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David Grigoryan dismissed the motion filed by advocates of former Armenian president Robert Kocharyan concerning disqualification of the judge. The police warned supporters and opponents of Robert Kocharyan, gathered in front of the court building, against provocations.

Sergey Goncharov, the president of the Alpha Anti-Terrorism Unit Veterans' Association, and Gennady Gudkov, the retired FSB Colonel, doubt the credibility of the reports about the detention of militants in Chechnya. Political analyst Alexander Perendjiev suggests that people undesired by the Chechen authorities could be declared militants.

The agreement of May 12, 1994, signed by Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Nagorno-Karabakh remains the basis of the ceasefire regime, maintenance of peace and security in Southern Caucasus, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) for Nagorno-Karabakh reports.

The disputable monasteries on the border with Azerbaijan are Georgian monuments, state historians. Religious sites often provoke conflicts, but Georgia and Azerbaijan have every reason to agree peacefully, said analysts.

The General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan threatened human rights defender Ogtai Gyulyalyev with criminal responsibility for his posts in social networks.

Vasily Patarkatsishvili and Dmitry Izergishvili, residents of the Kvemo Chugali village, located on the border with South Ossetia, were released, the State Security Service of Georgia reported.

At the same time, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, demonstrates one of the highest ratings.

The court has arrested in absentia the Ingush activist, Ismail Nalgiev, for two months, his advocate Andrei Sabinin and law enforcement sources inform.

Members of a militant grouping have been detained in Chechnya with their weapons and grenades, the "Interfax" has reported, citing its source.

Abbas Guseinov, Deputy Chairman of the "Muslim Unity" (MU) Movement, receives no due medical care, his sister has complained. She linked the deterioration of her brother's health with the torture, which he had stated earlier.

Supporters of Robert Kocharyan, the second President of Armenia, gathered outside the courthouse during the first session on his case and demanded to release him. His advocates question the impartiality of the judge and insist on his disqualification.

The case of a resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), who is accused of participating in hostilities in Syria on militants' side, has been sent to the court.

During the week of May 6-12, 2019, no victims to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

The forced migrants from North Ossetia, who live in Nazran, told about the workers' attempts to dismantle their barracks. The head of Ingushetia has set up a commission to address migrants' housing problems of immigrants.

More than 12,000 people attended the second festival of the national Karabakh dish of zhengyalov khats (a flat cake stuffed with herbs) in the village of Aterk in the Martakert District of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Participants of the hearings held in Baku reported that in prisons, believers were subjected to torture and inhuman treatment. According to the activists, many political prisoners suffer from serious diseases, but do not receive qualified medical care.

A soldier of an infantry brigade was found dead in the territory of the military field exercise base in Vaziani.

Military parades and "Immortal Regiment" marches dedicated to the Victory Day; start of the Muslim fasting of Ramadan; gas explosions in a multi-storey building in Zheleznovodsk and an apartment building in the Rostov Region village; detention of Ingush activist Ismail Nalgiev in Minsk, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of May 6-12, 2019, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

On May 11, Tbilisi hosted a festival of new wines, at which small wineries presented their products. The festival was attended by wine experts and importers from 13 countries.

On the eve of the Eastern Partnership (EaP) Summit in Brussels, the Azerbaijani National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) and the Republican Alternative (ReAl) Party have drafted the preconditions for a partnership agreement of Azerbaijan with the European Union (EU). They have urged the authorities to release all political prisoners and stop pressing the opposition.