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Three detained activists of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) and a Russian citizen who was arrested earlier were actors of a money laundering scheme, says the today's release of the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) and the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

During May 20-26, Azerbaijani militaries repeatedly violated the cease-fire regime by making more than 1500 shots at the positions of the Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the NKR has stated.

Three days before a rally to be dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Republic of Azerbaijan, law enforcers detained Agil Magerramov, a member of the presidium for the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), Ruslan Nasirli, the chairman for the Mejlis of the PFPA's youth committee, and Babek Gasanov, the head of the district PFPA's unit. This is reported by the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan.

Abkhazia and South Ossetia will not be able to hamper the opening of transport corridors connecting Georgia and Russia and crossing their territories; only the position of official Moscow matters, said the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Artak Davtyan is appointed the head for the Armenian General Staff, since he never interfered in politics, has an impeccable reputation and extensive work experience. This opinion is expressed by experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

The operation of the Dagestani factory "Marabi" for the production of tiles and ceramic granite stones has been suspended, and 90 employees, to whom the factory owed 4.6 million roubles, were sent on leave. Workers of the factory complained about unpaid leave and about the difficulty in finding another job. They associated the problems of the factory with the arrest of Abdusamad Gamidov, former Prime Minister of Dagestan.

On May 25, the North-Caucasian District Military Court proceeded to consider the second case against Islam Gugov, accused of involvement in illegal armed formations (IAFs). This is the third trial in the case against Islam of Gugov. However, this time he faces the charge of a different version.

Valery Badmaev, the chairman of the Oirat-Kalmyk People's Congress, accused of disobeying a policeman and violating the order of holding a rally, believes that the authorities decided to limit his activities on the eve of the September elections to the People's Khural.

Adam Titiev, a nephew of Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", was detained on suspicion of possessing drugs, the head of Chechnya has stated.

Russian President has assured that he intends to adhere to the constitutional restriction on the number of presidential terms. This statement was made against the initiative of Chechen authorities to amend the Constitution and introduce a possibility of holding the presidential post for three consecutive terms.

After a court's decision to ban Telegram, the "Roskomnadzor" (Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media) blocked a lot of IP addresses and that brought losses to Internet companies, stated an employee of a Volgograd web studio, who held a solo picket in the centre of Volgograd.

A unit of the "At-Takfir Wal-Hijra", an extremist organization, banned in Russia by the court, had operated in two districts of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) and planned to create a Sharia state in Northern Caucasus, the Russia's FSB (Federal Security Bureau) has announced today.

The lawyers of the Committee against Torture (CaT) have joined the inquiry into the attack on Sirazhudin Datsiev, the head of the Dagestani office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", as his representatives. They suggest that law enforcers could be involved in beating up the rights defender.

An abduction of a bride committed in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has provoked debates in the network on religion and customs. Users' opinions diverged: some supported the guy, others sharply condemned the abduction.

The project on transit corridor through Abkhazia and South Ossetia is beneficial to Azerbaijan, as well as to other countries of the region, experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

After talks with Vladimir Putin in Saint Petersburg, Emmanuel Macron met Alexander Cherkasov, the head of the Human Right Centre (HRC) "Memorial", who reported to him about the case against Oyub Titiev and attacks on the HRC "Memorial" offices in the regions of Northern Caucasus.

Giorgi Kepashvili, a resident of the Gori District, was detained by the South Ossetian side on a charge of illegally crossing the border, the Georgian Service of State Security (SSS) reports.

Members of the Gevrigyan Armenian family based in the United States have donated 56 sports bicycles to children of soldiers and officers killed during the April war in 2016. According to the donators, this is their first donation action in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Real estate (housing) investors of the housing-and-building complex "Index" on hunger strike felt bad and an ambulance was called for them. Medical officers offered to hospitalize four women on hunger strike. The hunger-strikers refused to go to the hospital, but listened to the medical officers' advice and stopped participating in the protest action.

In Yerevan, the court refused to extend the arrest of Bogdan Kalyussky, also known as blogger Salman Sever. On May 30, he will be released, reported rights defender Arthur Sakunts, the head of the Vanadzor Office of the Helsinki Civil Assembly.