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Today, residents of Gyumri, Vanadzor and Ijevan have taken part in protests against the Republican Party of Armenia and the appointment of Karen Karapetyan the chair of the government.

Today, at least six opposition parties have joined the movement led by Nikol Pashinyan, his agent has reported today. The "Prosperous Armenia Party" has called on its supporters to take part in street protests.

The police sent special vehicles to the centre of Yerevan, where demonstrators started to gather after an appeal voiced by the leader of the protest movement. Participants of the action blocked the streets of the city.

In response to the proposal voiced by the acting Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, the leader of the protest movement in Armenia, has called on people to boycott the early parliamentary elections and resume protests.

In Azerbaijan, the Court of Appeal upheld the verdict to journalist Afghan Mukhtarly. Activists called the decision an execution of a political order. The defence intends to file a cassation appeal to the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan.

The Armenian Court of Appeal has refused to release from custody Bogdan Kalyussky, a Muslim activist and blogger, also known as Salman Sever. The decision has been made despite the Ukrainian Ambassador presented the evidence of the authenticity of the documents issued for Bogdan Kalyussky, reports rights defender Arthur Sakunts.

Nikol Pashinyan, the leader of the opposition, says it is highly probable that he would take the post of Prime Minister of Armenia, vacant after Serzh Sargsyan's resignation.

Today, Azerbaijani militaries have continued pulling their armoured vehicles to the troops contact line, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has stated.

Until the end of today's working day, all the activists detained and arrested in cases on organization of riots and illegal rallies in Yerevan will be released, their advocates predict.

Today, law enforcers have killed two suspected militants in the Derbent District. This counterterrorist operation (CTO) has become the fifth one held in Dagestan in 2018. Meanwhile, in Derbent and its area, the CTO legal regime was recently introduced in October 2016.

Today, the US Ambassador to Armenia has praised both actions of supporters of the opposition and of resigned Serzh Sargsyan. The European Union has expressed its readiness to help strengthen democracy in the country, while the press secretary of the Russian President stated the successful outcome of the protests in Armenia.

On April 23, Nver Ovannisyan, the deputy chairman of the "Erkrapah" Volunteer Union, died in the hospital of the Armenian city of Vagarshapat of stab wounds. The man was wounded after protests against the election of Serzh Sargsyan the Prime Minister of Armenia, the city authorities reports today.

On April 23, the court of the southern Italian city of Bari found Chechen native Eli Bombataliev, guilty of plotting a terror act and sentenced him to five years of imprisonment, despite his spouse claiming the criminal case had been fabricated.

Today, in the area of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) carried out in the Derbent District of Dagestan, law enforcers have shot dead two armed men, sources from the law enforcement bodies report.

On April 23, Akaki Misireli and Soso Dvalishvili, detained by border guards of South Ossetia, were set free after they had paid a fine for breaking the border.

Bacho Akhalaya, a former Georgian Defence Minister, was found guilty of using torture against Colonel Sergo Tetradze. The convict has treated his verdict as insulting.

On April 23, 30 people of science and culture of Kabardino-Balkaria appealed to the federal authorities and declared the unacceptability for adopting a law on the voluntary training of native languages. The appeal was addressed to the President of the Russian Federation, the Chair of the Government, the Chair of the Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly, and the Chair of the State Duma.

In Vladikavkaz, a book fair with the drawing of books and numbers of national magazines have attracted active attention of city residents who called on to make the book forum a regular event. According to publishing houses, there is a rising interest in literature in the Ossetian language.

Armenians living in North Ossetia have staged a flash mob in Vladikavkaz in solidarity with the Armenian opposition, who achieved Serzh Sargsyan's resignation.