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May 17, 2022 12:32

• Rights defenders demand from Azerbaijani authorities to ensure freedom of expression

  Azeri authorities must ensure the inquiry into attacks on journalists and the freedom of expression in the country, the Norwegian "Human Rights House" Fund has stated.

May 17, 2022 12:20

• Human rights defenders assess risks of forced sending of Chechen residents to Ukraine

  Forced sending of public sector employees from Chechnya to Ukraine to participate in the special military operation is quite possible if the Kremlin demands, and those who refuse to go to Ukraine will risk being dismissed from work, human rights defenders suggest.

May 16, 2022 19:49

• Mayor of Frolovo in Volgograd Region confirms information about three compatriots perished in Ukraine

  Sergeant Vladimir Kerin, Senior Lieutenant Dmitry Davydov, and Private Mikhail Efremov perished in Ukraine, the Mayor of Frolovo reported. Since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, the information about at least 35 perished natives of the Volgograd Region has been officially confirmed.

May 16, 2022 19:41

• Number of activists detained in Yerevan reaches 91

  Law enforcers brought 91 protesters to police stations, the Armenian police reported. The police called on opposition supporters to stop their motor rallies and threatened to bring them to justice.

May 16, 2022 19:32

• Cancellation of march in Nalchik on Adygs' Memory Day outrages social network users

  Authorities of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) have denied the request of the initiative group to hold on May 21 a mourning march for victims of the Caucasian War, Valery Khatazhukov, a human rights defender, has stated.

May 16, 2022 19:28

• Dagestan: head of Tabasaran District reports military's death in Ukraine

  Corporal Kurban Urudjev from the village of Tinit has perished in Ukraine, the administration of the Tabasaran District of Dagestan has informed. Since the start of the special operation in Ukraine, the deaths of at least 108 natives of Dagestan have been officially confirmed.

May 16, 2022 14:36

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of May 9-15, 2022

  Arrival of refugees in Southern Russia; deaths in Ukraine of military personnel from southern regions of Russia, and persecution of pacifists; celebration of the Victory Day in Southern Russia; announcement of Alan Gagloev as the winner of the presidential election in South Ossetia; protest actions in Armenia demanding the resignation of Nikol Pashinyan; transfer of Mikhail Saakashvili to hospital, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of May 9-15, 2022, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

May 16, 2022 11:33

• Telegram users urge Kadyrov to reveal Chechen death toll in Ukraine

  Many volunteers have been sent from Chechnya to Ukraine, but the republic's authorities fail to disclose the number of those who perished in the special operation, the commentators to the Ramzan Kadyrov's another report about sending 600 volunteers to Ukraine have pointed out.

May 16, 2022 11:29

• Death toll of Georgian volunteers in Ukraine reaches eleven

  Rati Shurgaya, 38, became the 11th Georgian volunteer to perish in Ukraine since the start of the Russia's special operation.

May 16, 2022 11:21

• Armenian opposition calls on its supporters to scale up disobedience actions

  Opposition supporters held a march in Yerevan, calling on the townspeople to join them. Large-scale disobedience actions will lead to a pan-Armenian strike and ensure the success of the protest movement, Ishkhan Sagatelyan has stated, announcing the blocking of the metro.

May 16, 2022 11:16

• Azerbaijan and Georgia accused Eurovision organizers of replacing marks

  Representatives of Azerbaijan and Georgia have stated that the organizers of the Eurovision song contest had changed the marks of their jury when vote tabulation.

May 15, 2022 11:52

• Zarema Musaeva's son informs about start of her treatment at SIZO

  Doctors began treating Zarema Musaeva as prescribed, Abubakar Yangulbaev, her son, has informed, expressing his concern over his mother's custody in Grozny.

May 15, 2022 11:35

• Armenia rejects accusation of shelling Azerbaijani border

  Armenian militaries did not shell the positions of the Azerbaijani Army, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

May 15, 2022 11:22

• Police stop rally against violence on journalists in Baku

  Law enforcers have dispersed a protest action against violence on journalists and activists; the action was triggered by the attack on the journalist Aiten Mamedova. At least 28 people were detained at the action.

May 14, 2022 17:01

• Residents of Chechnya demand eliminating violations in kindergartens

  During inspections, violations have been revealed in four kindergartens in Grozny, officials of the Mayoralty have reported. There are problems in other preschool institutions, including extortions, lack of places in groups and poor heating, residents of the republic pointed out to officials on the Instagram*.

May 14, 2022 16:37

• Abkhaz authorities ban youth project on intercultural dialogue with Georgia

  The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Abkhazia has banned the project of the NGO "Movement against Hunger" on intercultural dialogue of young people of Abkhazia with their peers in Georgia, claiming that with the help thereof Georgia is promoting its political goals.

May 14, 2022 16:04

• Georgian PM rules out Saakashvili's transfer abroad for medical treatment

  Poland is ready to provide Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili with the necessary treatment and send a plane to Georgia to pick him up, Giuli Alasaniya, the mother of the country's third president, has informed. However, Irakli Garibashvili, the Georgian Prime Minister (PM) has treated the information about Saakashvili's grave health condition as a speculation.

May 14, 2022 15:35

• Analysts explain reasons for conflicts over land near Dagestani mosques

  The territories around mosques in Dagestan are attractive for doing business; therefore, disputes around them are not uncommon, the journalists and Caucasian scholar interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted in their comments on the incident in the village of Karabudakhkent District.

May 14, 2022 12:10

• Armenian opposition starts blocking state institutions

  The oppositional "Resistance" movement has held disobedience actions in Yerevan. They blocked for an hour one of the government buildings, where a number of Armenian ministries are located. Activists will periodically block state institutions until Nikol Pashinyan resigns, oppositionists have claimed.

May 14, 2022 11:56

• Gadjiev's defence demands to re-examine his articles

  At the court session on the case of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, his defence put forward a petition demanding to comprehensively examine the journalist's articles.