenian opposition urges ambassadors to reject interaction with Pashinyan

  Nikol Pashinyan cannot represent Armenia and the Armenian people; the political crisis can be resolved only by his resignation, Ishkhan Sagatelyan, the Vice Speaker from the opposition at the Armenian Parliament, stated in his address to foreign ambassadors at a rally in Yerevan.

May 11, 2022 11:18

• Authorities of Chechnya make mourning for Akhmat Kadyrov main topic of Memory and Sorrow Day

  On the Memory and Sorrow Day of the Chechen People marked on the anniversary of the funeral of Akhmat Kadyrov, the first republic's president was commemorated in Chechnya. Earlier, local residents complained that they were not ready to combine the Sorrow Day with mourning for Akhmat Kadyrov, and that they were forced to participate in commemorative events and rituals.

May 11, 2022 08:38

• Saakashvili refuses to move to Tbilisi clinic

  The Georgian Ministry of Justice has offered to transfer Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, a former country's president, to a local clinic for examination. However, Saakashvili refused to move there because of the pre-appointed meeting with his family.

May 11, 2022 08:27

• "Immortal Regiment" marcher in Sochi arrested for five days

  The court has sentenced Nikita Botberg, a Sochi resident, to five days of administrative arrest for disobeying policemen. A protocol was also drawn up against him on discrediting the Russian Army during the "Immortal Regiment" march.

May 10, 2022 22:39

• Number of activists detained in Yerevan reaches 61

  In Yerevan, opposition supporters were detained for failure to obey lawful demands of the police, the Armenian police reported.

May 10, 2022 22:25

• During awards ceremony, Chechen law enforcers do not name those killed in Ukraine

  In Chechnya, the authorities awarded fighters of the National Guard of Russia, who participated in the special military operation in Ukraine. According to the report prepared by the “Grozny” ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Broadcasting Company), during the ceremony, awards were also handed over to relatives of those who perished in Ukraine, but their names were not disclosed.

May 10, 2022 19:36

• Thirty-five protesters detained in Yerevan

  Four marches demanding the resignation of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has taken place in Yerevan today. The police reported about the detention of 35 protesters.

May 10, 2022 19:16

• Colleagues of Gadjiev associate disruption of a picket in his support with police unprofessionalism

  On May 9, participants of regular actions in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist of the weekly newspaper “Chernovik” (Rough Draft), moved the picket location to another district of Makhachkala because of the celebration of Victory Day. However, the district police disrupted a solo picket, as they mistook a solidarity action for a protest rally, colleagues of Abdulmumin Gadjiev believe.

May 10, 2022 13:35

• Armenia refutes Azerbaijan's claim about border shootout

  The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence has stated today that Armenian military servicemen shelled, from the border area of the Vardenis District, the positions of Azerbaijani soldiers located in the Kelbadjar District. In turn, the Armenian MoD has refuted the information.

May 10, 2022 13:13

• Relatives of Dagestani military outraged by absence of authorities' help in body delivery

  During the farewell ceremony, relatives of Tamerlan Ilyasov, a military serviceman from the Akhty District of Dagestan, who perished in the special operation in Ukraine, criticized the district administration that failed to ensure the delivery of Tamerlan's body to his native village, and not a single district official appeared at the funeral of the perished officer.

May 10, 2022 11:27

• OSCE Representative on Media Freedom condemns attack on Aiten Mamedova

  The attack on the Azerbaijani journalist, Aiten Mamedova, is a heinous act of intimidation, Teresa Ribeiro, the OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe) Representative on Freedom of the Media, has stated, calling for a prompt inquiry into the incident.

May 10, 2022 11:11

• Georgian communists fined in Gori for Soviet symbols

  The participants of the action held on the Victory Day (May 9) in the city of Gori, carried a red flag. They refused to remove it at police's demand; and policemen detained three protesters.

May 10, 2022 10:50

• Opposition offers creating interim government after Pashinyan's removal from power

  At a rally held in Yerevan, the opposition has suggested to set up an interim government after Nikol Pashinyan's power is overthrown.

May 10, 2022 01:53

• Use of weapons on Eid al-Fitr confirms stability of local traditions in Chechnya

  Shooting on holidays is part of the traditions of Caucasian Muslim nations that have nothing to do with Islam, the Orientalists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have commented on the detention of a Grozny resident who had celebrated the Eid al-Fitr holiday with shooting in the air.

May 10, 2022 01:32

• "Immortal Regiment" actions in Kuban end with detention of three activists

  In the village of Bryukhovetskaya in the Krasnodar Territory (also known as Kuban by the name of the main river), law enforcers have detained Kirill Yolkin and Zakhar Gaevoy, the activists, who came to the "Immortal Regiment" action with Komsomol flags. A marcher with a pacifist slogan was detained in Sochi.