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On May 9, human rights organizations called on to prevent violations of the rights of Ingush activist Ismail Nalgiev, who was detained at the Minsk airport. The human rights defenders also mentioned the possibility of torture in Ingushetia. Ismail Nalgiev promised to go on a hunger strike if extradited to Russia, his advocate reported.

The incumbent and former presidents of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), Bako Saakyan and Arkady Gukasyan, have appealed to the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Armenia asking to release the second President of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan, but received a refusal.

Aslan Cherkesov, a native of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), convicted of killing a football fan, has asked rights defenders and journalists to intervene in the situation with violation of religious rights.

The "Immortal Regiment" march has become the main event on the Victory Day for residents of Nalchik and other cities of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR).

Six members of the ultra-right-wing group "National Bloc" have been detained in Moscow, and in Moscow and Vladimir Regions. According to investigators, the young people provoked natives from the Caucasus to fight. One of the suspects is a native of the Krasnodar Territory.

A participant in the "Immortal Regiment" march has received a warning for using Soviet symbols; four participants in the counteraction have been accused of hooliganism and disobedience to the police. Activists booed and whistled President Salome Zurabishvili, when she laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Tbilisi.

Over 400 war veterans have received benefits for Victory Day, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Labour has reported. Some veterans have called the help from the state sufficient; others have drawn attention to the authorities' differentiated approach to solving veterans' problems.

Malkhaz Machalikashvili, the father of Temirlan Machalikashvili, who was killed in a counterterrorist operation (CTO) in the Pankisi Gorge, agreed to be questioned in a case on plotting of a terror act. On May 8, the Malkhaz Machalikashvili's protest in the centre of Tbilisi aroused the interest of tourists.

A participant of the rally was detained for using Soviet symbols banned in Georgia, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Georgia reported. In Tbilisi, a counteraction with anti-Russian slogans was held simultaneously with the "Immortal Regiment" action.

The Council of Elders of Yerevan has approved the renaming of the figure skating school named after the Russian figure skater Irina Rodnina into the Yerevan school of figure skating and hockey. The school was renamed because of the Rodnina's participation in the march in Baku dedicated to the events in Khojaly. Her participation in the event and her statements about the tragedy in Yerevan have been treated as anti-Armenian acts.

The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated today that four pre-border villages got under fire, when opponents were shelling the Azerbaijani Army units in the Karabakh conflict zone.

In Volgograd, activists have held solo pickets against the armed conflict in Eastern Ukraine. They demanded to stop the war and establish peaceful relations with the Ukrainian authorities.

The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) has upheld the verdict to the activists of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), convicted within the case of illegal financing the party. Their defence has stated that it will seek for an acquittal.

After his transfer from the Nalchik SIZO (pre-trial prison) to the Vladikavkaz one, Akhmed Barakhoev, an Ingush activist, has no complaints about his custody conditions, the Ingush Ombudsperson has stated. Instagram users point that the elder looks unhealthy.

Starting May 6, local residents organized a round-the-clock watch at a building in central Baku after the owner's attempt to evict the non-commercial movie theatre "Salaam Cinema". The authorities have promised to assess the historical value of the building, built as a Molokan prayer house, and to revise plans for demolition thereof.

Today, the cities of Tbilisi and Kutaisi have hosted solidarity actions with residents of Israel, who mark today the Remembrance Day for Victims of Wars and Terror Acts.

Today, a court in Ryazan has refused to satisfy a petition for the conditional early relief (CER) of Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, a former employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), convicted of involvement in the murder of the journalist Anna Politkovskaya, the court has reported. The defence will appeal against this judgement.

Today, Ismail Nalgiev, the coordinator of the NGO "Choice of Ingushetia", has been detained at the Minsk airport, from where he planned to fly to the Czech Republic.

A project to increase salaries of the employees of the Yerevan City Mayoralty is on the agenda of the meeting of the Council of Elders scheduled for today. Some Facebook users opposed the project. They wrote about low pensions, teacher salaries, and problems with garbage collection and public transport.

In Nagorno-Karabakh, senior schoolchildren, students, and soldiers marched from Stepanakert in memory of the events associated with the liberation of Shushi.