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Today, law enforcers have killed two suspected militants in the Derbent District. This counterterrorist operation (CTO) has become the fifth one held in Dagestan in 2018. Meanwhile, in Derbent and its area, the CTO legal regime was recently introduced in October 2016.

Today, the US Ambassador to Armenia has praised both actions of supporters of the opposition and of resigned Serzh Sargsyan. The European Union has expressed its readiness to help strengthen democracy in the country, while the press secretary of the Russian President stated the successful outcome of the protests in Armenia.

On April 23, Nver Ovannisyan, the deputy chairman of the "Erkrapah" Volunteer Union, died in the hospital of the Armenian city of Vagarshapat of stab wounds. The man was wounded after protests against the election of Serzh Sargsyan the Prime Minister of Armenia, the city authorities reports today.

On April 23, the court of the southern Italian city of Bari found Chechen native Eli Bombataliev, guilty of plotting a terror act and sentenced him to five years of imprisonment, despite his spouse claiming the criminal case had been fabricated.

Today, in the area of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) carried out in the Derbent District of Dagestan, law enforcers have shot dead two armed men, sources from the law enforcement bodies report.

On April 23, Akaki Misireli and Soso Dvalishvili, detained by border guards of South Ossetia, were set free after they had paid a fine for breaking the border.

Bacho Akhalaya, a former Georgian Defence Minister, was found guilty of using torture against Colonel Sergo Tetradze. The convict has treated his verdict as insulting.

On April 23, 30 people of science and culture of Kabardino-Balkaria appealed to the federal authorities and declared the unacceptability for adopting a law on the voluntary training of native languages. The appeal was addressed to the President of the Russian Federation, the Chair of the Government, the Chair of the Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly, and the Chair of the State Duma.

In Vladikavkaz, a book fair with the drawing of books and numbers of national magazines have attracted active attention of city residents who called on to make the book forum a regular event. According to publishing houses, there is a rising interest in literature in the Ossetian language.

Armenians living in North Ossetia have staged a flash mob in Vladikavkaz in solidarity with the Armenian opposition, who achieved Serzh Sargsyan's resignation.

The 35 people, detained today at protest actions in the capital of Armenia, have been released, the police have stated.

The overcoming of the political crisis in Armenia will take place with account of the opinion of Nikol Pashinyan, an MP and the leader of the opposition, who has today achieved the resignation of Serzh Sargsyan from the post of Prime Minister. Mr Pashinyan's demand for early parliamentary elections will most likely be fulfilled, political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

In Yerevan, hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Republic Square where an opposition rally is held. Protesters celebrate the Serzh Sargsyan's resignation and congratulate each other.

Karen Karapetyan, First Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia, has chaired the government after the resignation of Serzh Sargsyan from the post of the Prime Minister.

Serzh Sargsyan has worked only six days as the Prime Minister of Armenia. Today, he has released his statement in which he acknowledged his mistakes and right position of opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan.

Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan has announced his resignation. He stated he is leaving the office because of the protest movement in the country.

After his release, Nikol Pashinyan met Karen Karapetyan, First Prime Minister of Armenia, and demanded to set free all the detained demonstrators.

Billionaires Suleiman Kerimov and Vagit Alekperov are engaged in active development of projects in Dagestan and Azerbaijan, while Caucasian natives Leonid Mikhelson and Gennady Timchenko have actually broken the ties with their small motherland.

This morning, participants of the rallies against the election of Serzh Sargsyan to the post of the Prime Minister of Armenia have resumed their march through the streets of Yerevan. One of the protest actions was started near the Yerevan State University.

Mass protests in Yerevan in connection with the election of Serzh Sargsyan as the Prime Minister of Armenia; formation of the new government of Azerbaijan; special operation in Dagestan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of April 16-22 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".