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Today, the Armenian Parliament has started consultations of the factions concerning the election of the head of the Armenian Cabinet of Ministers. A member of the ARF "Dashnaktsutyun" faction has stated that the Parliament should have control over the police and the National Security Service.

Failed attempt of Nikol Pashinyan to take Armenian Premiership and preparations for a new parliamentary vote on the issue; campaign "He's not our tsar" of Navalny's supporters, and May Day demonstrations in Southern Russia; special operation and an attack on policemen in the Stavropol Territory; European Championships in wrestling in Dagestani Kaspiysk – read about this in the review of the main events in the Caucasus during the week from April 30 to May 6, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

In Rostov-on-Don, activists held a series of solo pickets in support of Yan Sidorov and Vladislav Mordasov, accused of plotting mass riots.

The Kirov District Court of Rostov-on-Don has ruled to arrest Vladimir Khripun, an activist detained at an action against Putin's inauguration, for seven days. His advocate claims that he had been beaten up by law enforcers.

Suleiman Kerimov, a Senator from Dagestan, arrived in Moscow with the permit of the French court, and was placed in the intensive care unit because of his heart problems, Alexei Krasovsky, his assistance at work in the Federation Council, has stated.

The Kirov District Court of Astrakhan has found Abudin Mustafaev, a detained participant of the action "He's not our tsar!", guilty of petty hooliganism with disobedience to the police.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has started a communication on the complaint of the convicted Azerbaijani journalist Afghan Mukhtarly about his detention for a protest action in Baku in the spring of 2011.

The participants in the protest action before the inauguration of Russian President, detained in Astrakhan, state that they were detained with the use of violence.

With the use of violence, policemen have detained 32 protesters at a rally "He's not our tsar!" in Krasnodar.

In the capital of Dagestan, more than 30 people went out today to hold a rally of supporters of the oppositionist Alexei Navalny; they demanded the alternation of power and opposed the blocking of the Telegram messenger.

The Chechen Prosecutor's Office has stated that investigators failed to thoroughly check the information about the departure of two women from Chechnya to Syria, but the Office has opened criminal cases against them.

Supporters of oppositional leader Nikol Pashinyan are willing to continue their protest actions on his call to remove the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) from power, ensure fair elections and reforms, and release political prisoners. This was stated by residents of Yerevan interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

About 100 horsemen from Adygea, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia and the Krasnodar Territory became participants in the equestrian crossing. The action is aimed at the revival of the Adyg traditions of horse breeding and horseman culture, which declined during the Soviet era, and the popularization of the Kabardian breed of horses.

The Azerbaijani Centre for the Protection of Political Prisoners reported about the pressure on Azerbaijani political emigrants and listed the names of 30 activists persecuted even in exile, whose relatives in Azerbaijan are arrested and sentenced.

Nikol Pashinyan, the leader of the Armenian opposition, who had spoken for the recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh, has changed his position, when becoming a candidate for the country's Premiership, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted.

In Chechnya, the decision of the court to keep Oyub Titiev in custody was expected, stated his colleagues who attended the today's court hearing. They believe the prosecution of Oyub Titiev will not stop the activities of rights defenders in Chechnya. 

The shootout in the city of Nevinnomyssk, during which two men were killed, broke out less than two weeks after a similar incident, also in the Stavropol Territory.

The Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya has rejected the complaint against the extension of the arrest of Oyub Titiev, the head of the office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in Grozny.

The soldier's body was found on the frontline of an Armenian military unit. The case is being investigated under the article of bringing a person to suicide.

Appeals of relatives of Tumso Abdurakhmanov, a blogger, who is hiding from persecutions in Poland, to stop criticizing the authorities were made under pressure, Tumso is sure.