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Magomed Khazbiev, accused in Ingushetia of illegal storage of weapons and insult of a public official, posted online videos with sharp criticism of law enforcers and officials, and that fact provoked a new criminal prosecution. Investigators try to "accuse the opposition activist at least of something," his advocate believes.

The Memorial Day for victims of the Caucasian War is an integral part of modern Circassian identity, believes Zaurbek Kozhev, a researcher at the Kabardino-Balkarian Institute of Humanitarian Studies.

Incitement of a conflict between Muslims and Orthodox believers could hardly be a goal of an attack on a church in Grozny, but the attack can be regarded as a symbolic challenge to the Russian presence in Chechnya, believes Ekaterina Sokiryanskaya, the director at the Conflict Analysis and Prevention Centre.

Pyotr Istomin, a staff member of Alexei Navalny's office in Stavropol, has been expelled from the North-Caucasian Federal University (NCFU) for taking part in opposition actions, the office has stated.

Elvin Abdullaev, a deputy chairman of the Khatain district organization of the "Musavat" Party, was found guilty of disobeying the police and arrested for 30 days. His party colleagues associate his arrest with his criticism of the Azerbaijani president.

A resident of the Vedeno District in Chechnya, who got disabilities after a wound in 2016, demanded to recognize a violation of his rights to life and effective legal protection. Soldiers, who took the civilian for a militant, were not brought to justice, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reports.

The appointment of 21-year-old Khamzat Kadyrov the acting head of the Kurchaloi District administration has continued a series of appointments of Chechen leader's relatives for leading posts in the republic.

A citizen of Ukraine, taken in custody in Kiev on suspicion of attempting to assassinate Chechen native Adam Osmaev and his wife Amina Okueva in June 2017, introduced himself as Russian citizen Arthur Krinari and pleaded not guilty, the edition reports on May 21.

Supporters of the unit "Sasna Tsrer" (Daredevils of Sassoun) demand to change the pre-trial restriction measure to members of the armed unit and to dismiss the General Prosecutor of Armenia.

In the evening on May 21, in Istanbul, a march in memory of the victims of the Caucasian War was attended by about 3000 people. The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) recommended Russian tourists to avoid walking in the centre of Istanbul on that day.

On May 21, Nikol Pashinyan, new Prime Minister of Armenia, announced that the Armenian government decided to replace all governors.

In the Binagadi District of Baku, a canister with propane exploded in a cafe, explains the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) of Azerbaijan.

Sukhumi hosted the mourning events dedicated to the Memorial Day of the victims of the Caucasian War and the forced eviction of the mountain peoples of the Caucasus.

On May 21, whole families of Circassians came to the monument to victims of the Caucasian War, erected near the village of Bolshoi Kichmaj, to honour the memory of their ancestors, Asker Sokht, the deputy chairman of the public organization "Adyge Khase" of the Krasnodar Territory, has stated.

The picket with a demand to release Oyub Titiev, held at the President's Administration in Moscow, is one of the steps of the consistent campaign in his defence and a solidarity sign, rights defenders believe.

A victim in the case against agents of the Ingush Centre "E" told the court how law enforcers beat him and promised to kill him in a forest. They demanded money with threats to spread information about his intimate affair, the victim reported.

Today, the drivers of fixed-route taxi minivans, who are holding hunger strike in Makhachkala called doctors twice; medical was needed to three protesters because of increased blood tension. The hunger strike has attracted the authorities' attention, but there is no result yet, the drivers have stated.

Today, in Moscow, members of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", Amnesty International (AI) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) have come to a building of the presidential administration and held solo pickets in defence of Oyub Titiev.

Today, supporters of the unit "Sasna Tsrer" (Daredevils of Sassoun) have blocked entrances to the building of the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Armenia. They demand the resignation of General Prosecutor Arthur Davtyan. The protesters have claimed that Arthur Davtyan does not want to recognize there are political prisoners in Armenia.

As a result of a today's explosion in a cafe in the Binagadi District of Baku, two persons have been killed at the place and two others have got burns, the Azerbaijani Ministry for Public Health reports.