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The Parliament of the Chechen Republic doesn't give a toss about the data presented in the report of the Human Rights Watch (HRW), Delimkhan Djamaldinov, the spokesman of the Secretariat, has stated. The Speaker Magomed Daudov has no intent to react to the publication.

Magomed Davudov and three natives of Central Asia, suspected of preparing terror acts in Moscow public transport, were placed behind bars until July 25.

In Ingushetia, at once in three readings, deputies of the People's Assembly unanimously adopted a draft law to ban the sale of alcoholic beverages during the month of Ramadan, on the holiday of Eid al-Fitr, on the Children's Day, and on the Day of Knowledge.

The protest action of truck drivers in Moscow involves drivers of seven trucks from Kabardino-Balkaria. The drivers of the heavy trucks are seeking the abolition of the "Platon" system and claim unreasonable detentions.

The State Border Service of Azerbaijan has reported on discovery in a bag of Gezyal Bairamly, the deputy chairman of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), of the money in the amount of 12,000 US dollars not indicated in a customs declaration.

Soldier Armen Arutyunyan was fatally wounded in the defensive area of a military unit of the Nagorno-Karabakh Defence Army.

Arthur Panov, a citizen of Ukraine, accused of plotting a terror act in Rostov-on-Don, has appealed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) with a complaint about violation of several articles of the Convention on Human Rights. The defendant also intends to seek the cancellation of his pre-trial restriction measure. Arthur Panov informed of the above the "Caucasian Knot" in his letter sent through his advocate.

In Azerbaijan, Gezyal Bairamly, the deputy chair of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has been detained on suspicion of smuggling. This was reported by advocate Elchin Sadygov. Colleagues of Gezyal Bairamly have already claimed a possibility of a provocation against her.

The Legal Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has appointed Emanuelis Zingeris, a member of the Lithuanian delegation, special rapporteur on the case of the Boris Nemtsov's murder.

Since early 2017, the problem of the persecution of homosexuals in Chechnya has become urgent, and the authorities of the republic take brutal punitive measures against suspected LGBT community members with the tacit approval of the Kremlin. This was stated by Tatiana Lokshina, the programme director of human rights organization "Human Rights Watch" (HRW) in Russia, when she commented on the HRW's report released today.

90-year-old Nina Kurilo, a former prisoner of fascist concentration camps, who was refused in her request to provide her with an apartment in a social home for war veterans and disabled people, died in Sochi.

A counterterrorist operation (CTO) has been introduced in the village of Orota of the Khunzakh District, reports the operational headquarters for Dagestan of the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).

According to the own calculations of the "Caucasian Knot", 13-20 militants killed in Chechnya in 2016 were younger than 35 years old. This figure indicates a significant increase in the number of young people among members of the armed underground as compared with 2015, when six out of 10 suspected militants killed in Chechnya were younger than 35 years old.

The Tbilisi City Court has pronounced an extradition arrest for Turkish citizen Mustafa Emre Çabuk, accused at home of aiding and abetting terrorists. An advocate of the Turkish citizen intends to appeal against the Court's decision of arrest and draw the attention of international human rights organizations to his client's case.

The "Caucasian Knot" has named the winners of the annual award for journalistic materials about the Caucasus, organized in memory of Dagestani journalist Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev. Journalist Svetlana Anokhina has been recognized the winner of the Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev Prize for 2016 for her article "Circumcised women subject their daughters to circumcision".

The NATO Parliamentary Assembly (PA) will be held on May 26-29. Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili, Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili, and Parliament Speaker Irakli Kobakhidze are expected to deliver speeches at the NATO PA plenary session.

Today, Alexei Venediktov, the editor-in-chief of the "Echo Moskvy", has been summoned to the trial in the case on the murder of Boris Nemtsov. According to an advocate of the victim family, Alexei Venediktov was one of the last persons who talked to Boris Nemtsov. Alexei Venediktov claimed that Boris Nemtsov informed him of the threats voiced against him.

In the centre of Astrakhan, Alexei Tyurin, a supporter of Alexei Navalny, and activist Mikhail Anisenko held solo pickets with the demand for the resignation of the Russian government.

Today, Volodya Avetisyan, a veteran of the Karabakh war, a participant of protest actions in Yerevan, sentenced in the fraud case, has been released. He has already voiced his intention to continue his struggle for justice.

An attack on the unit of the National Guard of Russia in the regional centre of Naurskaya in the north of Chechnya was organized by local resident Ali Bakaev. He was put on the international wanted list. This was reported by the law enforcement agencies of the ChechenRepublic. The investigation into the attack on the National Guard of Russia in Chechnya was led by Colonel Igor Sobol, the "Kommersant" reports today.