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"The Treaty on Peace and Principles of Relations" between Russia and the self-proclaimed Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, concluded in May 1997, was disrupted by the authorities of Russia and Ichkeria under the influence of the populism of Russian law enforcers and Chechen field commanders. This opinion was voiced by human rights defenders.

The programme of the 4th Islamic Solidarity Games lists competitions in two sports among Paralympic athletes, including parajudo and track and field athletics among amputee athletes. Azerbaijani Paralympic athletes will compete in both sports.

The law enforcement agencies of Chechnya did not receive any complaints about harassment and killings of persons of nonconventional sexual orientation on the territory of the republic. This was reported by Ruslan Alkhanov, Chechen Minister of Internal Affairs.

As a result of a mine explosion, Kamo Kyureghyan, a resident of the village of Khachik of the Vayotsdzor Region, lost his right leg, and his condition was assessed as serious but stable. This was reported by the administration of the Yeghegnadzor City Hospital.

Arthur Panov, a citizen of Ukraine, accused of plotting a terror act in Rostov-on-Don, continued his dry hunger strike declared on May 3 only for one day. This has been reported by members of the Public Oversight Commission (POC) for the Rostov Region after their visit to the defendant.

In Grozny, under the action "Operation Smile", plastic surgeons from Russia, the United States, and Great Britain operated for free 60 children with maxillofacial pathologies. This has been reported by the Chechen Ministry for Public Health.

The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan has found no offense in the actions of Olga Tochyonaya, detained during the anti-corruption rally held on March 26. Other seven appeals filed by rally participants are under consideration. This was reported by Marat Ismailov, an organizer of the anti-corruption rally.

The terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS) banned in Russia has claimed responsibility for the attack on a checkpoint of the road-and-patrol service (known as DPS) in Malgobek, during which a policeman was wounded.

Participants of the 4th Islamic Solidarity Games are free to choose the form of clothing, and there are no restrictions on attending the sports competitions by gender. This is reported by the Operation Committee of the Islamic Solidarity Games.

The French satirical magazine has responded to LGBTs' persecutions in Chechnya with a series of caricatures.

In the evening on May 12, the Baku Olympic Stadium hosted the solemn opening of the Fourth Islamic Solidarity Games. According to organizers, over 65,000 spectators watched the show at the stadium. Besides, the broadcasting of the ceremony covered 58 countries around the world with the total audience of 1 billion.

Today, Vitaly Nebieridze, Coordinator of the "Open Sochi" movement, was detained by policemen at his workplace and brought to court. According to the activist, he was unable to get acquainted with the case file; he was denied an advocate; and no detention protocol was drawn up.

Today, Ella Kesaeva, a human rights defender from North Ossetia, the leader of the public organization "Voice of Beslan", has been granted the annual award of the Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG).

In Azerbaijan, the court has satisfied a request of the Ministry of Communications to block a number of websites of the oppositional media. Reporters of the media have announced their intention to appeal against the court's decision and not to stop the activities of the websites.

The police have explained the actions of the people who attacked Igor Kalyapin in Moscow in December 2014 by their desire to protect the leader of Chechnya. This was reported by the Committee for the Prevention of Torture, when it published a resolution on refuse to institute a criminal investigation into the attack.

63% citizens of Georgia questioned by the US National Democratic Institute (NDI) treat Russia to be the greatest threat to their country, the "Interfax" reports with reference to the results of the survey published today.

The court has found ten warders of a correctional colony in the Krasnodar Territory guilty of the prisoner's death and sentenced them to 3-11 years of imprisonment.

According to the results of a joint survey carried out by the Russian Public Opinion Research Centre (known as VTsIOM) and the "Medialogy" Company, the level of the people's trust and respect to Ramzan Kadyrov has increased in comparison with the past year.

During the past six months, at least 16 attacks on law enforcement officers have been committed in the regions of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD). Meanwhile, according to the "Caucasian Knot", from May to November 2016, at least 17 similar incidents occurred in Northern Caucasus.

A criminal case has been opened on the fact of the post with a decorated image of the monument "The Motherland Calls" placed on social networks. On the above case, a search is under way at a house of the head of the Alexei Navalny's Volgograd headquarters. This has been reported by Leonid Volkov, the leader of the election campaign of Alexei Navalny.