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The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has treated the statement of the Armenian side that the Azerbaijani soldiers have left the new combat positions equipped on the Nakhichevan section of the border as disinformation.

On the occasion of the Independence Day, the Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has pardoned eight prisoners and three conditionally convicted persons.

The residents of Buynaksk, accused of links with militants, told investigators about their plans to leave for Ukraine to study the sabotage activities there, Arsen Shabanov, an advocate, has stated. Relatives of Ramazan Zakaryaev and Samat Tatarkhanov pointed to the practice of fabricating terrorism cases by law enforcers.

More than 50 volunteers of two charitable funds have provided needy residents of Dagestan with foodstuffs. The action will be held monthly.

The road construction near the David Gareja Monastery Complex has increased tensions on the Georgian-Azerbaijani border. The Azerbaijani side has announced a motor rally in the territory of the complex, and Georgian activists – a response action.

The film "Dylda" (Beanpole) has brought to Kantemir Balagov, a filmmaker from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), the prize of the best direction in the second most important contest programme of the Cannes Film Festival – "Special Look" (Un Certain Regard).

After an armed clash in the village of Sultan-Yangi-Yurt, the authorities and the imams of Kizilyurt and the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan decided to temporarily suspend holding a collective breaking of fasting of believers who observed the month of Ramadan.

The leader of Chechnya responded to the information about his possible resignation, with a subsequent promotion to the post of the Vice Premier, by a demonstrative rejection of any ambitions to become a federal top-ranking official.

A shootout in the Kizilyurt District, in which three persons have been killed today, has become the first armed incident in the district since early 2019. The recent attack on law enforcers in the Kizilyurt District occurred in July 2018.

Fellow villagers of Ramzan Kadyrov said that they had long wanted for their village to be renamed as Akhmat-Yurt. They note they are proud that the village of Khosi-Yurt now bears the name of the father of the Chechen leader. Some residents of the republic and users of social networks found the above statements to be demonstrative.

The KGB of South Ossetia reports the decision to close border crossing points with Georgia for the period from May 24 to May 26 because of the enhanced security measures during the "Last Bell" celebrations at schools.

Three persons were killed in a shootout with law enforcers in the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan, the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) has informed today.

Shafag Agabalaeva, the editor-in-chief of the website "Bakupress.az", arrested on suspicion of drug dealing, has begun taking food, her son said.

The Boris Nemtsov Prize for courage in fighting for democratic values in Russia has been awarded to Rostov activist Anastasia Shevchenko, accused of association with an undesirable organization.

About 2400 people gathered at the rally of the ARF "Dashnaktsutyun" in Yerevan. A year has passed after the "velvet revolution", but the promised economic changes have not happened; the new government only sows hatred and enmity, trying to distract citizens from real problems, protesters have stated.

The Nalchik City Court has ruled to extend by four months the arrest of Bagaudin Khautiev and four other protesters in Magas, the lawyer, Kaloi Akhilgov, has informed.

Policemen have pushed the employees of the edition "Futbol+", who protested against the stop of governmental financing, away from the presidential Administration. Three journalists, who wanted to cover the action of their colleagues, said they were detained and spent three hours at the police station.

Investigators have started, with an almost three-year delay, examining the complaints lodged by Ramazan Djalaldinov, a resident of the Sharoi District of Chechnya, about his prosecutions after his video appeal to Vladimir Putin about the problems of the village of Kenkhi, the Committee against Torture (CaT) has informed.

Today, Aram Simonyan, whose resignation was demanded by student activists, has voluntarily left the post of Rector of the Yerevan State University (YeSU). As explained by the press secretary of the university, Mr Simonyan does not want to darken the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the YeSU with the struggle around his candidacy.

Reports about mining of the Platov Rostov Airport turned out to be false, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported. Flights are not delayed; the staff works in normal mode, the airport has informed.