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May 11, 2021 17:28

• Court refuses to grant Kocharyan a respite to prepare for elections

  In Yerevan, a court dismissed a request filed by the defence of the second President of Armenia to postpone court hearings for the period while Robert Kocharyan was preparing for the parliamentary elections scheduled for June 20. A judge scheduled the next court hearing in the criminal case against Robert Kocharyan for May 25.

May 11, 2021 17:03

• Pashinyan’s opponent released after detention in Yerevan

  A resident of the Tavush Region, detained in front of the Armenian parliament at a protest action against Nikol Pashinyan, was released after a protocol on an administrative violation had been drawn up against him, the Yerevan Police reports today.

May 11, 2021 13:41

• Announcement of pass control in Chechnya alarms social network users

  During the celebrations of Eid al-Fitr (Uraza-Bairam), the access control regime will be introduced at entrances to Chechnya; and raids are planned to detect illegal transportation of passengers, the republic's authorities have announced. The novelty has worried Instagram users, who called for presenting the details of the planned restrictions.

May 11, 2021 13:20

• Art critics find it logical to include Chechen and Adyg painters into Forbes Rating

  The inclusion of painters, Aslan Goisum from Chechnya and Vova Perkin from Adygea, into the top 10 young painters of the Russian Forbes Magazine is natural, because their works are in demand by the public, the art critics interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted.

May 11, 2021 11:26

• Azeri Prosecutor General treats noise around "Terter case" as groundless

  The "Terter case" was investigated back in 2017; judgments were made on the criminal offenses related thereto; and the public was informed of all its details, the Public Prosecutor General of Azerbaijan has stated.

May 11, 2021 11:10

• Ingush Council of Teips opposes construction of tank training ground

  Members of the Council of Teips (Family Clans) of Ingushetia have addressed Sergey Shoigu, the Russia's Defence Minister with a request not to place a military training ground in the territory of the republic.

May 11, 2021 10:58

• Aliev reports return of about 1600 bodies of perished militaries to Yerevan

  At his meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev stated that Baku had returned to Armenia all the prisoners of war (POWs) captured during the last autumn aggravation of the Karabakh conflict, as well as about 1600 bodies of dead Armenian military servicemen.

May 11, 2021 08:43

• Social network users report forced vaccination in KBR

  Almost 29,000 residents of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) have been vaccinated against coronavirus, the republic's Ministry of Public Health (MPH) has reported. Instagram users have reported that vaccination is not always voluntary; some have to get vaccinated under threat of dismissal.

May 11, 2021 08:28

• Two persons injured in accident with Pashinyan's motorcade

  A woman is in grave condition after a road accident with an escort car from the motorcade of the head of the Armenian Government (Prime Minister), Nikol Pashinyan. A man, the second victim refused hospitalization, a source from a Yerevan hospital said.

May 10, 2021 23:09

• In Yerevan, Pashinyan’s opponent detained at an action with a donkey

  A resident of Ijevan brought a donkey to the Armenian parliament and announced that he would use the animal to return Nikol Pashinyan to his hometown. The police did not allow the activist to approach the parliament building and took him to a police station

May 10, 2021 22:46

• Rights defenders succeed in seeking compensation to a Dagestani woman for poor-quality treatment

  A court of appeal increased to one million roubles the compensation to a woman from Dagestan, who got disability after a course of radiation therapy. The compensation for non-pecuniary damage should be three times higher, and the victim has the right to monthly payments in connection with the disability she got, the NGO “Patient Monitor” claims, which lawyers represented the woman’s interests in court.

May 10, 2021 18:04

• On May 3-9, 2021, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of May 3-9, 2021, no killed or wounded in the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the “Caucasian Knot” based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

May 10, 2021 17:38

• Internet users argue about Grozny residents’ apologies for a joke about law enforcers

  The public apology became an excessive punishment for two residents of the Chechen capital for a joke report about an alleged detention of policemen, note Instagram users who watched a report released by the “Grozny” TV Channel. YouTube users found the joke of the Grozny resident provocatively inappropriate.

May 10, 2021 16:07

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of May 3-9, 2021

  Celebration of Victory Day; voting in the Armenian parliament for the Nikol Pashinyan’s candidacy for the post of prime minister; workers’ strikes in Georgia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of May 3-9, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

May 10, 2021 13:22

• Kadyrov demands apologies from Israeli authorities for clashes with Palestinians

  The clashes of Israeli policemen with Palestinians, in which believers in the Al-Aqsa Mosque were injured, should be followed by apologies from the Israeli authorities to Muslims, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated.

May 10, 2021 13:09

• Court leaves Eldar Gasanov in custody

  The Baku Court of Appeal (CoA) has rejected the complaint lodged by Eldar Gasanov, a diplomat, whose arrest was extended until August 3, 2021, despite his deteriorating health, the "Turan.az" wrote on May 8 with reference to his advocate, Djavad Djavadov.

May 10, 2021 11:53

• Mass rally in support of Kocharyan's electoral bloc held in Yerevan

  A rally of supporters of the new pre-election bloc "Armenia", headed by Robert Kocharyan, the second president of the country, was held in Yerevan. The leaders of the bloc, which, according to the organizer, gathered tens of thousands people at the rally, declared the incapacity of the country's current government, the collapse of the economy and the hazy future of Nagorno-Karabakh.

May 10, 2021 11:38

• Volgograd activist holds picket in support of Navalny

  In Volgograd, Vladimir Telpuk, an activist, went out to a picket demanding to release Alexei Navalny from colony.

May 10, 2021 11:24

• Chalaev awarded "Hero of Russia" despite data about his involvement in human rights violations

  President Putin has awarded the title of "Hero of Russia" to Zamid Chalaev, the commander of the Akhmat Kadyrov regiment, whose involvement in gross violations of human rights in Chechnya was claimed by Caucasian experts and journalists from the "Novaya Gazeta" newspaper.

May 10, 2021 11:13

• Construction of houses for Karabakh refugees launched in Armenian village

  The foundations of the first two houses for refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh have been laid in the border village of Nrnadzor, the Syunik Region. In total, it is planned to build a district of 30 houses at the expense of benefactors.