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On April 28, two Ingush men were detained near the village of Dattykh located not far from the border with Chechnya and taken to the neighbouring republic, reported Magomed Pidiev, a native of the Dattykh village.

Celebration of Orthodox Easter; arrest of KChR law enforcers linked with Arashukovs; start of trial on resonant murder in KBR; commemorations of victims of Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey; pardoning convicts in Georgia, – read about these events in the weekly review of the "Caucasian Knot" for April 22-28, 2019.

The YouTube video hosting service has posted a new message addressed to the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, from the person who presented himself as a Kadyrov's fellow villager, Khusein Mezhidov. He insults the blogger and states that he is ready to respond for the latter's death, even from an accident. The residents of Chechnya interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have stated a serious threat to Abdurakhmanov.

The demands of the residents of the village of Irganai to receive compensations for their flooded land plots and gardens are fair; but people may be left without power supplies, if they refuse to pay, social networks users have suggested.

A bill has been brought to US Congress on sanctions for Georgia' infringement of interests of those businessmen or organizations that have links with the USA. The opposition is convinced that this is a reaction to a criminal case against the leadership of the TBC Bank, which has created a threat to American investments into the construction of the Anaklia Port.

On April 25, the Circassian Flag Day, in Nalchik, law enforcers stopped everyone who was driving cars and motorcycles with this flag; a number of activists were fined, eyewitnesses have reported. Social networks users expressed their outrage at law enforcers' actions.

The City Court of Tbilisi pronounced against a Ukrainian woman, suspected of child trafficking, the pre-trial restriction measure in the form of arrest. The spokesperson of the Prosecutor's Office states that investigators have a document confirming the charge.

On April 26, at a meeting with the head of the Untsukul District, residents of the Irganai village said that they would not pay for electricity until they received compensation for the land flooded during the construction of a hydroelectric power plant (HPP).

In the period from April 21 to April 27, the Azerbaijani armed forces fired more than 3700 shots at the positions of the Defence Army, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh reported. The MoD called for an end to the "artificially aggravated" situation in the conflict zone.

Today, Varvara Karaulova, sentenced for attempting to join the IS*, has been released from a penal colony in Vologda.

On April 26, in Istanbul, about 500 people gathered in the city district of Beylikdüzü on the occasion of the opening of the Circassian cultural centre. The creation of the centre will contribute not only to the cultural exchange, but also to the development of economic relations between Turkey and the regions of Russia and other countries, emphasize delegates of the Circassian community.

Over the past 24 hours, units of the Armenian armed forces 24 times violated the ceasefire, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reported.

The Union "For the Freedom of Political Prisoners of Azerbaijan" held public hearings to draw attention to the fates of 14 people serving their life sentences.

In Chechnya, May Day demonstrations will traditionally gather tens of thousands of people, the Federation of Trade Unions in Chechnya announces. Public sector employees and students claim being obliged to take part in the festive event.

In December 2010, soldier Arthur Kazaryan died at the Yerevan Military Hospital, but within eight years, no persons guilty of his death had been identified. Relatives of Arthur Kazaryan believe that he was killed, and they demand to conduct a thorough investigation.

Villagers from the Pankisi Gorge have been opposing the construction of a hydroelectric power plant (HPP) on the Alazani River for a year and a half, and since the summer of 2018, they have been trying to challenge a construction permit in court. The lawsuit has been pending for ten months. On April 21, special forces fighters entered the Pankisi Gorge, the protesters treated that fact as a punitive measure, and as a result, mass riots occurred, local residents explained.

Asadulla Aliev, a Muslim, said that on April 26, he and several other believers were detained after the Friday prayer at the "Tangim" mosque in Makhachkala.

Students and state (budget-funded) employees were not forced to attend the latest football match in Grozny, but they were invited to the stadium by a lottery of prizes, residents of Chechnya have stated.

Neither the defence nor the relatives were infirmed about the transfer of Akhmed Barakhoev, the leader of protests in Ingushetia, from Nalchik to Vladikavkaz, Fatima Urusova and Akhmed's son Ilez has informed.

In Nalchik, the capital of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), law enforcers have detained a militant, who was preparing a terror act with the use of a homemade bomb, the Russian FSB has reported today.