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The issue of respect for human rights in Russia was discussed at the talks with Sergey Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, in Moscow, Federica Mogherini, the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, said at her final press conference.

The Tsumadin District Hospital (TDH) still keeps 10 patients wounded by the grenade explosion in the village of Agvali, a source from the Dagestani Ministry of Public Health (MPH) told the "Caucasian Knot". Earlier, six hospitalized victims were reported.

A teenager was killed and 11 more were wounded by a grenade explosion in the computer class in the village of Agvali, Tsumadin District, said a source from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan, adding that it is a school computer class.

Legal representatives of Vitaly Nebieridze, a Sochi activist, who has served his eight-day arrest on charges of organizing an anti-corruption rally, found a violation of his rights in authorities’ actions and filed a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

Two persons have been detained in Georgia under the ruling of the Batumi City Court on suspicion of organizing riots in the capital of Adjara on March 11.

The list, including personal data of 26 residents of Chechnya, subjected to repression, including on the basis of suspicion of homosexual orientation, has been sent to the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" reports today.

Court judgement to ban Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia; sending the second battalion of military police from Chechnya to Syria; ongoing truckers’ protests in Southern Russia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of April 17-23, 2017, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

During the week of April 17-23, 2017, two persons were killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

More than 20,000 people took part in a torchlight procession held in the capital of Armenia and dedicated to the memory of the victims of Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Turkey. This was reported by organizers of the memorial action.

In Russia, the right of Jehovah's Witnesses to freedom of conscience will be regularly and massively violated after the liquidation of their local religious organizations. This opinion was voiced by lawyers and human rights defenders questioned by the "Caucasian Knot".

Ramazan Izudinov detained in Khasavyurt is being kept at SIZO (pre-trial prison). His relatives saw signs on his body, suggesting the use of torture. This was reported by the Ramazan Izudinov's wife.

The Tbilisi court has upheld the decision pronounced by the Georgian Ministry for Refugees and Resettlement to refuse the status of a political refugee for Tumsu Abdurakhmanov, a native of Grozny, put in Russia on the federal wanted list.

Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of the Chechen Republic has stated that the journalists of the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta", who reported about violations of the rights of homosexuals in the republic and the existence of secret prisons, should apologize to residents of Chechnya. This was reported by the "RBC".

The defence of Abdusalam Ramazanov, a native of the Tsuntin District of Dagestan, sentences to six years in prison for an attempt to join militants in Syria, has challenged the verdict of the North-Caucasian District Military Court, said the advocate Elena Denisenko.

Mekhman Guseinov, an Azerbaijani journalist and blogger, was transferred from SIZO (pre-trial prison) to colony – he was sent to the colony far from his home with the harshest custody conditions in Baku, rights defenders have stated, treating it as an execution for his journalistic activities.

The suspect of killing a Russian serviceman in Armenia has mental disorders and was demobilized in March, said the Investigating Committee of Armenia.

Members of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) travel around the regions of the republic and demand from Imams to execute a fatwa prohibiting people to take part in rituals, involving distribution of commemorative bags with food.

Older men, expelled from the Chechen village of Achkhoi-Martan for family ties with suspected militants, have returned to the village. However, they are afraid to leave their houses. This was reported by local residents.

Militants who swore allegiance to the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS) banned in Russia were killed in the Kochubei District of the Stavropol Territory.

On April 21, the number of drivers of heavy vehicles on protest against the "Platon" system in the vicinity of the Ingush town of Karabulak reached 50. This was reported by a participant of the protest action.