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Today, in the Astrakhan Region, two activists of the movement "Russians of Astrakhan" have held solo pickets in support of Igor Stenin, the convicted leader of the movement. The verdict to Stenin must be repealed, they said.

Former Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov is in Georgia, and he visits tourist attractions together with his wife Elena Baturina. Public activists of Georgia express their indignation about the fact that no sanctions were imposed on Yuri Luzhkov in accordance with the Law "On the Occupied Territories" in force in the country.

Today, in Nagorno-Karabakh, activists of youth organizations, students, senior upper-form pupils and soldiers have marched by foot from Stepanakert to the city of Shushi. The action was held in honour of the 25th anniversary of the liberation of the city.

Today, the KGB of South Ossetia has reported that law enforcers found a grenade launcher, grenades, and 870 rounds in a local resident's house.

In the town of Morozovsk of the Rostov Region, unidentified persons kidnapped a three-year-old boy. This was reported by investigators. According to them, the incident occurred in the afternoon of May 7.

Doctors did not succeed in saving the life of a five-year-old boy, who was brought to the hospital of the Azerbaijani town of Masally after he had been subjected to the procedure of a circumcision done at home. The surgeon who done a surgery is suspected of killing the child by recklessness.

In Chechnya, the law enforcement agencies do not have any information on the facts of harassment of members of communities of sexual minorities in the territory of the republic. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by an official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Chechnya. Meanwhile, local residents have confirmed the information about cases of pressure on gays in the republic.

The 4th Islamic Solidarity Games held in Azerbaijan began between a football match between the national teams of Saudi Arabia and Morocco. In total, four matches are planned for today. The competitions of the 4th Islamic Solidarity Games will be broadcasted for 58 countries.

May Day actions in the southern regions of Russia and Transcaucasia; new personnel decisions with regard to chiefs of law enforcement and investigating agencies in the south of Russia; fights of football fans in Kuban, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of May 1-7, 2017, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

During the week of May 1-7, 2017, one person was killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded 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.

In Pyatigorsk, a local resident blew up a grenade. As a result, three policemen were injured. This was reported by the Investigating Department for the Stavropol Territory of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

A resident of the village of Trisanchi of the Dakhadaev District of Dagestan was killed when he rendered resistance in the village of Nadezhka in the Karabudakhkent District of the republic. This was reported by law enforcers.

Ingush leader Yunus-Bek Evkurov has stated that he does not support criminalizing bride abduction.

Since the beginning of 2017, in the territory of Chechnya, law enforcers detained 48 local residents who were going to leave for Syria to join militants of the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS), banned in Russia by the court's decision. This was reported by law enforcers.

On May 6, in Astrakhan, the action "Freedom for political prisoners" was held in the local Hyde Park on the fifth anniversary of the dispersal of the Moscow "March of Millions" in Bolotnaya Square. Ten people took part the action organized by the "Parnas" Party.

Activists of the Rostov action, dedicated to the fifth anniversary of the dispersal of the "March of Millions" in Bolotnaya Square, have demanded to liberate political prisoners and promised to continue their protest until the this demand is fulfilled.

Abkhazia has stopped registering candidates for a seat in local parliament at a re-election in the 17th constituency, to be held on May 14 has. Two candidates have applied for the vacant seat; however, the voting outcome will not significantly affect the composition of the parliament, said the Abkhaz journalists, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Five out of seven residents of Ingushetia, who had fought in Syria for the "Islamic State", a terrorist organization, banned in Russia, have returned to peaceful life, the head of the republic, Yunus-Bek Evkurov, has reported. In total, according to his story, 123 Ingushes had fought in Syria; 67 of them were killed.

Sergey Rulyov, a blogger and a correspondent of the "Slavic News" edition, was detained in Rostov-on-Don for violating the public order at the action, dedicated to the fifth anniversary of the dispersal of the "March of Millions" in Bolotnaya Square.

Arthur Panov, a citizen of Ukraine, accused of plotting a terror act in Rostov-on-Don, did not agree that some of the documents on his case were sent from the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic (known as LNR). The defendant has asked the court to address the Ukrainian authorities with a request about him.