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Salekh Rustamov, a citizen of Russia, was arrested in Azerbaijan on charges of illegal drug dealing. His relatives report that he is tortured and asked the Russian Embassy to clear out the situation.

The Israeli Knesset (Parliament) has accepted for consideration a bill on the recognition of the massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire as genocide.

During a detention in Makhachkala, Yunus Abdurakhmanov, a resident of Dagestan, was planted a grenade and rounds, his relatives claim. According to the relatives and friends, Yunus Abdurakhmanov's friend defamed him under torture.

On April 20, Arsen Arzumanyan, the head of the Kotayk City Police, hampered the work of journalist Tirair Muradyan, who covered the action of Nikol Pashinyan's supporters, investigators have stated today.

A former inspector of the patrol-and-post service (known as PPS) in Derbent, who had beaten a teenager and forcibly kept him in a car, was accused of exceeding his powers, investigators report.

FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura has expressed her concern over the case against Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny branch of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial". She has stated the need for a fair trial.

On the first day at large, Afghan Sadygov, who was recognized as a political prisoner, announced he would continue his journalistic activities.

Today, Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of Armenia, has re-voiced his demand to stop actions of civil disobedience. He has called such actions the sabotage.

Magomed Khazbiev, accused in Ingushetia of illegal storage of weapons and insult of a public official, posted online videos with sharp criticism of law enforcers and officials, and that fact provoked a new criminal prosecution. Investigators try to "accuse the opposition activist at least of something," his advocate believes.

The Memorial Day for victims of the Caucasian War is an integral part of modern Circassian identity, believes Zaurbek Kozhev, a researcher at the Kabardino-Balkarian Institute of Humanitarian Studies.

Incitement of a conflict between Muslims and Orthodox believers could hardly be a goal of an attack on a church in Grozny, but the attack can be regarded as a symbolic challenge to the Russian presence in Chechnya, believes Ekaterina Sokiryanskaya, the director at the Conflict Analysis and Prevention Centre.

Pyotr Istomin, a staff member of Alexei Navalny's office in Stavropol, has been expelled from the North-Caucasian Federal University (NCFU) for taking part in opposition actions, the office has stated.

Elvin Abdullaev, a deputy chairman of the Khatain district organization of the "Musavat" Party, was found guilty of disobeying the police and arrested for 30 days. His party colleagues associate his arrest with his criticism of the Azerbaijani president.

A resident of the Vedeno District in Chechnya, who got disabilities after a wound in 2016, demanded to recognize a violation of his rights to life and effective legal protection. Soldiers, who took the civilian for a militant, were not brought to justice, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reports.

The appointment of 21-year-old Khamzat Kadyrov the acting head of the Kurchaloi District administration has continued a series of appointments of Chechen leader's relatives for leading posts in the republic.

A citizen of Ukraine, taken in custody in Kiev on suspicion of attempting to assassinate Chechen native Adam Osmaev and his wife Amina Okueva in June 2017, introduced himself as Russian citizen Arthur Krinari and pleaded not guilty, the edition reports on May 21.

Supporters of the unit "Sasna Tsrer" (Daredevils of Sassoun) demand to change the pre-trial restriction measure to members of the armed unit and to dismiss the General Prosecutor of Armenia.

In the evening on May 21, in Istanbul, a march in memory of the victims of the Caucasian War was attended by about 3000 people. The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) recommended Russian tourists to avoid walking in the centre of Istanbul on that day.

On May 21, Nikol Pashinyan, new Prime Minister of Armenia, announced that the Armenian government decided to replace all governors.

In the Binagadi District of Baku, a canister with propane exploded in a cafe, explains the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) of Azerbaijan.