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The general title of Sergey Dubrovin, the new chief of the Dagestani Department of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), can give him advantages in his new position. This opinion was voiced by journalists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot". They did not rule out that after the appointment of Sergey Dubrovin, the ICRF's Department for Dagestan can be replenished by people from his Stavropol team.

Starting from May 14, Maikop will host a meeting of the new association "Shuuya Khase". Its goal is to preserve the Kabardian breed of horses and increase the prestige of horsemanship. According to Ismel Mizov, the leader of the "Shuuya Khase", the authorities do not take measures to preserve the Kabardian breed of horses, while members of the Circassian Diaspora are ready to take part in the activities of the "Shuuya Khase".

At present, in the capital of Dagestan, there are now two streets named after Akhmat Kadyrov. Meanwhile, local residents treat the decision of the City Mayor's Office to rename Kotrov Street as strange and ambiguous. According to a source from the Makhachkala Parliament, the City Mayor's Office flounders in its decisions and wants to cancel the decision to rename a section of Ordzhonikidze Street in honour of Akhmat Kadyrov.

Today, the Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan has refused to treat investigators' actions in the case of Gasanguseinov brothers as lawful, and has obliged them to check the statement of Murtazali Gasanguseinov about the murder of his sons-shepherds.

The Krasnodar Territorial Court has refused to satisfy the appeal lodged by Konstantin Gudimov and Suren Edigarov, who have served their administrative arrest after the action in Sochi on April 16.

Delegates of the Congress of the Oirat-Kalmyk People have addressed the Russian authorities with a demand to enforce the law "On the Rehabilitation of Repressed Nations" and bring the corruption cases in Kalmykia to the courts.

During the talks in Sochi, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on the Russian President to secure the observance of the rights of sexual and religious minorities.

183 residents of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) are involved in the hostilities in Syria and Iraq on the side of terrorist organizations. This was reported by the chief of the FSB Department for Kabardino-Balkaria. The above figure is eight persons higher than it had been earlier reported by the KBR's Minister of Internal Affairs.

Jalil Imanov, a teacher of a rural school, is the fourth activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), dismissed from his job within the last 10 days. An official from the district department of education has explained Imanov's dismissal by the fact that he had been wrongly put on the school staff.

The resignation of the Georgian President can cause the need for holding early election, and then the new Constitution will not enter into force. This was stated by Shalva Natelashvili, the leader of the opposition Labour Party of Georgia.

In the village of Benoy of the Nozhai-Yurt District, workers have begun building a school of Hafizes (Koran reciters by heart), intended for 100 pupils. Some residents of Chechnya doubt that the republic needs six Hafiz schools.

According to members of the opposition, the public movement has been created to "preserve the democratic development of the country." The opposition has called on the authorities to stop using the Constitution of Georgia in their own interests.

On May 1, in the capital of Armenia, activists held the "anti-demonstration of May 1". Its central slogans included the protection of women's rights and the support of housewives.

Two minor daughters of a resident of Dagestan, who is on the federal wanted list and who together with his wife tries to get to Syria to take part in the activities of the "Islamic State" (IS) banned in Russia, are back from Turkey to Dagestan.

In Saint Petersburg, policemen detained ten activists who during the May Day procession organized an action against harassment of gays in Chechnya and chanted the slogan "Kadyrov to The Hague!" The UN High Commissioner has demanded to protect the rights of gays in Chechnya.

Today, during a discussion organized by the Centre for the Protection of Political Prisoners, it has been decided to create an independent commission to investigate the circumstances of the death of activist Mekhman Galandarov at the Baku SIZO (pre-trial prison).

The festive rally held in the capital of Chechnya was attended by about 100,000 people instead of the planned number of 20,000 people. This was reported by the City Mayor's Office. Public employees and students got instructions on compulsory participation in the rally, reported residents of Grozny.

A symbolic motor rally of toy trucks was held today after the May Day rally by the Volgograd truckers, protesting against the "Platon" system. They explained their idea by their inability to obtain an authorities' permit on holding a real motor rally.

Syrian militants' claim responsibility for terror act in Saint Petersburg; PACE resolution on human rights violations in Northern Caucasus; explosion of a grenade at a computer club in a Dagestani village; entry into force of life sentence to Valery Permyakov; participation of residents of Southern Russia in the protest action "Nadoel!"; change of chair of the government of the Astrakhan Region, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of April 24-30, 2017, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

During the week from April 24 to April 30, 2017, at least twelve persons suffered in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus: one of them was killed and eleven others were injured. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.